nah..James Bond (the character) was based on a guy that died recently, the last name was hyphenated, though I can't remember what's on either side of the hyphen..;)..James Bond (the name) is actually a famous Orinthologist..;)
Sherlock Holmes was based on a Medical Instructor that AC Doyle had, who would regal the class with the occupations and habits of the cadavers they worked on, based on their physiological wear and tear.. Watson, I think was more based on Doyle. I've been to the 'real' apartment of Holmes..it's quite the tourist trap, tho they were fairly accurate.
King Arthur is thought to be based on (among other people), Arturius, though the earliest recorded mentions seem to be about 200 years afterwards (monks, natch..;) Mallory was a jailbird (another of those mixed bag of prison novels, like Don Quixote, and that excerable Mein Kampf who gussied up the legends..actually Arthurian literature is spread out among the French and English of the day..but I runneth off at the moutheth..;)

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)