The only stars I know of officially named after people are Sualocin and Rotanev, named after Nicolaus Rotanev (an early 19th century Italian astronomer),
and also Regor (also called Suhail) and Navi, otherwise Roger (Chafee) and Ivan, the middle name of Gus Grissom;
these last two names were included in official NASA maps by Grissom as a practical joke, and remain in use in many places as a kind of memorial since their deaths.
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/star_names_030829.html
oops - that should be Nicolaus Venator-
seems it is ok to name a star after someone if you do it backwards and in secret…
I hereby name the 10th suspected planet, formally known as Planet X, as Divad.
Why reach for the stars, when you have the moon? It’s complete with a highly polished page design, tasteful background and everything.
I’m sure I read this in BadAstronomer’s book, Bad Astronomy, but it seems there are people who buy this certificate and then take it to an observatory asking to be able to see “their” star. It is not always a pleasant experience, especially when they bought a star to name after a recently deceased relative.
I notice that in Cecil’s column, the price mentioned was $35. I didn’t realize that scam artists were subject to inflation, too.
[sub]24 posts and no one links to Cecil’s column on this? For shame![/sub] 
Look, Mildred! It’s Bob, the friendly star!
But the folks up in the Northwest territories might be a liitle peeved.