- Alexander Lemming from ''The Beano'', named after Alexander Fleming
- Ann-Margrock Flintstones character after actress Ann-Margret
- 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
- 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
- Char Aznable ( Mobile Suit Gundam through 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 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
- 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 .
- Ludwig Von Drake , named after Ludwig Van Beethoven .
- Milhouse Van Houten from The Simpsons is named after Richard Milhous Nixon
- Mickey Mouse , Mickey Rooney claims it was named after him (see cartoon character's page for the official origin).
- 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''.
- 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
- 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
- Sigmund (dutch comics character), named after Sigmund Freud
- Stony Curtis Flintstones character after actor Tony Curtis
- 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
- Wolfgang from '' Hey Arnold! '' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludvig from '' Hey Arnold! '' - Ludvig Van Beethoven
- 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
- Alvin, Simon, and Theodore ( (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.
- '', 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.
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