14 Fictional Characters Named After Real People
Need to name your character? Just pick some random friend.
Something that real and fictional people have in common is that (usually) they all have names. Sometimes they even have the same names -- either because their creators wanted to pay tribute to someone dear to them, or just because they were lazy. Whatever the case, these are the results.
Freddy Krueger in 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'
Source: The Take
Jim Halpert in 'The Office'
Source: The Washington Post
Steve Urkel in 'Family Matters'
Source: Los Angeles Times
Khan Noonien Singh in 'Star Trek'
Source: War History Online
Michael Myers in 'Halloween'
Source: The Guardian
Max Schreck in 'Batman Returns'
Source: Batman YTB (via archive.org)
Hugo Stiglitz in 'Inglourious Basterds'
Source: Inglourious Basterds Wiki
Alberto in 'Luca'
Sources: NDTV Gadgets 360
Camilo in 'Encanto'
Source: Jared Bush/Twitter, El Quindiano
Dopinder in 'Deadpool'
Source: Talks at Google/YouTube
Hugo Gernsback in 'Tomorrowland'
Sources: Tomorrowland Wikia, Smithsonian Magazine
Janis Ian in 'Mean Girls'
Source: Bustle
Photo Credit: monosnaps/Flickr
Zan Owlson in 'DuckTales'
Sources: DuckTales Wiki, Frank Angones/Twitter
Max Arciniega in 'Breaking Bad'
Source: Breaking Bad Wiki
