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.
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Stark6 characters, 1 hero7
O'Hara5 characters, 1 hero6
Bennet4 characters, 1 hero5
Brown2 characters, 3 heroes5
Dashwood5 characters5
Jones4 characters, 1 hero5
Trask5 characters5
Tromp5 characters5
Bertram3 characters, 1 hero4
Elliot3 characters, 1 hero4
March3 characters, 1 hero4
Musgrove4 characters4
Pevensie4 heroes4
Price3 characters, 1 hero4
Andrews1 character, 2 heroes3
Compson3 characters3
Finch3 characters3
Fossil3 characters3
Hamilton3 characters3
Lannister3 characters3
Morgan2 characters, 1 hero3
Nickleby2 characters, 1 hero3
Ray2 characters, 1 hero3
Rostov3 characters3
Spellman3 characters3
Tilney2 characters, 1 hero3
Watson3 characters3
Wilkes3 characters3
Woodhouse2 characters, 1 hero3
Baggins2 heroes2
Baker2 characters2
Baratheon2 characters2
Barry2 characters2
Bellefleur2 characters2
Ben-Hur1 character, 1 hero2
Beresford2 heroes2
Bingley2 characters2
Black2 characters2
Bloom2 characters2
Bolkonskaya2 characters2
Bond1 character, 1 hero2
Buchanan2 characters2
Butler2 characters2
Corleone2 characters2
Crawford2 characters2
Cuthbert2 characters2
Darcy1 character, 1 hero2
de Winter2 characters2
Elton2 characters2
Evans1 character, 1 hero2
Ferrars2 characters2
Fisher2 characters2
Glick1 character, 1 hero2
Gradgrind2 characters2
Grayson1 character, 1 hero2
Hardy2 heroes2
Harker2 characters2
Harlowe1 character, 1 hero2
Humphrey2 characters2
Jackson1 character, 1 hero2
Karamazov2 characters2
Kennedy2 characters2
Knightley2 characters2
Linton2 characters2
Malfoy2 villains2
Manette2 characters2
Mason1 character, 1 hero2
Miller2 characters2
Morel2 characters2
Morland1 character, 1 hero2
Pilgrim1 character, 1 hero2
Rabbit1 character, 1 hero2
Robin2 characters2
Rostova2 characters2
Salvatore2 characters2
Sarn2 characters2
Sedley2 characters2
Smith2 characters2
Squeers1 character, 1 villain2
Stackhouse2 characters2
Steele2 characters2
Strange1 character, 1 hero2
Targaryen2 characters2
Thénardier2 characters2
Thorpe2 characters2
Trevelyan2 characters2
Troy2 characters2
Valenti2 characters2
Weasley1 character, 1 hero2
Abbott1 hero1
Abrams1 character1
Ackroyd1 character1
Adams1 character1
Adler1 character1
Ames1 villain1
Amundsen1 character1
Angstrom1 character1
Arable1 character1
Archibald1 character1
Aubrey1 character1
Austin1 character1
Bacon1 character1
Baelish1 character1
Balfour1 hero1
Banks1 hero1
Banner1 hero1
Barnaby1 character1
Barnard1 character1
Bart1 character1
Barton1 character1
Bass1 character1
Bateman1 character1
Bäumer1 hero1
Baxter1 character1
Beauville1 character1
Beeblebrox1 character1
Beguildy1 character1
Belacqua1 hero1
Benwick1 character1
Bezukhov1 hero1
Bhaer1 character1
Blackpool1 character1
Blum1 character1
Blythe1 character1
Bolkonsky1 character1
Bone1 hero1
Bones1 character1
Boone1 hero1
Borzakovskaya1 character1
Bounderby1 character1
Bourne1 hero1
Bovary1 character1
Brandes1 character1
Brandon1 character1
Bray1 character1
Brigant1 character1
Brodie1 character1
Brooke1 character1
Browdie1 character1
Bucket1 hero1
Buendía1 character1
Bunny1 character1
Button1 character1
Byrnes1 character1
Campbell1 character1
Carne1 character1
Carr1 hero1
Carraway1 character1
Carton1 character1
Cathcart1 character1
Caulfield1 character1
Cavatica1 hero1
Chant1 character1
Chase1 character1
Chigurh1 villain1
Churchill1 character1
Chuzzlewit1 character1
Claypole1 character1
Cleary1 character1
Clegane1 character1
Compton1 character1
Cooley1 character1
Cooper1 character1
Copperfield1 hero1
Crane1 character1
Crawley1 character1
Crimsen1 character1
Croft1 character1
Crowne1 character1
Crusoe1 character1
Cullen1 character1
Dalgliesh1 character1
Dallas1 character1
Dalloway1 character1
Dalziel1 character1
Dantès1 character1
Danvers1 hero1
da Polga1 hero1
Darke1 hero1
Darling1 character1
Darnay1 character1
D'Artagnan1 character1
Davis1 character1
Dawkins1 character1
de Bornay1 character1
de Bourgh1 character1
de Chateaupers1 character1
Dedalus1 character1
Defarge1 villain1
DeLuca1 character1
Dempsey1 character1
Dent1 character1
Deronda1 hero1
Deschain1 hero1
de Zoet1 character1
Diggory1 character1
di Rondò1 character1
Dixon1 character1
Dobbin1 character1
Dobbs1 hero1
Dobson1 character1
Doone1 character1
Dorrit1 hero1
Douglas1 character1
Down1 character1
Doyle1 character1
Drew1 hero1
Drood1 character1
Dumbledore1 hero1
Durbeyfield1 character1
Durden1 character1
Edgington1 character1
Everdeen1 hero1
Everdene1 character1
Eyre1 hero1
Fairfax1 character1
Farange1 character1
Fauchelevant1 character1
Fawley1 hero1
Fayne1 character1
Fink1 hero1
Finn1 character1
Firmin1 character1
Fitzpiers1 character1
Flagg1 villain1
Flashman1 character1
Flint1 character1
Fogg1 character1
Foley1 character1
Fortenberry1 character1
Fowler1 character1
Frankenstein1 character1
Franklin1 character1
Frollo1 villain1
Frome1 character1
Frost1 hero1
Fry1 character1
Gale1 hero1
Gamgee1 hero1
Gargery1 character1
Garza1 character1
Gatsby1 character1
Gently1 character1
Gibson1 character1
Gideon1 hero1
Gilbert1 character1
Gillis1 character1
Goldman1 character1
Golightly1 character1
Granger1 hero1
Grant1 character1
Grantland1 character1
Gray1 character1
Grey1 character1
Greyjoy1 character1
Gride1 character1
Gringoire1 character1
Guerin1 character1
Gulliver1 character1
Gump1 hero1
Gunn1 character1
Hagrid1 character1
Hall1 character1
Hallward1 character1
Hammer1 character1
Harleth1 character1
Harnish1 hero1
Harper1 character1
Harris1 character1
Havers1 character1
Havisham1 character1
Hawk1 villain1
Hawkins1 hero1
Hawthorne1 character1
Hazard1 character1
Heep1 villain1
Henderson1 character1
Herveaux1 character1
Heym1 character1
Hill1 character1
Holman1 character1
Holmes1 hero1
Holmwood1 character1
Horn1 character1
Hornblower1 hero1
Howland1 character1
Huddleston1 character1
Humbert1 character1
Isles1 character1
Javert1 character1
Jeeves1 character1
Jekyll1 character1
Jensen1 character1
Joad1 character1
Johnson1 hero1
Jupe1 character1
Karenina1 character1
Kelly1 character1
Kenn1 character1
Kent1 hero1
Kenyon1 character1
Khatchadourian1 character1
King1 character1
Kitten1 character1
Kitteridge1 character1
Kranky1 character1
Krull1 character1
Krupnik1 character1
Kuragin1 character1
Kuragina1 character1
Kurtz1 character1
Lambchop1 hero1
Lancaster1 hero1
Landau1 hero1
Lane1 character1
Lang1 hero1
Langdon1 hero1
Lapidoth1 character1
Laurence1 character1
Lecter1 character1
Lennox1 character1
León1 character1
Lestrange1 villain1
Lewis1 character1
Little1 hero1
Livesey1 character1
Livingston1 hero1
Lodge1 character1
Long1 character1
Longbottom1 character1
Longstocking1 hero1
Lovegood1 character1
Lucas1 character1
Lupin1 hero1
Lynde1 character1
Lynley1 character1
Mackenzie1 hero1
MacNeill1 character1
Magwitch1 character1
Main1 character1
Malcolm1 character1
Marley1 character1
Marlowe1 hero1
Marner1 character1
Marple1 hero1
Marvin1 character1
Marx1 character1
Maturin1 character1
Maylie1 character1
McGonagall1 character1
McKinley1 hero1
McMurphy1 character1
Meany1 character1
Meeker1 character1
Meier1 character1
Melbury1 character1
Melville1 character1
Memery1 hero1
Meminger1 hero1
Mendoza1 character1
Merlotte1 character1
Merteuil1 character1
Milton1 character1
Mitty1 character1
Mole1 character1
Montag1 character1
Moon1 character1
Moreau1 hero1
Moriarty1 villain1
Morris1 character1
Morrison1 character1
Morse1 character1
Morton1 character1
Moss1 hero1
Muller1 character1
Nemo1 character1
Neveu1 character1
Newlin1 character1
Noggs1 character1
Norris1 character1
Northman1 character1
Oak1 character1
Oakley1 character1
O'Leary1 character1
Oliphant1 character1
Olsen1 character1
Onegin1 character1
Ortega1 hero1
Osborne1 character1
Palfy1 character1
Pan1 hero1
Panza1 character1
Parker1 hero1
Pascoe1 character1
Patel1 hero1
Peacock1 character1
Peggotty1 character1
Persopolis1 character1
Petowker1 character1
Phillips1 character1
Pierce1 character1
Pigza1 character1
Piovasco1 character1
Pirrip1 hero1
Pocket1 character1
Poirot1 hero1
Poldark1 character1
Pontmercy1 character1
Poppins1 character1
Porter1 character1
Post1 character1
Potter1 hero1
Prefect1 character1
Prior1 hero1
Prufrock1 character1
Prynne1 character1
Puddle-Duck1 character1
Pye1 character1
Quill1 hero1
Quimby1 character1
Quintana1 character1
Quixote1 character1
Radley1 character1
Randall1 character1
Raquin1 character1
Raskolnikov1 character1
Redding1 character1
Reilly1 character1
Reynaud1 character1
Reynolds1 character1
Ripley1 character1
Rizzoli1 character1
Robillard1 character1
Rochester1 hero1
Rogers1 hero1
Romanova1 character1
Rubashov1 character1
Ryan1 hero1
Saberhagen1 character1
Salander1 hero1
Samsa1 character1
Sancé1 hero1
Sangalletti1 character1
Sattler1 character1
Sawtelle1 character1
Sawyer1 hero1
Scrooge1 character1
Seward1 character1
Seymour1 character1
Shandy1 character1
Shaver1 character1
Shirley1 hero1
Shukhov1 character1
Sikes1 villain1
Silver1 villain1
Silverberg1 character1
Simon1 character1
Simonet1 character1
Singleton1 character1
Sliderskew1 character1
Small1 character1
Smiley1 character1
Smollett1 character1
Snape1 character1
Snow1 character1
Soplica1 hero1
South1 character1
Spaan1 hero1
Spade1 hero1
Spencer1 character1
Spier1 character1
Stacy1 character1
Standall1 character1
Stapleton1 character1
Starling1 hero1
Starr1 hero1
Starzynski1 character1
St. Clair1 character1
St. Cloud1 character1
Stone1 character1
Strogoff1 character1
Sugar1 character1
Sullivan1 character1
Summerson1 hero1
Sun1 character1
Swain1 character1
Swan1 character1
Swenson1 character1
Tarly1 character1
Thatcher1 character1
Thomas1 character1
Thompson1 character1
Thornton1 character1
Throckmorton1 hero1
Thursley1 character1
Tischbein1 hero1
Tittlemouse1 character1
Torrance1 character1
Trelawney1 character1
Tremain1 hero1
Trotter1 hero1
Trotwood1 character1
Trouillefou1 character1
Trout1 character1
Tubman1 character1
Tutashkhia1 hero1
Twist1 hero1
Tyree1 character1
Umbridge1 villain1
Valjean1 hero1
Valmont1 character1
van der Woodsen1 character1
Vane1 character1
Van Helsing1 hero1
Verhœven1 character1
Verisopht1 character1
Vernon1 character1
Wakefield1 character1
Waldorf1 character1
Walker1 character1
Wallace1 character1
Wallander1 character1
Wayne1 hero1
Wells1 character1
Welsch1 hero1
Wentworth1 hero1
Westenra1 character1
Wheaton1 character1
Whiskers1 character1
White1 character1
Wickfield1 character1
Wickham1 character1
Willoughby1 character1
Willow1 character1
Wimsey1 hero1
Windsnap1 hero1
Winterborne1 character1
Wire1 hero1
Wong1 character1
Wonka1 character1
Woodcourt1 character1
Woodlawn1 hero1
Woods1 hero1
Woodseaves1 character1
Wooster1 character1
Wormwood1 hero1
Wotton1 character1
Wycliffe1 character1
Yossarian1 character1