While some famous characters were derived completely from their creators’ figment of the imagination, a lot of beloved characters were actually inspired by real people they knew. Lucy who suffers amnesia in 50 First Dates, for example, is based on Michelle Philpots who suffers the same fate and has a husband that reminds her every day that she is married.
Miss Piggy, The Muppet Show
James Bond
Jean Valjean, Les Misérables
Lucious Lyon, Empire
Tony Stark, Iron Man
Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey
Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs
Olivia Pope, Scandal
Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol
Victor Navorski, The Terminal
Princess Aurora, Sleeping Beauty
Rocky Balboa, Rocky
Temperance “Bones” Brennan, Bones
Popeye
Bonus: Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
