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