Cartoon and Comic Characters named after famous people

• Alexander Lemming from The Beano, named after Alexander Fleming
• Ann-Margrock Flintstones character after actress Ann-Margret
• Arnie Pie from The Simpsons is named after Ernie Pyle.
• Arpine Lusène, named after Arsène Lupin, a fictional character from Maurice Leblanc.
• Baby Crockett, from The Beezer comic – Davy Crockett
• Baby Face Finlayson, from The Beano comic – Baby Face Nelson
• Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin
• Calamity James from The Beano comic – Calamity Jane
• Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes – John Calvin, 16th century theologian
• Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes – Thomas Hobbes, 17th century philosopher
• Cary Granite - Flintstones character after actor Cary Grant
• Casey Strangle appeared on The Flintstones, named after Casey Stengel.
• Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam through Char's Counterattack). Rumored to be named after French lounge singer Charles Aznavour.
• Clark Gravel - Flintstones character named after actor Clark Gable.
• Donatello, the second youngest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT, was named after the Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Donatello
• Egroeg Sacul, Star Tours at the Disney-MGM Studios, named after Star Wars creator George Lucas. Egroeg Sacul is George Lucas spelled backwards.
• Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Brothers cartoons – Senator Claghorn, regular character on the Fred Allen radio show
• Frankie Stein, from the Wham!, Shiver and Shake, Whoopee! and Monster Fun comics. – Frankenstein
• Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician
• Helga G. Pataki of "Hey Arnold!", named after former governor George Pataki.
• Huey Freeman from The Boondocks is named after Huey P. Newton
• Huey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Huey Pierce Long, American politician
• Hitmonlee from Pokémon – Bruce Lee, martial artist
• Hitmonchan from Pokémon – Jackie Chan, martial artist
• Hohenheim of Light, from Fullmetal Alchemist - Paracelsus, sixteenth-century alchemist, whose real name was Theophrastus Van Hohenheim
• Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Ivy the Terrible, from The Beano comic – Ivan the Terrible.
• Jane Roberts from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl – person of the same name.
• Jesse and James from Pokémon are named after Jesse James.
• Jimmy Darrock, Flinstones character named after singer James Darren.
• John D. Rockerduck, named after John D. Rockefeller.
• Jules and Verne, the sons of Doctor Emmett Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, are named after Jules Verne.
• The Koopalings are named after various famous people.
• Leonardo, the oldest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT, was named after the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci
• Leo Ferocious appeared on The Flintstones, named after Leo Durocher.
• Ludwig Von Drake, named after Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Marge Bouvier Simpson, named after Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady of the United States, widow to John F Kennedy.
• Michelangelo, the youngest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT, was named after the great Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarotti
• Milhouse Van Houten from The Simpsons is named after Richard Milhous Nixon, see BBC Simpson's page
• Mickey Mouse, Mickey Rooney claims it was named after him (see cartoon character's page for the official origin).
• Morlocks - in Marvel Comics, a group of mutants naming themselves after the futuristic race in H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
• Mr. Hook from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl – Captain Hook, fictional character in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
• Nemo from the movie Finding Nemo – Captain Nemo, fictional character in Jules Verne's novels: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and The Mysterious Island.
• Nero (Flemish Comics), Belgian comic character by Marc Sleen is named after the Roman emperor Nero.
• Oscar from Cerebus – named after poet and playwright Oscar Wilde.
• Pepe Le Pew, French skunk in Warner Brothers cartoons – Pepe le Moko, fictional character from the novel and movies of the same name
• Philip J. Fry, from Futurama – Phil Hartman, voice actor
• Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama – Philo Farnsworth
• Scrooge McDuck – Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
• Seymour Skinner is named after B.F. Skinner.
• Raphael, the second oldest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT, was named after the Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Raphael Sanzio
• Richard the Lion, from The Beano comic – Richard the Lionheart
• Rip Van Wink, from The Beano comic – Rip van Winkle
• Sigmund (Dutch comics character), named after Sigmund Freud
• Stony Curtis - Flintstones character after actor Tony Curtis
• Sweeny Toddler, from the Shiver and Shake, Whoopee! and Buster comics – Named after Sweeney Todd
• Tycho Brahe, from Penny Arcade – Tycho Brahe, sixteenth-century astronomer
• Yogi Bear – Yogi Berra, baseball player
• Yensid Fantasia named after Walt Disney. Yensid is Disney spelled backwards.
• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are each named for a Renaissance painter - Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo.
• Victor and Hugo, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film) - Named after Victor Hugo, author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Wolfgang from Hey Arnold! - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ludvig from Hey Arnold! - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Rock Lee from Naruto is named after Bruce Lee.

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