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Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin flew the first rigid airship in 1900. It, along with all the other products created by his company bore his surname, Zeppelin. Due to the popularity of his dirigibles, rigid airships are frequently called zeppelins.

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