Comic and cartoon characters named after people: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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.

Characters named after famous people

• Baby Face Finlayson, formerly 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
• Foghorn Leghorn, Warner Brothers 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 – Ivan the Terrible.
• Pepe Le Pew, French skunk in Warner Brothers cartoons – 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.