ahoy, matty

There is only one thing I can think of

s3e01 - Detroit:

T. Rex, band (Daniel)

Joey Chestnut, competitive eater

[Gaetano] Donizetti, composer

David [Bowie], musician

Freddie [Mercury], musician

Prince Rogers [Nelson], musician

Post Malone, musician (Daniel)

Jelly Roll, musician (Daniel)

Frederick Law Olmstead, landscape architect ("Olmstead Park")

Bela Lugosi, actor / Bauhaus, band

Chris Rock, comedian (Daniel)

Torvill & Dean, ice skaters

The Smiths, band (“Frankly Mr Shankly”/“The Queen is Dead”)

Stewart Copeland, composer (Christine)

s3e02 - Toledo

[Sigmund] Freud, psychoanalyst

Aristotle, philosopher

Erasmus, scholar

[Thomas] Aquinis, philosopher

Cicero, scholar (Gabriella)

[Leon Battista] Alberti, architect (Gabriella)

[Giordano] Bruno, philosopher (Gabriella)

Thin Lizzy, band

Grace Jones, musician (Christine)

s3e03 - Toronto

Justin Bieber, singer (Daniel)

Jefferson Starship, band

Raphael, artist

[Constantin] Brancusci, sculptor

[Italo] Calvino, writer

[Wolfgang Amadeus] Mozart, composer (Nicki)

Herman’s Hermits, band

The Police, band

Eminem, musician

s3e04 - The Devil’s Road

[Bob] Seger, musican

[Jackson] Browne, musician

Jon Bon Jovi, musician

Phil X, musician

Richie Sambora, musician

P Diddy, musician

[Anthony] Bourdain, chef

[Joe] Rosenthal, photographer (Daniel)

[Matt] Apuzzo, journalist (Daniel)

[Ronan] Farrow, journalist (Daniel)

[Glenn] Greenwald, journalist (Daniel)

Phish, band (Daniel)

[Josef] Mengele, Nazi physician (Daniel)

Dee Dee [Ramone], musician

Joey [Ramone], musician

[Steve] Perry, [Neal] Schon & [Jonathan] Cain, members of Journey, band (“took the midnight train”)

Dante [Alighieri], writer (Gabriella)

s3e05 - New York

Elvis [Presley], musician

Andy Kaufman, comedian

Yoko [Ono], artist (TC)

[Helen] Mirren, actor (TC)

Florence Welch, musician (Gabriella)

Milli Vanilli, musicians (man on street interview)

[Marie] Antoinette, queen

Thomas Aquinas, philosopher

s3e06 - Montreal

Drake, musician

Mayor [Ray] Nagin, politician

James Carville, political consultant

Taylor [Swift], musician (Daniel)

Travis [Kelce], American football player (Daniel)

Jesus Christ, religious leader (Daniel)

Iggy Pop, musician (Daniel)

[Stephen] Sondheim, composer

[Ryuichi] Sakamoto, composer

s3e07 - The Failures

Fred Stein, photographer (Armand)

Drake, musician (“Wheelchair Jimmy”) (Daniel)

[Vincent] Van Gogh, artist (Gabriella)

Robert Plant, musician (Louis)

The Pope, religious leader

Bonus! References in songs

Babe Ruth, baseball player (Plastic Fiends)

[Elon] Musk, businessman (Plastic Fiends)

Vlad[amir Putin], politician (Plastic Fiends)

Harvey LeRoy [“Lee” Atwater], political consultant (Plastic Fiends)

Louis XVI, king (Plastic Fiends)

[Marie] Antoinette, queen (Plastic Fiends)

Friedrich Flick, businessman (Plastic Fiends)

The Vampire Lestat (2026), AMC+

Look at them in their cosy little robes, getting ready to honk shooo mimimimimi with malice