A backhanded inspiration for Audrey O'Hanrahan?

I just got done re-reading the Honor-series and I'm wondering if RFC watched a British news satire called The Day Today and named his intrepid reporter after one Peter O'Hanrahahanrahan, a definite beta to the O'Hanrahan genotype?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnS07NS8110

You don’t have to reach that far. Walter Duranty is the obvious archetype of a reporter who is secretly working for a murderous organization while pretending to report on them honestly. He’s the guy who every NY Times reporter wants to be, winning a Pulitzer prize for best coverup of a mass murdering Communist dictator.

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A beta for an alpha? An intriguing question!

But I don't think so. David Weber does not seem to make the references and archetypes he uses obvious. As kzt said, he might have based on a different person or fictitious character, but come up with the name through a different process. I suspect he has a list of names ready to be used and he just picks one of them at random, if he doesn't need specific traits.

Though he probably does need traits more often than not. All Andermani names are of a very specific construction and most Havenite ones are too. And of course, planets with ethnic populations in the Verge require the same (Polish, Czech or Scottish-sounding names, to name a few). So he probably has several lists.

And then there's Rob S. Pierre and Saint-Just...

ThinksMarkedly wrote:Hello sansos

Welcome to the forum!

A beta for an alpha? An intriguing question!

But I don't think so. David Weber does not seem to make the references and archetypes he uses obvious. As kzt said, he might have based on a different person or fictitious character, but come up with the name through a different process. I suspect he has a list of names ready to be used and he just picks one of them at random, if he doesn't need specific traits.

Though he probably does need traits more often than not. All Andermani names are of a very specific construction and most Havenite ones are too. And of course, planets with ethnic populations in the Verge require the same (Polish, Czech or Scottish-sounding names, to name a few). So he probably has several lists.

And then there's Rob S. Pierre and Saint-Just...

or the Renaissance Factor's 12 director's... er... planetary leaders.

Theemile wrote:

ThinksMarkedly wrote:And then there's Rob S. Pierre and Saint-Just...

or the Renaissance Factor's 12 director's... er... planetary leaders.

Ah, but not all of them. I do wonder if I missed a reference, though:

1. Chief Counsel Nikomedes Kakadelis of Thrace
2. Director Vincent Stone of New Orkney
3. King Clinton III of New Madagascar
4. Pres. Anton Polanski of Line
5. Marquis Reynaldo Lucas IV of Denver
6. Chairwoman Joan Kubrick of the Maxwell Association
7. Pres. Rebecca Monticelli of Comstock
8. Pres. Stanley Huskainen of Mannerheim
9. Chancellor Robert Tarantino of New Bombay
10. Chancellor Walter Ford of the Second Chance Republic
11. Pres. Roman Hitchcock of Visigoth

Roman Polanski, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, (George) Lucas, (Oliver) Stone are easy. But Monticelli was a painter, not a director. Nikomedes Kakadelis doesn't ring a bell and "Clinton" only reminds me of US political figures. Am I missing anyone?

ThinksMarkedly wrote:

Theemile wrote:
or the Renaissance Factor's 12 director's... er... planetary leaders.

Ah, but not all of them. I do wonder if I missed a reference, though:

1. Chief Counsel Nikomedes Kakadelis of Thrace
2. Director Vincent Stone of New Orkney
3. King Clinton III of New Madagascar
4. Pres. Anton Polanski of Line
5. Marquis Reynaldo Lucas IV of Denver
6. Chairwoman Joan Kubrick of the Maxwell Association
7. Pres. Rebecca Monticelli of Comstock
8. Pres. Stanley Huskainen of Mannerheim
9. Chancellor Robert Tarantino of New Bombay
10. Chancellor Walter Ford of the Second Chance Republic
11. Pres. Roman Hitchcock of Visigoth

Isn't Albrecht the twelfth member? Or is he ex officio?

Fox2! wrote:

ThinksMarkedly wrote:Ah, but not all of them. I do wonder if I missed a reference, though:

1. Chief Counsel Nikomedes Kakadelis of Thrace
2. Director Vincent Stone of New Orkney
3. King Clinton III of New Madagascar
4. Pres. Anton Polanski of Line
5. Marquis Reynaldo Lucas IV of Denver
6. Chairwoman Joan Kubrick of the Maxwell Association
7. Pres. Rebecca Monticelli of Comstock
8. Pres. Stanley Huskainen of Mannerheim
9. Chancellor Robert Tarantino of New Bombay
10. Chancellor Walter Ford of the Second Chance Republic
11. Pres. Roman Hitchcock of Visigoth

Isn't Albrecht the twelfth member? Or is he ex officio?

I suppose you meant as the Darius system executive, which he was. But Darius isn't an official member, so he wouldn't show up as in the official RF executive list. He's the real power behind the scenes, something most conspiracy theories say exist, but in this case is true.

Mesa isn't a member either.

ThinksMarkedly wrote:

Theemile wrote:
or the Renaissance Factor's 12 director's... er... planetary leaders.

Ah, but not all of them. I do wonder if I missed a reference, though:

1. Chief Counsel Nikomedes Kakadelis of Thrace
2. Director Vincent Stone of New Orkney
3. King Clinton III of New Madagascar
4. Pres. Anton Polanski of Line
5. Marquis Reynaldo Lucas IV of Denver
6. Chairwoman Joan Kubrick of the Maxwell Association
7. Pres. Rebecca Monticelli of Comstock
8. Pres. Stanley Huskainen of Mannerheim
9. Chancellor Robert Tarantino of New Bombay
10. Chancellor Walter Ford of the Second Chance Republic
11. Pres. Roman Hitchcock of Visigoth

Roman Polanski, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, (George) Lucas, (Oliver) Stone are easy. But Monticelli was a painter, not a director. Nikomedes Kakadelis doesn't ring a bell and "Clinton" only reminds me of US political figures. Am I missing anyone?

No, you didn't miss anyone.

Mission of Honor, Chapter 39 wrote:Counting Detweiler himself, there were an even dozen people seated at the table and, extraordinarily unusual though it was, none of the others was accompanied by a single attendant or aide. It was probably the first time that had been true for most of them in at least twenty T-years, Detweiler thought, which was fairly amusing. He himself had always been as hands-on as possible, and he actually treasured solitude in which to get on with his current project. Most of the others had succumbed, to one extent or another, to the desire to underscore their importance (if only to themselves) by surrounding themselves with at least a small core of assistants. Yet this time around, he was flanked by three of his sons—Benjamin, Collin, and Daniel—while the others sat unaccompanied.

Boldface is my emphasis.

ThinksMarkedly wrote:
Ah, but not all of them. I do wonder if I missed a reference, though:

1. Chief Counsel Nikomedes Kakadelis of Thrace
2. Director Vincent Stone of New Orkney
3. King Clinton III of New Madagascar
4. Pres. Anton Polanski of Line
5. Marquis Reynaldo Lucas IV of Denver
6. Chairwoman Joan Kubrick of the Maxwell Association
7. Pres. Rebecca Monticelli of Comstock
8. Pres. Stanley Huskainen of Mannerheim
9. Chancellor Robert Tarantino of New Bombay
10. Chancellor Walter Ford of the Second Chance Republic
11. Pres. Roman Hitchcock of Visigoth

Roman Polanski, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, (George) Lucas, (Oliver) Stone are easy. But Monticelli was a painter, not a director. Nikomedes Kakadelis doesn't ring a bell and "Clinton" only reminds me of US political figures. Am I missing anyone?

John Ford, director of Westerns, and The Quiet Man. Huskainen is unknown to Wiki. Hurskainen has several entries.

Fox2! wrote:John Ford, director of Westerns, and The Quiet Man. Huskainen is unknown to Wiki. Hurskainen has several entries.

Well, those are existing surnames so there are relatively important people to have born them. Like Janacek / Janáček. I was just wondering if one of those could be the one RFC was thinking of.

"Ford" reminds me of Francis Ford Coppola.