List of comic and cartoon characters named after people

This is a list of characters from animated cartoons, comic books, webcomics and comic strips who 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
* 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.
* Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story is named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin
* David Pabis from The Daily Dave Pabis is named after Friend of the creator David Ryan Pabis
* 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.
* 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.
* Clark Gravel - Flintstones character named after actor Clark Gable.
* Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" - Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician
*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 , Shiver and Shake, 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 "", 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
* Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama - Philo Farnsworth
* 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.
* 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
* Mr. Hook from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl - Captain Hook, fictional character in J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy.
* 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 Woko, fictional character from the novel and movies of the same name
* Philip J. Fry, from Futurama - Phil Hartman, voice actor
* 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.
* Scrooge McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
* Seymour Skinner is named after B.F. Skinner.
* 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.
*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, 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 ' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* Ludvig from ' - Ludwig van Beethoven
* Rock Lee from Naruto is named after Bruce Lee.

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 (who is named after James Abram Garfield)
* , from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl, is named after Nate Speed's father, Jerry Speed.
* 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.
* Bullwinkle J. Moose is named after Clarence Bullwinkel, a friend of Jay Ward and Alex Anderson, who created Bullwinkle.
* 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.

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