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 +A collection of the '''characters from ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'''''.
 +
 +{|style="background:#efefef; border:1px solid #aaa;"
 +|'''Contents:'''
 +|[[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#P|P]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]
 +|-
 +|}
 +
 +==Overview==
 +Character's name
 +*Original source/author
 +*Appearances or mention in the League universe
 +*Brief biography/overview
 +
 +The appearances key is:
 +*V1I1: Volume I, Issue 1 (example)
 +*V1C: Volume I cover (example)
 +*V1S: Volume I supplemental materials (example)
 +*ASV: [[Allan and the Sundered Veil]]
 +*NTA: [[The New Traveller's Almanac]]
 +*BD: [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier|The Black Dossier]]
 +*T: [[Tales of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]
 +*F: [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The film]]
 +*N: [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (novel)|Novelization of the film]]
 +
 +==A==
 +===Count Allamistakeo===
 +*''Some Words with a Mummy'', [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
 +*V1C
 +*An immortal mummy and proposed member of a mid-19th century League
 +
 +===[[Ariel (Shakespeare)|Ariel]]===
 +*''[[The Tempest]]'', [[William Shakespeare]]
 +*NTA
 +*Sprite of Prospero and member of the 1680s League
 +
 +===[[Artful Dodger]]===
 +*''[[Oliver Twist]]'', [[Charles Dickens]]
 +*V1I6
 +*The Dodger leads his children gang into London's sewers to protect against the air war between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu
 +
 +==B==
 +===Lady Marguerite St. Just Blakeney===
 +*''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', [[Emma Orczy]]
 +*V1I3, V1C, NTA
 +*Member of the 18th century League
 +
 +===Sir Percival Blakeney===
 +*''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', [[Emma Orczy]]
 +*V1I3, V1C, NTA, F
 +*Member of the 18th century League
 +
 +===Peter Blood===
 +*''[[Captain Blood (novel)|Captain Blood]]'', [[Rafael Sabatini]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===[[Campion Bond]]===
 +[[Image:LOEGBond1.jpg|thumb|Campion Bond]]
 +*Original character
 +*V1I1-V2I6, NTA, N
 +*Agent of [[MI5]] and liaison of the League
 +
 +===[[James Bond (character)|Jimmy Bond]]===
 +*''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'', [[Ian Fleming]]
 +*BD
 +*Successor and grandson of Campion
 +
 +===Broad Arrow Jack===
 +*''Broad Arrow Jack'', E. Harcourt Burrage
 +*V1I4, V2I4-6, V2S
 +*Officer on the ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]''
 +
 +===[[Natty Bumppo]]===
 +*''[[The Deerslayer (novel)|The Deerslayer]]'', [[James Fenimore Cooper]]
 +*V1I3, V1C, NTA, F
 +*Member of the 18th century League
 +
 +==C==
 +===[[Caliban (character)|Caliban]]===
 +*''[[The Tempest]]'', [[William Shakespeare]]
 +*NTA
 +*Servant of Prospero and member of the 1680s League
 +
 +===[[Carnacki|Thomas Carnacki]]===
 +*''The Gateway of the Monster'', [[William Hope Hodgson]]
 +*BD, V3I1
 +*Detective and member of Murray's second League
 +
 +===Katy Carr===
 +*''[[What Katy Did]]'', [[Sarah Chauncey Woolsey]]
 +*V1I2
 +*One of Miss Coote's teachers
 +
 +===[[John Carter (character)|John Carter]]===
 +*''[[A Princess of Mars]]'', [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]
 +*ASV, V2I1
 +*A [[Confederate States Army]] officer who is transported to [[Mars]] and leads the native resistance against the mollusc invaders
 +
 +===[[Randolph Carter]]===
 +*''[[The Statement of Randolph Carter]]'', [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
 +*ASV, NTA
 +*A [[Miskatonic University]] occultist and grandnephew of John
 +
 +===Selwyn Cavor===
 +*''[[The First Men in the Moon]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V1I3
 +*A scientist who developed the [[Cavorite]] substance used for the prospective British turn-of-the-century Moon mission
 +
 +===[[Professor Challenger|Professor George Edward Challenger]]===
 +*''[[The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)|The Lost World]]'', [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
 +*BD
 +*Explorer and scientist, consultant to Murray's second League
 +
 +===Olive Chancellor===
 +*''[[The Bostonians]]'', [[Henry James]]
 +*V1I2
 +*One of Miss Coote's students
 +
 +===Christian===
 +*''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]'', [[John Bunyan]]
 +*NTA
 +*An etheric traveler and member of the 1680s League
 +
 +===Rosa Coote===
 +*''The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant'', William Dugdale
 +*V1I2, V2S
 +*[[Dominatrix]] headmistress of an [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] girl's school
 +
 +===Anna Coupeau===
 +*''[[Nana (novel)|Nana]]'', [[Émile Zola]]
 +*V1I1
 +*One of the prostitutes killed by Hyde
 +
 +===[[Cthulhu|Great Cthulhu]]===
 +*''[[The Call of Cthulhu]]'', [[H.P. Lovecraft]]
 +*V2S
 +*The dread god of [[R'lyeh]]
 +
 +==D==
 +===[[Dejah Thoris]]===
 +*''[[A Princess of Mars]]'', [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]
 +*ASV, V2I1
 +*A princess of [[Mars]] and John Carter's lover. Was apparently captured or killed by the mollusc invaders.
 +
 +===[[Doctor Sax]]===
 +*''[[Doctor Sax]]'', [[Jack Kerouac]]
 +*BD
 +*Member of the 1950s American League
 +
 +===[[Dick Donovan]]===
 +*''The Man-Hunter: Stories from the Note-Book of a Detective'', [[J.E. Preston Muddock]]
 +*V1I2
 +*Detective and [[MI5]] agent who handles the recruitment of Hyde and Griffin
 +
 +===Hugo Drummond===
 +*''[[Bulldog Drummond (novel)|Bulldog Drummond]]'', [[H.C. McNeile]]
 +*BD
 +*A racist, jingoistic government agent who hunts down Murray and Quatermain.
 +
 +===[[C. Auguste Dupin]]===
 +*''[[The Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'', [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
 +*V1I1-2
 +*A Parisian detective who is assigned to investigate the recent murders of prostitutes
 +
 +==E==
 +===[[Thomas Edison]]===
 +*Real individual
 +*V1I1
 +*Inventor of some of the [[steampunk]] technology of the League universe
 +
 +==F==
 +===[[Fantômas]]===
 +*''[[Fantômas]]'', [[Marcel Allain]] & [[Pierre Souvestre]]
 +*NTA
 +*Criminal mastermind and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux
 +
 +===Samuel Ferguson===
 +*''[[Five Weeks in a Balloon]]'', [[Jules Verne]]
 +*V1I6
 +*An acquaintance of Captain Nemo, who gave him his balloon ''Victoria''
 +
 +===[[Phileas Fogg]]===
 +*''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', [[Jules Verne]]
 +*V1C
 +*Gentleman explorer and proposed member of a mid-19th century League
 +
 +===[[Fu Manchu]]===
 +[[Image:The Doctor.jpg|thumb|Fu Manchu, the 'Devil Doctor']]
 +*''[[The Insidious Dr Fu Manchu]]'', [[Sax Rohmer]]
 +*V1I3-V1I6, V2S
 +*Leader of the Chinese organized crime in [[Limehouse]], and personal and professional rival of Moriarty
 +
 +==G==
 +===[[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]===
 +*Real individual
 +*V3I1
 +*New [[King of Great Britain]] in [[1910]]
 +
 +===[[Dorian Gray]]===
 +[[Image:Doriangraylxg.jpg|thumb|Dorian Gray]]
 +*''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', [[Oscar Wilde]]
 +*V1C, V1S, V2I3, F, N
 +*His portrait hangs in the Secret Annexe; possible member of a mid-19th century League and member of the Movie League
 +
 +===[[Hawley Griffin]]===
 +[[Image:LOEGriffin2.jpg|thumb|Hawley Griffin]]
 +*''[[The Invisible Man]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V1I2-V2I5
 +*Member of the Victorian League and traitor to mankind
 +
 +===Lemuel Gulliver===
 +*''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', [[Jonathan Swift]]
 +*V2I3, V1C, NTA, F
 +*The leader of the 18th century League
 +
 +==H==
 +===[[Rupert Bear|H-9 (Rupert Bear)]]===
 +*''[[Daily Express]]'', [[Mary Tourtel]]
 +*V2I4-6, V2S
 +*One of the creations of Dr. Moreau
 +
 +===H-11 (Algy Pug)===
 +*''[[Daily Express]]'', [[Mary Tourtel]]
 +*V2I5, V2S
 +*One of the creations of Dr. Moreau
 +
 +===H-14 (Tiger Tim)===
 +*''[[Daily Express]]'', [[Mary Tourtel]]
 +*V2I5-6, V2S
 +*One of the creations of Dr. Moreau
 +
 +===[[Henry Rider Haggard]]===
 +*Real individual
 +*ASV
 +*Chronicler of Quatermain's adventures
 +
 +===Septimus Harding===
 +*''[[The Warden]]'', [[Anthony Trollope]]
 +*V1I2, V2I2
 +*A reverend that wrote articles against Miss Coote, and is killed by [[Martian (War of the Worlds)|Martians]] on [[Horsell|Horsell Common]]
 +
 +===Jack Harkaway===
 +*''Jack Harkaway's Schooldays'', Bracebridge Hemyng
 +*V1C
 +*Schoolboy adventurer and proposed member of a mid-19th century League
 +
 +===[[Johnathan Harker]]===
 +*''[[Dracula]]'', [[Bram Stoker]]
 +*V1I1, V1I5, V2I5
 +*Divorced husband of Mina Murray
 +
 +===[[Fanny Hill]]===
 +*''[[Fanny Hill]]'', [[John Cleland]]
 +*V1I3, V1C, NTA, BD
 +*Member of the 18th century League
 +
 +===[[Mycroft Holmes]]===
 +*''[[The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter]]'', [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
 +*V1I6, V2I2-4, V3I1
 +*Head of [[MI5]] following Moriarty's death
 +
 +===[[Sherlock Holmes]]===
 +*''[[A Study in Scarlet]]'', [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
 +*V1I5, V2I3, NTA
 +*Younger brother of Mycroft and retired bee-keeper
 +
 +===[[Captain Hook]]===
 +*''[[Peter Pan]]'', [[J. M. Barrie]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===Edward Hyde===
 +*''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'', [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
 +*V1I1-V1I6, ASV, F, N
 +*The larger, evil half of Henry Jekyll and member of the Victorian League
 +
 +==I==
 +===[[Ishmael (Moby-Dick)|Ishmael]]===
 +*''[[Moby-Dick]]'', [[Herman Melville]]
 +*V1I4, V2I4, F, N
 +*First mate on the ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]''
 +
 +===[[Ithaqua|Ithaqqa]]===
 +*''Ithaqua'', [[August Derleth]]
 +*ASV
 +*A [[Great Old One]] that possesses Alan Quatermain and is driven off by Marisa
 +
 +==J==
 +===Henry Jekyll===
 +*''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'', [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
 +*V1I2-V1I2, F, N
 +*The lesser half of Edward Hyde and member of the Victorian League
 +
 +===Pirate Jenny===
 +*''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', [[Bertolt Brecht]]
 +*V3I1
 +*An angry pirate
 +
 +===Gullivar Jones===
 +*''[[Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation]]'', [[Edwin Lester Linden Arnold]]
 +*V2I1
 +*One of the leaders of the Martian resistance
 +
 +==K==
 +===Michael Kane===
 +*''Kane of Old Mars'', by [[Michael Moorcock]]
 +*V2I1
 +*A human man transported back in time and to Mars, where he establishes a ruling dynasty
 +
 +==L==
 +===Lavell===
 +*''[[The War of the Worlds]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V1I2
 +*An astronomer who discovers jets of gas on [[Mars]], actually the launch of the [[Martian (War of the Worlds)|Martians]] fleet
 +
 +===[[Long John Silver]]===
 +*''[[Treasure Island]]'', [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===[[Arsène Lupin]]===
 +*''[[:fr:Arsène Lupin gentleman cambrioleur|Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur]]'', [[Maurice Leblanc]]
 +*NTA
 +*[[Gentleman thief]] and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux
 +
 +==M==
 +===[[Mack the Knife|Mac the Knife]]===
 +*''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', [[Bertolt Brecht]]
 +*V3I1
 +*A charismatic butcher
 +
 +===Marisa===
 +*Original character
 +*ASV
 +*An African maidservant and witch in the service of Lady Ragnall
 +
 +===Moonchild===
 +*''[[Moonchild (novel)|Moonchild]]'', [[Aleister Crowley]]
 +*V3I1-3
 +*A occultist-created being that may be the [[Antichrist]]
 +
 +===[[Sebastian Moran]]===
 +*''[[The Adventure of the Empty House]]'', [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
 +*V1I5
 +*Right-hand man of Moriarty and occasional front of his criminal empire
 +
 +===Alphonse Moreau===
 +*''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V2I5-6, V2S
 +*Vivisectionist and animal experimenter who assists the British government
 +
 +===Dean Moriarty===
 +*''[[On the Road]]'', [[Jack Kerouac]]
 +*BD
 +*Member of the 1950s American League and great-grandson of James
 +
 +===[[Professor Moriarty|Professor James Moriarty]]===
 +*''[[The Adventure of the Final Problem]]'', [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
 +*V1I4-V1I6, F, N
 +*Head of [[MI5]] and the "Napoleon of Crime"
 +
 +===Mors===
 +*''Der Luftpirat und Sein Lenkbares Luftschiff''
 +*V1I3, V1I6, V2S
 +*A German pirate of the air
 +
 +===[[Mina Murray]]===
 +*''[[Dracula]]'', [[Bram Stoker]]
 +*V1I1-6, V2I1-6, ASV, NTA, BD, V3I1-3, T, F, N
 +*Leader of the Victorian-era League
 +
 +==N==
 +===[[Captain Nemo]]===
 +*''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]'', [[Jules Verne]]
 +*V1I1-6, V2I1-6, NTA, V3I1, F, N
 +*Commander of the submarine ''[[Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus]]'' and member of Murray's first League
 +
 +===Emma Night===
 +*[[Emma Peel]] of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
 +*BD
 +*Government agent and daughter of industrialist John Night
 +
 +===John Night===
 +*Sir John Knight, father of [[Emma Peel]] of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
 +*BD
 +*Not seen on-panel, industrialist who designed many fantastic gadgets, friend of Hugo Drummond
 +
 +===[[Nyctalope|Le Nyctalope]]===
 +*''L'Homme Qui Peut Vivre dans l'Eau'', [[Jean de la Hire]]
 +*NTA
 +*Superhero and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux
 +
 +==O==
 +===[[Roland|Orlando]]===
 +*[[Matter of France]]/''[[Orlando: A Biography]]'', [[Virginia Woolfe]]
 +*NTA, BD, V3I1, T
 +*Immortal omnisexual member of the Prospero, Gullivar, and second Murray Leagues
 +
 +===Captain Robert Owe-much===
 +*''The Floating Island'', [[Richard Head]]
 +*NTA
 +*Explorer and occasional member of the 1680s League
 +
 +==P==
 +===[[Plantagenet Palliser|Plantagenet Palliser (Elder)]]===
 +*''[[Can You Forgive Her?]]'', [[Anthony Trollope]]
 +*BD
 +*Duke of Omnium and intelligencer for the 1680s League
 +
 +===[[Plantagenet Palliser|Plantagenet Palliser (Younger)]]===
 +*''[[Can You Forgive Her?]]'', [[Anthony Trollope]]
 +*V1I2
 +*Duke of Omnium and [[List of fictional British Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Britain]] in 1898
 +
 +===[[Captain Pugwash|Captain Horatio Pugwash]]===
 +*''[[Eagle (comic)|The Eagle]]'', [[John Ryan (cartoonist)|John Ryan]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===[[Sal Paradise]]===
 +*''[[On the Road]]'', [[Jack Kerouac]]
 +*BD
 +*Member of the 1950s American League
 +
 +===[[Peter Rabbit]]===
 +*''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]'', [[Beatrix Potter]]
 +*V2I6
 +*Being fed by a mother fox to her young
 +
 +===Teddy Prendrick===
 +*''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V2I4
 +*Former companion of Moreau who was driven mad by witnessing his experiments
 +
 +===Captain Pysse-Gummes===
 +*''[[Zap Comix]]'', [[S. Clay Wilson]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===[[Prospero]]===
 +*''[[The Tempest]]'', [[William Shakespeare]]
 +*NTA
 +*A wizard and exiled [[Duke of Milan]] who led the 1680s League
 +
 +==Q==
 +===[[Allan Quatermain]]===
 +*''[[King Solomon's Mines]]'', [[H. Rider Haggard]]
 +*V1I1-V2I6, ASV, NTA, F, N
 +*The [[Great White Hunter]] and last remaining member of the Victorian League following the Martian invasion
 +
 +===[[Allan Quatermain, Jr.]]===
 +*Original character
 +*NTA, BD, V3I1
 +*Identity used by the real Quatermain to hide a mystical rejuvenation after he has exposed himself to the Fire of Life.
 +
 +===Quong Lee===
 +*''The Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse'', [[Thomas Burke (author)|Thomas Burke]]
 +*V1I3
 +*A purveyor of fine teas
 +
 +==R==
 +===[[A. J. Raffles]]===
 +*''The Amateur Cracksman'', [[Ernest William Hornung]]
 +*BD, V3I1
 +*Thief and member of Murray's second League
 +
 +===Lady Ragnall===
 +*''[[The Ivory Child]]'', [[H. Rider Haggard]]
 +*ASV
 +*A friend of Alan Quatermain who similarly faked her death; she is killed by Quartermain when he is possessed by [[Ithaqua|Ithaqaa]]
 +
 +===Becky Randall===
 +*''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]'', [[Kate Douglas Wiggin]]
 +*V1I2
 +*One of Miss Coote's students and Griffin's victims
 +
 +===Robur===
 +*''[[Robur the Conqueror]]'', [[Jules Verne]]
 +*V1I2, V1I6, NTA, V2S
 +*A dangerous and megalomaniacal air pirate, and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux
 +
 +==S==
 +===Arne Saknussemm===
 +*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth]]'', [[Jules Verne]]
 +*V1I2
 +*One of his runic markers from his expedition into the Earth's interior is in the Secret Annexe
 +
 +===Sapathwa===
 +*''The Blue Dwarf''
 +*V1C
 +*A disguised noble criminal and proposed member of a mid-19th century League
 +
 +===[[Tom Sawyer]]===
 +*''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'', [[Mark Twain]]
 +*V2I3, F, N
 +*His portrait hangs in the Secret Annexe; [[US Secret Service]] agent and member of the Movie League
 +
 +===[[Rodney Skinner]]===
 +[[Image:Skinner leg11.jpg|thumb|Rodney Skinner]]
 +*Original character
 +*F, N
 +*An invisible thief in the Movie League
 +
 +===Captain Slaughterboard===
 +*'' Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor'', [[Mervyn Peake]]
 +*NTA
 +*Member of the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +===[[Spring Heeled Jack]]===
 +*Real individual
 +*V2S
 +*A devil-like figure with an ability to jump great distances
 +
 +===Stent===
 +*''[[The War of the Worlds]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*V2I2
 +*The [[Astronomer Royal]], killed by [[Martian (War of the Worlds)|Martians]] on [[Horsell|Horsell Common]]
 +
 +===[[Doctor Syn|The Reverend Dr. Syn, aka Captain Clegg]]===
 +*''[[Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh]]'', [[Russell Thorndike]]
 +*V1I3, V1C, NTA, F
 +*Member of the 18th century League and the Pirates' Conference
 +
 +==T==
 +===[[Nikola Tesla]]===
 +*Real individual
 +*V1I1
 +*Inventor of some of the [[steampunk]] technology of the League universe
 +
 +===[[The Time Traveller (character)|The Time Traveller]]===
 +*''[[The Time Machine]]'', [[H.G. Wells]]
 +*ASV, V2S
 +*A traveller through space and time who helped defeat the forces of the [[Great Old Ones]]
 +
 +===[[Mr. Toad]]===
 +*''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'', [[Kenneth Grahame]]
 +*V2I5
 +*One of Moreau's creations
 +
 +==U==
 +==V==
 +===[[Jean Valjean]]===
 +*''[[Les Misérables]]'', [[Victor Hugo]]
 +*NTA
 +*A man whose name appears in the graffiti of [[Paris]]ian sewers
 +
 +===[[Sir Francis Varney]]===
 +*''[[Varney the Vampire]]'', [[James Malcolm Rymer]]
 +*V1C
 +*A vampire and proposed member of a mid-19th century League
 +
 +==W==
 +===Pollyanna Whittier===
 +*''[[Pollyanna]]'', [[Eleanor H. Porter]]
 +*V1I2
 +*One of Miss Coote's students and Griffin's victims
 +
 +==X==
 +==Y==
 +==Z==
 +===Monsieur Zenith===
 +*The [[Sexton Blake]] series, Anthony Skene
 +*BD
 +*[[Albinism_in_popular_culture#Villains|Albino archvillain]] and [[gentleman thief]] who duels with Orlando for the sheer thrill of it, member of Les Hommes Mysterieux
 +
 +==Comparisons of real and historical characters==
 +===Real figures confirmed to exist in the ''League'' universe:===
 +*[[Alexander the Great]]
 +*[[Alexander of Abonoteichus]]
 +*[[Mark Antony]]
 +*[[Apollonius of Tyana]]
 +*[[King Arthur]]
 +*[[Anne Boleyn]]
 +*[[Augustus Caesar]]
 +*[[Julius Caesar]]
 +*[[Caligula]]
 +*[[Miguel de Cervantes]]
 +*[[Charlemagne]]
 +*[[Claudius]]
 +*[[John Cleland]]
 +*[[Cleopatra VII|Cleopatra]]
 +*[[Thomas Edison]]
 +*[[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]
 +*[[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]]
 +*[[H. Rider Haggard]]
 +*[[Elagabalus|Heliogabalus]]
 +*[[Henry VIII of England]]
 +*[[Julian the Apostate]]
 +*[[Abraham Lincoln]]
 +*[[Lucian]]
 +*[[Mehmed II|Mehmet II]]
 +*[[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]
 +*[[Nero]]
 +*[[Blondel de Nesle]]
 +*[[Ramesses II|Ozymandias]]
 +*[[William Pitt the Younger]]
 +*[[Pliny the Elder]]
 +*[[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]]
 +*[[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]]
 +*[[Roland]]
 +*[[William Shakespeare]]
 +*[[Spartacus]]
 +*[[William Tell]]
 +*[[Nikola Tesla]]
 +*[[Tiberius]]
 +*[[Leonardo da Vinci]]
 +*The LXG novelization (outside the comic continuity) also mentions [[H. G. Wells]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Karl Benz]], [[Henry Ford]], [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], [[Richard Francis Burton]], the [[Marquis de Sade]], and [[Otto von Bismarck]]
 +
 +===Characters as analogs of historical figures:===
 +*[[Clement Attlee]]/[[Billy Bunter|General Sir Harold 'Big Brother' Wharton]]
 +*[[Anne Boleyn]]/Nan Bollen
 +*[[Neal Cassady]]/[[Dean Moriarty]]
 +*[[Joan Crawford]]/[[Blanche Hudson]]
 +*[[Aleister Crowley]]/[[The Magician (Maugham novel)|Oliver Haddo]]
 +*Dr. [[John Dee]]/[[Prospero]]
 +*[[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]/[[Gloriana|Queen Gloriana I]]
 +*[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]/Queen Gloriana II
 +*[[Adolf Hitler]]/[[The Great Dictator|Adenoid Hynkel]]
 +*[[James I of England|King James I]]/King Jacob I
 +*[[Jack Kerouac]]/[[Sal Paradise]]
 +*[[Ronnie Kray]]/Harry Starks
 +*[[Ronnie Kray]]/Harry Flowers
 +*[[G. Gordon Liddy]]/[[Felix Leiter|F. Gordon Leiter]]
 +*[[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]]/[[Horatio Hornblower]]
 +*[[Kim Philby]]/[[Billy Bunter|Robert Kim Cherry]], a.k.a. [[Harry Lime]]
 +*[[Kurt Vonnegut]]/[[Kilgore Trout]]
 +*Sir [[Francis Walsingham]]/[[The Unfortunate Traveller|Sir Jack Wilton]]
 +
 +
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Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T U V W Y Z

Contents

Overview

Character's name

  • Original source/author
  • Appearances or mention in the League universe
  • Brief biography/overview

The appearances key is:

A

Count Allamistakeo

  • Some Words with a Mummy, Edgar Allan Poe
  • V1C
  • An immortal mummy and proposed member of a mid-19th century League

Ariel

Artful Dodger

  • Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
  • V1I6
  • The Dodger leads his children gang into London's sewers to protect against the air war between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu

B

Lady Marguerite St. Just Blakeney

Sir Percival Blakeney

Peter Blood

Campion Bond

Image:LOEGBond1.jpg
Campion Bond
  • Original character
  • V1I1-V2I6, NTA, N
  • Agent of MI5 and liaison of the League

Jimmy Bond

Broad Arrow Jack

  • Broad Arrow Jack, E. Harcourt Burrage
  • V1I4, V2I4-6, V2S
  • Officer on the Nautilus

Natty Bumppo

C

Caliban

Thomas Carnacki

  • The Gateway of the Monster, William Hope Hodgson
  • BD, V3I1
  • Detective and member of Murray's second League

Katy Carr

John Carter

Randolph Carter

Selwyn Cavor

Professor George Edward Challenger

Olive Chancellor

Christian

Rosa Coote

  • The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant, William Dugdale
  • V1I2, V2S
  • Dominatrix headmistress of an Edmonton girl's school

Anna Coupeau

Great Cthulhu

D

Dejah Thoris

Doctor Sax

Dick Donovan

  • The Man-Hunter: Stories from the Note-Book of a Detective, J.E. Preston Muddock
  • V1I2
  • Detective and MI5 agent who handles the recruitment of Hyde and Griffin

Hugo Drummond

C. Auguste Dupin

E

Thomas Edison

  • Real individual
  • V1I1
  • Inventor of some of the steampunk technology of the League universe

F

Fantômas

Samuel Ferguson

Phileas Fogg

Fu Manchu

Image:The Doctor.jpg
Fu Manchu, the 'Devil Doctor'

G

George V

Dorian Gray

Hawley Griffin

Image:LOEGriffin2.jpg
Hawley Griffin

Lemuel Gulliver

H

H-9 (Rupert Bear)

H-11 (Algy Pug)

H-14 (Tiger Tim)

Henry Rider Haggard

  • Real individual
  • ASV
  • Chronicler of Quatermain's adventures

Septimus Harding

Jack Harkaway

  • Jack Harkaway's Schooldays, Bracebridge Hemyng
  • V1C
  • Schoolboy adventurer and proposed member of a mid-19th century League

Johnathan Harker

Fanny Hill

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Captain Hook

Edward Hyde

I

Ishmael

Ithaqqa

J

Henry Jekyll

Pirate Jenny

Gullivar Jones

K

Michael Kane

  • Kane of Old Mars, by Michael Moorcock
  • V2I1
  • A human man transported back in time and to Mars, where he establishes a ruling dynasty

L

Lavell

Long John Silver

Arsène Lupin

M

Mac the Knife

Marisa

  • Original character
  • ASV
  • An African maidservant and witch in the service of Lady Ragnall

Moonchild

Sebastian Moran

Alphonse Moreau

Dean Moriarty

Professor James Moriarty

Mors

  • Der Luftpirat und Sein Lenkbares Luftschiff
  • V1I3, V1I6, V2S
  • A German pirate of the air

Mina Murray

  • Dracula, Bram Stoker
  • V1I1-6, V2I1-6, ASV, NTA, BD, V3I1-3, T, F, N
  • Leader of the Victorian-era League

N

Captain Nemo

Emma Night

John Night

  • Sir John Knight, father of Emma Peel of The Avengers
  • BD
  • Not seen on-panel, industrialist who designed many fantastic gadgets, friend of Hugo Drummond

Le Nyctalope

  • L'Homme Qui Peut Vivre dans l'Eau, Jean de la Hire
  • NTA
  • Superhero and member of Les Hommes Mystérieux

O

Orlando

Captain Robert Owe-much

  • The Floating Island, Richard Head
  • NTA
  • Explorer and occasional member of the 1680s League

P

Plantagenet Palliser (Elder)

Plantagenet Palliser (Younger)

Captain Horatio Pugwash

Sal Paradise

Peter Rabbit

Teddy Prendrick

Captain Pysse-Gummes

Prospero

Q

Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain, Jr.

  • Original character
  • NTA, BD, V3I1
  • Identity used by the real Quatermain to hide a mystical rejuvenation after he has exposed himself to the Fire of Life.

Quong Lee

  • The Song Book of Quong Lee of Limehouse, Thomas Burke
  • V1I3
  • A purveyor of fine teas

R

A. J. Raffles

Lady Ragnall

Becky Randall

Robur

S

Arne Saknussemm

Sapathwa

  • The Blue Dwarf
  • V1C
  • A disguised noble criminal and proposed member of a mid-19th century League

Tom Sawyer

Rodney Skinner

  • Original character
  • F, N
  • An invisible thief in the Movie League

Captain Slaughterboard

  • Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, Mervyn Peake
  • NTA
  • Member of the Pirates' Conference

Spring Heeled Jack

  • Real individual
  • V2S
  • A devil-like figure with an ability to jump great distances

Stent

The Reverend Dr. Syn, aka Captain Clegg

T

Nikola Tesla

  • Real individual
  • V1I1
  • Inventor of some of the steampunk technology of the League universe

The Time Traveller

Mr. Toad

U

V

Jean Valjean

Sir Francis Varney

W

Pollyanna Whittier

X

Y

Z

Monsieur Zenith

Comparisons of real and historical characters

Real figures confirmed to exist in the League universe:

Characters as analogs of historical figures:



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