Chris Claremont (writer), Paul Smith (artist)
Uncanny X-Men #168 (1983)
Published by Marvel Comics
John Byrne named Kitty Pryde after a classmate he met in art school (Canada’s Alberta College of Art and Design) in 1973. Byrne had told Pryde he liked her name and asked her permission to use it, promising to name his first original comics character after her.
Wikipedia, Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #42 (Comic Book Resources)