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 real 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.

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Characters named after famous people

Alexander Lemming from The Beano, named after Alexander Fleming
Arpine Lus�ne, named after Ars�ne 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
Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam thru 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 Pokemon – Bruce Lee, martial artist
Hitmonchan from, Pokemon – Jackie Chan, martial artist
Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Louie Schmitt, animator
Ivy the Terrible, from The Beano comic – Ivan the Terrible.
John D. Rockerduck, named after John D. Rockefeller.
Mickey Mouse, named after Mickey Rooney.
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.
Pepe Le Pew, French skunk in Warner Brothers cartoons – Pepe le Moko, fictional character from the novel and movies of the same name
Scrooge McDuck – Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Richard the Lion, from The Beano comic – Richard the Lionheart
Rip Van Wink, from The Beano comic – Rip van Winkle
Robin of the Batman series – Robin Hood, English folk hero
Sigmund (dutch comics character), named after Sigmund Freud
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

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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' grandfather, James Garfield Davis
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)

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