Comic and cartoon characters named after people

This is a list of characters from animated cartoons, comic books and comic strips that are named after real 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.

Table of contents

1 Characters named after famous people
2 Characters named after non-famous people
3 See also

Characters named after famous people

Baby Face Finlayson, formerly from The Beano comic. Named after Baby Face Nelson.
Calamity James from The Beano comic. Named after Calamity Jane.
Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" – John Calvin, 16th century theologian
Hobbes from "Calvin and Hobbes" – Thomas Hobbes, 17th century philosopher
Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Bros. cartoons – Senator Claghorn, regular character on the Fred Allen radio show
Dewey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Thomas Edmund Dewey, American politician
Huey, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Huey Pierce Long, American politician
Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – Louie Schmitt, animator
Ivy the Terrible from The Beano comic. Named after Ivan the Terrible.
Pepe Le Pew Warner Bros. French skunk character – 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
Robin of the Batman series – Robin Hood, English folk hero
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.

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.