This is a collection of the characters from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a comic book series created by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, and its spin-off Nemo.
Overview Character's name Original source/author Appearances or mention in the League universe Brief biography/overview Notes
Abbreviations: ASV: Allan and the Sundered Veil NTA: The New Traveller's Almanac BD: The Black Dossier MIM: Minions of the Moon NHI: Nemo: Heart of Ice NRB: Nemo: The Roses of Berlin NRG: Nemo: River of Ghosts T: Tales of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
An italicised appearance is either a graphic novel or film appearance where the character is only mentioned in dialogue or otherwise referenced but not shown or a text story appearance where the character is mentioned either briefly or indirectly.
A Alice Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll NTA Mentioned in The New Traveller's Almanac, which suggests that Wonderland is somewhere underneath England and/or in a parallel universe. She is mentioned to have died following her second adventure, which had the effect of 'reversing' her body chemistry's chirality, making her incapable of digesting anything and causing her to starve. She is called 'A. L.', presumably for Alice Liddell, whom the character was named after.
King Arturus Arthurian Legend BD The King of England who had Sir Roland (Orlando) serve under him in the Knights of the Round Table. His sword Excalibur is taken by Sir Roland in the fall of Camelot.
Count Allamistakeo "Some Words with a Mummy", Edgar Allan Poe Volume 1 cover An immortal mummy and proposed member of a mid-19th century League. He is shown sleeping on the cover of Volume 1, and his name and portrait displayed.
Ariel The Tempest, William Shakespeare NTA, BD Faerie familiar of Prospero's and a member of Prospero's Men (the 17th century League).
Artful Dodger Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens Volume 1, issue #6 (p. 3) Dodger leads his gang of children into London's sewers for protection against the air war between Professor Moriarty and Fu Manchu.
Ayesha She, H. Rider Haggard BD, NHI, NRB Immortal, brutal, deposed ruler of the African kingdom of Kor, she is robbed of her most priceless treasures by Janni Nemo while in asylum in the United States in 1925. Ayesha joins forces with Adenoid Hynkel in 1941.
B Babar the Elephant Histoire de Babar (The Story of Babar), Jean de Brunhoff NTA King of the Elephants, but not mentioned by name, Babar and his elephants escort Mina Murray and Allan Quatermain through the African jungle in The New Traveller's Almanac. Mina considers them very polite, but Allan denies that their leader is really wearing a crown.
Pvt. S. Baldrick Blackadder Goes Forth, Tony Robinson BD The stupid soldier serving under Captain Blackadder in World War I. Not mentioned by name, he appears as a visual cameo in Orlando's Trump biography.
Judah Ben-Hur Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Lew Wallace BD Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem. Not mentioned by name, his name is written in a bust in the house of Billy Bunter.
Beowulf Beowulf BD A hero who aides King Hrothgar in killing the demon Grendel.
Bill and Ben Flower Pot Men, BBC BD A pair of creatures made up of flowerpots, their skeletons are seen in Greyfriars School.
Sir Percy Blakeney The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emma Orczy Volume 1, issue #2 (p. 23, pnl.2), Volume 1 cover, NTA, BD, F The masked do-gooder, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy saves members of the French aristocracy from the guillotine during the French Revolution. He is a member of the 18th century League under Lemuel Gulliver. In Volume 1 Sir Percy is shown in the Montegu House portrait of Gulliver's Fellowship (the 18th century League), and his name appears in the caption. In the film, he only appears in a painting on the wall.
Horatio Blimp The works of David Low Volume 2 issue #2, Volume 2 issue #3 BDS An overconfident major in the British army who leads the initial strike against the Martians, he is seen again in "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss!"
Peter Blood Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini NTA Member of the Pirates' Conference.
Boadicea Real individual Volume 3 (1910) Warrior queen of the Iceni in Roman times. Seen by Andrew Norton, he also mentions the urban legend that her bones are buried beneath King's Cross Platform 10.
Sir Basildon Bond Character developed by Russ Abbot as a parody of James Bond, playing on the name of a well-known brand of notepaper. BD Associate of Sir Jack Wilton.
Campion Bond Original character Volume 1 issue #1, Volume 1 issue #2, Volume 1 issue #4, Volume 1 issue #5, Volume 2 issue #2, Volume 2 issue #3, Volume 2 issue #6, NTA, BD, Volume 3 issue #1, N Agent of MI5 and handler of the first Murray Group (the late 19th century League). Grandfather of James Bond.
James "Jimmy" Bond Casino Royale, Ian Fleming BD, Volume 3I2, Volume 3I3 Successor and grandson of Campion, he is portrayed as an incompetent bungler, a cowardly liar, and a sadistic rapist who betrayed his country and worked for the American government as a double agent. By 2009, he is said by Emma Night to be in constant physical pain from a combination of cirrhosis, emphysema, and syphilis. Having become a national treasure, he has been replaced by a succession of namesakes shown staffing MI5 headquarters and resembling the various Bond film portrayers Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Identified only as "Jimmy" or as "Sir James" as the James Bond character is not in the public domain.
Dr. Peter Bradey The Invisible Man (1958 television series) BD Successor to Hawley Griffin in the 1946-1947 league that was led by Joan Warralson, Bradey achieved invisibility by duplicating Griffin's experiments from discovered notebooks. He is noted as being a "distinctly second rate" Invisible Man, largely due to his compulsive chain smoking and coughing fits which gave him away on several occasions.
Broad Arrow Jack Broad Arrow Jack, E. Harcourt Burrage Volume 1 issue #4, Volume 2 issue #3-6, Volume 2 supplemental material, NTA, Volume 3I1, NHI, NRB, MIM Officer on the Nautilus. Married and fathered the child of Janni Nemo between 1925 and 1941.
Natty Bumppo The Deerslayer, James Fenimore Cooper Volume 1 issue #2 (p. 23, pnl.2), Volume 1 cover, NTA, BD, F American colonial raised by Native Americans and a member of the 18th century League under Lemuel Gulliver. In Volume 1 Natty is shown in the Montegu House portrait of Gulliver's Fellowship (the 18th century League), and his name appears in the caption.
William George "Billy" Bunter The Magnet, Frank Richards BD The former student and current caretaker of Greyfriars School, he reveals that his sister Bessie Bunter had been married to the late General Sir Harold "Big Brother" Wharton and that he was a schoolmate of both Wharton and Robert Kim Cherry. The picture Bunter is holding in his hand (BD p. 94, pnl.3) before he calls Harry Lime, aka "Mother", aka Bob Cherry, is not that of his late sister Bessie, who was an unpleasant nagging bully on top of being a female copy of her brother Billy, but that of his doting and adoring late mother. He is only referred to as "William" as the character is not in the public domain.
C Caliban The Tempest, William Shakespeare NTA, BD Brutish servant of Prospero and member of the 1680s League, Prospero's Men.
Dr. Caligari The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Robert Wiene BD, NRB Member of Die Zwielichthelden (in German as "The Twilight Heroes").
Thomas Carnacki The Gateway of the Monster, William Hope Hodgson BD, Volume 3I1 Ghost finder, paranormal detective and a member of second Murray Group (the early 20th century League), in 1910 he received threatening premonitions of a black cabal led by Oliver Haddo who plans on bringing the end of the world. Carnacki and his team, however, discover that after confronting Haddo's cabal they found that the threat hasn't happened yet, and only inadvertently gives the magicians a crucial piece of information that they need to create the Moonchild.
Katy Carr What Katy Did, Sarah Chauncey Woolsey Volume 1, issue #2 (p. 13, pnl.2) One of Miss Coote's teachers.
Jack Carter Jack's Return Home, Ted Lewis Volume 3I2 Hired by Vince Dakin to investigate the murder of Basil Thomas, he later kills Kosmo Gallion the vessel of Oliver Haddo.
John Carter A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs ASV, Volume 2 issue #1, Volume 2S A Confederate States Army officer who is transported to Mars and leads the native resistance against the mollusk invaders. John Carter is said to be the great-uncle of Randolph Carter. He is only referred to by his first name, as the character is not in the public domain in Europe.
Randolph Carter The Statement of Randolph Carter, H.P. Lovecraft ASV, NTA A Miskatonic University occultist and grand-nephew of John, Randolph met his grand-uncle and Allan Quatermain after he was lost during his dream quest. They were brought together by the Time Traveler, who needed their help in preventing the Great Old Ones (entities with which Randolph was very familiar) from invading creation. Randolph later returned to his dream quest after seeing his vision of his future. He was later reunited with Quatermain, who was accompanied by Mina Murray while investigating Arkham's peculiars. The two vaguely remembered each other, but couldn't recall their adventures in Allan and the Sundered Veil.
Roman Castevet Rosemary's Baby, Ira Levin Volume 3 (1969) Mentioned in name as the son of Adrian Marcato, an alias of Oliver Haddo. Castevet attempted to use Rosemary Woodhouse to give birth to an antichrist but the child died days after its birth.
Selwyn Cavor The First Men in the Moon, H. G. Wells Volume 1 issue #2 back cover, Volume 1 issue #2 (p. 22-23), BD, MIM A scientist who developed Cavorite, used for the British turn-of-the-century mission to, and annexation of, the Moon in 1901. A memorial to him was constructed in St. James Park after his death in 1901.
Professor George Edward Challenger The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle NTA, Volume 3I1 Explorer and scientist, consultant to the second Murray Group. He is only briefly mentioned in dialogue, never shown in the series thus far.
Olive Chancellor The Bostonians, Henry James Volume 1 issue #2 (p. 13, pnl.2) One of Miss Coote's students.
Robert "Kim" Cherry ("Harry Lime") The Magnet, Frank Richards, The Third Man, The IPCRESS File, Len Deighton, The Avengers (c.1968-1969) BD The head of MI5. "Bob Cherry" was the name of one of Billy Bunter's classmates at Greyfriars School and a member of the Famous Five. His appearance resembles that of actor Michael Caine, perhaps referring to Caine's film portrayals of Len Deighton's anti-hero working-class spy character Harry Palmer. He is revealed in Black Dossier to be also the amoral smuggler Harry Lime created by Graham Greene and played by Orson Welles in the film The Third Man. His codename of "Mother" refers to the code name of John Steed's portly paraplegic superior on the later seasons of The Avengers. The nickname of "Kim" refers to Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby, a Soviet double agent in MI6 who was part of the Philby-MacLean ring, another famous group of five.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, Ian Fleming BD Magic car with personality, built by Caractacus Potts. Has ability to fly, float and has other hidden traits. The car is seen in the Ministry of Love being dismantled, with the famous license plate "GEN 1" visible. The car is implied to be the first in the line of James Bond cars based on the common author.
Vincent Chase Entourage, Adrian Grenier Volume 3III
Christian The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan NTA, BD An etheric traveler and member of Prospero's Men (the 17th century League).