List of comic and cartoon characters named after people
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This is a list of characters from animated cartoons, comic books and comic strips that are named after people.
- For other lists of people, see Lists of people.
- For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people), see Lists of etymologies.
- For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.
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
- 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
- Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam through Char's Counterattack). Rumored to be named after French lounge singer Charles Aznavour.
- 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
- 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
- Ivy the Terrible, from The Beano comic – Ivan the Terrible.
- Jesse & James from Pokémon are named after Jesse James.
- John D. Rockerduck, named after John D. Rockefeller.
- Jules and Verne, the sons of Doctor Emmett Brown in , are named after Jules Verne.
- Ludwig Von Drake, named after Ludwig van Beethoven.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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
- 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, 1996) - 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
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.
- Garfield is named after Jim Davis's grandfather, James Garfield Davis
- 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 , is named after her voice actress, Cree Summer.
- Bullwinkle J. Moose is named after Clarence Bullwinkel, a friend of Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, who created Bullwinkle.
See also
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