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*** Not to mention Heidi (a vampire who dresses as a prostitute to attract humans for the Volturi to eat) was named after one of Meyer's sisters. Um, yeah...
* [[Jules Verne]] was friends with Gaspard-Felix Tounachon, a pioneering balloonist and photographer who used the professional name "Nadar." So when Verne needed an adventurous hero for his novel ''From Earth to the Moon'' he put in a character named Michael Ardan (A-R-D-A-N = N-A-D-A-R).
* Gilderoy Lockhart from ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' is directly based on a real person. [[J. K. Rowling]] claims the real guy is too self-deluded for the connection to ever occur to him, saying "He's probably out there now telling everybody that he inspired the character of Albus Dumbledore. Or that he wrote the books and lets me take the credit out of kindness."
** [[J. K. Rowling|Rowling]] has also stated that the character of [[Sadist Teacher|Severus Snape]], Potions Master of Hogwarts, was based (at least partially) on her old chemistry teacher, the late [https://web.archive.org/web/20101208103159/http://www.half-bloodprince.org/snape_nettleship.php John Nettleship]. Understandably, Nettleship wasn't too happy when he found out. But at least he cancould take comfort in the knowledge that just about any of Snape's copious supply of fangirls would gladly throw themselves at him if they ever got the chance. [[The Glomp|Probably quite literally]].
*** Towards the end of his life Nettleship ended up reconciling with his alter ego and embracing it with a certain good humor, even occasionally dressing in robes for the fun of it.
** Pansy Parkinson is based on girls who used to bully Rowling when she was a schoolgirl. Hermione is based on Rowling herself when she was a schoolgirl.
** The Ford Anglia that the Weasleys drove in the second book is based off of a car that Rowling's friend used to take her for rides in.
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