Who are the characters named after?

[Jen]

Frypan is a nickname. His real name is Siggy and he is named after Sigmund Freud.

[Peter]

deleted user wrote: "I googled 'Minho' and the only thing that came up was a Chinese rapper. haha and his name was Choi Minho."

actually, it's korean

[AlbinoOtter]

Jc wrote: "Gally= Galileo
Thomas=Edison
Newt=Issac Newton
Alby= Albert Einstein
Theresa=Mother Theresa
Ben= Ben Franklin
Frypan= What the... is this a nickname?
Harriet=Harriet Tubman
Jeff=Thomas Jefferson
Mi..."

For Frypan: Obviously it's a nickname! He's the friggin' cook in the books! Dumb. Question. Thanks.

[samira]

Aris=Aristotle
Newt=Isaac Newton
Minho=Future scientist
Rachel=Rachel Carson
Frypan/Siggy=Sigmund Freud
Zart=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chuck=Charles Darwin
Harriet=Harriet Tubman
Beth=Elizabeth
Sonya=?
Ben=Benjamin Franklin
Stephen=Stephen Hawking
Winston=Winston Churchill

[Sam]

¡¡¡SPOILER!!!
Where is the place where the gladers go? At the end.

[Locket]

deleted user wrote: "I googled 'Minho' and the only thing that came up was a Chinese rapper. haha and his name was Choi Minho."

Choi Minho is KOREAN not Chinese. Minho is a Korean name

[need_the_bean]

Actually, I was just reading the myth of King Minos, Theseus, and the Minotaur. King Minos is in charge of the labyrinth that holds the Minotaur. This makes sense in relation to Minho of The Maze Runner because Minho is the only one that truly knows the in's and out's (or at least before Thomas found the exit) of the Maze.

[Jessica]

I KNOW WHO MIHNO IS NAMED AFTER!
In Greek mythology, Minos is a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus' creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur.

Does that not sound a little too connected to just be a coincidence?!

Just a guess but i think its the closest we will get!

[Jessica]

^if not that then look at this!

In Greek mythology, Minos is a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years, he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus' creation, the labyrinth, to be eaten by the Minotaur.

Does that not sound a little too connected to just be a coincidence?!

Just a guess but i think its the closest we will get!

[Ajda]

minho (as james has said probably more than once) is named after a scientist in the future, because as we all know this happens many years forward in time and there will be many scientists to come and james just thought it would be more interesting.

[Hasnain]

Minho might b the minnow fish

[Rewas]

Thomas as in Thomas Edison and Newt as in Isaac Newton.

[David]

Minho is Asian and Asians are smart who all could be scientist bam I cracked the case

[Taetae]

lol is it really that hard for u guys to figure out tf the kind of name Minho is? Minho is just a normal korean name-- no historical background or story whatsoever. I just think the author wanted to be more creative and realistic by giving him a non-american name unlike the rest of them. when i found out his name was minho, i automatically thought of lee minho or like choi minho XD. Im just quietly fangirling in the theater cuz them korean boys thoooo. He fine.

[Keira]

Thomas: Thomas Edison
Teresa: Mother Teresa
Newt: Isaac Newton
Alby: Albert Einstein
Minho: (James Dasher said himself that Minho was a name he simply made up since it's set in the future)
Gally: Galileo Galilee
Winston: Winston Churchill
Zart: Mozart
Ben: Benjamin Franklin
Chuck: Charles Darwin
Jeff: Thomas Jefferson
Frypan/Siggy: Sigmund Freud
Rachel: Rachel Carson
Sonya: Queen Sonja of Norway?
Harriet: Harriet Tubman
Beth: Elizabeth 1st or Elizabeth 2nd?
Stephen: Stephen Hawking

[Ajda]

do people even read previous posts, because we've all heard all of this before.

[Max]

Ok, I think I got it for Teresa Agnes. Mother Teresa's first birth-name was Agnes. So, that makes it Teresa-Agnes, like when a wife adopts her husband's name and keeps her own also, like Mary Scott-Smith. Instead, it's the first name, with Teresa-Agnes.

[Max]

As for Minho, Zart, and Winston (maybe Winston Churchill? He was smart), I have no idea.

[Edie]

minho would not be minos...no h and i highly doubt they would choose the guy who chose to give up everything for gold...however, that is the closest figure of history to minho

[Edie]

People always ask me who Minho was named after. Well, I purposely did that: because the story is set pretty far in the future, I wanted to have at least one or two names that we don’t know, so it’s someone who doesn’t exist yet.

apparently in interview

[Agnes]

Minho is from king Minos I guess. Minho is a south korean name, and i dont think there is any famous South Korean scientist called Minho.

[Jody]

Jc wrote: "Gally= Galileo
Thomas=Edison
Newt=Issac Newton
Alby= Albert Einstein
Theresa=Mother Theresa
Ben= Ben Franklin
Frypan= What the... is this a nickname?
Harriet=Harriet Tubman
Jeff=Thomas Jefferson
Mi..."

Frypan is a nickname. his real name is Siggy and he is named after Sigmund Feud. Also, James Dashner explained that he want a few names that might be from the future. one of the names he metioned was Minho, but you made a good guess.

[Jeffery]

I think Minho is Ho Chi Minh

[vaishu]

I think Beth could be Elizabeth Blackwell

[CJ]

I was Watching a interview about Ki Hong Lee, the actor of Minho. He said that James Dashner's neice has a husband who is Korean, that's why he put it in the book. Ki Hong Lee said he was very fortunate because he is also Korean and his character he was playing is Korean, so it can maybe be that.

[Jeffery]

MINHO IS MY BAE
I SEE HIM EVERY DAY
YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

[Jen Nguyen]

Thomas: Thomas Edison
Newt: Isaac Newton
Minho: I read somewhere he is named after the man who will discover the cure for cancer in the future. Afterall this is a dystopian book so even we don't know yet. James Dashner chose this name after his niece's husband.
Teresa: Mother Teresa
Gally: Galileo Gaillei
Alby: Alby Einstein
Zart: Mozart
Chuck: Charles Darwin (A common nickname for Charles is Chuck)
Winston: Winston Churchill
Frypan: Apparently his real name is Siggy so he is named after Sigmund Frued

[Izma]

Heidi wrote: "Gally=Galileo
Alby=Albert Einstein
Thomas=Thomas Edison
Aris=Aristotle
Newt=Isaac Newton
Minho=Future scientist
Rachel=Rachel Carson
Frypan/Siggy=Sigmund Freud
Zart=Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Chuck=Ch..."

as far as i remember..i somewhere read that minho invented the bag

[Izma]

Nay wrote: "Sam *awake and unafraid* wrote: "I googled 'Minho' and the only thing that came up was a Chinese rapper. haha and his name was Choi Minho."

Excuse me... Choi Minho is a Korean rapper from the boy ..."

Kpop fan??

[Miriam]

Oksana wrote: "Does this sound weird? But when I think of Minho, it reminds me of a fish... Is that like a fishes name or something?"


Minnow. You're thinking of a minnow :)

[Maya]

Allison wrote: "Oksana wrote: "Does this sound weird? But when I think of Minho, it reminds me of a fish... Is that like a fishes name or something?"

Haha me too! :)"

I thin you guys mean a minnow

[Halle]

Allison wrote: "Oksana wrote: "Does this sound weird? But when I think of Minho, it reminds me of a fish... Is that like a fishes name or something?"

Haha me too! :)"

A minnow?