I was rather intrigued today while reading to discover that Haber was the name of a renowned German chemist that developed synthetic ammonia, earning the Nobel Prize and the nickname, "The Father of Chemical Warfare." This is what I can only consider a cool coincidence, because out of my two main characters in the novel, Tom and Elena, one teaches at an invented private school called Haber Academy, and the other is in fact a chemist.
This led me to a new concept in time-wasting for writers, which of course is not wasteful at all, because any endeavor could presumably lead to serendipitous metaphorical paydirt. The concept is that of googling the names of your characters. This only works with characters that you've already created, who are well-established in your mind, so that you won't be utterly thrown off course by the random things you will are sure to chance on.

Here, then, is what I found for other characters in my own novel:


Lawrence Haber (founder of Haber Academy)
http://www.instituteofliving.org/Programs/Schizophrenia/resumes/lawrence_haber.htm

Trent Cowan (Elena's father)
http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/74286/trent-cowan.htm


Tom Foss (my main character)http://www.blogger.com/profile/4811037

Reddick
http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1286846_1?noconfirm=0

Tara Moffett
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/71b/37

Michlin
http://www.michlinmusic.com/