for those not in the know: Shaggy was based on a character Maynard G. Krebs, who was in turn named after (but not really based on) Eugene V. Debs
Come to think of it, I think "Mister" Eugene Krabs from spongebob might be named after Eugene V. Debs as well, which is fucked up, since Krabs is a miserly petit bourgeois restaurant owner
for those not in the know: Shaggy was based on a character Maynard G. Krebs, who was in turn named after (but not really based on) Eugene V. Debs
Come to think of it, I think "Mister" Eugene Krabs from spongebob might be named after Eugene V. Debs as well, which is fucked up, since Krabs is a miserly petit bourgeois restaurant owner