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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.

1 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 AllenFred Allen ( May 31, 1894 March 17, 1956) was a United States comedian best known for his witty, pointed radio programs of the 1930s and 1940s, including a comic "feud" with comedian Jack Benny. Allen was famous among his peers for his ability to ad-lib a radio show
Dewey, one of " Huey, Dewey and LouieHuey, Dewey and Louie Duck are fictional characters of the Scrooge McDuck universe, Donald Duck's three almost identical nephews. They were created by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro and first appeared in a newspaper comic strip on October 17, 1937. Their f" – Thomas Edmund DeweyThomas Edmund Dewey ( March 24, 1902 March 16, 1971) was the Governor of New York ( 1943- 1955) and the Republican candidate for the U. Presidency in two elections ( 1944 and 1948), losing both times. He was the first presidential candidate born in the tw, 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 TerribleIvy the Terrible is a fictional character who has her own comic strip in The Beano. She first appeared in issue 2233, dated 4 May 1985. The popularity of the character led to the strip being expanded to two pages from issue 2931 onwards ( 19 September 199, from The Beano comic – Ivan the Terrible.
Nemo from the movie Finding NemoFinding Nemo is a computer-animated movie produced by Pixar for The Walt Disney Company and released on May 30 2003. Finding Nemo set a record as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated feature, making $70 million (surpassed in 2004 by Shrek – Captain NemoCaptain Nemo is the protagonist of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ( 1870) and its sequel, Mysterious Island ( 1874). He is prince Dakkar, the son of an Indian rajah and nephew of Tippoo Sahib, having a deep hatred of the British, fictional character in Jules Verne's novels: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and The Mysterious Island.
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
Sigmund, named after Sigmund Freud
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

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