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I think the Noob, Mob Pyscho, and Cardfight ones are legit, the rest I have doubts about.

As a good example of what I consider reference speculations getting out of hand, I've found a Japanese interview (Weekly Famitsu No. 1998/9/25) with Noritaka explaining that Guile was modeled after Polnareff, not Stroheim or Dire. The Street Fighter X Tekken Artworks book also goes a bit into detail with this, explaining that Guile's hair was originally like Polnareff's but was curved by the pixel artist as a joke. The interview also mentions that his name is derived from Polnareff's arch-nemesis at the time, J.Geil. A quick google will show this info is accepted by any Japanese source.