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 prev26 of 53nextView AllKing LearBy TIME Staff May 20, 2013Royal Photographic Society / Getty ImagesWhat do you think? Post results on [polldaddy poll="7106400"]CREATED BY: William Shakespeare and English legend FIRST APPEARANCE: King Lear (written 1605) and earlier folklore Next Captain Ahab 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