15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Prison Break

7. Characters Named After US Presidents... And Hot Drinks

Lincoln Burrows and Theodore Bagwell. Or what about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt? Could it just be a coincidence that two of Prison Break's main characters are named after US Presidents? Maybe not, as Michael Scofield, Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin, and Alexander Mahone are closely named after the politicians Edward Scofield, Benjamin Franklin, and William Mahone, while Paul Kellerman's surname was inspired by Roy Kellerman, the secret service agent riding in the car when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. On a seperate note in Season 3, T-Bag and Sucre meet the Lechero in Sona. Sucre is French for sugar, Lechero translates from Spanish as milkman. Combine those two ingredients with a teabag and you've got a nice hot drink.