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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Abel1 character1
Abra1 character1
Abraham1 hero1
Adam2 characters2
Adrian1 character1
Agnes2 characters2
Ahab1 character1
Alan1 character1
Alanna1 hero1
Albertine1 character1
Albus1 hero1
Alcide1 character1
Alex2 characters, 1 hero3
Alexander1 character, 1 hero2
Alexandre1 character1
Alfred1 character1
Algernon1 character1
Alice3 characters, 2 heroes5
Allan1 character1
Altamiro1 hero1
Alyosha1 character1
Amber1 character1
Amelia1 character1
Amy1 character, 1 hero2
Anastasia1 character1
Anatole1 character1
Anatool1 villain1
André1 hero1
Andrey1 character1
Andy2 characters2
Angeline1 character1
Angélique1 hero1
Ann1 character1
Anna3 characters3
Annabel1 character1
Annabeth1 character1
Anne1 character, 2 heroes3
Annie1 character1
Antoinetta1 character1
Anton1 villain1
Anya1 character1
Aragorn1 hero1
Aramis1 character1
Archie1 hero1
Aristotle1 character1
Arlene1 character1
Aron1 character1
Arsène1 hero1
Arthur4 characters4
Arya1 character1
Ashley1 character1
Asterix1 hero1
Athos1 character1
Atticus1 character1
Augusta1 character1
Aureliano1 character1
Azelma1 character1
Babar1 hero1
Barb1 hero1
Barbara2 characters2
Basil1 character1
Bathsheba1 character1
Beatrice1 hero1
Beauregard1 character1
Becky1 character1
Bella1 character1
Bellatrix1 villain1
Ben1 character1
Benjamin2 characters2
Benjy1 character1
Beowulf1 character1
Bernard1 character1
Bertha1 character1
Bertie1 character1
Beryl1 character1
Bess1 character1
Beth1 character1
Betsey1 character1
Betsy1 hero1
Betty1 character1
Bigger1 character1
Bilbo1 hero1
Bill1 character, 1 villain2
Billy3 characters3
Bindy1 hero1
Blair1 character1
Boes1 character1
Bonnie1 character1
Bradamante1 character1
Bran1 character1
Briar1 hero1
Bridget1 character1
Brienne1 character1
Bruce2 heroes2
Bryce1 character1
Byrd1 hero1
Caddie1 hero1
Cal1 hero1
Caleb1 character1
Cameron1 character1
Campion2 characters, 1 hero3
Carmen1 character1
Carol1 hero1
Caroline1 character1
Carreen1 character1
Carrie2 characters2
Caspian1 character1
Catelyn1 character1
Catherine5 characters, 1 hero6
Cathy1 villain1
Catootje1 character1
Cecelia1 character1
Cedric1 character1
Celia1 character1
Cersei1 character1
Charles6 characters6
Charlie1 character, 2 heroes3
Charlotte2 characters, 1 hero3
Chet1 character1
Christina1 character1
Christopher2 characters, 1 hero3
Christy1 character1
Chuck2 characters2
Clarice1 hero1
Clarissa2 characters, 1 hero3
Clark1 hero1
Claude1 villain1
Claudia1 character1
Clay1 character1
Clive1 character1
Clopin1 character1
Conan1 character1
Coraline1 hero1
Cordelia1 character1
Cosette1 character1
Cosimo1 character1
Courtney1 character1
Crystal1 character1
Cthulhu1 character1
Cubitus1 character1
Cyrus1 character1
Daenerys1 character1
Daisy2 characters2
Damon1 character1
Dan1 character1
Daniel1 hero1
Danny1 hero1
Dante1 character1
Dariel1 character1
Data1 hero1
David2 characters, 3 heroes5
Demelza2 characters2
Dexter1 character1
Diana1 character, 1 hero2
Dick1 hero1
Dill1 character1
Dilsey1 character1
Dolfje1 hero1
Dolores1 villain1
Dorian1 character1
Dorothy1 hero1
Draco1 villain1
Dracula1 villain1
Drogo1 character1
Earl1 character1
Earnshaw1 character1
Ebenezer1 character1
Edgar1 character1
Edmond1 character1
Edmund2 heroes2
Edred1 character1
Edward2 characters, 1 hero3
Edwin1 character1
Elam1 hero1
Eleanor2 characters2
Elena1 character1
Elinor1 character1
Elizabeth3 characters, 1 hero4
Ella1 character, 2 heroes3
Ellen1 character1
Ellie1 character1
Ellis1 character1
Elrond1 character1
Emil1 hero1
Emily2 characters, 2 heroes4
Emma2 characters2
Endeavour1 character1
Éponine1 character1
Eric2 characters2
Erik1 character1
Esmeralda1 character1
Esperanza1 hero1
Estella1 character1
Esther1 hero1
Ethan1 character1
Eugene1 character1
Eva2 heroes2
Fagin1 villain1
Fairfax1 hero1
Fairlight1 character1
Fanny4 characters, 1 hero5
Fantine1 character1
Felicity1 character1
Felix1 character1
Fern1 character1
Fitzwilliam1 hero1
Flavia1 character1
Florete1 character1
Floriant1 hero1
Ford1 character1
Forrest1 hero1
Forsythe1 character1
Francis2 characters, 1 hero3
Frank2 characters, 1 hero3
Frankie1 character, 1 hero2
Frederick2 characters, 1 hero3
Friedrich1 character1
Frodo1 hero1
Fyodor1 character1
Gabriel1 character1
Galadriel1 character1
Gale1 character1
Gandalf1 hero1
Gavin1 character1
Geoffrey1 character1
George10 characters, 1 hero11
Georgiana1 character1
Gerald1 character1
Geralt1 hero1
Gerrit1 character1
Gertrude1 character1
Gideon2 characters2
Gigi1 character1
Gilbert1 character1
Giles1 character1
Ginny1 character1
Gloriant1 character1
Goldmund1 character1
Gollum1 villain1
Grace1 character, 1 hero2
Gregor1 character1
Grigola1 villain1
Guy1 character1
Gwendolen1 character1
Ham1 character1
Hampton1 character1
Hannah1 character1
Hannibal1 character1
Harold1 character1
Harriet1 character, 1 hero2
Harry3 characters, 2 heroes5
Hazel1 hero1
Heathcliff1 character1
Heather1 character1
Heidi1 hero1
Helen1 character1
Hélène1 character1
Helmholtz1 character1
Henrietta2 characters2
Henry5 characters, 2 heroes7
Herbert1 character1
Hercule1 hero1
Hermione1 hero1
Hester1 character1
Hilda1 character1
Holden1 character1
Holly2 characters2
Homer1 character1
Honoria1 character1
Horatio1 hero1
Hoyt1 character1
Huckleberry1 character1
Humbert1 character1
Iago1 character1
Ian1 character1
Ichabod1 character1
Ignatius1 character1
Ilsa1 character1
Ilya1 character1
Irène2 characters2
Isabel1 character1
Isabella3 characters3
Isabelle1 character1
Ivan2 characters2
Jack4 characters, 2 heroes6
Jacob3 characters3
Jaime1 character1
James2 characters, 2 heroes, 1 villain5
Jamie1 character1
Jan1 character1
Jancis1 character1
Jane5 characters, 2 heroes7
Janie1 hero1
Jans1 character1
Jason2 characters, 1 hero3
Jay1 character1
Jean1 character, 1 hero2
Jem1 character1
Jemima2 characters2
Jennifer1 character1
Jenny2 characters2
Jeremy2 characters, 1 hero3
Jeroentje1 character1
Jerom1 character1
Jerusha1 hero1
Jessica3 characters3
Jim3 characters, 1 hero4
Jimmy1 character1
Jo1 hero1
Jody1 character1
Joe1 character, 1 hero2
Joey1 character1
Joffrey1 character1
John12 characters, 1 hero, 1 villain14
Johnny1 hero1
Jommeke1 hero1
Jon1 character1
Jonathan2 characters, 1 hero3
Jonathas1 hero1
Jordan1 character1
Josef1 character1
Joseph1 character1
Josephine1 character1
Josh1 character1
Josiah1 character1
Josie1 character1
Juan1 character1
Judah1 hero1
Judalon1 character1
Jude1 hero1
Julia2 characters2
Julie1 character, 1 hero2
Junior1 character1
Justin1 character1
Karen1 hero1
Karlijn1 character1
Kate1 character, 1 hero2
Katharina1 character1
Katherine1 character1
Katniss1 hero1
Katy1 hero1
Kester1 character1
Kevin1 character1
Kilgore1 character1
Kim1 hero1
Kit1 character1
Koba1 hero1
Kurt1 character1
Kyle1 character1
Lafayette1 character1
Lassie1 character1
Lemuel1 character1
Lenina1 character1
Lennie1 character1
Leon1 character1
Leonard1 character1
Leopold1 character1
Liesel1 hero1
Lily2 characters2
Lisa1 character1
Lisbeth1 hero1
Lise1 character1
Loedertje1 character1
Logan1 hero1
Lois1 character1
Lolita1 character1
Lorena1 character1
Lorna1 character1
Lottie1 character1
Louden1 character1
Louis1 character, 1 hero2
Louisa2 characters2
Lucie1 character1
Lucius1 villain1
Lucy3 characters, 2 heroes5
Luke1 character1
Luna2 characters, 1 hero3
Lydia1 character1
Lyra1 hero1
Madeline1 character, 1 hero2
Mae1 character1
Maisie1 character, 1 hero2
Mandy1 character1
Marcella1 character1
Marcus1 character1
Margaret3 characters3
Maria2 characters2
Marianne1 character1
Marilla1 character1
Marius1 character1
Mariya1 character1
Martin1 character1
Marty1 character1
Marv1 character1
Mary7 characters7
Matilda1 character, 1 hero2
Matt1 hero1
Matthew1 character1
Maura1 character1
Maurice1 character1
Max1 hero1
Maxim1 character1
Maximilian1 character1
May1 character1
Meg1 character1
Melanie1 character1
Mia1 character1
Michael2 characters2
Michel1 character1
Mike1 character1
Mildred1 character1
Milly1 character1
Mina1 character1
Minerva1 character1
Mirah1 character1
Molitor1 hero1
Molly3 characters3
Mowgli1 hero1
Mulberry1 villain1
Muriel1 character1
Nancy1 character, 1 hero2
Naomi1 character1
Narziß1 character1
Natasha2 characters2
Nate1 character1
Ned1 character1
Neil1 character1
Neville1 character1
Newman1 character1
Niall1 character1
Nicholas1 character, 1 hero2
Nick3 characters3
Nikolai1 character1
Noah1 character1
Norah1 character1
Nunu1 character1
Obelix1 character1
Olga1 hero1
Olive2 characters2
Oliver1 hero1
Orlando1 character1
Orry1 character1
Oscar1 character1
Owen1 character1
Paddington1 hero1
Pamela1 hero1
Patrick1 character1
Paul1 character, 1 hero2
Pauline1 character1
Peg1 character1
Percy1 hero1
Perry1 hero1
Peter4 characters, 5 heroes9
Petrova1 character1
Petya1 character1
Petyr1 character1
Phileas1 character1
Philip1 character, 2 heroes3
Phillis1 character1
Phoebus1 character1
Pierre1 character, 1 hero2
Pinocchio1 character1
Pippi1 hero1
Piscine1 hero1
Pollyanna1 hero1
Porthos1 character1
Posy1 character1
Prue1 character1
Quasimodo1 character1
Quentin1 character1
Quincey1 character1
Rachel3 characters3
Ralph1 character1
Ramona1 character1
Randall1 villain1
Randle1 character1
Rawdon1 character1
Rebecca2 characters2
Rhett1 character1
Rob1 character1
Robb1 character1
Robbie1 character1
Robert2 characters, 1 hero3
Robinson1 character1
Rodion1 character1
Roger1 character, 1 hero2
Roland1 hero1
Ron1 hero1
Rosafiere1 character1
Rose1 character1
Rosemary1 hero1
Ross1 character1
Rowena1 character1
Roy1 character1
Rubeus1 character1
Ruby2 characters2
Rudy1 character1
Rupert1 character1
Russell1 character1
Ruth2 characters2
Ryan1 character1
Sabrina1 character1
Sadie1 character1
Salem1 character1
Sam2 characters, 1 hero3
Sammy1 hero1
Samuel1 character1
Samwell1 character1
Samwise1 hero1
Sancho1 character1
Sandor1 character1
Sansa1 character1
Santiago1 character1
Sarah3 characters3
Saruman1 villain1
Sauron1 villain1
Scarlett2 characters2
Scott2 heroes2
Scout1 character1
Sebastian1 character, 1 hero2
Sémaphore1 character1
Serafina1 hero1
Seraphina1 hero1
Serena1 character1
Severus1 character1
Sharp1 character1
Sheena1 hero1
Sheila1 character1
Sherlock1 hero1
Sibyl1 character1
Sidonia1 character1
Silas1 character1
Simon1 character1
Sirius1 character1
Skye1 character1
Sonya1 character1
Sookie1 character1
Sophia1 character1
Sophie3 characters3
Stanley1 hero1
Staurofila1 character1
Stefan1 character1
Stella1 character1
Stephen3 characters, 1 hero4
Steve2 characters, 1 hero3
Stuart1 hero1
Suellen1 character1
Susan1 character, 1 hero2
Suske1 hero1
Suzie1 character1
Svetlana1 hero1
Sydney1 character1
Tacy1 character1
Tadeusz1 hero1
Tara1 character1
Tarzan1 hero1
T'Challa1 hero1
Terry1 character1
Tess1 character1
Theodore1 character1
Theodosia1 hero1
Theon1 character1
Thérèse1 character, 1 villain2
Thomas2 characters, 1 hero3
Thomasina1 character1
Tib1 character1
Tim1 character1
Tintin1 hero1
Tirzah1 character1
Tom9 characters, 2 heroes11
Tommy1 hero1
Tony1 hero1
Treebeard1 character1
Trillian1 character1
Tristram1 character1
Tuppence1 hero1
Tyler2 characters2
Tyrion1 character1
Uriah1 villain1
Vanessa1 character1
Velvet1 character1
Veronica1 character1
Veronika1 character1
Victor1 character1
Viserys1 character1
Vito1 character1
Voldemort1 villain1
Wackford1 villain1
Wade1 character1
Walter2 characters2
Wendy1 character1
Whitney1 character1
Wilbur1 hero1
Will1 character1
William3 characters, 1 hero4
Willy1 character1
Winnie1 character1
Winston1 character1
Wiske1 hero1
Wukong1 character1
Zac1 character1
Zach1 character1
Zaphod1 character1
Zawistowski1 character1
Zelda1 character1
Zorro1 hero1
Zuleika1 character1