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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; Fred Bonaparte, from the game Psychonauts, named after his apparent ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte.; Dewey, one of \"Huey, Dewey and Louie\" – Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician; 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; 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.; 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.; 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, 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; Tony Zucco - Rumored to be named after the actor George Zucco; 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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