Version 2. Compiled September, 8, 2007, from the totality of the Quartet: Sinai Tapestry, Jerusalem Poker, Nile Shadows and Jericho Mosaic - Old Earth Books editions.

Abdullah I of Jordan - 1882-1951
First king of Jordan, Jericho Mosaic, page 180
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan

Al-Assad, Hafez - 1930-2000
President of Syria from 1970 to his death, Jericho Mosaic, page 240.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez_al-Assad

Al-Assad, Rifaat - 1937-
Younger brother of Hafez al-Assad, Jericho Mosaic, page 278.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad

Al-Husseini (or Al-Husayni), Mohammad Amin 1895-1974
Mufti of Jerusalem, Sinai Tapestry page 216
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haj_Amin_Al-Husseini

Al-Jundi, Abd-al-Karim - died 1969
Head of Syrian intelligence, probable inspiration for Colonel Jundi in Jericho Mosaic.

Allon, Yigal 1918-1980
Zionist fighter, then Israeli politician, Nile Shadows page 24.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Allon

Amit, Meir - 1921-
Second director of Mossad, inspiration for General Dror, Jericho Mosaic, page 83.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Amit

Arnauti, Jacob
Literary character, from Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, Jerusalem Poker, page 216.

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal 1881-1938
Turkish statesman, Sinai Tapestry page 226.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataturk

Baring, Evelyn, Lord Cromer 1841-1917
British statesman and diplomat, Cairo Martyr's disguise in Jerusalem Poker, page 157.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Baring%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cromer

Ben-Gurion, David - 1886-1973
First Prime Minister of Israel, Jericho Mosaic, page 179.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion

Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig 1784-1817
Swiss traveller and orientalist, the obvious inspiration for Johann Luigi Szondi ( Sinai Tapestry, page 29, Jerusalem Poker, page 83), mentioned by name in Nile Shadows, page 392.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Burckhardt

Burton, Richard Francis 1821-1890
British explorer, an obvious inspiration for Plantagenet Strongbow.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton

Cavafy, Constantine P. 1863-1933
Greek poet, an inspiration for Ahmad in Nile Shadows. Joe's mention of "abstractions and pseudonyms" (page 352) refers to a Cavafy essay, and Ahmad's description as standing "at a slight angle to the universe" is E.M. Forster's description of Cavafy. Not to mention a few paraphrases of his poems, plus the Rue Clapsius bit.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavafy

Codex Sinaiticus - Bible discovered at St Catherine's Monastery by Constantin von Tischendorf in 1844. This bible is obviously the inspiration for the original bible which features in Sinai Tapestry.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
The Codex Sinaiticus Project is an international collaboration to reunite the entire manuscript in digital form and make it accessible to a global audience for the first time. The web address is:
http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/

Cohen, Eli 1924-1965
Israeli master spy - obvious inspiration for Yossi/Halim in Jericho Mosaic.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen

Dayan, Moshe 1915-1981
Israeli military leader and politician, Nile Shadows page 24
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Dayan
(According to this entry, he lost an aye in the same circumstances as Bletchley.)

Donovan, William, a.k.a. Wild Bill 1883-1959
American lawyer and politician, first director of the OSS, Nile Shadows page 35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_Donovan

Doughty, Charles Montagu 1843-1926
British poet and traveller, maybe one of the inspirations for Strongbow, Nile Shadows, page 392.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Doughty

Dupuis, Auguste, a.k.a. Yakouba 1865-1945
The White Monk of Timbuktu, Sinai Tapestry, page 46.
The only web reference I managed to find is:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/french_historical_studies/toc/fhs27.3.html
There is also a book (not read): Yakouba, by William Seabrook, 1934.

Fellers, Bonner Frank 1896-1973
American military attaché in Cairo, re the Black Code fiasco, Nile Shadows, page 239.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonner_Fellers

Frangieh, Suleiman - 1910-1992
President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976, Jericho Mosaic, page 281.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_Frangieh

Frangieh, Tony - 1941-1978
Son of Suleiman Frangieh, Jericho Mosaic, page 278.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Frangieh

Gemayel, Amine 1942-
Son of Pierre Gemayel, president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988, probable inspiration for Fuad, Jericho Mosaic, page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amine_Gemayel

Gemayel, Bachir - 1947-1982
Son of Pierre Gemayel, killed after he was elected president of Lebanon, probable inspiration for Naji, Jericho Mosaic, page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachir_Gemayel

Gemayel, Pierre - 1905-1984
Lebanese politician, probable inspiration for Sheikh Jean-Claude, Jericho Mosaic, page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Gemayel

Gulbenkian, Calouste 1869-1955
Armenian businessman, also known as "Mr. Five per cent", an inspiration for Sophia. Mentioned by name in Nile Shadows, page 25.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbenkian

Hafiz, Amin - 1911-
President of Syria from 1963 to 1966, Jericho Mosaic, page 32.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Hafiz

Hamid II (a.k.a. Abdu'l-Hamid II) 1842 -1918.
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sinai Tapestry, page 216.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II

Harel, Isser - 1912-2003
Second director of Mossad, inspiration for Little Aharon, Jericho Mosaic, page 36.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isser_Harel

Hofi, Yitzhak - 1927-
Fifth director of Mossad, inspiration for General Reuvah, Jericho Mosaic, page 349.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Hofi

Hunt, William Holman - 1827-1910
British painter, Jericho Mosaic, page 107.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt

Hussein bin Ali 1852-1931
Sharif of Mecca, Sinai Tapestry, page 215
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherif_Hussein_ibn_Ali

Hussein I - 1935-1999
King of Jordan from 1952 to his death, Jericho Mosaic, page 124.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan

Ibn Saud 1880-1953
Arab leader, later the first king of Saudi Arabia, Sinai Tapestry page 215.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud

Ismail Pasha 1830-1895
Khedive of Egypt, Nile Shadows, page 268.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isma%27il_of_Egypt

Jadid, Salah - 1926-1993
Leader of Syria from 1966 to 1970, Jericho Mosaic, page 239.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_Jadid

Jennings, Asa ?-?
Assistant YMCA director in Smyrna, Sinai Tapestry page 301.
No wikipedia entry. The one devoted to the Great Fire of Smyrna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Smyrna ) is very much in the "don't offend anybody" mode. I found a page on what I think is a Christian website which uses the same quotes as Whittemore (http://unicorn.phoenixrising-web.net/shelp/getinvolved.htm).

Menzies, Stewart 1890-1968
British spy, head of MI-6, may have inspired the "M" character in the James Bond novels, Nile Shadows page 35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Menzies

Nasser, Gamal Abdel - 1918-1970
President of Egypt from 1954 to his death, Jericho Mosaic, page 91.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasser

Noli, Fan (Theofan Stilian Noli, a.k.a.) 1882-1965
Albanian bishop and politician, Jerusalem Poker, page 206.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Noli

Osman-Bey (a.k.a. Millinger) ?-?
Author of World Conquest by the Jews, Jerusalem Poker, page 198.
No immediate web reference.

O'Sullivan Beare
The famous march of the O'Sullivan Beares is told here:
http://www.carriganass.com/Pages/history.html

Rachkovsky (Piotr) 1853-1910
Author or instigator of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Jerusalem Poker page 209.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Rachkovsky

Retcliffe, John (a.k.a. Herman Goedsche) 1815-1878
Author of Biarritz, Jerusalem Poker page 198.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Goedsche

Sadat, Anwar Al - 1918-1981
President of Egypt from 1970 to his death, Jericho Mosaic, page 198.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Al_Sadat

Shiloah, Reuven - 1909-1959
First director of Mossad, may have inspired the character of Tajar in Jericho Mosaic.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Shiloah

Smyth, Ethel 1858-1944
English musician and suffragette, Sinai Tapestry page 215.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Smyth
also see (you need to register, I think):
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4135

Stephenson, William 1897-1989
Canadian businessman and spy, code name "Intrepid", may have inspired the James Bond character, Nile Shadows page 35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson

Suedani, Ahmed
Head of Syrian intelligence at the time Eli Cohen was captured, may have inspired the character of Colonel Jundi in Jericho Mosaic.

Ticho, Anna 1894-1980
Famous Jerusalem artist on whom Anna Cohen is partly based, Jericho Mosaic page 131.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ticho

Tischendorf, Constantine 1815-1874
The "young German" who found the Codex Sinaiticus, Sinai Tapestry page 64.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tischendorf

Ulrichs, Karl Heinrich (Numa Numantius) 1825-1895
German defender of homosexuality, coined the word "uranism", Sinay Tapestry page 14, Jerusalem Poker page 27.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Heinrich_Ulrichs
Note: "Aunt Magnesia" was the nickname given to his disciple Maghus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) - wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld

Wallenstein
About the first Wallenstein, as mentioned in Sinai Tapestry, page 25, see wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein

Weizmann, Chaim 1874-1952
Zionist leader, first president of Israel, Sinai Tapestry page 216
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann

Wied, William of 1876-1945
King of Albania in 1914, Jerusalem Poker page 206
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Wied

Wingate, Orde Charles 1903-1944
British soldier and Christian Zionist, a probable inspiration for Our Colly, see Nile Shadows, page 24. Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Orde_Wingate

Zaghlul, Saad 1859-1927
Egyptian politician, Sinai Tapestry page 216.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaghlul

Zamir, Zvi - 1925-
Fourth director of Mossad, the inspiration for General Ben-Zvi, Jericho Mosaic page 178.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvi_Zamir

Zog of Albania (a.k.a. Skanderberg III) 1895-1961
King of Albania from 1928 to 1939, Jerusalem Poker page 206.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zog_of_Albania