Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was born on 1885-06-02.
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt died on 1964-12-30.
Hans Gerhard Gräf was born in 1864.
Hans Gerhard Stub was born in 1849.
Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl was born in 1815.
Historically speaking, this disease got its name from the first founder, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. He examined patients with symptoms related to brain degeneration, which lead to the naming of the disease. Afterward Alfons Maria Jakob found more information regarding the disease, and thus, the "Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease" name was born.
Hans Gerhard Gräf died in 1942.
Hans Gerhard Stub died in 1931.
Hans Gerhard Colbjørnsen Meldahl died in 1877.
Hans Gerhard Kippenberg has written: 'Garizim und Synagoge'
Hans Gerhard Maier has written: 'Metodos Modernos de Analisis de Alimentos'
Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt was born on 1927-04-01.
Seemed like you answered your own question. A man named Jakob Creutzfeld was infected with it in the mid-19th century, thus naming the disease after him. FACT: Creutzfeld-Jakobs disease is 80% fatal. Go see a doctor!