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 prev9 of 53nextView AllThe Good SamaritanBy TIME Staff May 20, 2013Mansell / Time Life Pictures / Getty ImagesWhat do you think? Post results on [polldaddy poll="7106272"]CREATED BY: Luke the Evangelist FIRST APPEARANCE: The New Testament, Gospel of Luke, probably 1st century Next Uncle Sam 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