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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Magwitch | 1860 | Great Expectations |  | |
| Abra Bacon | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Abraham Van Helsing | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Adam Dalgliesh | 1962; 1963; 1967 | Cover Her Face; A Mind to Murder; Unnatural Causes | | |
| Adam Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Adele "Gran" Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Agnes Wickfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Captain Ahab | 1851 | Moby-Dick | | |
| Alan Grant | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Albus Dumbledore | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Percival, Wulfric, Brian) | |
| Alcide Herveaux | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Alex | 1962 | A Clockwork Orange | | |
| Alex Standall | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Alexander, Dean) | |
| Dr Alexandre Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Alice | 1865 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | |
| Alice Henderson | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Allan Woodcourt | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Altamiro | 1965 | Altamiro de la Cueva | | |
| Amelia Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Amy Dorrit | 1857 | Little Dorrit | | |
| Amy March | 1868 | Little Women | (Curtis) | |
| Anatole Kuragin | 1869 | War and Peace | (Anatoliy) | |
| Anatool | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| André-Louis Moreau | 1921 | Scaramouche | | |
| Prince Andrey Bolkonsky | 1869 | War and Peace | (Andrei, Andrew) | |
| Andy Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Andrew) | |
| Andy Dalziel | 1970; 1971 | A Clubbable Woman; An Advancement of Learning | (Andrew) | |
| Anna Karenina | 1877 | Anna Karenina | | |
| Anne Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Anne Shirley | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Anne Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | (Nancy) | |
| Ante | 1975 | Ante | | |
| Anton Chigurh | 2005 | No Country For Old Men | | |
| Aragorn II Elessar | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Elessar, Estel, Strider) | |
| Arlene Fowler | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Aron Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Aaron) | |
| Arthur Dent | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Arthur Gride | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Arthur Holmwood | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Arthur Radley | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Boo) | |
| Arya Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Ashley Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (George) | |
| Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Augusta Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Ault Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Aureliano Buendia | 1967 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | | |
| Azelma Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Barbara Havers | 1988; 1989 | A Great Deliverance; Payment in Blood | | |
| Basil Hallward | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Bathsheba Everdene | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Beatrice Prior | 2012 | Divergent | (Tris) | |
| Beauregard Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Beau) | |
| Bella Swan | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Belle Watling | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Ben Pentland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Benjamin Bunny | 1904 | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | | |
| Benjy Compson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | (Benjamin, Maury) | |
| Beowulf | 10xx | Beowulf | | |
| Bernard Marx | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Bertha Antoinetta Mason | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Beryl Stapleton | 1902 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | | |
| Bess Marvin | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | (Elizabeth) | |
| Betsey Trotwood | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Betsy Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Elizabeth, Warrington) | |
| Bilbo Baggins | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Bill Compton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (William, Erasmus, Thomas) | |
| Bill Sikes | 1838 | Oliver Twist | (William) | |
| Billy Pilgrim | 1969 | Slaughterhouse-Five | | |
| Blair Waldorf | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Cornelia) | |
| Bob Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Boes | 1980 | Boes | | |
| Bonnie Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Eugenie, Blue, Victoria) | |
| Bran Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Colonel Brandon | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Bridget Jones | 1996 | Bridget Jones's Diary | | |
| Bruce Banner | 1962 | The Incredible Hulk | (Hulk) | |
| Bruce Wayne | 1939 | Batman | | |
| Bryce Walker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Little Burl Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Caddie Woodlawn | 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | (Caroline) | |
| Cain Ball | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | (Cainy) | |
| Caleb Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Cal) | |
| Campion | 2008 | House of Suns | | |
| Campion | 1972 | Watership Down | | |
| Campion Bond | 1999 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | | |
| Caroline Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Carreen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Caroline, Irene) | |
| Catelyn Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Catherine Earnshaw | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Catherine Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Kitty) | |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Catherine Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Cathy Ames | 1952 | East of Eden | (Catherine, Kate) | |
| Catootje Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Cecelia Jupe | 1854 | Hard Times | (Sissy) | |
| Cedric Diggory | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Cersei Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Charles Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Charles Darnay | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Charles Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Charles Baker Harris | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Dill) | |
| Charles Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Charles Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Charles Wycliffe | 1968 | Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy | | |
| Charlie Bucket | 1964; 1972 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | | |
| Charlotte A. Cavatica | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | (Aranea) | |
| Charlotte Lucas | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Chet Morton | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | (Chester) | |
| Christopher John Francis Boone | 2003 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | | |
| Christopher Robin | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | | |
| Christy Huddleston | 1967 | Christy | (Rudd) | |
| Chuck Bass | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Charles, Bartholomew) | |
| Chuck Cathcart | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| Clarice Starling | 1988 | The Silence of the Lambs | | |
| Clarissa Dalloway | 1925 | Mrs Dalloway | | |
| Clarissa Harlowe | 1748 | Clarissa | | |
| Clark Kent | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Claude Frollo | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Claudia | 1976 | Interview with the Vampire | | |
| Clay Jensen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Clayton, Jason) | |
| Clive Barnard | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | | |
| Clopin Trouillefou | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1932 | Weird Tales | | |
| Coraline Jones | 2002 | Coraline | | |
| Cosette Fauchelevant | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Euphrasie) | |
| Courtney Crimsen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Creed Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Crystal Norris | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Cthulhu | 1928 | The Call of Cthulhu | | |
| Cubitus | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Cyrus Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Daenerys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Daisy Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Damon Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Dan Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Daniel, Randolph) | |
| Daniel Deronda | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Dariel | 1897 | Dariel: a romance of Surrey | | |
| Data Tutashkhia | 1975 | Data Tutashkhia | | |
| David Balfour | 1886 | Kidnapped | (Davie) | |
| David Copperfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | (Davy, Doady, Trot, Trotwood) | |
| David Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Dawn Green | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Demelza Carne | 1945; 1946 | Ross Poldark; Demelza | | |
| Dexter Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | | |
| Diana Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Dick Grayson | 1940 | Batman | (Robin) | |
| Dilsey Gibson | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Dolfje Spaan | 1996 | Dolfje Weerwolfje | | |
| Dolores Umbridge | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | (Jane) | |
| Dorian Gray | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Dorothy Gale | 1900 | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | | |
| Draco Malfoy | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Count Dracula | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Khal Drogo | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Eddard Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | (Ned) | |
| Edmond Dantès | 1844 | The Count of Monte Cristo | | |
| Edmund Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Edmund Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Edred Fitzpiers | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Edward Cullen | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Edward Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Edward Fairfax Rochester | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Elam Harnish | 1910 | Burning Daylight | | |
| Eleanor Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Elena Gilbert | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Elinor Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Elizabeth Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Eliza, Lizzy) | |
| Elizabeth Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Elizabeth March | 1868 | Little Women | (Beth) | |
| Ella Lorena Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Ellen Robillard O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Ellie Sattler | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Ellis Redding | 1982 | Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption | (Red) | |
| Elrond | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Emily Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Emma Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Endeavour Morse | 1975; 1976 | Last Bus to Woodstock; Last Seen Wearing | | |
| Éponine Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Eric Northman | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Erik | 1909 | The Phantom of the Opera | | |
| Esmeralda | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Estella Havisham | 1861 | Great Expectations | | |
| Esther Summerson | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Fairlight Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Fanny Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Fanny Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Fanny Robin | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Fanny Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Fantine | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Felicity King | 1911 | The Story Girl | | |
| Felicity Merriman | 1991 | Meet Felicity: An American Girl | | |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Princess Flavia of Ruritania | 1894 | The Prisoner of Zenda | | |
| Florete | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Floriant | 12xx | Floriant et Florete | | |
| Ford Prefect | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Forrest Gump | 1986 | Forrest Gump | | |
| Francis Troy | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Frank Churchill | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Frank Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Frank Kennedy | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Frederick Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Lord Frederick Verisopht | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Captain Frederick Wentworth | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Friedrich Bhaer | 1869 | Little Women | (Fritz) | |
| Frodo Baggins | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Gabriel Oak | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Galadriel | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Alatáriel, Artanis, Nerwen) | |
| Gandalf | 1937 | The Hobbit | (Mithrandir, Olórin) | |
| Gavin Troy | 1987; 1989 | The Killings at Badger's Drift; Death of a Hollow Man | | |
| Geoffrey Firmin | 1947 | Under the Volcano | | |
| George Fayne | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | | |
| George Gently | 1955; 1956; 1957 | Gently Does It; Gently by the Shore; Gently Down the Stream | | |
| George Hazard | 1982; 1984; 1987 | North and South; Love and War; Heaven and Hell | | |
| George Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| George Milton | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| George Osborne | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| George Smiley | 1974 | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | | |
| George Wickham | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Georgiana Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Gerald O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Gerrit Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Gertrude Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Gideon Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Gilbert Blythe | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Giles Winterborne | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Ginny Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Ginevra, Molly) | |
| Gloriant | 13xx | Gloriant | | |
| Goldmund | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | | |
| Gollum | 1937 | The Hobbit | (Sméagol, Trahald) | |
| Grace Melbury | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Gregor Samsa | 1915 | The Metamorphosis | | |
| Grigola | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Guy Montag | 1953 | Fahrenheit 451 | | |
| Gwendolen Harleth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Ham Peggotty | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Hannah Baker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Hannibal Lecter | 1981 | Red Dragon | | |
| Harriet Smith | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom | 1960 | Rabbit, Run | | |
| Harry Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | (Harrison) | |
| Harry Morgan | 1937 | To Have and Have Not | | |
| Harry Potter | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (James) | |
| Hazel Grace Lancaster | 2012 | The Fault in Our Stars | | |
| Hélène Kuragina | 1869 | War and Peace | (Elena, Lyolya, Yelena) | |
| Helmholtz Watson | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Henrietta Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Henrietta Petowker | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Henry Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Henry Jekyll | 1886 | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | (Edward) | |
| Henry Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Henry Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Lord Henry Wotton | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | (Harry) | |
| Herbert Pocket | 1860 | Great Expectations | | |
| Hercule Poirot | 1920 | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | | |
| Hermione Granger | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Jean) | |
| Hester Prynne | 1850 | The Scarlet Letter | | |
| Hilda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Hildegarde, Antoinette) | |
| Holden Caulfield | 1951 | The Catcher in the Rye | | |
| Holly Cleary | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Holly Golightly | 1958 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | | |
| Honoria, Lady Dedlock | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Hoyt Fortenberry | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Huckleberry Finn | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (Huck) | |
| Humbert Humbert | 1955 | Lolita | | |
| Iago | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Ian Malcolm | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Ida Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Ignatius Reilly | 1980 | A Confederacy of Dunces | | |
| Count Ilya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| India Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Isabel Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Amanda) | |
| Isabella Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Isabella Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Isabelle de Merteuil | 1782 | The Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Jack Dawkins | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Jack Frost | 1984; 1987 | Frost at Christmas; A Touch of Frost | (William, Edward) | |
| Jack Torrance | 1977 | The Shining | | |
| Jacob Marley | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Jaime Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| James Benwick | 1818 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| James Bond | 1953 | Casino Royale | | |
| Professor James Moriarty | 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | | |
| James Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Jan Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jancis Beguildy | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Jane Andrews | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Jane Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Jane Eyre | 1847 | Jane Eyre | | |
| Jane Fairfax | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Miss Jane Marple | 1930 | The Murder at the Vicarage | | |
| Jane Porter | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Jane Rizzoli | 2001; 2002 | The Surgeon; The Apprentice | (Clementine) | |
| Jans Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Jason Bourne | 1980 | The Bourne Identity | | |
| Jason Compson IV | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Jason Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Inspector Javert | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Jay Gatsby | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (James) | |
| Jean Louise Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Scout) | |
| Jean Valjean | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Ultime) | |
| Jeb Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Jemima Puddle-Duck | 1908 | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | | |
| Jenny Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Jennifer, Tallulah) | |
| Jenny Kurtz | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jeremy Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Jem) | |
| Jeremy Fisher | 1906 | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | | |
| Jeroentje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | (Jeroen) | |
| Jerom | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | (Jerommeke) | |
| Jerusha Abbott | 1912 | Daddy-Long-Legs | (Judy) | |
| Jessica Davis | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jessica Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Jim Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | (James) | |
| Jody Baxter | 1938 | The Yearling | | |
| Joe Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Joffrey Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| John the Savage | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| John Brooke | 1868 | Little Women | | |
| John Browdie | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| John Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Seward | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| John Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Dr. John Watson | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| John Willoughby | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Yossarian | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| Jommeke | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jon Snow | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Jonathan Harker | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Jonathas | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Jordan Baker | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Josef K. | 1925 | The Trial | | |
| Joseph Gargery | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Joe) | |
| Joseph Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Jos) | |
| Josephine Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Josephine March | 1868 | Little Women | (Jo) | |
| Josiah Bounderby | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Josie Pye | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Don Juan | 1819 | Don Juan | (Giovanni) | |
| Judah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Judah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Judalon de Bornay | 1951 | The Iron Mistress | | |
| Julia Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Julia Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Justin Foley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Karlijn Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Kate Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Catherine) | |
| Katniss Everdeen | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Kester Woodseaves | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Kilgore Trout | 1965 | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | | |
| Koba | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Konala | 1975 | The Snow Walker | | |
| Kurt Wallander | 1991; 1992 | Faceless Killers; The Dogs of Riga | | |
| Kyle Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Lafayette Reynolds | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Lassie | 1940 | Lassie Come-Home | | |
| Lemuel Gulliver | 1726 | Gulliver's Travels | | |
| Lenina Crowne | 1932 | Brave New World | | |
| Lennie Small | 1937 | Of Mice and Men | | |
| Leopold Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Liesel Meminger | 2005 | The Book Thief | | |
| Lily Bart | 1905 | Edith Wharton | | |
| Princess Lise Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | (Lisa, Liza, Yelizaveta) | |
| Loedertje | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Logan "Wolverine" | 1974 | X-Men | (James) | |
| Lois Lane | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Lolita | 1955 | Lolita | (Dolores) | |
| Lorna Doone | 1869 | Lorna Doone | | |
| Louden Swain | 1979 | Vision Quest | | |
| Louis Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Louisa Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | (Loo) | |
| Louisa Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Lucie Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Lucius Malfoy | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Lucy Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Lucy Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Lucy Westenra | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Luna Garza | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Luna Lovegood | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | |
| Lundy Taylor | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Lydia Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Lydia Smallbury | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | (Liddy) | |
| Madeline | 1939 | Madeline | | |
| Madeline Bray | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Marcus Cooley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Margaret Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Margaret March | 1868 | Little Women | (Meg) | |
| Margaret Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Maria Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Maria DeLuca | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Marianne Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Marilla Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Marius Pontmercy | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Princess Mariya Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | (Maria, Mary) | |
| Marty South | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Marv | 1991 | Sin City | | |
| Mary Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Mary Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Mary Crawford | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Mary Lennox | 1910 | The Secret Garden | | |
| Mary Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Mary Poppins | 1934 | Marry Poppins | | |
| Maryann Money | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Matilda Price | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Tilda) | |
| Matthew Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Maura Isles | 2002; 2003 | The Apprentice; The Sinner | (Dorothea) | |
| Max Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Maxwell) | |
| Maxim de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | (Maximilian) | |
| Melanie Hamilton Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Michael Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Michael Guerin | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Mike Hammer | 1947; 1950 | I, the Jury; My Gun Is Quick | (Michael) | |
| Mina Harker | 1897 | Dracula | (Wilhelmina) | |
| Minnie May Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Minthe Guillory | 2017 | Te waar om mooi te zijn | | |
| Mirah Lapidoth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Molly Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Moody Spurgeon MacPherson | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Mountie O'Teale | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Sir Mulberry Hawk | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Muriel Stacy | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Nancy | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Nancy Drew | 1930 | The Secret of the Old Clock | | |
| Narziß | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | | |
| Natasha Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | (Natalya) | |
| Nate Archibald | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Nathaniel, Fitzwilliam) | |
| Neil MacNeill | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Neville Longbottom | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Newman Noggs | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Niall Brigant | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Nicholas Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Nicholas Rubashov | 1940 | Darkness at Noon | | |
| Nick Carraway | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Nicholas) | |
| Nikolai Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Nicholas) | |
| Noah Claypole | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Nunu | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Oliver Twist | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Orry Main | 1982; 1984 | North and South; Love and War | | |
| Oscar Goldman | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Othello Guillory | 2017 | Te waar om mooi te zijn | | |
| Patrick Bateman | 1991 | American Psycho | | |
| Paul Bäumer | 1929 | All Quiet on the Western Front | | |
| Paul Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Pauline Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Peg Sliderskew | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Percy Jackson | 2005 | The Lightning Thief | (Perseus) | |
| Pert Barlow | 1896 | Checkers: A Hard Luck Story | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1910 | Old Mother West Wind | | |
| Peter Rabbit | 1902 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | | |
| Peter Pan | 1902 | The Little White Bird | | |
| Peter Parker | 1962 | Spider-Man | | |
| Peter Pascoe | 1970; 1971 | A Clubbable Woman; An Advancement of Learning | | |
| Peter Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Petrova Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Petya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Philip Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Philip Pirrip | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Pip) | |
| Phoebus de Chateaupers | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Pierre Bezukhov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Pierre Gringoire | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Pippi Longstocking | 1945 | Pippi Longstocking | (Pippilotta) | |
| Piscine Molitor Patel | 2002 | Life of Pi | (Pi) | |
| Posy Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Prue Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Quasimodo | 1831 | Notre-Dame de Paris | | |
| Quentin Compson III | 1929 | The Sound and the Fury | | |
| Quincey Morris | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Don Quixote | 1605 | Don Quixote | (Alonso) | |
| Rachel Lynde | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Ralph Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| R. P. McMurphy | 1962 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | (Randle, Patrick) | |
| Rawdon Crawley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Rebecca Sharp | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Becky) | |
| Rhett Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Rob Allen | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Robb Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robbie Lewis | 1975; 1976 | Last Bus to Woodstock; Last Seen Wearing | (Robert) | |
| Robert Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robert Ferrars | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Robert Langdon | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Robinson Crusoe | 1719 | Robinson Crusoe | | |
| Roger Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Ron Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Ronald, Bilius) | |
| Rosafiere | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Rose Maylie | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Ross Poldark | 1945 | Ross Poldark | | |
| Rubeus Hagrid | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Ruby Gillis | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Ruby Mae Morrison | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Rudy Wells | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Russell Edgington | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Ryan Shaver | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Sabrina Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Victoria) | |
| Salem Saberhagen | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Sam Houston Holcombe | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Sam Merlotte | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Samuel Whiskers | 1908 | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| Samwise Gamgee | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Sam) | |
| Sancho Panza | 1605 | Don Quixote | | |
| Sansa Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Santiago | 1952 | The Old Man and the Sea | | |
| Saruman | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Curumo) | |
| Sauron | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Annatar) | |
| Scarlett O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Katie) | |
| Sebastian Valmont | 1782 | The Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Sémaphore | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Serena van der Woodsen | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Celia) | |
| Severus Snape | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Sherlock Holmes | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| Sibyl Vane | 1890 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | | |
| Tante Sidonia | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | (Sidonie) | |
| Silas Marner | 1861 | Silas Marner | | |
| Sirius Black | 1999 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | (Orion) | |
| Skye Miller | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Skylar) | |
| Sonya Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | (Sofya) | |
| Sookie Stackhouse | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sophia Croft | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Sophie Neveu | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| Stefan Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Stephen Blackpool | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Stephen Dedalus | 1916; 1922 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses | | |
| Steve Austin | 1972 | Cyborg | (Steven) | |
| Steve Newlin | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Steven) | |
| Suellen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Susan, Elinor) | |
| Susan Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Suske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Swannie O'Teale | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Sydney Carton | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Tacy Kelly | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Anna, Anastacia) | |
| Tadeusz Soplica | 1834 | Pan Tadeusz | | |
| Tara Thornton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Mae) | |
| Tarzan | 1912 | Tarzan of the Apes | | |
| Terry Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Terence, Quentin) | |
| Tess Durbeyfield | 1981 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | | |
| Theodore Laurence | 1868 | Little Women | (Laurie, Teddy) | |
| Thérèse Defarge | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Sir Thomas Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Thomas Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Thomas Lynley | 1988; 1989 | A Great Deliverance; Payment in Blood | (Tommy) | |
| Thomasina Tittlemouse | 1910 | The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse | | |
| Tib Muller | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Thelma) | |
| Tirzah Ben-Hur | 1880 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | | |
| Tom Barnaby | 1987; 1989 | The Killings at Badger's Drift; Death of a Hollow Man | (Thomas, Geoffrey) | |
| Tom Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Buchanan | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Thomas) | |
| Tom Joad | 1939 | The Grapes of Wrath | | |
| Tom Jones | 1749 | Tom Jones | | |
| Tom Kitten | 1907; 1908 | The Tale of Tom Kitten; The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| Tom Sawyer | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | | |
| Tommy Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Thomas) | |
| Tony Stark | 1963 | Iron Man | | |
| Treebeard | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Fangorn) | |
| Trillian | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | (Tricia) | |
| Tristram Shandy | 1759 | Tristram Shandy | | |
| Tuppence Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Prudence) | |
| Tyler Down | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Tyler Durden | 1996 | Fight Club | | |
| Tyrion Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Uriah Heep | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Vanessa Abrams | 2002 | Gossip Girl | | |
| Velvet Brown | 1935 | National Velvet | | |
| Dr. Victor Frankenstein | 1818 | Frankenstein | | |
| Viserys Targaryen | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Vito Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Lord Voldemort | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Tom, Marvolo) | |
| Wackford Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Wade Hampton Hamilton | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Sir Walter Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Wendy Darling | 1911 | Peter & Wendy | | |
| Wilbur | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| William Dobbin | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| William Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| William Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Willy Wonka | 1964; 1972 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | (Pooh) | |
| Winston Smith | 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | | |
| Wiske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Zach Dempsey | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Zachary, Shan, Yung) | |
| Zady Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Zelda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Phiona) | |