Boy, I just love Lightning McQueen!
Do you mean that  anthropomorphic stock car 
Well yes!  Who created him?
It was created by the animated Pixar film
Oh, no information on the actual graphics person?
I do not know but i know  is not named after actor and race driver Steve 
I always loved Steve McQueen.  He got cancer out in the desert where they used to test nuclear weapons as did John Wayne.
Yes, he died November 7, 1980