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Here you'll find some of your favorite fictional characters from literature, film, television, and the like, whether it's the analytical mastermind Sherlock Holmes and his endearing associate Dr. Watson or the menacing and helmeted Darth Vader, the ill-tempered Donald Duck, or the teenage sleuth Nancy Drew.
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Smiley, George
George Smiley, fictional character, a British secret service agent who appears in many of the spy stories of John......
Smith, Winston
Winston Smith, fictional character, the protagonist of George Orwell’s cautionary novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949).......
Snopes family
Snopes family, recurring characters in the Yoknapatawpha novels and stories of William Faulkner, notably The Hamlet......
Snowball
Snowball, fictional character, a pig who is one of the leaders of the revolt in Animal Farm (1945), George Orwell’s......
Snowe, Lucy
Lucy Snowe, fictional character, a shy, plain British teacher in Belgium who is the protagonist of Charlotte Brontë’s......
Solness, Halvard
Halvard Solness, title character of Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder (1892), whose past behaviour haunts...
Sorel, Julien
Julien Sorel, fictional character, the ambitious young protagonist of Stendhal’s novel Le Rouge et le noir (1830;......
Sorrel, Hetty
Hetty Sorrel, fictional character, a naive dairy maid who is seduced and abandoned in the novel Adam Bede (1859)......
Spade, Sam
Sam Spade, fictional character, the quintessential hard-boiled private detective, the protagonist of a novel (The......
Spenlow, Dora
Dora Spenlow, fictional character, the childlike first wife of David Copperfield in the novel David Copperfield......
Spider-Man
Spider-Man, comic-book character who was the original everyman superhero. In Spider-Man’s first story, in Marvel......
Squeers, Wackford
Wackford Squeers, fictional character, the cruel headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in the novel Nicholas Nickleby (1838–39)......
Stage Manager
Stage Manager, fictional character who acts as the narrator of Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town (1938). The Stage......
Stahr, Monroe
Monroe Stahr, fictional character, prodigious protagonist of The Last Tycoon (1941) by F. Scott...
Starbuck
Starbuck, fictional character, the scrupulous and steadfast first mate of the Pequod in the novel Moby Dick (1851)......
Stark, Willie
Willie Stark, fictional character, a central figure in the novel All the King’s Men (1946) by Robert Penn Warren.......
Steerforth, James
James Steerforth, fictional character, a handsome, selfish aristocrat in the novel David Copperfield (1849–50)......
Strether, Lambert
Lambert Strether, fictional character, a sensitive middle-aged man from New England who is the central figure of......
Sub-Mariner
Sub-Mariner, American comic strip superhero created by Bill Everett for Timely (later Marvel) Comics. The character’s......
Summerson, Esther
Esther Summerson, fictional character, the strong, motherly heroine of the novel Bleak House (1852–53) by Charles...
Supergirl
Supergirl, American comic strip superhero created for DC Comics by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino. The......
superhero
superhero, a fictional hero—widely popularized in comic books and comic strips, television and film, and popular......
Superman
Superman, American comic strip superhero created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Superman......
supervillain
supervillain, a fictional evildoer or antihero—widely popularized in comic books and comic strips, television and......
Surface, Charles and Joseph
Charles and Joseph Surface, fictional characters, the contrasting brothers whose entanglements provide one of the......
Sutpen family
Sutpen family, fictional family whose rise and fall is told in several novels by William Faulkner, chiefly Absalom,......
Svengali
Svengali, fictional character, the villain of the romantic novel Trilby (1894) by George du Maurier. The name Svengali......
Swann, Charles
Charles Swann, fictional character, the leading figure in Marcel Proust’s multivolume novel Remembrance of Things......
Tarrant, Verena
Verena Tarrant, fictional character, a beautiful, gifted, and naive young woman in the novel The Bostonians (1886)......
Tarzan
Tarzan, one of the best-known and most durable figures of popular fiction, the hero of jungle adventures in nearly......
Tattycoram
Tattycoram, fictional character, the Meagles family’s maid in the novel Little Dorrit (1855–57) by Charles...
Tawdry, Suky
Suky Tawdry, fictional character, one of several prostitutes who associate with the gangster Macheath, in The Threepenny......
Teazle, Lady
Lady Teazle, fictional character, the young, flirtatious, naive wife of an old London man in Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s......
Teen Titans
Teen Titans, fictional superheroes. The Teen Titans were not the first group of teen sidekicks—young aides to adult......
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT), comic-book series about a quartet of humanlike warrior turtles, which grew......
Thatcher, Becky
Becky Thatcher, fictional character, Tom Sawyer’s sweetheart in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by......
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine, anthropomorphic locomotive engine who rides the rails of the fictional island of Sodor.......
Thomas, Bigger
Bigger Thomas, principal character in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son (1940), a 20-year-old African American......
Thompson, Sadie
Sadie Thompson, fictional character, the protagonist of the short story “Rain” (1921) by W. Somerset Maugham. Thompson......
Thor
Thor, American comic strip superhero created for Marvel Comics by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. The character,......
Tietjens, Christopher
Christopher Tietjens, fictional character, the idealistic protagonist of the tetralogy Parade’s End (1950) by Ford......
Tinker Bell
Tinker Bell, fictional character, the fairy companion of Peter Pan in the children’s book Peter Pan (play first......
Tintin
Tintin, cartoon character, an intrepid young investigative reporter who stars in a series of popular Belgian comic......
Titania
Titania, fictional character, the queen of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream......
Tituba
Tituba, fictional character, a West Indian slave who is accused of being a witch in The Crucible (1953) by Arthur...
Tonto
Tonto, American fictional character, companion of the Lone Ranger. Primarily through his presence on radio and......
Topsy
Topsy, fictional character, a slave child in the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher...
Torquemada
Torquemada, fictional character, a miserly pawnbroker and usurer in a series of novels by Benito Pérez Galdós.......
Touchstone
Touchstone, fictional character, a cynical court jester who comments on human foibles in William Shakespeare’s......
Trotwood, Betsey
Betsey Trotwood, fictional character, the eccentric aunt of the protagonist of Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield...
Troy, Sergeant Francis
Sergeant Francis Troy, fictional character, a dashing but heartless cad who marries Bathsheba Everdene, the heroine......
Tulliver family
Tulliver family, fictional family in George Eliot’s novel The Mill on the Floss (1860). Mr. Tulliver is the stubborn......
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tweedledum and Tweedledee, fictional characters in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass (1872). In keeping......
Twist, Oliver
Oliver Twist, fictional character, a young orphan who is the hero of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist (1837–39),......
Tyrone family
Tyrone family, doomed fictional family, the four protagonists of the starkly autobiographical drama Long Day’s......
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tom, title character in the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (serialized 1851–52, published as a book......
Urizen
Urizen, character in the mythology of William Blake. A godlike figure, Urizen personifies reason and law, and Blake......
Valjean, Jean
Jean Valjean, fictional character, the fugitive protagonist of Victor Hugo’s sweeping novel Les Misérables...
Valmont
Valmont, fictional character, an amoral libertine who amuses himself by corrupting innocents in Dangerous Liaisons......
Vance, Philo
Philo Vance, fictional amateur detective, the protagonist of 12 detective stories by American writer S.S. Van Dine.......
Varden, Dolly
Dolly Varden, fictional character, a gaily dressed coquette in the novel Barnaby Rudge (1841) by Charles Dickens.......
Varner family
Varner family, fictional characters in the novel The Hamlet (1940) by William Faulkner. The leading landholder......
Venn, Diggory
Diggory Venn, fictional character, a reddleman (someone who delivers the red dye that farmers use to mark their......
Vere, Captain
Captain Vere, fictional character, the captain of the warship Indomitable in the novel Billy Budd, Foretopman (written......
Vincy, Rosamond
Rosamond Vincy, fictional character, the selfish, spoiled, willful wife of Tertius Lydgate in the novel Middlemarch......
Viola
Viola, a shipwrecked young woman, later disguised as the young man Cesario, in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Viola-Cesario......
Vronsky, Count Aleksey
Count Aleksey Vronsky, fictional character, a handsome young army officer who seduces the title character of Leo......
Vye, Eustacia
Eustacia Vye, fictional character, a beautiful, sensual young woman who marries Clym Yeobright in the novel The......
Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty, American literary character, a meek and bumbling man who spends much of his time lost in heroic daydreams.......
Watson, Dr
Dr. Watson, fictional English physician who is Sherlock Holmes’s devoted friend, associate, and chronicler in a......
Weird Sisters
Weird Sisters, the creatures who prophesy the destinies of the main characters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The term......
Weller, Sam
Sam Weller, fictional character, a humorous Cockney bootblack who becomes Samuel Pickwick’s devoted companion and......
Wentworth, Frederick
Frederick Wentworth, fictional character, a young naval officer who is the hero of Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion...
Werther
Werther, fictional character, a German Romantic poet who is the melancholy young hero of the novel Die Leiden des......
Western, Sophia
Sophia Western, fictional character, the beloved and, eventually, the wife of Tom Jones, hero of Henry Fielding’s......
Wheeler, Simon
Simon Wheeler, fictional character, the garrulous, folksy storyteller in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras......
White Rabbit
White Rabbit, character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), a children’s classic by Lewis Carroll. The......
Wickfield, Agnes
Agnes Wickfield, fictional character, David’s second wife in Charles Dickens’s novel David Copperfield...
Wilcher, Tom
Tom Wilcher, fictional character, protagonist and narrator of the novel To Be a Pilgrim (1942), the second novel......
Wildeve, Damon
Damon Wildeve, fictional character, an innkeeper who is secretly involved in a passionate affair with Eustacia......
Wilson, Pudd’nhead
Pudd’nhead Wilson, fictional character, the protagonist of Mark Twain’s satiric novel Pudd’nhead Wilson...
Wimsey, Lord Peter
Lord Peter Wimsey, fictional character, a monocled aristocratic dilettante turned professional detective, created......
Wingfield family
Wingfield family, fictional family, the main characters in Tennessee Williams’s drama The Glass Menagerie (1944).......
Wolfe, Nero
Nero Wolfe, fictional American private detective, the eccentric protagonist of 46 mystery stories by Rex Stout.......
Wolverine
Wolverine, comic-book character whose gruff, violent disposition set the standard for later antiestablishment comic......
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman, American comic book heroine created for DC Comics by psychologist William Moulton Marston (under......
Woodhouse, Emma
Emma Woodhouse, fictional character, the attractive and intelligent but meddlesome heroine of Jane Austen’s Emma...
Wooster, Bertie
Bertie Wooster, fictional character, an inane English gentleman in several comic stories and novels set in the......
X-Men
X-Men, American comic strip team consisting of a rotating ensemble cast of mutants born with superhuman powers.......
Yeobright, Clym
Clym Yeobright, fictional character, an idealistic young man who returns from a stay in Paris to his home on England’s......
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear, American cartoon character, a walking, talking bear in a necktie and porkpie hat who roamed fictional......
Yossarian, Captain John
Captain John Yossarian, fictional character, an American bombardier of the 256th Squadron who is stationed on a......
zombie
zombie, undead creature frequently featured in works of horror fiction and film. While its roots may possibly be......
Zorro
Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. The masked, sword-wielding vigilante defends......

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