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 | Cover Her Face | | |
| Adam Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Adrian Mole | 1982 | The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ | | |
| Agnes Grey | 1847 | Agnes Grey | | |
| Agnes Wickfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Captain Ahab | 1851 | Moby-Dick | | |
| Alan Grant | 1990 | Jurassic Park | | |
| Alanna of Trebond | 1983 | Alanna: The First Adventure | | |
| Albertine Simonet | 1919 | In Search of Lost Time | | |
| 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) | |
| Alex Woods | 2013 | The Universe Versus Alex Woods | | |
| Alexander | 1972 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | | |
| Alexander Smollett | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Alexandre Manette | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| J. Alfred Prufrock | 1915 | The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | | |
| Algernon | 1959 | Flowers for Algernon | | |
| Alice | 1865 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | | |
| Alice Franklin | 2014 | The Truth About Alice | | |
| Alice Henderson | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Alice Howland | 2007 | Still Alice | | |
| Alice McKinley | 1985 | The Agony of Alice | | |
| Allan Woodcourt | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Altamiro | 1965 | Altamiro de la Cueva | | |
| Alyosha Karamazov | 1879 | The Brothers Karamazov | (Alexei) | |
| Amber St. Clair | 1944 | Forever Amber | | |
| Amelia Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Amy Dorrit | 1857 | Little Dorrit | | |
| Amy March | 1868 | Little Women | (Curtis) | |
| Anastasia Krupnik | 1978 | Anastasia Krupnik | | |
| Anatole Kuragin | 1869 | War and Peace | (Anatoliy) | |
| Anatool | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| André-Louis Moreau | 1921 | Scaramouche | | |
| Andrey Bolkonsky | 1869 | War and Peace | (Andrei) | |
| Andy Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Andrew) | |
| Andy Dalziel | 1970 | A Clubbable Woman | (Andrew) | |
| Angeline Persopolis | 1983 | Someday Angeline | | |
| Angélique Sancé | 1957 | Angélique, Marquise des Anges | | |
| Anna | 1974 | Mister God, This Is Anna | | |
| Anna Karenina | 1877 | Anna Karenina | | |
| Anna Oliphant | 2010 | Anna and the French Kiss | | |
| Annabel | 2010 | Annabel | | |
| Annabeth Chase | 2005 | The Lightning Thief | | |
| Anne Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Anne Shirley | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Anne Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | (Nancy) | |
| Annie Kenyon | 1982 | Annie on My Mind | | |
| Anton Chigurh | 2005 | No Country For Old Men | | |
| Anya Borzakovskaya | 2011 | Anya's Ghost | (Annushka) | |
| Aragorn | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Elessar, Estel, Strider) | |
| Aramis | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | (René) | |
| Archie Andrews | 1942 | Archie Comics | (Archibald) | |
| Aristotle Mendoza | 2012 | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | | |
| Arlene Fowler | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Aron Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Aaron) | |
| Arsène Lupin | 1907 | Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar | | |
| Arthur Dent | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Arthur Gride | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Arthur Holmwood | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Arthur "Boo" Radley | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Boo) | |
| Arya Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Ashley Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (George) | |
| Asterix | 1961 | Asterix the Gaul | | |
| Athos | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | | |
| Atticus Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | | |
| Augusta Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Aureliano Buendía | 1967 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | | |
| Azelma Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Babar | 1931 | Histoire de Babar | | |
| Barb Wire | 1994 | Barb Wire | | |
| Barbara | 1939 | Barbara | | |
| Barbara Havers | 1988 | A Great Deliverance | | |
| 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) | |
| Becky Sharp | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Rebecca) | |
| Bella Swan | 2005 | Twilight | | |
| Bellatrix Lestrange | 2000 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | | |
| Ben Gunn | 1883 | Treasure Island | (Benjamin) | |
| Benjamin Bunny | 1904 | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | | |
| Benjamin Button | 1922 | The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button | | |
| 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 | | |
| Bertie Wooster | 1915 | Extricating Young Gussie | (Bertram, Wilberforce) | |
| Beryl Stapleton | 1902 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | | |
| Bess Marvin | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | (Elizabeth) | |
| Beth March | 1868 | Little Women | (Elizabeth) | |
| Betsey Trotwood | 1849 | David Copperfield | | |
| Betsy Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Elizabeth, Warrington) | |
| Betty Cooper | 1942 | Archie Comics | | |
| Bigger Thomas | 1940 | Native Son | | |
| Bilbo Baggins | 1937 | The Hobbit | | |
| Bill Compton | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (William, Erasmus, Thomas) | |
| Bill Sikes | 1838 | Oliver Twist | (William) | |
| Billy Bones | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Billy Fisher | 1959 | Billy Liar | (William) | |
| Billy Pilgrim | 1969 | Slaughterhouse-Five | | |
| Bindy Mackenzie | 2006 | The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie | | |
| Blair Waldorf | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Cornelia) | |
| Boes | 1980 | Boes | | |
| Bonnie Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Eugenie, Blue, Victoria) | |
| Bradamante | 1483 | Orlando Innamorato | | |
| Bran Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Colonel Brandon | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Briar Moss | 1999 | Briar's Book | | |
| Bridget Jones | 1996 | Bridget Jones's Diary | | |
| Brienne of Tarth | 1998 | A Clash of Kings | | |
| Father Brown | 1910 | The Blue Cross | | |
| Bruce Banner | 1962 | The Incredible Hulk | (Hulk) | |
| Bruce Wayne | 1939 | Batman | | |
| Bryce Walker | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Caddie Woodlawn | 1936 | Caddie Woodlawn | (Caroline) | |
| Cal | 1983 | Cal | | |
| Caleb Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | (Cal) | |
| Cameron Post | 2012 | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | | |
| Campion | 2008 | House of Suns | | |
| Campion | 1972 | Watership Down | | |
| Campion Bond | 1999 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | | |
| Carmen | 1845 | Carmen | | |
| Carol Danvers | 1977 | Ms. Marvel | | |
| Caroline Bingley | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Carreen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Caroline, Irene) | |
| Carrie White | 1974 | Carrie | (Carietta) | |
| Carrie Willow | 1973 | Carrie's War | | |
| Prince Caspian | 1951 | Prince Caspian | | |
| Catelyn Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Catherine | 1994 | Catherine, Called Birdy | | |
| Catherine Earnshaw | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Catherine Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Kitty) | |
| Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Catherine Linton | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | (Cathy) | |
| Catherine Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Cathy Ames | 1952 | East of Eden | (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 | | |
| Celia | 2000 | Feeling Sorry for Celia | | |
| 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 Musgrove | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Charles Trask | 1952 | East of Eden | | |
| Charles Wycliffe | 1968 | Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy | | |
| Charlie Bone | 2002 | Midnight for Charlie Bone | | |
| Charlie Bucket | 1964 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | |
| Charlie St. Cloud | 2004 | The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud | | |
| Charlotte A. Cavatica | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | (Aranea) | |
| Charlotte Doyle | 1990 | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | | |
| Charlotte Lucas | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Chet Morton | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | (Chester) | |
| Christina | 1985 | Christina's Ghost | | |
| Christopher John Francis Boone | 2003 | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | | |
| Christopher Chant | 1988 | The Lives of Christopher Chant | | |
| 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 | | |
| Clarissa Harlowe | 1748 | Clarissa | | |
| Clark Kent | 1938 | Superman | | |
| Claude Frollo | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Claudia | 1976 | Interview with the Vampire | | |
| Clay Jensen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Clayton, Jason) | |
| Clive Barnard | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | | |
| Clopin Trouillefou | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Conan the Barbarian | 1932 | Weird Tales | | |
| Coraline Jones | 2002 | Coraline | | |
| Cordelia Kenn | 2005 | This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn | | |
| Cosette Fauchelevant | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Euphrasie) | |
| Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò | 1957 | The Baron in the Trees | | |
| Courtney Crimsen | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| 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 | | |
| Daisy Miller | 1878 | Daisy Miller | (Annie) | |
| Damon Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Dan Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Daniel, Randolph) | |
| Daniel Deronda | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Danny | 1975 | Danny, the Champion of the World | | |
| Dante Quintana | 2012 | Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | | |
| Dariel | 1897 | Dariel: a romance of Surrey | | |
| D'Artagnan | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | (Charles) | |
| Data Tutashkhia | 1975 | Data Tutashkhia | | |
| David | 1963 | I Am David | | |
| David Balfour | 1886 | Kidnapped | (Davie) | |
| David Copperfield | 1849 | David Copperfield | (Trotwood) | |
| David Grantland | 1967 | Christy | | |
| David Livesey | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Demelza | 1946 | Demelza | | |
| Demelza Carne | 1945; 1946 | Ross Poldark; Demelza | | |
| Dexter Morgan | 2004 | Darkly Dreaming Dexter | | |
| Diana of Themyscira | 1942 | Wonder Woman | | |
| Diana Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Dick Grayson | 1940 | Batman | (Robin) | |
| Dill Harris | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Charles, Baker) | |
| 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 | | |
| Earl Jackson | 2012 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | | |
| Ebenezer Scrooge | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Edgar Sawtelle | 2008 | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle | | |
| 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 | | |
| Edwin Drood | 1870 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | | |
| Elam Harnish | 1910 | Burning Daylight | | |
| Eleanor Douglas | 2012 | Eleanor & Park | | |
| Eleanor Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Elena Gilbert | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Elinor Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Elizabeth | 1967 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth | | |
| Elizabeth Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | (Eliza, Lizzy) | |
| Elizabeth Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Ella | 1997 | Ella Enchanted | | |
| Ella Brown | 1999 | Just Ella | | |
| 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 | | |
| Emil Tischbein | 1928 | Emil and the Detectives | | |
| Emily | 1961 | Emily's Runaway Imagination | | |
| Emily Byrd Starr | 1923 | Emily of New Moon | | |
| Emily Trevelyan | 1869 | He Knew He Was Right | | |
| Emily Windsnap | 2003 | The Tail of Emily Windsnap | | |
| Emma Bovary | 1856 | Madame Bovary | | |
| Emma Woodhouse | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Endeavour Morse | 1975 | Last Bus to Woodstock | | |
| Éponine Thénardier | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Eric Northman | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Eric Thursley | 1990 | Eric | | |
| Erik | 1909 | The Phantom of the Opera | | |
| Esmeralda | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Esperanza Ortega | 2002 | Esperanza Rising | | |
| Estella Havisham | 1861 | Great Expectations | | |
| Esther Summerson | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Ethan Frome | 1911 | Ethan Frome | | |
| Eugene Onegin | 1833 | Eugene Onegin | | |
| Eva | 1988 | Eva | | |
| Eva Luna | 1987 | Eva Luna | | |
| Fagin | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Fairlight Spencer | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Fanny Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Fanny Hill | 1748 | Fanny Hill | | |
| Fanny Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | (Frances) | |
| Fanny Robin | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Fanny Squeers | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Fantine | 1862 | Les Misérables | | |
| Felicity King | 1911 | The Story Girl | | |
| Felix Krull | 1954 | Confessions of Felix Krull | | |
| Fern Arable | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Fitzwilliam Darcy | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Princess Flavia of Ruritania | 1894 | The Prisoner of Zenda | | |
| Captain Flint | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| 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 | | |
| Forsythe "Jughead" Jones | 1942 | Archie Comics | (Jughead) | |
| Francis Reynaud | 2012 | Chocolat | | |
| 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 | | |
| Frankie | 2010 | Minding Frankie | | |
| Frankie Landau-Banks | 2008 | The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | | |
| Frederick Tilney | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Lord Frederick Verisopht | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Frederick Wentworth | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Friedrich Bhaer | 1869 | Little Women | (Fritz) | |
| Frodo Baggins | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | | |
| Fyodor Karamazov | 1879 | The Brothers Karamazov | | |
| Gabriel Oak | 1847 | Far From the Madding Crowd | | |
| Galadriel | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Alatáriel, Artanis, Nerwen) | |
| Gale Hawthorne | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Gandalf | 1937 | The Hobbit | (Mithrandir, Olórin) | |
| Gavin Troy | 1987 | The Killings at Badger's Drift | | |
| Geoffrey Firmin | 1947 | Under the Volcano | | |
| Curious George | 1941 | Curious George | | |
| George Fayne | 1931 | The Secret at Shadow Ranch | | |
| George Gently | 1955 | Gently Does It | | |
| George Gideon | 1955 | Gideon's Day | | |
| George Hazard | 1982 | North and South | | |
| George Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| George Kranky | 1981 | George's Marvellous Medicine | | |
| 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 | | |
| Geralt of Rivia | 1986 | The Witcher | | |
| Gerrit Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Gertrude Morel | 1913 | Sons and Lovers | | |
| Gideon Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Gideon Seymour | 2006 | Gideon the Cutpurse | | |
| Gigi | 1944 | Gigi | (Gilberte) | |
| 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 | | |
| Harold Fry | 2012 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | | |
| Harriet Smith | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Harriet Welsch | 1964 | Harriet the Spy | | |
| Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom | 1960 | Rabbit, Run | | |
| Harry Flashman | 1969 | Flashman | | |
| 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 | | |
| Heathcliff | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Heather | 1989 | Heather Has Two Mommies | | |
| Heidi | 1880 | Heidi | (Adelheid) | |
| Helen Elizabeth Harper | 1986 | Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story | | |
| 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 Sugar | 1977 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More | | |
| 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 | | |
| Homer Price | 1943 | Homer Price | | |
| Honoria, Lady Dedlock | 1852 | Bleak House | | |
| Horatio Hornblower | 1937 | The Happy Return | | |
| 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 | | |
| Ichabod Crane | 1820 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | | |
| Ignatius J. Reilly | 1980 | A Confederacy of Dunces | (Jacques) | |
| Ilsa Brandes | 1946 | Ilsa | | |
| Count Ilya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Irene Adler | 1891 | A Scandal in Bohemia | | |
| Irène Verhœven | 2006 | Irène | | |
| Isabel Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Amanda) | |
| Isabella Knightley | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Isabella Linton | 1847 | Wuthering Heights | | |
| Isabella Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| Isabelle de Merteuil | 1782 | Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Ivan | 2012 | The One and Only Ivan | | |
| Ivan Denisovich Shukhov | 1962 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | | |
| Bloody Jack | 2002 | Bloody Jack | (Mary) | |
| Jack Aubrey | 1969 | Master and Commander | (John) | |
| Jack Dawkins | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Jack Frost | 1984 | Frost at Christmas | (William, Edward) | |
| Jack Ryan | 1984 | The Hunt for Red October | | |
| Jack Torrance | 1977 | The Shining | | |
| Jacob de Zoet | 2010 | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet | | |
| Jacob Heym | 1969 | Jakob the Liar | (Jakob) | |
| Jacob Marley | 1843 | A Christmas Carol | | |
| Jaime Lannister | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| James Benwick | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| James Bond | 1953 | Casino Royale | | |
| James Moriarty | 1894 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | | |
| James Morland | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| James Henry Trotter | 1961 | James and the Giant Peach | | |
| Jamie Beauville | 1995 | What Jamie Saw | | |
| 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 | The Surgeon | (Clementine) | |
| Janie Johnson | 1990 | The Face on the Milk Carton | | |
| 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 Brodie | 1961 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | | |
| Jean Valjean | 1862 | Les Misérables | (Ultime) | |
| Jeeves | 1915 | Extricating Young Gussie | (Reggie, Reginald) | |
| Jem Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Jeremy, Atticus) | |
| Jemima Jones | 2001 | Jemima J | | |
| Jemima Puddle-Duck | 1908 | The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck | | |
| Jennifer | 1967 | Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth | | |
| Jenny Humphrey | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Jennifer, Tallulah) | |
| Jenny Kurtz | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Jeremy Fink | 2006 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | | |
| Jeremy Fisher | 1906 | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | | |
| Jeremy Thatcher | 1991 | Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher | | |
| 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? | | |
| Jessica Wakefield | 1983 | Double Love | | |
| Jim | 1900 | Lord Jim | | |
| Jim Dixon | 1953 | Lucky Jim | | |
| Jim Hawkins | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| Jim Valenti | 1998 | Roswell High | (James) | |
| Jimmy Olsen | 1941 | Superman | | |
| Jo March | 1868 | Little Women | (Josephine) | |
| Jody Baxter | 1938 | The Yearling | | |
| Joe Gargery | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Joseph) | |
| Joe Hardy | 1927 | The Tower Treasure | | |
| Joey Pigza | 1998 | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | | |
| Joffrey Baratheon | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| John | 2007 | John Dies at the End | | |
| 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 | | |
| Long John Silver | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| John Thorpe | 1817 | Northanger Abbey | | |
| John Trelawney | 1883 | Treasure Island | | |
| John Tyree | 2007 | Dear John | | |
| Dr. John Watson | 1887 | A Study in Scarlet | | |
| John Willoughby | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| John Yossarian | 1961 | Catch-22 | | |
| Johnny Tremain | 1943 | Johnny Tremain | | |
| Jommeke | 1955 | Jommeke | | |
| Jon Snow | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Jonathan Harker | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | 1970 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | | |
| Jonathan Strange | 2004 | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | | |
| Jonathas | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Jordan Baker | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | | |
| Josef K. | 1925 | The Trial | | |
| Joseph Sedley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | (Jos) | |
| Josephine Barry | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Josh Swenson | 2001 | The Gospel According to Larry | (Larry) | |
| 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 | | |
| Judalon de Bornay | 1951 | The Iron Mistress | | |
| Jude Fawley | 1895 | Jude the Obscure | | |
| Julia Bertram | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Julia Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Julie | 2012 | Code Name Verity | (Verity) | |
| Julie | 1972 | Julie of the Wolves | | |
| Junior Brown | 1971 | The Planet of Junior Brown | | |
| Justin Foley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Karen Memery | 2015 | Karen Memory | | |
| Karlijn Tromp | 1970 | Jan, Jans en de kinderen | | |
| Kate Svetlana | 2010 | Plain Kate | (Katerina) | |
| Kate Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Catherine) | |
| Katharina Blum | 1974 | The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum | | |
| Katherine | 2006 | An Abundance of Katherines | | |
| Katniss Everdeen | 2008 | The Hunger Games | | |
| Katy Carr | 1872 | What Katy Did | | |
| Kester Woodseaves | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Kevin Khatchadourian | 2003 | We Need to Talk About Kevin | | |
| Kilgore Trout | 1965 | God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | | |
| Kim O'Hara | 1901 | Kim | (Kimball) | |
| Kit Watson | 1999 | Kit's Wilderness | (Christopher) | |
| Koba | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Kurt Wallander | 1991 | Faceless Killers | | |
| 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 | | |
| Leon | 1971 | The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) | | |
| Leonard Peacock | 2013 | Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock | | |
| Leopold Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Liesel Meminger | 2005 | The Book Thief | | |
| Lily | 1997 | Lily's Crossing | | |
| Lily Bart | 1905 | Edith Wharton | | |
| Lisa Palfy | 1949 | Lisa and Lottie | | |
| Lisbeth Salander | 2005 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | | |
| 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 | | |
| Lottie Horn | 1949 | Lisa and Lottie | | |
| 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 | 1998 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | | |
| Lucy | 1990 | Lucy | | |
| Lucy Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Lucy Steele | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Lucy Sullivan | 1996 | Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married | | |
| Lucy Westenra | 1897 | Dracula | | |
| Luke | 1975 | Eight Days of Luke | | |
| Luna Garza | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Luna Lovegood | 2003 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | | |
| Lydia Bennet | 1813 | Pride and Prejudice | | |
| Lyra Belacqua | 1995 | Northern Lights | | |
| Madeline | 1939 | Madeline | | |
| Madeline Bray | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Maisie Dobbs | 2003 | Maisie Dobbs | | |
| Maisie Farange | 1897 | What Maisie Knew | | |
| Marcella | 1894 | Marcella | | |
| Marcus Cooley | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Margaret Dashwood | 1811 | Sense and Sensibility | | |
| Margaret Ray | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | | |
| Margaret Simon | 1970 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret | | |
| 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 | | |
| Mariya Bolkonskaya | 1869 | War and Peace | (Maria, Marya) | |
| Martin Chuzzlewit | 1844 | Martin Chuzzlewit | | |
| Marty South | 1886 | The Woodlanders | | |
| Marv | 1991 | Sin City | | |
| Mary Barton | 1848 | Mary Barton | | |
| 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 | | |
| Mary Ann Singleton | 1978 | Tales of the City | | |
| Matilda Price | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | (Tilda) | |
| Matilda Wormwood | 1988 | Matilda | | |
| Matt | 1923 | King Matt the First | (Maciuś) | |
| Matthew Cuthbert | 1908 | Anne of Green Gables | | |
| Maura Isles | 2002 | The Apprentice | (Dorothea) | |
| Maurice | 2001 | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents | | |
| Max Evans | 1998 | Roswell High | (Maxwell) | |
| Maxim de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | (Maximilian) | |
| Maximilian Glick | 1982 | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick | | |
| May | 1992 | Missing May | | |
| Meg March | 1868 | Little Women | (Margaret) | |
| Melanie Hamilton Wilkes | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Mia Phillips | 2013 | Zac & Mia | | |
| Michael Corleone | 1969 | The Godfather | | |
| Michael Guerin | 1998 | Roswell High | | |
| Michel Strogoff | 1876 | Michel Strogoff | (Michael) | |
| Mike Hammer | 1947 | I, the Jury | (Michael) | |
| Mildred Pierce | 1941 | Mildred Pierce | | |
| Milly-Molly-Mandy | 1928 | Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories | | |
| Mina Harker | 1897 | Dracula | (Wilhelmina) | |
| Minerva McGonagall | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Mirah Lapidoth | 1876 | Daniel Deronda | | |
| Molly Bloom | 1922 | Ulysses | | |
| Molly Moon | 2002 | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism | | |
| Mowgli | 1894 | The Jungle Book | | |
| 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 | | |
| Naomi León | 2004 | Becoming Naomi León | | |
| Narziß | 1930 | Narziß und Goldmund | (Narcissus) | |
| Natasha Romanova | 1964 | Tales of Suspense | | |
| Natasha Rostova | 1869 | War and Peace | (Natalya) | |
| Nate Archibald | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Nathaniel, Fitzwilliam) | |
| Ned Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | (Eddard) | |
| Neil MacNeill | 1967 | Christy | | |
| Captain Nemo | 1869 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas | | |
| 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 Adams | 1924 | In Our Time | (Nicholas) | |
| Nick Carraway | 1925 | The Great Gatsby | (Nicholas) | |
| Nick O'Leary | 2005 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | | |
| Nikolai Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | | |
| Noah Claypole | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Norah Silverberg | 2005 | Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist | | |
| Nunu | 1882 | The Patricide | | |
| Obelix | 1961 | Asterix the Gaul | | |
| Olga da Polga | 1971 | The Tales of Olga Da Polga | | |
| Olive | 2003 | Olive's Ocean | | |
| Olive Kitteridge | 2007 | Olive Kitteridge | | |
| Oliver Twist | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Orlando | 1928 | Orlando: A Biography | | |
| Orry Main | 1982 | North and South | | |
| Oscar Goldman | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Owen Meany | 1989 | A Prayer for Owen Meany | | |
| Paddington | 1958 | A Bear Called Paddington | | |
| Pamela Andrews | 1740 | Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded | | |
| 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) | |
| Perry Mason | 1933 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | | |
| Peter | 1845 | Der Struwwelpeter | | |
| 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 | A Clubbable Woman | | |
| Peter Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Peter Quill | 1976 | Marvel Preview | (Jason) | |
| Peter Wimsey | 1923 | Whose Body? | | |
| Petrova Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Petya Rostov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Petyr Baelish | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Phileas Fogg | 1872 | Around the World in Eighty Days | | |
| Philip Elton | 1815 | Emma | | |
| Philip Marlowe | 1939 | The Big Sleep | | |
| Philip "Pip" Pirrip | 1860 | Great Expectations | (Pip) | |
| Phillis Holman | 1864 | Cousin Phillis | | |
| Phoebus de Chateaupers | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Pierre Bezukhov | 1869 | War and Peace | (Pyotr) | |
| Pierre Gringoire | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| Pinocchio | 1883 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | | |
| Pippi Longstocking | 1945 | Pippi Longstocking | (Pippilotta) | |
| Piscine Molitor Patel | 2002 | Life of Pi | (Pi) | |
| Pollyanna | 1913 | Pollyanna | | |
| Porthos | 1844 | The Three Musketeers | | |
| Posy Fossil | 1936 | Ballet Shoes | | |
| Prue Sarn | 1924 | Precious Bane | | |
| Quasimodo | 1831 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | | |
| 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 | | |
| Rachel Sangalletti | 1951 | My Cousin Rachel | | |
| Rachel Wallace | 1980 | Looking For Rachel Wallace | | |
| Ralph Nickleby | 1839 | Nicholas Nickleby | | |
| Ramona Quimby | 1950 | Henry Huggins | | |
| Randall Flagg | 1978 | The Stand | | |
| Randle McMurphy | 1962 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | (Patrick) | |
| Rawdon Crawley | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| Rebecca de Winter | 1938 | Rebecca | | |
| Rebecca Rowena Randall | 1903 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | | |
| Rhett Butler | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | | |
| Rob Roy | 1817 | Rob Roy | (Robert) | |
| Robb Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Robbie Lewis | 1975 | Last Bus to Woodstock | (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 | | |
| Rodion Raskolnikov | 1866 | Crime and Punishment | | |
| Roger Ackroyd | 1926 | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | | |
| Roger Rabbit | 1981 | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? | | |
| Roland Deschain | 1978 | The Gunslinger | | |
| Ron Weasley | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | (Ronald, Bilius) | |
| Rosafiere | 13xx | Jonathas ende Rosafiere | | |
| Rose Maylie | 1838 | Oliver Twist | | |
| Rosemary Woodhouse | 1967 | Rosemary's Baby | | |
| 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 | | |
| Rupert Campbell-Black | 1986 | Riders | | |
| Russell Edgington | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Ruth | 2000 | Drowning Ruth | | |
| Ruth Hall | 1854 | Ruth Hall | | |
| Ryan Shaver | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | | |
| Sabrina Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Victoria) | |
| Sadie Thompson | 1921 | Rain | | |
| Salem Saberhagen | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | | |
| Sam Meeker | 1974 | My Brother Sam Is Dead | (Samuel) | |
| Sam Merlotte | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | | |
| Sam Spade | 1930 | The Maltese Falcon | | |
| Sammy Glick | 1941 | What Makes Sammy Run? | | |
| Samuel Whiskers | 1908 | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers | | |
| Samwell Tarly | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | (Sam) | |
| Samwise Gamgee | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Sam) | |
| Sancho Panza | 1605 | Don Quixote | | |
| Sandor Clegane | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Sansa Stark | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Santiago | 1952 | The Old Man and the Sea | | |
| Sarah Byrnes | 1993 | Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes | | |
| Sarah Starzynski | 2006 | Sarah's Key | | |
| Sarah Wheaton | 1985 | Sarah, Plain and Tall | | |
| Saruman | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Curumo) | |
| Sauron | 1954 | The Lord of the Rings | (Annatar) | |
| Scarlett | 2006 | Scarlett | | |
| Scarlett O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Katie) | |
| Scott Lang | 1979 | The Avengers | | |
| Scott Pilgrim | 2004 | Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life | | |
| Scout Finch | 1960 | To Kill a Mockingbird | (Jean, Louise) | |
| Sebastian Darke | 2007 | Sebastian Darke: Prince Of Fools | | |
| Sebastian Valmont | 1782 | Dangerous Liaisons | | |
| Sémaphore | 1968 | Cubitus | | |
| Serafina | 2015 | Serafina and the Black Cloak | | |
| Seraphina | 2012 | Seraphina | | |
| Serena van der Woodsen | 2002 | Gossip Girl | (Celia) | |
| Severus Snape | 1997 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | | |
| Sheena | 1938 | Sheena, Queen of the Jungle | | |
| Sheila Tubman | 1972 | Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great | | |
| 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 | | |
| Simon Spier | 2015 | Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda | | |
| 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 Zawistowski | 1976 | Sophie's Choice | (Zophia) | |
| Sophie Amundsen | 1991 | Sophie's World | (Sofie) | |
| Sophie Neveu | 2003 | The Da Vinci Code | | |
| "Flat" Stanley Lambchop | 1964 | Flat Stanley | | |
| Staurofila | 1889 | Staurofila | | |
| Stefan Salvatore | 1991 | The Vampire Diaries | | |
| Stella Dallas | 1923 | Stella Dallas | | |
| Stephen Blackpool | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Stephen Dedalus | 1916; 1922 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses | | |
| Stephen Maturin | 1969 | Master and Commander | | |
| Stephen Strange | 1963 | Strange Tales | (Vincent) | |
| Steve Austin | 1972 | Cyborg | | |
| Steve Newlin | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Steven) | |
| Steve Rogers | 1940 | Captain America Comics | | |
| Stuart Little | 1945 | Stuart Little | | |
| Suellen O'Hara | 1936 | Gone With the Wind | (Susan, Elinor) | |
| Susan Pevensie | 1950 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | | |
| Lady Susan Vernon | 1871 | Lady Susan | | |
| Suske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Suzie Wong | 1957 | The World Of Suzie Wong | | |
| 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 | | |
| T'Challa | 1966 | Fantastic Four | | |
| Terry Bellefleur | 2001 | The Southern Vampire Mysteries | (Terence, Quentin) | |
| Tess Durbeyfield | 1981 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | | |
| Theodore Laurence | 1868 | Little Women | (Laurie, Teddy) | |
| Theodosia Throckmorton | 2007 | Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos | | |
| Theon Greyjoy | 1996 | A Game of Thrones | | |
| Thérèse Defarge | 1854 | A Tale of Two Cities | | |
| Thérèse Raquin | 1867 | Thérèse Raquin | | |
| Thomas the Tank Engine | 1946 | Thomas the Tank Engine | | |
| Thomas Gradgrind | 1854 | Hard Times | | |
| Thomas Lynley | 1988 | A Great Deliverance | (Tommy) | |
| Thomasina Tittlemouse | 1910 | The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse | | |
| Tib Muller | 1940 | Betsy-Tacy | (Thelma) | |
| Tim Melville | 1974 | Tim | | |
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| Uncle Tom | 1852 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | | |
| Tom Barnaby | 1987 | The Killings at Badger's Drift | (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 | The Tale of Tom Kitten | | |
| Tom Long | 1958 | Tom's Midnight Garden | | |
| Tom Oakley | 1981 | Goodnight Mister Tom | | |
| Tom Ripley | 1955 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | | |
| Tom Sawyer | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (Thomas) | |
| Tommy Beresford | 1922 | The Secret Adversary | (Thomas) | |
| Tony Stark | 1963 | Iron Man | (Anthony) | |
| 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 | | |
| Veronica Lodge | 1942 | Archie Comics | | |
| Veronika | 1998 | Veronika Decides to Die | | |
| 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 | | |
| Walter Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| Walter Mitty | 1939 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | | |
| Wendy Darling | 1911 | Peter & Wendy | | |
| Whitney Stone | 1985 | Whitney, My Love | | |
| Wilbur | 1952 | Charlotte's Web | | |
| Will Grayson | 2010 | Will Grayson, Will Grayson | | |
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| William Dobbin | 1847 | Vanity Fair | | |
| William Elliot | 1818 | Persuasion | | |
| William Price | 1814 | Mansfield Park | | |
| Willy Wonka | 1964 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | | |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | 1926 | Winnie-the-Pooh | (Pooh) | |
| Winston Smith | 1949 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | | |
| Wiske | 1945 | Suske en Wiske | | |
| Sun Wukong | c. 1592 | Journey to the West | | |
| Zac Meier | 2013 | Zac & Mia | | |
| Zach Dempsey | 2007 | Thirteen Reasons Why | (Zachary, Shan-Yung) | |
| Zaphod Beeblebrox | 1979 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | | |
| Zelda Spellman | 1971 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | (Phiona) | |
| Zorro | 1919 | The Curse of Capistrano | (Diego) | |
| Zuleika Dobson | 1911 | Zuleika Dobson | |