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| + | This article '''lists the fictitious people''', i.e., [[:Category:Nonexistent people|nonexistent people]], which, unlike [[Fictional character|fictional people]], are those somebody has claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a [[practical joke]] or [[hoax]], but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a [[fraud]]. Sometimes the line between the two categories is blurred, e.g., as in the case of [[Abdul Alhazred]]. A [[pseudonym]] may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition. | ||
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| + | ==Hoaxes== | ||
| + | * [[Abdul Alhazred]], author of the equally fictitious [[Necronomicon]] created by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]. His pseudobiography was published in ''[[Necronomicon#Fictional history|A History of the Necronomicon]]''. | ||
| + | * [[William Ashbless]], a 19th-century fictitious poet and adventurer | ||
| + | * Bilitis, nonexistent Ancient Greek poet. Supposed author of ''[[The Songs of Bilitis]]'', a collection of erotic poetry "discovered" by [[Pierre Louÿs]]. | ||
| + | * [[Harry Q. Bovik]], eternal [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]] computer science researcher | ||
| + | * [[George P. Burdell]], eternal [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] student | ||
| + | * [[Eddie Burrup]], fake Australian aboriginal painter | ||
| + | * [[Allegra Coleman]], nonexistent supermodel | ||
| + | * [[Helen Demidenko]], nonexistent Ukrainian author, created by Australian writer [[Helen Darville]] | ||
| + | * [[Anthony Godby Johnson]], (probably) fictitious author of ''Rock and a Hard Place : One Boy's Triumphant Story'' | ||
| + | * [[Kilroy Was Here|Kilroy]], a nonexistent legendary [[World War II]] [[US]] army major who inspired millions during the war and became part of American [[popular culture]]. | ||
| + | * [[Ern Malley]], nonexistent Australian poet, created by Australian poets [[James McAuley]] and [[Harold Stewart]] | ||
| + | * [[Piotr Zak]], nonexistent Polish composer, created for a [[BBC]] programme by [[Hans Keller]] and others | ||
| + | * [[Georg Paul Thomann]], nonexistent Austrian conceptual artist, created by art group [[monochrom]] to represent Austria at the 2002 [[Sao Paulo Art Biennial]]. Georg Paul Thomann is featured in [[RE/Search]]'s "Pranks 2" book. | ||
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| + | ==Pseudonyms== | ||
| + | This list includes [[pseudonym]]s supplied with a biography suggesting the existence of a person distinct from the actual person with the pseudonym in question, often with the purpose of a hoax. | ||
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| + | See also [[Collective pseudonym]]s (many of them were not claimed as "real" people). | ||
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| + | * [[Nicolas Bourbaki]], a 20th century French mathematician with credited publications | ||
| + | * [[Kozma Prutkov]], nonexistent Russian writer | ||
| + | * [[Lemony Snicket]], pseudonym of [[Daniel Handler]] and character in Handler's (or "Snicket's") ''[[Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Gerald Wiley]], pseudonym used by comedy performer and writer [[Ronnie Barker]] so that his sketches would be judged on merit. | ||
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| + | ==Arts & entertainment== | ||
| + | * David J. Broadfoot, the Member of Parliament from [[Kicking Horse Pass]], representing the [[New Apathetic Party]], a character played by Canadian comedian [[Dave Broadfoot]]. | ||
| + | * [[Dame Edna Everage]], a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries | ||
| + | * [[Borat Sagdiyev]], a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created by [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], see also [[Ali G]] and [[Bruno (character)|Bruno]] | ||
| + | * [[Rusty Shackelford]], pseudonym of [[Dale Gribble]] from the animated program ''[[King of the Hill]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Sven]] - occasional stand in for Samantha, above, on BBC radio comedy ''I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue''. | ||
| + | * [[Gerald Bostock]], writer of the lyrics for the [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] album ''[[Thick as a Brick]]''. | ||
| + | * [[Ponsonby Britt]] executive producer of [[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]. In the credits of [[George of the Jungle]], a later offering from the same production company, "Britt" had been promoted to "Ponsonby Britt OBE" (recipient of the Order of the British Empire). | ||
| + | * [[Margaret B. Jones]], fictitious half [[White people|white]], half [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] [[foster child]] and [[Bloods]] gang member in [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]] | ||
| + | * [[Andreas Karavis]], nonexistent Greek poet | ||
| + | * [[Donald Kaufman]], fictional brother of Adaptation writer Charlie Kaufman, gained "writing credits" and co-won an Oscar | ||
| + | * [[Kobuk]], nonexistent [[Inuit]] author and playwright (invented by the [[Austria]]n comedian [[Helmut Qualtinger]]) | ||
| + | * [[Wanda Koolmatrie]], nonexistent Australian aboriginal author | ||
| + | * [[JT LeRoy]], fictional American author and literary celebrity. | ||
| + | * [[David Manning (writer)|David Manning]], a nonexistent [[film critic]] created by [[Sony Corporation]]. | ||
| + | * [[S. Morgenstern]], fictional author from the equally fictional country of Florin | ||
| + | * [[Ossian]], Irish bard created by [[James Macpherson]] in the 18th century | ||
| + | * [[Nat Tate]], fake 1950's American artist | ||
| + | * [[B. Traven]], adventure novelist | ||
| + | * [[Mrs. Trellis of North Wales]] - regular correspondent to BBC radio comedy ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Kilgore Trout]] Fake author of "Venus on the Halfshell". Created by Kurt Vonnegut. Book written by Philip Jose Farmer | ||
| + | * [[Hajime Yadate]], credited as the creator of most of the [[anime]] works of [[Japan]]ese [[animation studio]] [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]. | ||
| + | * [[Zbigniew Preisner|Van den Budenmayer]], nonexistent Dutch composer believed to be real by some filmgoers even after they were told the truth | ||
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| + | ==Academia== | ||
| + | * [[Jára da Cimrman]], fictional Czech [[genius]] and [[polymath]] | ||
| + | * Honorable [[J. Fortescue]], fake US physician | ||
| + | * Dr. [[Irving Joshua Matrix]], [[numerologist]], invented by [[Martin Gardner]] | ||
| + | * [[Josiah Carberry]], professor of psychoceramics at [[Brown University]] | ||
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| + | == Politics == | ||
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| + | * [[Jakob Maria Mierscheid]], a member of the German Bundestag. Despite not existing, Mierscheid has an official Parliamentary biography (complete with portrait) and has given his name to a bridge spanning the River [[Spree]] and to the [[Mierscheid Law]], which has been used to predict voting patterns in the former West Germany. | ||
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| + | ==Sports== | ||
| + | * [[Sidd Finch]], nonexistent baseball prodigy created by [[George Plimpton]] for an [[April Fool's Day]] prank. | ||
| + | * [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell%2F040623 Chimezie Kudu], nonexistent 7-foot-11 basketball player ([http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell/040624 ESPN.com readers' responses]) | ||
| + | * [[Taro Tsujimoto]], nonexistent Japanese hockey player selected by [[Buffalo Sabres]] general manager [[Punch Imlach]] in the [[1974 NHL Amateur Draft|1974 NHL Draft]] | ||
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| + | ==Religion== | ||
| + | *[[Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Aftah]], non-existent leader and Mahdi of the extinct Fathite/Aftahiyya/Fathiyya Shia Muslim sect. | ||
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| + | ==Unclassified== | ||
| + | :''Please help in putting them into appropriate sections.'' | ||
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| + | * [[Carl Brandon Society|Carl Brandon]], a fictional fan of color, for whom the Carl Brandon Society was named | ||
| + | * [[Betty Crocker]], fake spokesperson for The Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis and its successor company, [[General Mills]] | ||
| + | * [[Kodee Kennings]], nonexistent 8-year-old girl whose letters were published in the ''[[Daily Egyptian]]'', a student newspaper for [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] | ||
| + | * [[Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre]], volumetric namesake. | ||
| + | * Andrew MacDonald, a pseudonym for [[William Luther Pierce]], [[white supremacist]] and author of ''[[The Turner Diaries]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Kaycee Nicole]], fictional [[leukemia]] sufferer and Internet personality | ||
| + | * [[Henry Root]], fictitious correspondent, and Henry Raddick (possibly the same person) | ||
| + | * [[H. Rochester Sneath]], nonexistent headmaster of the nonexistent Selhurst School | ||
| + | * [[Udo of Aachen]], fictional monk | ||
| + | * [[Edna Welthorpe]], nonexistent morality campaigner | ||
| + | * [[Araki Yasusada]], fake Hiroshima survivor and author | ||
| - | :''For literary uses see [[fictional]]'' | + | ==References== |
| - | # [[Not real]]; [[invented]]; [[contrived]]. | + | {{reflist}} |
| - | #: ''St. Mary Mead is a fictitious village from the books of [[Agatha Christie]].'' | + | |
| - | #:''[[Vernon Sullivan]] is a [[fictitious writer]] invented by [[Boris Vian]].'' | + | |
| - | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| - | * [[imaginary]], [[invented]], [[contrived]] | ||
| - | == See also == | ||
| - | *[[List of fictitious people]] | ||
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This article lists the fictitious people, i.e., nonexistent people, which, unlike fictional people, are those somebody has claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud. Sometimes the line between the two categories is blurred, e.g., as in the case of Abdul Alhazred. A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition.
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Hoaxes
- Abdul Alhazred, author of the equally fictitious Necronomicon created by H. P. Lovecraft. His pseudobiography was published in A History of the Necronomicon.
- William Ashbless, a 19th-century fictitious poet and adventurer
- Bilitis, nonexistent Ancient Greek poet. Supposed author of The Songs of Bilitis, a collection of erotic poetry "discovered" by Pierre Louÿs.
- Harry Q. Bovik, eternal Carnegie Mellon computer science researcher
- George P. Burdell, eternal Georgia Tech student
- Eddie Burrup, fake Australian aboriginal painter
- Allegra Coleman, nonexistent supermodel
- Helen Demidenko, nonexistent Ukrainian author, created by Australian writer Helen Darville
- Anthony Godby Johnson, (probably) fictitious author of Rock and a Hard Place : One Boy's Triumphant Story
- Kilroy, a nonexistent legendary World War II US army major who inspired millions during the war and became part of American popular culture.
- Ern Malley, nonexistent Australian poet, created by Australian poets James McAuley and Harold Stewart
- Piotr Zak, nonexistent Polish composer, created for a BBC programme by Hans Keller and others
- Georg Paul Thomann, nonexistent Austrian conceptual artist, created by art group monochrom to represent Austria at the 2002 Sao Paulo Art Biennial. Georg Paul Thomann is featured in RE/Search's "Pranks 2" book.
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Pseudonyms
This list includes pseudonyms supplied with a biography suggesting the existence of a person distinct from the actual person with the pseudonym in question, often with the purpose of a hoax.
See also Collective pseudonyms (many of them were not claimed as "real" people).
- Nicolas Bourbaki, a 20th century French mathematician with credited publications
- Kozma Prutkov, nonexistent Russian writer
- Lemony Snicket, pseudonym of Daniel Handler and character in Handler's (or "Snicket's") Series of Unfortunate Events
- Gerald Wiley, pseudonym used by comedy performer and writer Ronnie Barker so that his sketches would be judged on merit.
[edit]
Arts & entertainment
- David J. Broadfoot, the Member of Parliament from Kicking Horse Pass, representing the New Apathetic Party, a character played by Canadian comedian Dave Broadfoot.
- Dame Edna Everage, a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries
- Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created by Sacha Baron Cohen, see also Ali G and Bruno
- Rusty Shackelford, pseudonym of Dale Gribble from the animated program King of the Hill.
- Sven - occasional stand in for Samantha, above, on BBC radio comedy I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
- Gerald Bostock, writer of the lyrics for the Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick.
- Ponsonby Britt executive producer of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. In the credits of George of the Jungle, a later offering from the same production company, "Britt" had been promoted to "Ponsonby Britt OBE" (recipient of the Order of the British Empire).
- Margaret B. Jones, fictitious half white, half Native American foster child and Bloods gang member in South Central Los Angeles
- Andreas Karavis, nonexistent Greek poet
- Donald Kaufman, fictional brother of Adaptation writer Charlie Kaufman, gained "writing credits" and co-won an Oscar
- Kobuk, nonexistent Inuit author and playwright (invented by the Austrian comedian Helmut Qualtinger)
- Wanda Koolmatrie, nonexistent Australian aboriginal author
- JT LeRoy, fictional American author and literary celebrity.
- David Manning, a nonexistent film critic created by Sony Corporation.
- S. Morgenstern, fictional author from the equally fictional country of Florin
- Ossian, Irish bard created by James Macpherson in the 18th century
- Nat Tate, fake 1950's American artist
- B. Traven, adventure novelist
- Mrs. Trellis of North Wales - regular correspondent to BBC radio comedy I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
- Kilgore Trout Fake author of "Venus on the Halfshell". Created by Kurt Vonnegut. Book written by Philip Jose Farmer
- Hajime Yadate, credited as the creator of most of the anime works of Japanese animation studio Sunrise.
- Van den Budenmayer, nonexistent Dutch composer believed to be real by some filmgoers even after they were told the truth
[edit]
Academia
- Jára da Cimrman, fictional Czech genius and polymath
- Honorable J. Fortescue, fake US physician
- Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix, numerologist, invented by Martin Gardner
- Josiah Carberry, professor of psychoceramics at Brown University
[edit]
Politics
- Jakob Maria Mierscheid, a member of the German Bundestag. Despite not existing, Mierscheid has an official Parliamentary biography (complete with portrait) and has given his name to a bridge spanning the River Spree and to the Mierscheid Law, which has been used to predict voting patterns in the former West Germany.
[edit]
Sports
- Sidd Finch, nonexistent baseball prodigy created by George Plimpton for an April Fool's Day prank.
- Chimezie Kudu, nonexistent 7-foot-11 basketball player (ESPN.com readers' responses)
- Taro Tsujimoto, nonexistent Japanese hockey player selected by Buffalo Sabres general manager Punch Imlach in the 1974 NHL Draft
[edit]
Religion
- Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Aftah, non-existent leader and Mahdi of the extinct Fathite/Aftahiyya/Fathiyya Shia Muslim sect.
[edit]
Unclassified
- Please help in putting them into appropriate sections.
- Carl Brandon, a fictional fan of color, for whom the Carl Brandon Society was named
- Betty Crocker, fake spokesperson for The Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis and its successor company, General Mills
- Kodee Kennings, nonexistent 8-year-old girl whose letters were published in the Daily Egyptian, a student newspaper for Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre, volumetric namesake.
- Andrew MacDonald, a pseudonym for William Luther Pierce, white supremacist and author of The Turner Diaries
- Kaycee Nicole, fictional leukemia sufferer and Internet personality
- Henry Root, fictitious correspondent, and Henry Raddick (possibly the same person)
- H. Rochester Sneath, nonexistent headmaster of the nonexistent Selhurst School
- Udo of Aachen, fictional monk
- Edna Welthorpe, nonexistent morality campaigner
- Araki Yasusada, fake Hiroshima survivor and author
[edit]
References
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