Ask HN: I want to name a library after a dead person. Do I need permission?

[kite_and_code]

Background: The San Jose State University library is called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. library.

If you want to do a similar thing. Whose permission do you need for using the name? What if the person is still alive e.g. Barack Obama Library?

[digisign]

This article has a lot of background on the subject, even if not Einstein:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/may/17/who-owns-einst...