Mattel was co-founded by Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. The doll is named after Handler's daughter Barbara, who was the inspiration behind ...

People around the world are currently obsessed with Barbie, with the film of the same name proving to be a box ... Austin set eyes on her first Barbie doll as a small child, when she was in ...

Handler had wanted to name the doll after her daughter's nickname, Babs. But that had already been taken – and so had Barbara. So Handler settled for Barbie "fairly early in the design process ...