Fictional Characters from Books
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This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from fictional books . These include novels, short stories, graphic novels and comic books. If shown, the year indicates when the book was first published.
Name Details Total
Stark 6 characters, 1 hero7
O'Hara 5 characters, 1 hero6
Bennet 4 characters, 1 hero5
Brown 2 characters, 3 heroes5
Dashwood 5 characters5
Jones 4 characters, 1 hero5
Trask 5 characters5
Tromp 5 characters5
Bertram 3 characters, 1 hero4
Elliot 3 characters, 1 hero4
March 3 characters, 1 hero4
Musgrove 4 characters4
Pevensie 4 heroes4
Price 3 characters, 1 hero4
Andrews 1 character, 2 heroes3
Compson 3 characters3
Finch 3 characters3
Fossil 3 characters3
Hamilton 3 characters3
Lannister 3 characters3
Morgan 2 characters, 1 hero3
Nickleby 2 characters, 1 hero3
Ray 2 characters, 1 hero3
Rostov 3 characters3
Spellman 3 characters3
Tilney 2 characters, 1 hero3
Watson 3 characters3
Wilkes 3 characters3
Woodhouse 2 characters, 1 hero3
Baggins 2 heroes2
Baker 2 characters2
Baratheon 2 characters2
Barry 2 characters2
Bellefleur 2 characters2
Ben-Hur 1 character, 1 hero2
Beresford 2 heroes2
Bingley 2 characters2
Black 2 characters2
Bloom 2 characters2
Bolkonskaya 2 characters2
Bond 1 character, 1 hero2
Buchanan 2 characters2
Butler 2 characters2
Corleone 2 characters2
Crawford 2 characters2
Cuthbert 2 characters2
Darcy 1 character, 1 hero2
de Winter 2 characters2
Elton 2 characters2
Evans 1 character, 1 hero2
Ferrars 2 characters2
Fisher 2 characters2
Glick 1 character, 1 hero2
Gradgrind 2 characters2
Grayson 1 character, 1 hero2
Hardy 2 heroes2
Harker 2 characters2
Harlowe 1 character, 1 hero2
Humphrey 2 characters2
Jackson 1 character, 1 hero2
Karamazov 2 characters2
Kennedy 2 characters2
Knightley 2 characters2
Linton 2 characters2
Malfoy 2 villains2
Manette 2 characters2
Mason 1 character, 1 hero2
Miller 2 characters2
Morel 2 characters2
Morland 1 character, 1 hero2
Pilgrim 1 character, 1 hero2
Rabbit 1 character, 1 hero2
Robin 2 characters2
Rostova 2 characters2
Salvatore 2 characters2
Sarn 2 characters2
Sedley 2 characters2
Smith 2 characters2
Squeers 1 character, 1 villain2
Stackhouse 2 characters2
Steele 2 characters2
Strange 1 character, 1 hero2
Targaryen 2 characters2
Thénardier 2 characters2
Thorpe 2 characters2
Trevelyan 2 characters2
Troy 2 characters2
Valenti 2 characters2
Weasley 1 character, 1 hero2
Abbott 1 hero1
Abrams 1 character1
Ackroyd 1 character1
Adams 1 character1
Adler 1 character1
Ames 1 villain1
Amundsen 1 character1
Angstrom 1 character1
Arable 1 character1
Archibald 1 character1
Aubrey 1 character1
Austin 1 character1
Bacon 1 character1
Baelish 1 character1
Balfour 1 hero1
Banks 1 hero1
Banner 1 hero1
Barnaby 1 character1
Barnard 1 character1
Bart 1 character1
Barton 1 character1
Bass 1 character1
Bateman 1 character1
Bäumer 1 hero1
Baxter 1 character1
Beauville 1 character1
Beeblebrox 1 character1
Beguildy 1 character1
Belacqua 1 hero1
Benwick 1 character1
Bezukhov 1 hero1
Bhaer 1 character1
Blackpool 1 character1
Blum 1 character1
Blythe 1 character1
Bolkonsky 1 character1
Bone 1 hero1
Bones 1 character1
Boone 1 hero1
Borzakovskaya 1 character1
Bounderby 1 character1
Bourne 1 hero1
Bovary 1 character1
Brandes 1 character1
Brandon 1 character1
Bray 1 character1
Brigant 1 character1
Brodie 1 character1
Brooke 1 character1
Browdie 1 character1
Bucket 1 hero1
Buendía 1 character1
Bunny 1 character1
Button 1 character1
Byrnes 1 character1
Campbell 1 character1
Carne 1 character1
Carr 1 hero1
Carraway 1 character1
Carton 1 character1
Cathcart 1 character1
Caulfield 1 character1
Cavatica 1 hero1
Chant 1 character1
Chase 1 character1
Chigurh 1 villain1
Churchill 1 character1
Chuzzlewit 1 character1
Claypole 1 character1
Cleary 1 character1
Clegane 1 character1
Compton 1 character1
Cooley 1 character1
Cooper 1 character1
Copperfield 1 hero1
Crane 1 character1
Crawley 1 character1
Crimsen 1 character1
Croft 1 character1
Crowne 1 character1
Crusoe 1 character1
Cullen 1 character1
Dalgliesh 1 character1
Dallas 1 character1
Dalloway 1 character1
Dalziel 1 character1
Dantès 1 character1
Danvers 1 hero1
da Polga 1 hero1
Darke 1 hero1
Darling 1 character1
Darnay 1 character1
D'Artagnan 1 character1
Davis 1 character1
Dawkins 1 character1
de Bornay 1 character1
de Bourgh 1 character1
de Chateaupers 1 character1
Dedalus 1 character1
Defarge 1 villain1
DeLuca 1 character1
Dempsey 1 character1
Dent 1 character1
Deronda 1 hero1
Deschain 1 hero1
de Zoet 1 character1
Diggory 1 character1
di Rondò 1 character1
Dixon 1 character1
Dobbin 1 character1
Dobbs 1 hero1
Dobson 1 character1
Doone 1 character1
Dorrit 1 hero1
Douglas 1 character1
Down 1 character1
Doyle 1 character1
Drew 1 hero1
Drood 1 character1
Dumbledore 1 hero1
Durbeyfield 1 character1
Durden 1 character1
Edgington 1 character1
Everdeen 1 hero1
Everdene 1 character1
Eyre 1 hero1
Fairfax 1 character1
Farange 1 character1
Fauchelevant 1 character1
Fawley 1 hero1
Fayne 1 character1
Fink 1 hero1
Finn 1 character1
Firmin 1 character1
Fitzpiers 1 character1
Flagg 1 villain1
Flashman 1 character1
Flint 1 character1
Fogg 1 character1
Foley 1 character1
Fortenberry 1 character1
Fowler 1 character1
Frankenstein 1 character1
Franklin 1 character1
Frollo 1 villain1
Frome 1 character1
Frost 1 hero1
Fry 1 character1
Gale 1 hero1
Gamgee 1 hero1
Gargery 1 character1
Garza 1 character1
Gatsby 1 character1
Gently 1 character1
Gibson 1 character1
Gideon 1 hero1
Gilbert 1 character1
Gillis 1 character1
Goldman 1 character1
Golightly 1 character1
Granger 1 hero1
Grant 1 character1
Grantland 1 character1
Gray 1 character1
Grey 1 character1
Greyjoy 1 character1
Gride 1 character1
Gringoire 1 character1
Guerin 1 character1
Gulliver 1 character1
Gump 1 hero1
Gunn 1 character1
Hagrid 1 character1
Hall 1 character1
Hallward 1 character1
Hammer 1 character1
Harleth 1 character1
Harnish 1 hero1
Harper 1 character1
Harris 1 character1
Havers 1 character1
Havisham 1 character1
Hawk 1 villain1
Hawkins 1 hero1
Hawthorne 1 character1
Hazard 1 character1
Heep 1 villain1
Henderson 1 character1
Herveaux 1 character1
Heym 1 character1
Hill 1 character1
Holman 1 character1
Holmes 1 hero1
Holmwood 1 character1
Horn 1 character1
Hornblower 1 hero1
Howland 1 character1
Huddleston 1 character1
Humbert 1 character1
Isles 1 character1
Javert 1 character1
Jeeves 1 character1
Jekyll 1 character1
Jensen 1 character1
Joad 1 character1
Johnson 1 hero1
Jupe 1 character1
Karenina 1 character1
Kelly 1 character1
Kenn 1 character1
Kent 1 hero1
Kenyon 1 character1
Khatchadourian 1 character1
King 1 character1
Kitten 1 character1
Kitteridge 1 character1
Kranky 1 character1
Krull 1 character1
Krupnik 1 character1
Kuragin 1 character1
Kuragina 1 character1
Kurtz 1 character1
Lambchop 1 hero1
Lancaster 1 hero1
Landau 1 hero1
Lane 1 character1
Lang 1 hero1
Langdon 1 hero1
Lapidoth 1 character1
Laurence 1 character1
Lecter 1 character1
Lennox 1 character1
León 1 character1
Lestrange 1 villain1
Lewis 1 character1
Little 1 hero1
Livesey 1 character1
Livingston 1 hero1
Lodge 1 character1
Long 1 character1
Longbottom 1 character1
Longstocking 1 hero1
Lovegood 1 character1
Lucas 1 character1
Lupin 1 hero1
Lynde 1 character1
Lynley 1 character1
Mackenzie 1 hero1
MacNeill 1 character1
Magwitch 1 character1
Main 1 character1
Malcolm 1 character1
Marley 1 character1
Marlowe 1 hero1
Marner 1 character1
Marple 1 hero1
Marvin 1 character1
Marx 1 character1
Maturin 1 character1
Maylie 1 character1
McGonagall 1 character1
McKinley 1 hero1
McMurphy 1 character1
Meany 1 character1
Meeker 1 character1
Meier 1 character1
Melbury 1 character1
Melville 1 character1
Memery 1 hero1
Meminger 1 hero1
Mendoza 1 character1
Merlotte 1 character1
Merteuil 1 character1
Milton 1 character1
Mitty 1 character1
Mole 1 character1
Montag 1 character1
Moon 1 character1
Moreau 1 hero1
Moriarty 1 villain1
Morris 1 character1
Morrison 1 character1
Morse 1 character1
Morton 1 character1
Moss 1 hero1
Muller 1 character1
Nemo 1 character1
Neveu 1 character1
Newlin 1 character1
Noggs 1 character1
Norris 1 character1
Northman 1 character1
Oak 1 character1
Oakley 1 character1
O'Leary 1 character1
Oliphant 1 character1
Olsen 1 character1
Onegin 1 character1
Ortega 1 hero1
Osborne 1 character1
Palfy 1 character1
Pan 1 hero1
Panza 1 character1
Parker 1 hero1
Pascoe 1 character1
Patel 1 hero1
Peacock 1 character1
Peggotty 1 character1
Persopolis 1 character1
Petowker 1 character1
Phillips 1 character1
Pierce 1 character1
Pigza 1 character1
Piovasco 1 character1
Pirrip 1 hero1
Pocket 1 character1
Poirot 1 hero1
Poldark 1 character1
Pontmercy 1 character1
Poppins 1 character1
Porter 1 character1
Post 1 character1
Potter 1 hero1
Prefect 1 character1
Prior 1 hero1
Prufrock 1 character1
Prynne 1 character1
Puddle-Duck 1 character1
Pye 1 character1
Quill 1 hero1
Quimby 1 character1
Quintana 1 character1
Quixote 1 character1
Radley 1 character1
Randall 1 character1
Raquin 1 character1
Raskolnikov 1 character1
Redding 1 character1
Reilly 1 character1
Reynaud 1 character1
Reynolds 1 character1
Ripley 1 character1
Rizzoli 1 character1
Robillard 1 character1
Rochester 1 hero1
Rogers 1 hero1
Romanova 1 character1
Rubashov 1 character1
Ryan 1 hero1
Saberhagen 1 character1
Salander 1 hero1
Samsa 1 character1
Sancé 1 hero1
Sangalletti 1 character1
Sattler 1 character1
Sawtelle 1 character1
Sawyer 1 hero1
Scrooge 1 character1
Seward 1 character1
Seymour 1 character1
Shandy 1 character1
Shaver 1 character1
Shirley 1 hero1
Shukhov 1 character1
Sikes 1 villain1
Silver 1 villain1
Silverberg 1 character1
Simon 1 character1
Simonet 1 character1
Singleton 1 character1
Sliderskew 1 character1
Small 1 character1
Smiley 1 character1
Smollett 1 character1
Snape 1 character1
Snow 1 character1
Soplica 1 hero1
South 1 character1
Spaan 1 hero1
Spade 1 hero1
Spencer 1 character1
Spier 1 character1
Stacy 1 character1
Standall 1 character1
Stapleton 1 character1
Starling 1 hero1
Starr 1 hero1
Starzynski 1 character1
St. Clair 1 character1
St. Cloud 1 character1
Stone 1 character1
Strogoff 1 character1
Sugar 1 character1
Sullivan 1 character1
Summerson 1 hero1
Sun 1 character1
Swain 1 character1
Swan 1 character1
Swenson 1 character1
Tarly 1 character1
Thatcher 1 character1
Thomas 1 character1
Thompson 1 character1
Thornton 1 character1
Throckmorton 1 hero1
Thursley 1 character1
Tischbein 1 hero1
Tittlemouse 1 character1
Torrance 1 character1
Trelawney 1 character1
Tremain 1 hero1
Trotter 1 hero1
Trotwood 1 character1
Trouillefou 1 character1
Trout 1 character1
Tubman 1 character1
Tutashkhia 1 hero1
Twist 1 hero1
Tyree 1 character1
Umbridge 1 villain1
Valjean 1 hero1
Valmont 1 character1
van der Woodsen 1 character1
Vane 1 character1
Van Helsing 1 hero1
Verhœven 1 character1
Verisopht 1 character1
Vernon 1 character1
Wakefield 1 character1
Waldorf 1 character1
Walker 1 character1
Wallace 1 character1
Wallander 1 character1
Wayne 1 hero1
Wells 1 character1
Welsch 1 hero1
Wentworth 1 hero1
Westenra 1 character1
Wheaton 1 character1
Whiskers 1 character1
White 1 character1
Wickfield 1 character1
Wickham 1 character1
Willoughby 1 character1
Willow 1 character1
Wimsey 1 hero1
Windsnap 1 hero1
Winterborne 1 character1
Wire 1 hero1
Wong 1 character1
Wonka 1 character1
Woodcourt 1 character1
Woodlawn 1 hero1
Woods 1 hero1
Woodseaves 1 character1
Wooster 1 character1
Wormwood 1 hero1
Wotton 1 character1
Wycliffe 1 character1
Yossarian 1 character1