Real-Life Parallels

WARNING!! Spoilers ahead!

Several astute Fallen Londoners have noticed parallels between Fallen London and the real world, besides its alternate-historical setting and the well-known fact that the Empress and her Consort are Victoria and Albert.

Historical-Domain Characters:

Mr. Huffam, of Doubt Street fame, is none other than Charles Dickens. The Epigrammatic Irishman, a character in a recently-released story involving Mr Pages, is Oscar Wilde. Dr. Schlomo, a nightmare-curing Victorian Dr. Oz, is Sigmund (Schlomo) Freud. Jack-of-Smiles is Jack the Ripper, of course. Painter William Holman Hunt also appears in the game as the Ginger-Haired Painter. The Relickers, aka rag-and-bone-men, existed and still exist IRL. The Bishopric of Southwark is actually a thing. So was The Great Game, which used to be a power struggle in Central Asia but now spans the world.

A few fictional figures, too!
The Calendar Council is the Council of Days from The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton. The Honey-Addled Detective in Ladybones Road is Sherlock Holmes gone bad.

And the golden oldies:
The Duchess is Ankhesenamun, King Tut's sister/wife. (King Tut became the Cantigaster.) The Widow is Shirin, daughter of Mongke Khan. The Manager of the Royal Bethlehem is Gilgamesh; the King with a Hundred Hearts is Enkidu.