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Cartoon Characters Named after Non-Famous People  
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This is a list of characters from animated cartoons, comic books, webcomics and comic strips who are named after people.

	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)
	Jerry "Arr"-On, from The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl, is named after Nate Speed's father, Jerry Speed.
	Jeff Fischer,from American Dad is named after Seth MacFarlane's good friend with the same name.
	Louie, one of "Huey, Dewey and Louie" – 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 – 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.
	Cree Lincoln, from Codename: Kids Next Door, 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.
	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.

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