List of comic and cartoon characters named after people

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This is a list of characters from animated cartoon, comic books, webcomics and comic strips who are named after people.

[edit] Characters named after famous people

• Alexander Lemming from The Beano, named after Alexander Fleming
• Alister from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! was named after Aleister Crowley in the dub version (the character's original name is Amelda).
• Alvida of the anime and manga series One Piece gets her name from the female pirate Awilda
• 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.
• Axe-hand Morgan of the anime and manga series One Piece gets his surname from Henry Morgan, a Welsh privateer who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers.
• Baby Crockett, from The Beezer comic – Davy Crockett
• Baby Face Finlayson, from The Beano comic – Baby Face Nelson
• Bellamy the Hyena from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after Samuel Bellamy, a formidable pirate in the early eighteenth century.
• Bruce, from Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters comic book - Bruce Lee
• Butch and Cassidy, villains from Pokémon named after Butch Cassidy
• Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin
• Calamity James from The Beano comic – Calamity Jane
• Calamity Jane from Lucky Luke – Calamity Jane
• Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes – John Calvin, 16th century theologian
• Cary Granite - Flintstones character after actor Cary Grant
• Casey Strangle appeared on The Flintstones, named after Casey Stengel.
• Cecil Crumey from Code Geass, named after novelist Andrew Crumey.
• Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam through Char's Counterattack). Rumored to be named after French lounge singer Charles Aznavour.
• Chuck, from Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters comic book - Chuck Norris
• Clark Gravel - Flintstones character named after actor Clark Gable.
• Clint, from Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters comic book - Clint Eastwood
• Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician
• Dina Saur from Beany and Cecil. A singing dinosaur named after Dina Shore a popular female singer on TV at that time.
• 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's Hollywood 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
• Fred Bonaparte, from the game Psychonauts, named after his apparent ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Gloria Von Gouten, from the game Psychonauts, named after the famous actor, Gloria Swanson.
• 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
• Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes – Thomas Hobbes, 17th century philosopher
• Hohenheim of Light, from Fullmetal Alchemist - Paracelsus, sixteenth-century alchemist, whose real name was Theophrastus Van Hohenheim
• Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama – Philo Farnsworth
• Huckleberry Hound - Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Iago from Aladdin - Iago, William Shakespeare's play Othello.
• Ivy the Terrible, from The Beano comic – Ivan the Terrible.
• Jackie, from Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters comic book - Jackie Chan
• James Isaac Neutron from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - Isaac Newton, English scientist, and James Chadwick, who was nicknamed "Jimmy Neutron".
• Jessie and James, villains from Pokémon 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.
• Kill Rates, co founder of Mocksoft, named after Bill Gates, co founder of Microsoft.
• 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.
• Ludvig from Hey Arnold! - Ludwig van Beethoven
• 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.
• Marshall D. Teach and Edward Newgate from the anime and manga series One Piece are named after Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic during the early 18th century.
• 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
• Nebby K. Nezzer from Veggie Tales is named after Nebuchadnezzer
• 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, Belgian comic character by Marc Sleen is named after the Roman emperor Nero.
• Nina Einstein from Code Geass, after Albert Einstein.
• 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
• 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
• Rock Lee from Naruto is named after Bruce Lee.
• Rock Quarry - Flintstones character named after actor Rock Hudson.
• Roronoa Zoro from the anime and manga series One Piece is based on Francois l'Ollonais who was a French pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1660s.
• Rubberduck, comic book character from Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, is the secret identity of actor Byrd Rentals, named after Burt Reynolds.
• Scrooge McDuck – Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
• Seymour Skinner is named after B.F. Skinner.
• Sigmund (Dutch comics character), named after Sigmund Freud
• Sir Crocodile from the anime and Manga series One Piece is loosely based on Captain Hook, a fictional character in J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy.
• Stony Curtis - Flintstones character after actor Tony Curtis
• Sweeny Toddler, from the Shiver and Shake, Whoopee! and Buster comics – Named after Sweeney Todd
• Tony Zucco - Rumored to be named after the actor George Zucco
• Tycho Brahe, from Penny Arcade – Tycho Brahe, sixteenth-century astronomer
• Victor and Hugo, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film) - Named after Victor Hugo, author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• W.C. Fieldmouse - named after W.C. Fields
• Wolfgang from Hey Arnold! - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Yankee Poodle, comic book character from Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew, is the secret identity of Rova Barkitt, named after gossip columnist Rona Barrett.
• Yensid, from Fantasia, after Walt Disney. Yensid is Disney spelled backwards.
• Yogi Bear – Yogi Berra, baseball player

[edit] Characters named after non-famous people

• Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson and Maggie Simpson of The Simpsons are named after the family members of creator Matt Groening: his father Homer, his mother Marge and his sisters Lisa and Maggie.^[1]
• Garfield is named after Jim Davis's grandfather, James Garfield Davis (who is named after James Abram Garfield)
• Jeff Fischer, from American Dad is named after Seth MacFarlane's good friend with the same name.
• Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Louie Schmitt, animator
• Alvin, Simon, and Theodore (The Chipmunks), are named after the executives of their original record label, Liberty Records: Alvin Bennett (the president), Theodore Keep (the chief engineer), and Simon Waronker (the founder and owner).
• Timmy Turner from The Fairly OddParents – Timmy Hartman (younger brother of Butch Hartman)
• Charlie Brown and Linus, from Peanuts, were named after friends of Charles Schulz from Art Instruction Inc., where Schulz taught before and at the beginning of his cartoon career.
• Cree Lincoln, from Codename: Kids Next Door, is named after her voice actress, Cree Summer.
• Lois Lane, from the Superman comics, is named after Lois Amster, a girl that Jerry Siegel had a crush on.
• Bullwinkle J. Moose is named after Clarence Bullwinkel, a friend of Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, who created Bullwinkle. The "J" in his name is for his creator Jay Ward, as the "J" in Homer Simpson's middle name was Matt Groening's way of honoring Jay Ward.
• Super Zia (from Toothpique Productions' series of the same title) is named after the actor playing him, a friend of the director's, Ziauddin Md. Nasrullah.
• Erfaan a.k.a. Mr. 85 (from Toothpique Productions' Super Zia) is named after a friend of the director's girlfriend.
• Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion is named after Shinji Higuchi, head of Gainax, the animation studio of Evangelion.
• Biffo the Bear ( Comic Cartoon) named after Brian Cowan, Irish Prime Minister, who was called Biffo ( Big Ignorant f***er from Offaly
• Virusman, cartoon superhero, Dr. David Barton from Preston, capable of fighting deadly diseases and protecting people from danger. Created in 1999 by Robin Drinkall.

[edit] References

1. ^ See the "Family" section of "Matt Groening Profile", E Online.