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Annie Cordy

Annie Cordy

Annie Cordy – Belgian actress who is caricatured as chief Beefix’s wife in Asterix in Belgium.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger – was the inspiration for the super-clones in Asterix and the Falling Sky.

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini – As Centurion Nebulus Nimbus in Asterix and the Big Fight. Like the real Mussolini he’s bald, fat and shouts all the time.

Boadicea

Boadicea

Boadicea – Appears in Asterix in Britain as a housewife. She confronts Asterix, Obelix and Anticlimax after they mistakenly break down her door.

Cassius Ceramix (Aplusbegalix)

Cassius Ceramix (Aplusbegalix)

Cassius Ceramix (Aplusbegalix) – Gaulish chief collaborating with the Romans who challenges Vitalstatistix for leadership. Ceramix is a pun on Muhammed Ali’s birth name, Cassius Clay, and like him is a skilled boxer. Another famous athlete, the cyclist Eddy Merckx, appears as a messenger in Asterix in Belgium.

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton – as the villainous prefect Surplus Dairiprodus.

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (as Ben-Hur) can be seen arguing with another driver in Asterix and the Golden Sickle.

Goscinny and Uderzo

Goscinny and Uderzo

Goscinny and Uderzo have cameo appearances in many books including Asterix in Britain and Obelix and Co.

Guy Lux

Guy Lux

Guy Lux – As a gameshow host in the Mansions of the Gods.

Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac – The economist who buys Obelix’s menhirs in Obelix and Co..