This is a list of characters from animated cartoon, comic books, webcomics and comic strips who are named after people.
Characters named after famous people
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- Babbitt and Catstello, characters in A Tale of Two Kitties â Comedians Abbott and Costello
- Baby Crockett, from The Beezer comic â Frontiersman Davy Crockett
- Baby Face Finlayson, from The Beano comic â Criminal Baby Face Nelson
- Bakelandt (from the Belgian comic series Bakelandt) is named after 18th-century criminal Ludovicus Baekelandt.
- Professor Barabas â (Suske en Wiske) â Barabbas, the biblical thief
- Barbe Rouge (English name: Redbeard) is named after real-life pirate Hayreddin Barbarossa, who also had the nickname Redbeard.
- Barney Gumble â (The Simpsons) is named after The Flintstones character Barney Rubble.
- Bartholomew Kuma from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts.
- Basil Hawkins from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after both English admiral Sir John Hawkins and English doctor Basil Ringrose.
- Bellamy the Hyena from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after Samuel Bellamy, a formidable pirate in the early 18th century.
- Betty Savis, a character in She Was an Acrobat's Daughter â Bette Davis
- Bing Crowsby, in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos â Singer Bing Crosby
- Bogey Go Cart, a character in Bacall to Arms â Hollywood actor Humphrey Bogart
- Brutus (The Rescuers) is named after Roman senator Brutus.
- Bunny and Claude, villains from the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts era of Looney Tunes, are named after the notorious criminal couple, Bonnie & Clyde.
- Butch and Cassidy, villains from Pokémon â Criminal Butch Cassidy
- Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story â Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
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- The Daltons (Lucky Luke) are named after the real-life 19th-century Dalton Gang.
- Darwin Watterson, from The Amazing World of Gumball â Biologist Charles Darwin
- Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" â U.S. politician Thomas Dewey
- Dick Fowl, a character in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos â Dick Powell
- Dina Saur from Beany and Cecil. A singing dinosaur named after singer Dinah Shore
- Dio Brando is named after both Ronnie James Dio and Marlon Brando.
- Dole Promise, a character from She Was an Acrobat's Daughter â Lowell Thomas
- Donatello, the second youngest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT â the Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Donatello
- Donquixote Doflamingo from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after the a character from Spanish film of the same name Don Quixote.
- X. Drake from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after the famous English naval Vice Adm. Francis Drake, who was known as a pirate by the Spanish.
- Duck Dodgers, played by Daffy Duck, was named after famous character Buck Rogers.
- Duckula, named after Dracula
- Dumbo is named after 19th-century circus elephant Jumbo.
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- Fats Swallow, a character in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos â Jazz musician Fats Waller.
- Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Brothers cartoons â Senator Claghorn, regular character on The Fred Allen Show.
- Francesca Lucchini from the anime Strike Witches, named after Italian World War 2 fighter pilot Franco Lucchini.
- Frankie Stein, from the Wham!, Shiver and Shake, Whoopee! and Monster Fun comics. â Frankenstein.
- Fred Bonaparte, from the game Psychonauts â his apparent ancestor, Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Fred McFurry, a character in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos â Fred MacMurray.
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- Hamlet â (Hagar the Horrible) is named after Shakespearean character Hamlet.
- Helga G. Pataki of Hey Arnold!, named after former NY governor George Pataki.
- Huey Freeman from The Boondocks is named after Huey P. Newton
- Huey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" â Huey Pierce Long, American politician.
- Hitmonlee from Pokémon â Bruce Lee, martial artist
- Hitmonchan from Pokémon â Jackie Chan, martial artist
- Hobbes from Calvin and Hobbes â Thomas Hobbes, 17th century philosopher.
- Hohenheim of Light, from Fullmetal Alchemist â Paracelsus, sixteenth-century alchemist, whose real name was Theophrastus Van Hohenheim
- Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama â Inventor Philo Farnsworth
- Huckleberry Hound â Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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- Jack Bunny, a character in I Love to Singa â Jack Benny.
- Jackie, from Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters comic book â Martial artist Jackie Chan.
- James Isaac Neutron from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius â Isaac Newton, English scientist, and James Chadwick, who was nicknamed "Jimmy Neutron".
- Jeffy Dahmer, of The Ringer â Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
- Jerom, of Suske en Wiske â Jeroom Verten â Belgian playwright.
- Jessie and James, villains from Pokémon named after outlaw Jesse James.
- Jewelry Bonney from the anime and manga series One Piece is named after female pirate Anne Bonny.
- Jimmy Darrock, a Flintstones character â singer James Darren.
- John D. Rockerduck â Billionnaire John D. Rockefeller.
- Jules and Verne, the sons of Doctor Emmett Brown in ', are named after Jules Verne.
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- Marge Simpson (born Marge Bouvier) â Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady of the United States, widow to John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis.
- Marshall D. Teach, Thatch, and Edward Newgate from the anime and manga series One Piece are named after Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, who was a notorious English pirate in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic during the early 18th century.
- Dr. Marvin Monroe (The Simpsons) is named after Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
- Madame Medusa (The Rescuers) is named after Greek mythological character Medusa.
- Michelangelo, the youngest of the ninja turtle brothers from TMNT â the great Italian Renaissance artist and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti.
- Milhouse Van Houten, a character on The Simpsons â Richard Milhous Nixon. Milhouse's middle name Mussolini is based on Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
- Milton Squirrel, in The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos â Comedian Milton Berle.
- Morlocks â in Marvel Comics, a group of mutants naming themselves after the futuristic race in H. G. Wells' The Time Machine
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Characters named after non-famous people
- Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes â Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, storyboard artist
- Chang Chong-Chen â (The Adventures of Tintin) is named after a friend of Hergé, Zhang Chongren.
- 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).
- Jeff Fischer, from American Dad!, is named after Seth MacFarlane's friend with the same name.
- Karen, from SpongeBob SquarePants, is named after and inspired by series creator Stephen Hillenburg's wife, Karen Hillenburg.
- Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" â 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 â 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 career.
- Cree Lincoln, from ', is named after her voice actress, Cree Summer.
- Lois Lane, from the Superman comics, is named after Lois Amster, a girl who 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 Ward.
- Pocoyo, the main protagonist of the TV show Pocoyo, named after series creator David Cantolla's three-year-old daughter used it in her nightly prayers saying "Eres niño poco yo" ("You're a child little me") instead of "Eres niño como yo ("You're a child like me").
- 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.
- Kirby is named after lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case in 1984.
- Porky Pig from Looney Tunes is named for two childhood classmates of creator Friz Freleng, nicknamed "Porky" and "Piggy".
- Mario is named after Nintendo of America's former warehouse landlord Mario Segale.
- The American Dennis the Menace is named after the comic strip creator Hank Ketcham's son Dennis Ketcham, whom the artist's wife once called "a menace".
- Eek! the Cat was named after one of co-creator Savage Steve Holland's deceased pet cats.
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