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* In ''[[Cromartie High School]]'', all of the schools, including the titular one, are named after foreigners that played on Japanese baseball teams.
* ''[[Maria Watches Over Us]]'' uses names of [[Samurai]] and noble families for most of its important characters. Exceptions to this rule are specifically pointed out (Yumi and Sei).
* The villainous robots/cyborgs in ''Metal Guardian Faust'' are named after Santa's reindeer, and have name-appropriate enhancements (Vixen has robotic tails, Blitz generates [[Electro Magnetic Pulse]]
* In ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'', the New York Pizza Cats' original Japanese names are as follows:
** Sundance Kid = [[Michael Jackson|Michael]], who even does Jackson's dance moves, including his Moonwalk.
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* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' Archie series, many relations to the main characters are named after historical figures: members of the Brotherhood of Guardians are named after peaceful revolutionaries and/or physicists/philosophers, same as their fire-ant compatriots (Rembrandt, Sojourner, Hawking, Archimedes, etc.), while Tails' father and uncle are named Amadeus and Merlin, respectively.
* In the 3rd Annual issue of ''ALF'', Gordon relates how he met the New Age Melmutant Abstract Turtles, a parody of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, if that wasn't blindingly obvious. Like the originals, they were named for artists: Calder (after [[wikipedia:Alexander Calder|Alexander]], Mondrian (after [[wikipedia:Piet Mondrian|Piet]], Picasso (after [[wikipedia:Pablo Picasso|...you know, or I hope you do]], and Pollock (after [[wikipedia:Jackson Pollock|Jackson]]). Each turtle's weapon's ability was related to their namesake's most well-known art's style (boomerangs that hang villains from mobiles, a t-square that creates abstract geometric walls, a paintbrush that turns villains into cubist creatures, and a bucket of paint that... splatters villains, respectively).
* The main characters in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' are named after famous [http://xkcd.com/197/ Italian artists] from the Renaissance. In the '80s cartoon, they were briefly joined by a foursome of mutant frogs, who were all named after historical conquerors and warlords (Genghis Khan, Atilla the Hun, [[Grigori Rasputin
** One of the many spoofs and rip-offs of ''TMNT'' back in the day had a set of rabbits named [[Tex Avery|Avery,]] [[Chuck Jones|Jones,]] [[Bob Clampett|Clampett,]] and [[Friz Freleng|Freleng.]] (Alas, Google is no help to aid the troper's weak memory.)
** Another spoof of TMNT was ''Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters'', named after Clint (Eastwood), Chuck (Norris), Bruce (Lee), and Jackie (Chan).
** Yet another parody was from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' with the ''Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs'' who were also named after artists - Picasso, Warhol, Rockwell, and [[Odd Name Out| Grandma Moses]].
* The names of the genetically engineered dogs in ''Kingdom'' are celebrity names with canine puns. The protagonist is named Gene the Hackman (Gene Hackman), and there's also Will Feral (Will Ferrall), Dingo Star (Ringo Star), Rex Horizon (Rex Harrison), Holly the Hunter (Holly Hunter), and Clara Bow (same).
* Amadeus Cho, of ''[[Incredible Hercules]]'', is named after Mozart. His sister Maddy's full name? Madame Curie Cho.
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* Stephen Stills of ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' is named after the [[wikipedia:Stephen Stills|folk singer]] of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. There's also a character named "Young Neil", an obvious reversal on Neil Young's name.
* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Promethea]]'' features a female cop named [[Lucille Ball]] in the supporting cast. She frequently has to say, "No relation" and remind people that she has [[No Sense of Humor]].
* James Buchanan Barnes, formerly [[Captain America (comics)
* James Jesse, the first [[The Flash|Trickster]], invoked [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]] when he decided to commit robberies like his "reverse namesake" Jesse James. In-universe, this was definitely not intentional on his parents' part; a later retcon had it that his father was an Italian immigrant who'd Anglicized their names while unaware of the potential implications.
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* Alfred Bester from ''[[Babylon 5]]''. At first the name was just a [[Shout-Out]], but then the [[Expanded Universe]] revealed he was also named after the author in-universe.
* In ''[[The X-Files]]'', one of The Lone Gunmen is John Fitzgerald Byers, as he was born on the day JFK died. Also, Scully's name is taken from Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully (in "Irresistible" a character even says "I don't remember his name, but she was Scully, like that baseball announcer.") and John Doggett comes from Vin's partner Jerry Doggett.
* Hawkeye's name on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'' is [[Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin]] Franklin [[Franklin Pierce|Pierce]] -- and his nickname comes from the main character of ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''.
* ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]''{{'}}s astromycologist Lt. Paul Stamets is named after [[Real Life]] mycologist [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/paul-stamets-star-trek-mushroom-expert-mycology-1.4454204 Dr. Paul Stamets].
* On ''[[Ivan the Terrible (TV series)|Ivan the Terrible]]'', there was the Petrovskys' dog, [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]]. "The mad dog of Russia," Ivan Petrovsky whispers at one point to a curious visitor.
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* Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', where the monster that lives in the Aqua Teen's attic is named "Willie Nelson".
* Each of the titular [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] are notably named after famous Renaissance artists.
** Shredder imitates Splinter in one episode of the 1987 cartoon by naming the mutant frogs after [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad|historical figures ''he'' admires]], naming them [[Genghis Khan|Genghis Frog]], [[Attila the Hun|Attila the Frog]], [[Rasputin|Rasputin the Mad Frog]], and [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon Bonefrog.]]
** Of course, this is often true with TMNT parodies. For instance, ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had a cartoon Plucky enjoyed called ''[[Show Within a Show|Immature Oversized Samurai Slugs]]'', where the heroes were named Picasso, Warhol, Rockwell, and [[Odd Name Out|Grandma Moses]].
* Mr. Oskar Kokoschka from [[Hey Arnold!]]! is named after an Austrian expressionist painter.
* Amethyst van der Troll from ''[[Trollz]]'' appears to be named after Anneliese van der Pol (Chelsea Daniels on ''[[That's So Raven]]'').
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* Similarly, a number of too-obsessed Potters have named their sons Harry.
* Tribalistic societies tend to use a famous person of the past as a clan totem. For instance, Children of ''Israel'' (Jews, which also refers to the subtribe ''Judah''), MacDonalds (probably the most prominent non-royal Scottish clan claiming patronage by a warlord named Domhnall), Al-Rashid (the most prominent rival of the Saudis in the formation of Saudi Arabia, descended from a chief named Abdullah Al-Rashid).
* The inventor of the "flying trapeze" act, the man who the song "[[Standard Snippet|The Man on the Flying Trapeze]]" is about, is best-known nowadays for the outfit that he designed and wore during his act. His name was [[w:Jules Léotard|Jules Léotard]].
* American socialite, model and entertainer [[Brooke Shields]] was named after another socialite, [[Brooke Astor]] (née Roberta Brooke Russell).
* Actor [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] was named after painter [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
* Serial killer John Wayne Gacy was named after [[John Wayne]], who was his mother's favorite movie star.
* The Mexican town Piedras Negras is not an example of this trope. The snack created by its most famous citizen, Ignacio [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/three-products-you-didn-t-know-were-named-after-their-inventors-1.4577004 "Nacho"] Anaya, is.
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