Spycon Characters

Non-fictional Characters

Abraham Lincoln - The 16th president of the United States, national hero, and abolisher of slavery.
Agatha Christie - An English writer known for her detective novels revolving around her fictional characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

She also wrote the murder mystery The Mousetrap and the novel And Then There Were None.
Albert Einstein - A German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and influenced the philosophy of science.
Blackbeard - Edward Teach, a notorious English pirate who operated in the Caribbean. The captain of a vessel known as Queen Anne's Revenge.
Charles Darwin - An English naturalist and traveler best known for his contributions to the theory of evolution, natural selection, and the origin of species.
Christopher Columbus - An Italian explorer who discovered a route to the New World (The Americas).
Cleopatra - An Egyptian ruler who fell in love with the Roman general Mark Antony.
Coco Chanel - A French fashion designer known for her iconic little black dress, Chanel bag, and the Chanel No. 5 perfume.
Confucius - A Chinese philosopher and the recognized founder of Confucianism, a system of social and ethical philosophy.
Frida Kahlo - An extravagant Mexican painter, feminist, and communist known for self-portraits.
Harry Houdini - An American illusionist and stunt performer, renowned for his sensational escape acts.
Homer - An ancient Greek poet and the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Isaac Newton - An English mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Joan of Arc - A national heroine of France from the Hundred Years' War period. Nicknamed "The Maid of Orleans" for leading the French army to victory at Orleans.
Julius Caesar - A Roman politician and military general who conquered enormous territories and won the Great Roman Civil War.
Leonardo da Vinci - An Italian artist and scientist of the Renaissance. Mono Lisa is one of his most well-known pieces of art.
Ludwig van Beethoven - A German composer and pianist. He started developing deafness at the age of 26.
Marie Curie - A Polish and naturalized-French scientist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics and chemistry.
Marilyn Monroe - An American actress, model, and singer who became the most popular sex symbol of the 1950s.
Michelangelo - An Italian painter, architect, and sculptor of the High Renaissance known for his sculpture of David, and for painting the Sistine Chapel's ceiling.
Mother Teresa - An Albanian-Indian nun and missionary known for her charity work for the poor and dying. She won the Nobel Peace Prize and was elevated to sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church after her death.
Napoleon Bonaparte - A French statesman and military leader who became Emperor, led France during the Napoleonic Wars, and brought modern ideas and reforms to many parts of the world.
Pocahontas - The daughter of a Native America tribal chief, she married a British tobacco planter, traveled to England, and was celebrated by English society.
Sigmund Freud - An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis.
Spartacus - A Roman gladiator and the leader of a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.
Vincent van Gogh - A Dutch post- impressionist painter. His most notable works are The Starry Night and the Self- Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe.
Vlad the Impaler - A Romanian prince, politician, and general, the prototype of Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula.
Vladimir Lenin - A Russian revolutionary and founder of the USSR.

Fictional Characters

Alice - The protagonist of Lewis Carroll's novels, a girl who falls down the rabbit hole into the fantasy world of Wonderland.
Baba Yaga - A Slavic folklore character who appears as a ferocious-looking old woman dwelling deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs.
Cinderella - The title character of a European fairy tale, a young girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and step-sisters.
Cthulhu - A character created by H.P. Lovecraft, a chthonic cosmic entity sleeping at the bottom of the ocean and driving people insane.
Don Quixote - The protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' novel The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, an impoverished noble who reads so many chilvaric romances that he decides to become a knight-errant and fight windmills.
Ebenezer Scrooge - The protagonist of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Story, a cold-hearted old man who despises Christmas and other people but is transformed by ghosts into a better person.
Frankenstein's Monster - A character from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus, a creature built out of dead material and revived by Victor Frankenstein in his laboratory.
Helen of Troy - An ancient Greek mythological character, renowned as the most beautiful woman in the world. Married to King Menelaus of Sparta, she is abducted by Prince Paris of Troy, resulting in the Trojan War.
Hercules - An ancient Greek mythological divine hero, demi-god, and son of Zeus known for his twelve labors and enormous power.
Jay Gatsby - The title character of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby, a millionaire with a mysterious past and a questionable source of wealth.
Juliet - The female protagonist in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, a young woman who falls in love with a man from an opposing family.
King Arthur - Legendary British leader from folklore, books, and films who defends against invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. He is renowned for Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and Excalibur.
Little Red Riding Hood - The title character of a European fairy tale, a young girl who walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother, but is eaten by the Big Bad Wolf.
Medusa - An ancient Greek mythological character, a cursed woman with a stone gaze and living venomous snakes in place of hair.
Minotaur - An ancient Greek mythological character, the son of a mortal woman and a bull, who is locked at the center of the Labyrinth, a maze-like prison on the island of Crete.
Mowgli - The protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories, a boy raised by a bear, a panther, and a pack of wolves.
Mulan - The protagonist of the Ballad of Mulan, a legendary female warrior who disguises herself as a man and takes her aged father's place in the army.
Pinocchio - The protagonist of the children's novel by Carlo Collodi, a wooden puppet dreaming of becoming a real boy.
Puss in Boots - A character from Charles Parrault's fairy tale, a talking cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess for his penniless and low-born master.
Robin Hood - A legendary heroic outlaw depicted in English folklore who robs from the rich and gives to the poor.
Santa Claus - A jolly old man with a white beard who brings gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve.
Sherlock Holmes - A character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a consulting detective known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning. He is Dr. Watson's friend and Mrs. Hudson's tenant.
The Invisible Man - The protagonist of H.G. Wells' novel of the same name, a scientist who becomes invisible.
The Little Mermaid - The protagonist of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a mermaid who falls in love with a human and is willing to give up her voice and tail to gain human legs.
Thor - The Norse god of thunder, lightning, and storms and protector of mankind.
Tin Man - A character in the fictional Land of Oz created by L. Frank Baum, an ordinary man trapped in a mechanical body and dreaming of a real heart.
Tom Sawyer - A character who appears in several of Mark Twain's novels, a light- hearted and merry boy who loves books and adventures.
Zorro - Swashbuckling masked vigilante who defends commoners in Spanish California in numerous books and films. Using his sword, he frequently carves the initial "Z" to leave his mark.

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