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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBearsBigChapterBooks'':
** In ''The Berenstain Bears and the New Girl in Town'', while Papa is explaining about the feud between Bears and Grizzlys, the illustrations show what's clearly meant to be events based on the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, with Papa mentioning that both sides had their heroes and namedropping "Stonewall Grizzly" and [[UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant Ulysses S. Bear]].
** ''The Berenstain Bears and the Perfect Crime (Almost)'''s plot revolves around a celebration of Bear Country Independence Day, including the nation's first president -- [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington General George Grizzington]], commander of the Revolutionary Bear Army.
** The same book also namedrops [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Bearjamin Franklin]], Bear Country's first secretary of state (a position his real-life counterpart never held).
** In ''The Berenstain Bears and the New Girl in Town'', while Papa is explaining about the feud between Bears and Grizzlys, the illustrations show what's clearly meant to be events based on the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, with Papa mentioning that both sides had their heroes and namedropping "Stonewall Grizzly" and [[UsefulNotes/UlyssesSGrant Ulysses S. Bear]].
** ''The Berenstain Bears and the Perfect Crime (Almost)'''s plot revolves around a celebration of Bear Country Independence Day, including the nation's first president -- [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington General George Grizzington]], commander of the Revolutionary Bear Army.
** The same book also namedrops [[Creator/BenjaminFranklin Bearjamin Franklin]], Bear Country's first secretary of state (a position his real-life counterpart never held).
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* ''Literature/DelicateCondition'': In 1833 Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell places Betty Anderson on his famous rest cure after she gives birth. By the time her friend Frances visits, Betty has been in isolation for six weeks and her mental health has eroded.
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* ''Literature/WorldOfTheFiveGods'': As ''The Curse of Chalion'' is inspired by the wedding of [[UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile]], many of the major characters have direct historical equivalents:
** Iselle is Isabella of Castile; her half-brother Orico is Henry IV of Castile, and her brother Teidez is Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
** Martou dy Jironal is Juan Pacheco, and his brother Dondo is Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, complete with sudden unexpected death after being betrothed to Iselle.
** Bergon is Ferdinand II of Aragon; his father "The Fox of Ibra" is John II of Aragon, and Bergon's unnamed half-brother is Charles, Prince of Viana.
** Iselle is Isabella of Castile; her half-brother Orico is Henry IV of Castile, and her brother Teidez is Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
** Martou dy Jironal is Juan Pacheco, and his brother Dondo is Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, complete with sudden unexpected death after being betrothed to Iselle.
** Bergon is Ferdinand II of Aragon; his father "The Fox of Ibra" is John II of Aragon, and Bergon's unnamed half-brother is Charles, Prince of Viana.
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* Later volumes of ''Literature/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom'' introduce Fuuga Haan, who is clearly based on Genghis Khan, a point the main character brings up pretty often, with additional comparisons made to Oda Nobunaga and Napoleon.
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* Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Cain's Last Stand'' is based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, being a short man with a silly mustache prone to grandiloquent speeches that incite people to hatred. Though Hitler, as far as we know, didn't have CompellingVoice or [[spoiler:VoluntaryShapeshifting]] powers.
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* Creator/HarryTurtledove has a thing for this in both his alternate history and fantasy series:
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with historical knockoffs of much of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who takes on the role of Jesse Owens in the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with historical knockoffs of much of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who takes on the role of Jesse Owens in the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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* Creator/HarryTurtledove ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has a thing for this in both his alternate history and fantasy series:
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retellinghandful of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy characters that are counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete withreal historical knockoffs figures: Hwel is Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Casanunda is Giacomo Casanova and Leonard of much of Quirm is Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, for example.
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo the[[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in PosthumousCharacter who inspires the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who takes on the role Ambiguous Utopia of Jesse Owens in the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an eraAnnares is modeled on Dark Ages Europe the anarchist writer Emma Goldman, namely that she wrote about an anarchist society despite being exiled and tells on the story margins of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.every real-life society she lived in.
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo the
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
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* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo the PosthumousCharacter who inspires the Ambiguous Utopia of Annares is modeled on the anarchist writer Emma Goldman, namely that she wrote about an anarchist society despite being exiled and on the margins of every real-life society she lived in.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family in Literature/HarryPotter on the famous Mitford sisters.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family in Literature/HarryPotter on the famous Mitford sisters.
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* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo Meyer Wolfsheim in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, who was believed to be behind fixing the PosthumousCharacter who inspires the Ambiguous Utopia of Annares is modeled on the anarchist writer Emma Goldman, namely that she wrote about an anarchist society despite being exiled and on the margins of every real-life society she lived in.
World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) in real life.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family inLiterature/HarryPotter ''Literature/HarryPotter'' on the famous Mitford sisters.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family in
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Literature/{{Oracle}}" stars thinly veiled alternate universe versions of Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis.
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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has a handful of characters that are counterparts of real historical figures: Hwel is Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Casanunda is Giacomo Casanova and Leonard of Quirm is Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, for example.
* Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Cain's Last Stand'' is based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, being a short man with a silly mustache prone to grandiloquent speeches that incite people to hatred. Though Hitler, as far as we know, didn't have CompellingVoice or [[spoiler:VoluntaryShapeshifting]] powers.
* Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Cain's Last Stand'' is based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, being a short man with a silly mustache prone to grandiloquent speeches that incite people to hatred. Though Hitler, as far as we know, didn't have CompellingVoice or [[spoiler:VoluntaryShapeshifting]] powers.
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* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Literature/{{Oracle}}" stars thinly veiled alternate universe versions of Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis.
* Meyer Wolfsheim in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, who was believed to be behind fixing the World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) in real life.
* Meyer Wolfsheim in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, who was believed to be behind fixing the World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) in real life.
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* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Literature/{{Oracle}}" stars thinly veiled Creator/HarryTurtledove has a thing for this in both his alternate history and fantasy series:
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universeversions of Alan Turing wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and C.S. Lewis.
* Meyer Wolfsheimslowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with historical knockoffs of much of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who was believed to be behind fixing takes on the World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) role of Jesse Owens in real life. the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe
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* ''Literature/CodexAlera'':
** [[invoked]] According to WordOfGod, [[TheHero Tavi's]] characterization was heavily inspired by both UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar and [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Caesar Augustus]].
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Warmaster]] [[{{Wolfman}} Nasaug's]] invasion of the Rome-inspired Alera, status as [[TheStrategist a strategic genius]], being the son of a prominent Canim warrior who has previously matched wits with the Alerans and openly regards their then-current peace as the pause before the next war, and matching wits with Tavi (who is acting under the guise of "Rufus Scipio") paints him as being the Canim equivalent of UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca.
** [[invoked]] According to WordOfGod, [[TheHero Tavi's]] characterization was heavily inspired by both UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar and [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Caesar Augustus]].
** [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Warmaster]] [[{{Wolfman}} Nasaug's]] invasion of the Rome-inspired Alera, status as [[TheStrategist a strategic genius]], being the son of a prominent Canim warrior who has previously matched wits with the Alerans and openly regards their then-current peace as the pause before the next war, and matching wits with Tavi (who is acting under the guise of "Rufus Scipio") paints him as being the Canim equivalent of UsefulNotes/HannibalBarca.
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* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Oracle" stars thinly-veiled alternate universe versions of Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis.
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Grand Admiral Thrawn is a tactical genius who manages to rise through the ranks of the Imperial military to appoint himself ''de facto'' Galactic Emperor after the Empire's leadership crumbles during a period of chaos, despite being a Chiss serving in a human supremacist military that generally looks down on aliens. He's essentially an alien UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, right down to the distinctive [[VillainInAWhiteSuit white military uniform]], the [[AFatherToHisMen protective instinct towards his troops]], and the [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strong opposition to democracy]]. Like Napoleon, he even abandons his "foreign" birth name to make it easier for his troops to accept him, and ultimately goes by a simple [[OnlyOneName mononym]]; the Corsican-born "Napoleone di Buonaparte" adopted the French name "Napoléon Bonaparte", and eventually just "Napoléon", while the Chiss "Mitth'raw'nuruodo" simply calls himself "Thrawn".
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Retooled to Villain In A White Suit. After discussion, military regalia counts.
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Grand Admiral Thrawn is a tactical genius who manages to rise through the ranks of the Imperial military to appoint himself ''de facto'' Galactic Emperor after the Empire's leadership crumbles during a period of chaos, despite being a Chiss serving in a human supremacist military that generally looks down on aliens. He's essentially an alien UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, right down to the distinctive [[ManInWhite white military uniform]], the [[AFatherToHisMen protective instinct towards his troops]], and the [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strong opposition to democracy]]. Like Napoleon, he even abandons his "foreign" birth name to make it easier for his troops to accept him, and ultimately goes by a simple [[OnlyOneName mononym]]; the Corsican-born "Napoleone di Buonaparte" adopted the French name "Napoléon Bonaparte", and eventually just "Napoléon", while the Chiss "Mitth'raw'nuruodo" simply calls himself "Thrawn".
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* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Grand Admiral Thrawn is a tactical genius who manages to rise through the ranks of the Imperial military to appoint himself ''de facto'' Galactic Emperor after the Empire's leadership crumbles during a period of chaos, despite being a Chiss serving in a human supremacist military that generally looks down on aliens. He's essentially an alien UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, right down to the distinctive [[ManInWhite [[VillainInAWhiteSuit white military uniform]], the [[AFatherToHisMen protective instinct towards his troops]], and the [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strong opposition to democracy]]. Like Napoleon, he even abandons his "foreign" birth name to make it easier for his troops to accept him, and ultimately goes by a simple [[OnlyOneName mononym]]; the Corsican-born "Napoleone di Buonaparte" adopted the French name "Napoléon Bonaparte", and eventually just "Napoléon", while the Chiss "Mitth'raw'nuruodo" simply calls himself "Thrawn".
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* Franchise/SherlockHolmes:
** Professor Moriarty somewhat resembles his contemporary, Dr. Simon Newcomb. Like Moriarty, Newcomb was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer. Although not a crime lord so far as we know, he had a reputation for spitefulness and possibly tried to destroy the careers of his critics and rivals.
** The great detective himself is believed to be a stand-in for Joseph Bell, a forensic surgeon that Conan Doyle once worked for. Bell was known for stressing the importance of close observation in his work, and was apparently capable of a bit of SherlockScan himself.
** Professor Moriarty somewhat resembles his contemporary, Dr. Simon Newcomb. Like Moriarty, Newcomb was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer. Although not a crime lord so far as we know, he had a reputation for spitefulness and possibly tried to destroy the careers of his critics and rivals.
** The great detective himself is believed to be a stand-in for Joseph Bell, a forensic surgeon that Conan Doyle once worked for. Bell was known for stressing the importance of close observation in his work, and was apparently capable of a bit of SherlockScan himself.
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* Creator/HarryTurtledove has a thing for this in both his alternate history and fantasy series:
** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with historical knockoffs of much of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who takes on the role of Jesse Owens in the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
* The fantasy novel ''Literature/TheGraceOfKings'' is to some degree a serial-numbers filed off take on Chinese history following the death of the First Emperor, particularly in terms of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%E2%80%93Han_Contention Chu-Han Contention]]. Among many examples:
** Emperor Mapidere, a VisionaryVillain who united warring states is a stand-in for China's First Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang Qin Shi Huang]] (with building a Chunnel-like structure substituting for building the Great Wall)
** Mapidere's sheltered RoyalBrat son and successor Erishi is a stand-in for Qin Shi Huang's RoyalBrat son and successor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Er_Shi Er Shi]].
** Kuni Garu, a BrilliantButLazy student and layabout in youth who was a minor functionary before leading a rebellion and becoming Emperor ([[TheWisePrince the good kind]] is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han Liu Bang/Emperor Gaozu]], the founder of the Han Dynasty, whose backstory is identical to this in the (semi-legendary) historical accounts.
** Mata Zyndu, the scion of a noble house victimized by the First Emperor who takes part in the rebellion and becomes Kuni's EvilFormerFriend/ RivalTurnedEvil is likewise based on Liu Bang's ally turned enemy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu Xiang Yu]]. Like his historical counterpart, Mata is ambiguously both an honorable warrior (and surprisingly good poet) and brutal war criminal. Mata is also eight-feet tall and has double-pupiled eyes, features inspired by legends regarding Xiang Yu.
** Gin Mazoti, a SatisfiedStreetRat turned military strategist and beloved general is a DistaffCounterpart of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Xin Han Xin]], who likewise came from an impoverished/abusive upbringing before establishing himself aided by a study of military strategy. The novel ends with an implication that Gin could be destined for trouble due to being "too popular", which suggests she might experience a similar downfall as the historical Han Xin.
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo the PosthumousCharacter who inspires the Ambiguous Utopia of Annares is modeled on the anarchist writer Emma Goldman, namely that she wrote about an anarchist society despite being exiled and on the margins of every real-life society she lived in.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family in Literature/HarryPotter on the famous Mitford sisters.
** Bellatrix Lestrange's fanatical devotion to Voldemort is based on Unity Valkyrie Mitford who was obsessed with UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and socialized in his circle in the 30s and was believed to have tried to attract the generally asexual Hitler, and was in Berlin when Hitler declared war on Britain, and was so broken that she tried to commit suicide, failed and sent back to England where she was committed to an asylum.
** Narcissa Malfoy is based on Diana Mitford who married Oswald Moseley of the British Union of Fascists (a marriage with Hitler and Goebbels as witnesses).
** Andromeda Tonks and Sirius Black are based on Jessica Mitford (one of Rowling's heroes), the family WhiteSheep who ran away from them to fight in the Spanish Civil War and became a lifelong leftist.
* Creator/DavidWeber's Literature/HonorHarrington features the Committee of Public Safety of New Haven, led by [[UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre Rob S. Pierre]] and Oscar St. Just (after Louis Antoine de Saint-Just) who institute a ReignOfTerror much like their historical inspirations.
* Creator/VictorHugo's ''Literature/LesMiserables'' features two famous examples:
** Enjolras, a youthful charismatic revolutionary with angelic features, stoic determination and a wealthy background, based on the real-life [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], known for his cold nature and amazing beauty who was nicknamed the Angel of Death in his lifetime.
** Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, are DecompositeCharacter of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_François_Vidocq François Vidocq]], a crook turned policeman.
* ''Literature/TheShadowCampaigns'': Johan Maurisk, as an idealistic revolutionary turned dictatorial mass murderer is a more overtly villainous Maximilien Robespierre, particularly once he starts having perceived traitors executed via "the Spike", the setting's answer to the guillotine.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has a handful of characters that are counterparts of real historical figures: Hwel is Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Casanunda is Giacomo Casanova and Leonard of Quirm is Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, for example.
* Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Cain's Last Stand'' is based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, being a short man with a silly mustache prone to grandiloquent speeches that incite people to hatred. Though Hitler, as far as we know, didn't have CompellingVoice or [[spoiler:VoluntaryShapeshifting]] powers.
* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Oracle" stars thinly-veiled alternate universe versions of Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Grand Admiral Thrawn is a tactical genius who manages to rise through the ranks of the Imperial military to appoint himself ''de facto'' Galactic Emperor after the Empire's leadership crumbles during a period of chaos, despite being a Chiss serving in a human supremacist military that generally looks down on aliens. He's essentially an alien UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, right down to the distinctive [[ManInWhite white military uniform]], the [[AFatherToHisMen protective instinct towards his troops]], and the [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strong opposition to democracy]]. Like Napoleon, he even abandons his "foreign" birth name to make it easier for his troops to accept him, and ultimately goes by a simple [[OnlyOneName mononym]]; the Corsican-born "Napoleone di Buonaparte" adopted the French name "Napoléon Bonaparte", and eventually just "Napoléon", while the Chiss "Mitth'raw'nuruodo" simply calls himself "Thrawn".
* Meyer Wolfsheim in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, who was believed to be behind fixing the World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) in real life.
* ''Literature/TheYoungVisiters'' features an unnamed Prince of Wales in a supporting role. From the time the book was written and set, he's likely meant to be the prince who will one day become King Edward VII, and TheFilmOfTheBook portrays him as such.
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** The ''Literature/DarknessSeries'' is a retelling of WWII in a fantasy setting, featuring fantasy counterparts of everyone from UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler (BigBad King Mezentio) and UsefulNotes/JosefStalin (the insane King Swemmel of Unkerlant) on down to the Manhattan Project scientists.
** ''Literature/WarBetweenTheProvinces'' is a fantasy world version of the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. King Avram is Abraham Lincoln, King Geoffrey is Jefferson Davis, etc, etc.
** ''Literature/{{Timeline 191}}'' takes place in an alternate universe wherein the Confederacy won the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar and slowly transitioned into a fascist state, complete with historical knockoffs of much of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi leadership]], with Jake "The Snake" Featherston as Adolf Hitler, Saul Goldman (a Jew!) as Goebbels, Clarence Potter as Wilhelm Canaris, and Jefferson Pinkard as a cross between Adolf Eichmann and Rudolf Hoess. You've also got ex-slave [[MeaningfulName Cassius]] as Vladimir Lenin, Flora Hamburger as a combination Rosa Luxemburg and Eleanor Roosevelt, Irving Morrell as Erwin Rommel (but living in the USA and doing Eisenhower's job), and an unnamed Haitian runner who takes on the role of Jesse Owens in the Richmond Olympics, humiliating Jake.
* Creator/GuyGavrielKay:
** ''Literature/TheLastLightOfTheSun'' takes place in an era modeled on Dark Ages Europe and tells the story of the last great Erling (Viking) raid on Angelcyn (England). Parallel characters include King Aeldred of Angelcyn, a clear stand-in for Alfred the Great who unified the English against the historical Viking raids, while BigBad Ivarr Ragnarson is a fairly transparent knockoff of the semi-historical [[Literature/RagnarLodbrokAndHisSons Ivar the Boneless]].
** ''Literature/TheLionsOfAlRassan'' has Rodrigo Belmont, a soldier of fortune who goes down in history as his world's version of El Cid.
** ''Literature/ChildrenOfEarthAndSky'': Grand Khalif Gurcu the Destroyer is Mehmed the Conqueror, while Emperor Rodolfo is Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire.
* The fantasy novel ''Literature/TheGraceOfKings'' is to some degree a serial-numbers filed off take on Chinese history following the death of the First Emperor, particularly in terms of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%E2%80%93Han_Contention Chu-Han Contention]]. Among many examples:
** Emperor Mapidere, a VisionaryVillain who united warring states is a stand-in for China's First Emperor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang Qin Shi Huang]] (with building a Chunnel-like structure substituting for building the Great Wall)
** Mapidere's sheltered RoyalBrat son and successor Erishi is a stand-in for Qin Shi Huang's RoyalBrat son and successor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Er_Shi Er Shi]].
** Kuni Garu, a BrilliantButLazy student and layabout in youth who was a minor functionary before leading a rebellion and becoming Emperor ([[TheWisePrince the good kind]] is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Han Liu Bang/Emperor Gaozu]], the founder of the Han Dynasty, whose backstory is identical to this in the (semi-legendary) historical accounts.
** Mata Zyndu, the scion of a noble house victimized by the First Emperor who takes part in the rebellion and becomes Kuni's EvilFormerFriend/ RivalTurnedEvil is likewise based on Liu Bang's ally turned enemy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Yu Xiang Yu]]. Like his historical counterpart, Mata is ambiguously both an honorable warrior (and surprisingly good poet) and brutal war criminal. Mata is also eight-feet tall and has double-pupiled eyes, features inspired by legends regarding Xiang Yu.
** Gin Mazoti, a SatisfiedStreetRat turned military strategist and beloved general is a DistaffCounterpart of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Xin Han Xin]], who likewise came from an impoverished/abusive upbringing before establishing himself aided by a study of military strategy. The novel ends with an implication that Gin could be destined for trouble due to being "too popular", which suggests she might experience a similar downfall as the historical Han Xin.
* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/TheDispossessed'': Odo the PosthumousCharacter who inspires the Ambiguous Utopia of Annares is modeled on the anarchist writer Emma Goldman, namely that she wrote about an anarchist society despite being exiled and on the margins of every real-life society she lived in.
* Creator/JKRowling modelled the Black Family in Literature/HarryPotter on the famous Mitford sisters.
** Bellatrix Lestrange's fanatical devotion to Voldemort is based on Unity Valkyrie Mitford who was obsessed with UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and socialized in his circle in the 30s and was believed to have tried to attract the generally asexual Hitler, and was in Berlin when Hitler declared war on Britain, and was so broken that she tried to commit suicide, failed and sent back to England where she was committed to an asylum.
** Narcissa Malfoy is based on Diana Mitford who married Oswald Moseley of the British Union of Fascists (a marriage with Hitler and Goebbels as witnesses).
** Andromeda Tonks and Sirius Black are based on Jessica Mitford (one of Rowling's heroes), the family WhiteSheep who ran away from them to fight in the Spanish Civil War and became a lifelong leftist.
* Creator/DavidWeber's Literature/HonorHarrington features the Committee of Public Safety of New Haven, led by [[UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre Rob S. Pierre]] and Oscar St. Just (after Louis Antoine de Saint-Just) who institute a ReignOfTerror much like their historical inspirations.
* Creator/VictorHugo's ''Literature/LesMiserables'' features two famous examples:
** Enjolras, a youthful charismatic revolutionary with angelic features, stoic determination and a wealthy background, based on the real-life [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolutionMajorFigures Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]], known for his cold nature and amazing beauty who was nicknamed the Angel of Death in his lifetime.
** Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert, are DecompositeCharacter of [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_François_Vidocq François Vidocq]], a crook turned policeman.
* ''Literature/TheShadowCampaigns'': Johan Maurisk, as an idealistic revolutionary turned dictatorial mass murderer is a more overtly villainous Maximilien Robespierre, particularly once he starts having perceived traitors executed via "the Spike", the setting's answer to the guillotine.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has a handful of characters that are counterparts of real historical figures: Hwel is Creator/WilliamShakespeare, Casanunda is Giacomo Casanova and Leonard of Quirm is Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, for example.
* Chaos Warmaster Varan the Undefeatable in ''Literature/CiaphasCain: Cain's Last Stand'' is based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, being a short man with a silly mustache prone to grandiloquent speeches that incite people to hatred. Though Hitler, as far as we know, didn't have CompellingVoice or [[spoiler:VoluntaryShapeshifting]] powers.
* Creator/GregEgan's science fiction short story "Oracle" stars thinly-veiled alternate universe versions of Alan Turing and C.S. Lewis.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Grand Admiral Thrawn is a tactical genius who manages to rise through the ranks of the Imperial military to appoint himself ''de facto'' Galactic Emperor after the Empire's leadership crumbles during a period of chaos, despite being a Chiss serving in a human supremacist military that generally looks down on aliens. He's essentially an alien UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, right down to the distinctive [[ManInWhite white military uniform]], the [[AFatherToHisMen protective instinct towards his troops]], and the [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strong opposition to democracy]]. Like Napoleon, he even abandons his "foreign" birth name to make it easier for his troops to accept him, and ultimately goes by a simple [[OnlyOneName mononym]]; the Corsican-born "Napoleone di Buonaparte" adopted the French name "Napoléon Bonaparte", and eventually just "Napoléon", while the Chiss "Mitth'raw'nuruodo" simply calls himself "Thrawn".
* Meyer Wolfsheim in ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'' is usually agreed to be a nod to Arnold Rothstein, who was believed to be behind fixing the World Series (as Wolfsheim purports to have done) in real life.
* ''Literature/TheYoungVisiters'' features an unnamed Prince of Wales in a supporting role. From the time the book was written and set, he's likely meant to be the prince who will one day become King Edward VII, and TheFilmOfTheBook portrays him as such.
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