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** Creator/NeilGaiman has an entire ''race'' named after him; the Gaim, whose heads resemble ComicBook/TheSandman's helmet.

* Creator/BillLawrence admits on a ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' DVD commentary that he's terrible at naming characters, so he named a bunch of character after real people. Included are JD, Todd Quinlan (The Todd), Molly Clock, Randall Winston, and Turk. Not to mention a lot of patients, including Will Forte, Jill Tracy, Mr. Burski, and many others. Interestingly, Jill Tracy the patient was named after the real Jill Tracy, who later played a heart transplant patient named Elaine. Randall Winston was named after the real Randall Winston, who plays Leonard, the security guard with the giant afro. It can get confusing.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' has had a few instances of this. Mina Mongoose was named after Karl Bollers' late grandmother Minerva. Ben "Mutt" Muttski is rumored to be named after the late Ben Hurst, one of the writers of the ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' cartoon.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Hershey the Cat was named after a cat owned by Ken Penders' son.

** Claremont also named the M-Squad (like the Ghostbusters, but for mutants) after his fellow ''Literature/WildCards'' writers: Dr Creator/MelindaSnodgrass, Dr Creator/LewisShiner, Dr Creator/VictorMilan, and of course, Dr [[Creator/GeorgeRRMartin George Martin]].

* As revealed in the footnotes in the ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, C&H are both named for philosophers. Susie Derkins was named for a beagle that belonged to Bill Watterson's wife's family, and Miss Wormwood was named for a character of the same name from ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters.''

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': As revealed in the footnotes in the Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book, Calvin and Hobbes are both named for philosophers. Susie Derkins was named for a beagle that belonged to Bill Watterson's wife's family, and Miss Wormwood was named for a character of the same name from ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters.''

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' Writer/director Robert Zemeckis named the character Jennifer Parker in honor of famed injury attorney Larry H. Parker's daughter as he was instrumental in settling a copyright infringement suit in favor of him.

* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' has Michael Mamaril, a character who has a chance of showing up in Sanctuary and giving the players a blue-quality item. He's named after a fan of the first game who died and was included in the game as a tribute (encountering him even gets you the achievement "Tribute to a Vault Hunter").

* ''Series/StarTrek'':

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' there's a villain named Baron Aaronev who is served by mooks with a strong resemblance to characters in comics drawn by ''Aaron'' Williams. Williams returned the favor by making Phil Foglio a villain in ComicBook/PS238 (see Comics, above).
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has Gamzee Makara was named for a Turkish fan named Gamze Kurtlooz (better known as Gammy), who was a member of the forums at the time the trolls were introduced. A variety of variations on her name were suggested (as her name at 5 letters was too short), and "Gamzee" ended up being selected, as Hussie thought it was a MeaningfulName. A similar thing happened with Tavros Nitram, as his last name is just "Martin" backwards, named after another fan. Because of these two incidents, Hussie became more selective with name suggestion, and after the trolls were fully introduced, no further naming has been possible by the fans.

* Materials physicist James Kakalios wrote a piece for ''Hollywood Chemistry'' suggesting that Thor's hammer contains nanotech that scans those who try to lift it for "worthiness", and uses gravitons to increase its mass if they're not. He discussed this with Creator/MarkWaid, who promptly had Bruce Banner discuss the theory in ''ComicBook/IndestructableHulk'', citing Kakalios.

* ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'' Annual had various writers and artists inserted as [[OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs fanfic writers and fan artists]] [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/BeXysITNOfcxmnl6WLduRV0G-YfuEsRSnHjAoKmKmiU9gUKXsvzIguJ7SUHSfIbBIjEgb0WGDax-=s0 of freakingawesome.com]].
* Ray Palmer, ''ComicBook/TheAtom'', is a reference to the Golden Age science fiction writer.
* Creator/MarvelComics frequently uses names like "Marv" (Wolfman) and "Stan" ([[Creator/StanLee Lee]]) for extras in various comics.
* When Todd [=McFarlane=] started writing ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'', he Tuckerized pretty much everybody he knew. He got into trouble when he did this without the permission of St. Louis Blues enforcer Tony Twist.
* Creator/DCComics is particularly fond of this -- in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]], nearly every street, building, park, subway stop, landmark, topographical feature, bridge, shanty, lean-to, or other edifice will be named after previous Batman artists, in the instances where they're not named after Gotham City itself. For example, Martha Wayne's maiden name is Kane, as in Bob Kane, Batman's co-creator.
* John Byrne named [[ComicBook/XMen Kitty Pryde]] for an art-school classmate, though it was because he thought the name was cool rather than as an inside joke. The actual Kitty Pryde reportedly hates the attention she gets for her name.

* From the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', Sue Storm is named after Creator/JackKirby’s daughter and Ben Grimm is named after Creator/StanLee’s brother.

* [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] is named after legendary comics creator Gardner Fox (and some fan or another, according to Website/TheOtherWiki.)
** So is Gardner Grayle, The Atomic Knight.

* A few members of the Sinestro Corps in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' were named after DC staff members. Bur'Gunza (Eddie Berganza), Schlagg-Man (Adam Schlagman), Scivor (Ethan Van Sciver), and Duel Eknham (Doug Mahnke). Another member, Imecsub, was based off of actor Steve Buscemi.

* Transporter chief Sara Tuchinsky, from Creator/PeterDavid's run on Creator/DCComics' second volume of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', was named for an assistant editor over at Creator/MarvelComics.
* Carlie Cooper of the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics is named after Creator/JoeQuesada's daughter.

* Materials physicist James Kakalios wrote a piece for ''Hollywood Chemistry'' suggesting that Thor's hammer contains nanotech that scans those who try to lift it for "worthiness", and uses gravitons to increase its mass if they're not. He discussed this with Creator/MarkWaid, who promptly had Bruce Banner discuss the theory in ''[[ComicBook/IndestructableHulk]]'', citing Kakalios.
* J.M. [=DeMatteis=] named Franchise/SpiderMan supporting character Ashley Kafka after (and inspired by) [[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/05/spider-man-real-life-dr-kafka therapeutic hypnotist Frayda Kafka]]. She doesn't have a problem with the character, though she ''does'' have a problem with that character [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott being killed off]] and [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 being made]] [[AdaptationalVillainy into]] [[GenderFlip a male]] MadScientist.

* The third ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}, Tim Drake, is named after Tim Burton.

* The Flash of the 27th Century, John Fox, is named after John Broome, who co-created Barry Allen and Wally West, and Gardner Fox, who co-created Jay Garrick.
* Another Creator/ChrisClaremont example: in ''ComicBook/StarTrekDebtOfHonor'', the minor character Diane Morwood is named for fellow ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' writer Creator/DianeDuane and her husband and occasional co-author Peter Morwood.

** In ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman: Shadow of the Bat]]'' Annual #4, Finger City is named after Batman's co-creator Creator/BillFinger.
** In ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} The Power of Shazam!]]'' Annual #1, [=CeCe=] Beck is named after Captain Marvel's co-creator Clarence Charles "C.C." Beck while her home planet Binderaan is named after prolific Marvel Family writer Otto Binder.

* Attempted in ''Film/TheRoom'' with the character of Mark, who was supposed to be named after Creator/MattDamon because Creator/TommyWiseau really liked him in ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'', but he misremembered the name. There really is an actor named [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0198941/ Mark Damon]], coincidentally.

** Fry's first name is Phillip as a tribute to ''Creator/PhilHartman'', who had been a regular cast member of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and was supposed to provide the voice of Zapp Brannigan before his death.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', the Scare Floor's leaderboard shows that, aside from the main characters, all the Scarers are named after [[Creator/PixarRegulars staff members at Pixar.]]

* A very unpleasant example by Creator/MichaelCrichton: the journalist Michael Crowley, who criticised Crichton's position on global warming, was written into ''Literature/{{Next}}'' under the name "Mick Crowley." Several other details (Washington journalist, went to Yale) are given just to make sure nobody misses who it's supposed to be. The fictional Mick Crowley is a homosexual baby rapist with a very small penis.

*** The trend goes up to ridiculous levels in the ''Allspark Almanac'', a guidebook to the show's characters and settings. Every seemingly irrelevant throwaway name is either a reference to another show/movie or to a real life person, often friends or family of the writers.

** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'', one Griffin Rock resident is an astronaut named Mr. Cullen, named after Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime.

* Creator/DCComics is particularly fond of this -- in [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]], nearly every street, building, park, subway stop, landmark, topographical feature, bridge, shanty, lean-to, or other edifice will be named after previous Batman artists, in the instances where they're not named after Gotham City itself.
** Martha Wayne's maiden name is Kane, as in Bob Kane, Batman's co-creator.

* Attempted in ''Film/TheRoom'' with the character of Mark, who was supposed to be named after Creator/MattDamon because Creator/TommyWiseau really liked him in ''Film/TheTalentedMrRipley'', but he misremembered the name.
There really is an actor named [[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0198941/ Mark Damon]], coincidentally.