Hamilton’s mascot is Alexander Hamilton. Franklin and Marshall’s mascots are Ben Franklin and John Marshall.
Mount Holyoke and Wheaton (MA) each have the Lyon as their mascot, in honor of Mary Lyon, who was the founder of both schools.
I can assure you that the Reed College mascot, while not a real person, was a real mythological character with its own story: https://www.google.com/search?q=Reed+college+mascot&tbm=isch&imgil=4kfgCzyOkdSuFM%253A%253BKPQEXNj7J1PSAM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%25252F473300242058566804%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=4kfgCzyOkdSuFM%253A%252CKPQEXNj7J1PSAM%252C_&usg=__jWxnXJhsoeLFTIE_7V_eipiG-Yk%3D&biw=1265&bih=660&ved=0ahUKEwik9vCNoqnTAhWi44MKHcldDREQyjcIUg&ei=WIrzWKTqG6LHjwTJu7WIAQ#imgrc=4kfgCzyOkdSuFM:
More interesting than most PEOPLE who are made into statues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin
Thanks all. I count five or so. A mascot named after a specific individual is exceedingly rare, it seems.
What may be even rarer is when both the nickname and the mascot are named after the same specific individual. This was the case at Amherst: the mascot was a personification of Lord Jeffrey Amherst, and the athletes were nicknamed the “Lord Jeffs”.
We have to distinguish between nicknames and mascots. At Williams, for example, the athletes are nicknamed “Ephs”, after Col. Ephraim Williams, a historical individual. But the mascot is a purple cow, which has nothing to do with that individual. Conversely, Harvard athletes are nicknamed the “Crimson”. But their mascot is a pilgrim who is supposed to represent John Harvard, a historical individual.
You could argue that the Vanderbilt nickname and mascot both represent the same historical individual, if we accept that “Commodore” uniquely designates Cornelius Vanderbilt, despite not being part of his given name.