Claim: Baloo was created by English novelist Rudyard Kipling.
Evidence: Baloo -LRB- भालू Bhālū , `` bear '' -RRB- is a main fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling 's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling -LRB- -LSB- ` rʌdjərd_ˈkɪplɪŋ -RSB- -LRB- rhotic -RRB- ; 30 December 1865 -- 18 January 1936 -RRB- was an English journalist , short-story writer , poet , and novelist.