Miscellany Vote Now: The Most Memorable Fictional Characters of All Time Which fictional characters — from ancient mythology to Madison Avenue — do you think have had the greatest impact on our lives? Share Read Later prev47 of 53nextView AllJosef KBy TIME Staff May 20, 2013Bettmann / CorbisPhotograph of Kafka, author of The Trial What do you think? Post results on [polldaddy poll="7106394"]CREATED BY: Franz Kafka FIRST APPEARANCE: The Trial (published 1925) Next Walter Mitty Full List Influential Fictional CharactersUnreal InfluencersRobin HoodHarry PotterSherlock HolmesJohn GaltAnna KareninaJames BondHamletThe Good SamaritanUncle SamKunta KinteHomer SimpsonSanta ClausSupermanBuffy the Vampire SlayerOdysseusLara CroftHAL 9000Dr. Frankenstein and MonsterRomeo and JulietBarbieHolden CaulfieldThe DudeTarzanWonder WomanKing LearCaptain AhabThe Marlboro ManDon QuixoteCount DraculaOliver TwistDarth VaderCinderellaUncle TomBig BrotherCassandraRaskolnikovKing ArthurEbenezer ScroogeThe Prodigal Son and His FatherDr. FaustThe Little TrampDorothy GaleJay GatsbyWilly LomanRosie the RiveterJosef KWalter MittyOedipusPollyannaLeopold and Molly BloomPoll ResultsPoll Results