I mean take a look at these pics and tell me you don't see a resemblance:
Subdigitals (Ben, Nico, Chris from left to right):
Christophe and Benoit di Sabatino:

Nicolas Atlan:

Heck, even the names are similar, and by similar I mean just shortened.
Christophe di Sabatino
Benoit di Sabatino (In fact, the English dub of Crash Course calls him Benoit)
Nicolas Atlan
What's even stranger about this is that somehow, I'm the only one who has noticed this. Even old veterans like TB3 were surprised by this fact when I pointed it out to them.
So I guess what I'm saying is this: Am I honestly the only one who has seen this connection and bothered to comment on it?