Fictional Characters from Books
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 | Year | Book | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusha Abbott | 1912 | Daddy-Long-Legs |  | |
| Vanessa Abrams | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Captain Ahab | 1851 | Moby-Dick | | |
| Alex | 1962 | A Clockwork Orange | (DeLarge) | |
| Alice | 1865 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | |
| Ault Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Bob Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Little Burl Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Creed Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Mary Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Rob Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Altamiro | 1965 | Altamiro de la Cueva | | |
| Cathy Ames | 1952 | East of Eden | (Trask) | |
| Anatool | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jane Andrews | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom | 1960 | Rabbit, Run | | |
| Ante | 1975 | Ante | | |
| Aragorn II Elessar | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Nate Archibald | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Steve Austin | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Abra Bacon | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Bilbo Baggins | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Frodo Baggins | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Hannah Baker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jordan Baker | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| David Balfour | 1886 | Kidnapped | | |
| Cain Ball | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Bruce Banner | 1962 | The Incredible Hulk | | |
| Joffrey Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robert Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tom Barnaby | 1987; 1989 | The Killings at Badger's Drift; Death of a Hollow Man | | |
| Clive Barnard | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | | |
| Diana Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Josephine Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Minnie May Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Lily Bart | 1905 | Edith Wharton | | |
| Chuck Bass | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Patrick Bateman | 1991 | American Psycho | | |
| Paul Bäumer | 1929 | All Quiet on the Western Front | | |
| Jody Baxter | 1938 | The Yearling | | |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Jancis Beguildy | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Andy Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Terry Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Judah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Tirzah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Catherine Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Elizabeth Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Jane Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Lydia Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Mary Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| James Benwick | 1818 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Beowulf | 10xx | Beowulf | | |
| Tommy Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | | |
| Tuppence Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Cowley) | |
| Edmund Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Julia Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Maria Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Sir Thomas Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Tom Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Pierre Bezukhov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Friedrich Bhaer | 1869 | Little Women | | |
| Caroline Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Charles Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Sirius Black | 1999 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | | |
| Stephen Blackpool | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Leopold Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Molly Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Gilbert Blythe | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Boes | 1980 | Boes | | |
| Princess Lise Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Princess Mariya Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Prince Andrey Bolkonsky | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Campion Bond | 1999 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | | |
| James Bond | 1953 | Casino Royale | | |
| Christopher John Francis Boone | 2003 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | | |
| Josiah Bounderby | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Jason Bourne | 1980 | The Bourne Identity | | |
| Colonel Brandon | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Madeline Bray | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Niall Brigant | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| John Brooke | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| John Browdie | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Velvet Brown | 1935 | National Velvet | | |
| Daisy Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Tom Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Charlie Bucket | 1964; 1972 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | | |
| Aureliano Buendia | 1967 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | | |
| Benjamin Bunny | 1904 | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | | |
| Bonnie Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Rhett Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Campion | 2008 | House of Suns | | |
| Campion | 1972 | Watership Down | | |
| Demelza Carne | 1945; 1946 | Ross Poldark; Demelza | | |
| Nick Carraway | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Sydney Carton | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Chuck Cathcart | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| Catherine Earnshaw | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Holden Caulfield | 1951 | The Catcher in the Rye | | |
| Charlotte A. Cavatica | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Anton Chigurh | 2005 | No Country For Old Men | | |
| Frank Churchill | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Claudia | 1976 | Interview with the Vampire | | |
| Noah Claypole | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Holly Cleary | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Darwin) | |
| Benjy Compson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Jason Compson IV | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Quentin Compson III | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Bill Compton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1932 | Weird Tales | | |
| Marcus Cooley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| David Copperfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Michael Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Vito Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Henry Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Mary Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Rawdon Crawley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Courtney Crimsen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Sophia Croft | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Lenina Crowne | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Robinson Crusoe | 1719 | Robinson Crusoe | | |
| Cthulhu | 1928 | The Call of Cthulhu | | |
| Cubitus | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Edward Cullen | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Marilla Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Matthew Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Adam Dalgliesh | 1962; 1963; 1967 | Cover Her Face; A Mind to Murder; Unnatural Causes | | |
| Clarissa Dalloway | 1925 | Mrs Dalloway | | |
| Andy Dalziel | 1970; 1971 | A Clubbable Woman; An Advancement of Learning | | |
| Edmond Dantès | 1844 | The Count of Monte Cristo | | |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Georgiana Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Dariel | 1897 | Dariel: a romance of Surrey | | |
| Wendy Darling | 1911 | Peter & Wendy | | |
| Charles Darnay | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Elinor Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Fanny Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Margaret Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Marianne Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Jessica Davis | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jack Dawkins | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Phoebus de Chateaupers | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Stephen Dedalus | 1916; 1922 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses | | |
| Thérèse Defarge | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Maria DeLuca | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Zach Dempsey | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Arthur Dent | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Daniel Deronda | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Maxim de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | | |
| Cedric Diggory | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| William Dobbin | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Lorna Doone | 1869 | Lorna Doone | | |
| Amy Dorrit | 1857 | Little Dorrit | | |
| Tyler Down | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Count Dracula | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Nancy Drew | 1930 | The Secret of the Old Clock | | |
| Khal Drogo | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Albus Dumbledore | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Tess Durbeyfield | 1981 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | | |
| Tyler Durden | 1996 | Fight Club | | |
| Russell Edgington | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Anne Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Elizabeth Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Sir Walter Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| William Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Elrond | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Augusta Elton | 1815 | Emma | (Hawkins) | |
| Philip Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Erik | 1909 | The Phantom of the Opera | | |
| Esmeralda | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Isabel Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Max Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Katniss Everdeen | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Bathsheba Everdene | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Jane Eyre | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Jane Fairfax | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Fantine | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Cosette Fauchelevant | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| George Fayne | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | | |
| Edward Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Robert Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Jean Louise Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Jeremy Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Huckleberry Finn | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | | |
| Geoffrey Firmin | 1947 | Under the Volcano | | |
| Jeremy Fisher | 1906 | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | | |
| Edred Fitzpiers | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Princess Flavia of Ruritania | 1894 | The Prisoner of Zenda | | |
| Florete | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Floriant | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Justin Foley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Hoyt Fortenberry | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Pauline Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Petrova Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Posy Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Arlene Fowler | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Dr. Victor Frankenstein | 1818 | Frankenstein | | |
| Claude Frollo | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Jack Frost | 1984; 1987 | Frost at Christmas; A Touch of Frost | | |
| Galadriel | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Dorothy Gale | 1900 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | | |
| Samwise Gamgee | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Gandalf | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Joseph Gargery | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Luna Garza | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Jay Gatsby | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Gatz) | |
| George Gently | 1955; 1956; 1957 | Gently Does It; Gently by the Shore; Gently Down the Stream | | |
| Dilsey Gibson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Elena Gilbert | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Ruby Gillis | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Gloriant | 13xx | Gloriant | | |
| Oscar Goldman | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Goldmund | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | | |
| Holly Golightly | 1958 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | | |
| Gollum | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Louisa Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | (Bounderby) | |
| Thomas Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Hermione Granger | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| David Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Ida Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Dorian Gray | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Dick Grayson | 1940 | Batman | | |
| Dawn Green | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Arthur Gride | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Grigola | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Pierre Gringoire | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Michael Guerin | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Minthe Guillory | 2017 | Te waar om mooi te zijn | | |
| Othello Guillory | 2017 | Te waar om mooi te zijn | | |
| Lemuel Gulliver | 1726 | Gulliver's Travels | | |
| Forrest Gump | 1986 | Forrest Gump | | |
| Rubeus Hagrid | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Basil Hallward | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Charles Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Melanie Hamilton Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Wade Hampton Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Mike Hammer | 1947; 1950 | I, the Jury; My Gun Is Quick | | |
| Frank Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Joe Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Jonathan Harker | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Mina Harker | 1897 | Dracula | (Murray) | |
| Gwendolen Harleth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Clarissa Harlowe | 1748 | Clarissa | | |
| Elam Harnish | 1910 | Burning Daylight | | |
| Charles Baker Harris | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Barbara Havers | 1988; 1989 | A Great Deliverance; Payment in Blood | | |
| Estella Havisham | 1861 | Great Expectations | | |
| Sir Mulberry Hawk | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| George Hazard | 1982; 1984; 1987 | North and South; Love and War; Heaven and Hell | | |
| Uriah Heep | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Alice Henderson | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Alcide Herveaux | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sam Houston Holcombe | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Sherlock Holmes | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| Arthur Holmwood | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Honoria, Lady Dedlock | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Christy Huddleston | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Humbert Humbert | 1955 | Lolita | | |
| Dan Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Jenny Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Iago | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Maura Isles | 2002; 2003 | The Apprentice; The Sinner | | |
| Percy Jackson | 2005 | The Lightning Thief | | |
| Inspector Javert | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Henry Jekyll | 1886 | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | (Hyde) | |
| Clay Jensen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jeroentje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jerom | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Tom Joad | 1939 | The Grapes of Wrath | | |
| John the Savage | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Jommeke | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jonathas | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Bridget Jones | 1996 | Bridget Jones's Diary | | |
| Coraline Jones | 2002 | Coraline | | |
| Tom Jones | 1749 | Tom Jones | | |
| Josef K. | 1925 | The Trial | | |
| Don Juan | 1819 | Don Juan | | |
| Cecelia Jupe | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Anna Karenina | 1877 | Anna Karenina | | |
| Tacy Kelly | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Ella Lorena Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Frank Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Clark Kent | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Felicity King | 1911 | The Story Girl | | |
| Tom Kitten | 1907; 1908 | The Tale of Tom Kitten; The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| George Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Isabella Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Koba | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Konala | 1975 | The Snow Walker | | |
| Anatole Kuragin | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Hélène Kuragina | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Jenny Kurtz | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Hazel Grace Lancaster | 2012 | The Fault in Our Stars | | |
| Lois Lane | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Robert Langdon | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Cersei Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Jaime Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tyrion Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Mirah Lapidoth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Lassie | 1940 | Lassie Come-Home | | |
| Theodore Laurence | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Hannibal Lecter | 1981 | Red Dragon | | |
| Mary Lennox | 1910 | The Secret Garden | | |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Robbie Lewis | 1975; 1976 | Last Bus to Woodstock; Last Seen Wearing | | |
| Loedertje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Logan "Wolverine" | 1974 | X-Men | (Howlett) | |
| Lolita | 1955 | Lolita | (Haze, Schiller) | |
| Neville Longbottom | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Pippi Longstocking | 1945 | Pippi Longstocking | (Långstrump) | |
| Luna Lovegood | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | |
| Charlotte Lucas | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Rachel Lynde | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Thomas Lynley | 1988; 1989 | A Great Deliverance; Payment in Blood | | |
| Neil MacNeill | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Moody Spurgeon MacPherson | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Madeline | 1939 | Madeline | | |
| Abel Magwitch | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Orry Main | 1982; 1984 | North and South; Love and War | | |
| Draco Malfoy | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Lucius Malfoy | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Dr Alexandre Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Lucie Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Amy March | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Elizabeth March | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Josephine March | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Margaret March | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| Jacob Marley | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Silas Marner | 1861 | Silas Marner | | |
| Miss Jane Marple | 1930 | The Murder at the Vicarage | | |
| Marv | 1991 | Sin City | | |
| Bess Marvin | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | | |
| Bernard Marx | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Bertha Antoinetta Mason | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Rose Maylie | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| R. P. McMurphy | 1962 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | | |
| Grace Melbury | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Liesel Meminger | 2005 | The Book Thief | | |
| Sam Merlotte | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Felicity Merriman | 1991 | Meet Felicity: An American Girl | | |
| Isabelle de Merteuil | 1782 | The Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Skye Miller | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| George Milton | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| Maryann Money | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Guy Montag | 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 | | |
| André-Louis Moreau | 1921 | Scaramouche | | |
| Gertrude Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Paul Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Dexter Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | (Moser) | |
| Harry Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | | |
| Harry Morgan | 1937 | To Have and Have Not | | |
| Professor James Moriarty | 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | | |
| Catherine Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| James Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Quincey Morris | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Ruby Mae Morrison | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Endeavour Morse | 1975; 1976 | Last Bus to Woodstock; Last Seen Wearing | | |
| Chet Morton | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Tib Muller | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Charles Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Henrietta Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Louisa Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Mary Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Nancy | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Narziß | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | | |
| Sophie Neveu | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Steve Newlin | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Kate Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Nicholas Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Ralph Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Newman Noggs | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Crystal Norris | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Eric Northman | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Nunu | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Gabriel Oak | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Carreen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Gerald O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Scarlett O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Suellen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| George Osborne | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Mountie O'Teale | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Swannie O'Teale | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Peter Pan | 1902 | The Little White Bird | | |
| Sancho Panza | 1605 | Don Quixote | | |
| Peter Parker | 1962 | Spider-Man | | |
| Peter Pascoe | 1970; 1971 | A Clubbable Woman; An Advancement of Learning | | |
| Piscine Molitor Patel | 2002 | Life of Pi | | |
| Ham Peggotty | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Ben Pentland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1910 | Old Mother West Wind | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1902 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | | |
| Henrietta Petowker | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Edmund Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Lucy Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Peter Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Susan Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Billy Pilgrim | 1969 | Slaughterhouse-Five | | |
| Philip Pirrip | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Herbert Pocket | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Hercule Poirot | 1920 | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | | |
| Ross Poldark | 1945 | Ross Poldark | | |
| Marius Pontmercy | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Mary Poppins | 1934 | Marry Poppins | | |
| Jane Porter | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Harry Potter | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Ford Prefect | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Fanny Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Matilda Price | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| William Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Beatrice Prior | 2012 | Divergent | | |
| Hester Prynne | 1850 | The Scarlet Letter | | |
| Jemima Puddle-Duck | 1908 | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | | |
| Josie Pye | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Quasimodo | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Don Quixote | 1605 | Don Quixote | (Quixano) | |
| Jessica Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Roger Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Arthur Radley | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Betsy Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Julia Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Margaret Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Rebecca Sharp | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Ellis Redding | 1982 | Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption | | |
| Ignatius Reilly | 1980 | A Confederacy of Dunces | | |
| Lafayette Reynolds | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Jane Rizzoli | 2001; 2002 | The Surgeon; The Apprentice | | |
| Ellen Robillard O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Christopher Robin | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | | |
| Fanny Robin | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Edward Fairfax Rochester | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Rosafiere | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Count Ilya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Nikolai Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Petya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Natasha Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Sonya Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Nicholas Rubashov | 1940 | Darkness at Noon | | |
| Salem Saberhagen | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Damon Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Stefan Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Gregor Samsa | 1915 | The Metamorphosis | | |
| Santiago | 1952 | The Old Man and the Sea | | |
| Gideon Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Prue Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Saruman | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Sauron | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Tom Sawyer | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | | |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Amelia Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Joseph Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Sémaphore | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| John Seward | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Tristram Shandy | 1759 | Tristram Shandy | | |
| Ryan Shaver | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Anne Shirley | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Tante Sidonia | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Bill Sikes | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Peg Sliderskew | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Lennie Small | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| Lydia Smallbury | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| George Smiley | 1974 | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | | |
| Harriet Smith | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Winston Smith | 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | | |
| Severus Snape | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Jon Snow | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tadeusz Soplica | 1834 | Pan Tadeusz | | |
| Marty South | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Dolfje Spaan | 1996 | Dolfje Weerwolfje | | |
| Hilda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Sabrina Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Zelda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Fairlight Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Jeb Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Zady Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Fanny Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Wackford Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Adele "Gran" Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Hale) | |
| Jason Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sookie Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Muriel Stacy | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Alex Standall | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Beryl Stapleton | 1902 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | | |
| Arya Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Bran Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Catelyn Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Eddard Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robb Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Sansa Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tony Stark | 1963 | Iron Man | | |
| Clarice Starling | 1988 | The Silence of the Lambs | | |
| Anne Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Lucy Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Esther Summerson | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Suske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Bella Swan | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Daenerys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Viserys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Tarzan | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Lundy Taylor | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Azelma Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Éponine Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Tara Thornton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Isabella Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| John Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Eleanor Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Frederick Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Henry Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Thomasina Tittlemouse | 1910 | The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse | | |
| Jack Torrance | 1977 | The Shining | | |
| Adam Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Aron Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Caleb Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Charles Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Cyrus Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Treebeard | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Emily Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Louis Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Trillian | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (McMillan) | |
| Catootje Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Gerrit Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jan Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jans Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Karlijn Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Betsey Trotwood | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Clopin Trouillefou | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Kilgore Trout | 1965 | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | | |
| Francis Troy | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Gavin Troy | 1987; 1989 | The Killings at Badger's Drift; Death of a Hollow Man | | |
| Data Tutashkhia | 1975 | Data Tutashkhia | | |
| Oliver Twist | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Dolores Umbridge | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | |
| Jim Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Kyle Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Jean Valjean | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Fauchelevent) | |
| Sebastian Valmont | 1782 | The Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Serena van der Woodsen | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Sibyl Vane | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Abraham Van Helsing | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Lord Frederick Verisopht | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Lord Voldemort | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Riddle) | |
| Blair Waldorf | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Bryce Walker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Kurt Wallander | 1991; 1992 | Faceless Killers; The Dogs of Riga | | |
| Belle Watling | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Helmholtz Watson | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Dr. John Watson | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| Bruce Wayne | 1939 | Batman | | |
| Ginevra Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Ronald Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Rudy Wells | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Captain Frederick Wentworth | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Lucy Westenra | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Samuel Whiskers | 1908 | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| Agnes Wickfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| George Wickham | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Wilbur | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Ashley Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Beauregard Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| India Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| John Willoughby | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | | |
| Giles Winterborne | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Wiske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Willy Wonka | 1964; 1972 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | | |
| Allan Woodcourt | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Emma Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Henry Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Caddie Woodlawn | 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | | |
| Kester Woodseaves | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Lord Henry Wotton | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Charles Wycliffe | 1968 | Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy | | |
| John Yossarian | 1961 | Catch-22 | |