List of villains

This is a list of some well-known villains.

Table of contents

1 Fictional villains
2 Historical figures who often figure as villains in fiction

2.1 Criminals
2.2 Military leaders
2.3 Monarchs
2.4 Politicians
2.5 Religious figures
2.6 Traitors

Fictional villains

Ambrosio, The Monk
Angelo, Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
Autolycus, Greek mythology
Char Aznable, Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack
Baba Yaga, folklore
Queen Beryl, Sailor Moon
Captain Black, Captain Scarlet
Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond
Bluebeard, folklore
Bluto, Popeye
Buddy Love,
Bowser, Super Mario Bros video games
Charles Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons
CATastrophie, Spy Dogs
Catbert, Dilbert
Cell, Dragon Ball Z
Claudius, Hamlet
Darth Vader, Star Wars series
Davros, Doctor Who
Desslok, Star Blazers (Yamato)
Count Dooku, Star Wars series
Count Dracula, Dracula, Bram Stoker and subsequent films
Edmund, King Lear, William Shakespeare
T.R. Edwards, Robotech
Dr. Evil, Austin Powers series
Fagin, Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer
Galcian, Skies of Arcadia video game
Ganon/Ganondorf, The Legend of Zelda video games
Dorian Gray, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
Grendel, Beowulf
The Guardian, Ultima video games
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Dune
Uriah Heep, Charles Dickens
Captain Hook, Peter Pan
Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
Iago, Othello, William Shakespeare
Injun Joe in Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
Mrs. Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate
Jericho the gunner, Driv3r video game
The_Joker, Batman comics and franchise
Khyron, Robotech
Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs
Simon Legree, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lex Luthor, Superman comics and franchise
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Macheath, The Threepenny Opera
Magua, The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
The Man with No Eyes, Cool Hand Luke
The Master, Doctor Who
Megatron, The Transformers
Melkor or Morgoth, J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Mephistopheles, Faust stories
Moll Cutpurse, folklore
Mondain, Ultima video game series
Mordred, Arthurian legend
Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Morgan le Fay, Arthurian legend
Morgause, Arthurian legend
Wesley Mouch, Atlas Shrugged
Myotismon, Digimon
Napoleon the pig, Animal Farm, George Orwell
Simon Nockman, Molly Moon
Emperor Palpatine, Star Wars series
Mr. Pecksniff, Martin Chuzzlewit
Raskolnikov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
King K. Rool, Donkey Kong Country video game series
Saruman, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien, and subsequent films
Sauron, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, and subsequent films
Baron Scarpia, Tosca
Sephiroth, Final Fantasy VII video game
The Sheriff of Nottingham, Robin Hood legends
Khan Noonian Singh, Star Trek series
Long John Silver, Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
Agent Smith, The Matrix trilogy
Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
Strong Bad, Homestar Runner
Tartuffe, Molière
Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and Meowth), Pokemon
Valmont, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, and subsequent films
Volpone, (Ben Jonson)
Snidely Whiplash, Dudley Do-Right Show
Wringhim, Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Historical figures who often figure as villains in fiction

Criminals

Gilles de Rais (1404 - 1440).
Captain William Kidd (1645 - 1701).
Titus Oates (1649 - 1705).
Blackbeard (c. 1680 - 1718).
Dick Turpin (1706 - 1739).
William Burke (1792 - 1829).
Billy the Kid (c. 1860 - 1881).
Lizzie Borden (1860 - 1927).
Jack the Ripper (active in 1888 or 1887 - 1891, depending on canon of victims).
Al Capone (1899 - 1947).
Leopold and Loeb (1904 - 1971 and 1905 - 1936 respectively).
Charles Manson (1934 - ).

Military leaders

Attila the Hun (c. 406 - 453).
Captain William Bligh (1754 - 1817).

Monarchs

Politicians

Religious figures

Traitors

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