- List of fictitious people
This article lists the fictitious people, i.e., , which, unlike fictional people, are those somebody has claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done for purposes of
practical joke orhoax , but sometimes for purposes of committingfraud or as a pseudonym. Sometimes the line between the two categories is blurred, e.g., as in the case ofAbdul Alhazred .Hoaxes
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Abdul Alhazred , author of the equally fictitiousNecronomicon created byH. P. Lovecraft . His pseudobiography was published in "A History of the Necronomicon". [ [http://mythostomes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=70 History of the Necronomicon - Mythos Tomes ] ]
*William Ashbless , a 19th-century fictitious poet and adventurer
* Bilitis, nonexistent Ancient Greek poet. Supposed author of "The Songs of Bilitis ", a collection of erotic poetry "discovered" byPierre Louÿs .
*Harry Q. Bovik , eternal Carnegie Mellon computer science researcher
*George P. Burdell , eternal Georgia Tech student
*Eddie Burrup , fake Australian aboriginal painter
*Allegra Coleman , nonexistent supermodel
*Helen Demidenko , nonexistent Ukrainian author, created by Australian writerHelen Darville
*Anthony Godby Johnson , (probably) fictitious author of "Rock and a Hard Place : One Boy's Triumphant Story"
* Kilroy, a nonexistent legendaryWorld War II US army major who inspired millions during the war and became part of Americanpopular culture .
*Ern Malley , nonexistent Australian poet, created by Australian poetsJames McAuley andHarold Stewart
*Piotr Zak , nonexistent Polish composer, created for aBBC programme byHans Keller and others
*Georg Paul Thomann , nonexistent Austrian conceptual artist, created by art groupmonochrom to represent Austria at the 2002Sao Paulo Art Biennial . Georg Paul Thomann is featured inRE/Search 's "Pranks 2" book.Pseudonyms
This list includes
pseudonym s supplied with a biography suggesting the existence of a person distinct from the actual person with the pseudonym in question, often with the purpose of a hoax.See also (many of them were not claimed as "real" people).
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Nicolas Bourbaki , a 20th century French mathematician with credited publications
*Kozma Prutkov , nonexistent Russian writer
*Lemony Snicket , pseudonym ofDaniel Handler and character in Handler's (or "Snicket's") "Series of Unfortunate Events "
*Gerald Wiley , pseudonym used by comedy performer and writerRonnie Barker so that his sketches would be judged on merit.Arts & entertainment
* David J. Broadfoot, the Member of Parliament from Kicking Horse Pass, representing the
New Apathetic Party , a character played by Canadian comedianDave Broadfoot .
*Dame Edna Everage , a character played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries
*Borat Sagdiyev , a fictitious Kazakhstani journalist created bySacha Baron Cohen , see alsoAli G and Bruno
*Rusty Shackelford , pseudonym ofDale Gribble from the animated program "King of the Hill ".
*Sven - occasional stand in for Samantha, above, on BBC radio comedy "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue".
*Gerald Bostock , writer of the lyrics for theJethro Tull album "Thick as a Brick ".
*Ponsonby Britt executive producer ofThe Rocky and Bullwinkle Show . In the credits ofGeorge of the Jungle , a later offering from the same production company, "Britt" had been promoted to "Ponsonby Britt OBE" (recipient of the Order of the British Empire).
*Margaret B. Jones , fictitious half white, half Native Americanfoster child andBloods gang member in South Central Los Angeles
*Andreas Karavis , nonexistent Greek poet
*Donald Kaufman , fictional brother of Adaptation writer Charlie Kaufman, gained "writing credits" and co-won an Oscar
*Kobuk , nonexistentInuit author and playwright (invented by theAustria n comedianHelmut Qualtinger )
*Wanda Koolmatrie , nonexistent Australian aboriginal author
*JT LeRoy , fictional American author and literary celebrity.
* David Manning, a nonexistentfilm critic created bySony Corporation .
*Jeremy McNeil , fictional film writer/ director credited with several independent film productions.
*S. Morgenstern , fictional author from the equally fictional country of Florin
*Nat Tate , fake 1950's American artist
*B. Traven , adventure novelist
*Mrs. Trellis of North Wales - regular correspondent to BBC radio comedy "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue "
*Kilgore Trout Fake author of "Venus on the Halfshell". Created by Kurt Vonnegut. Book written by Philip Jose Farmer
*Hajime Yadate , credited as the creator of most of theanime works ofJapan eseanimation studio Sunrise.
* Van den Budenmayer, nonexistent Dutch composer believed to be real by some filmgoers even after they were told the truth
*Ossian , Irish bard created by McPherson in the XIX centuryfact|date=July 2008
* Milli VanilliAcademia
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Jára da Cimrman , fictional Czechgenius andpolymath
* HonorableJ. Fortescue , fake US physician
* Dr.Irving Joshua Matrix ,numerologist , invented byMartin Gardner
*Josiah Carberry , professor of psychoceramics atBrown University Unclassified
:"Please help in putting them into appropriate sections."
* Carl Brandon, a fictional fan of color, for whom the Carl Brandon Society was named
*Betty Crocker , fake spokesperson for The Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis
*Sidd Finch , nonexistent baseball prodigy created byGeorge Plimpton for anApril Fool's Day prank.
*Kodee Kennings , nonexistent 8-year-old girl whose letters were published in theDaily Egyptian , a student newspaper forSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell%2F040623 Chimezie Kudu] , nonexistent 7-foot-11 basketball player ( [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=rovell/040624 ESPN.com readers' responses] )
*Claude Émile Jean-Baptiste Litre , volumetric namesake.
* Andrew MacDonald, a pseudonym forWilliam Luther Pierce ,white supremacist and author of "The Turner Diaries "
*Kaycee Nicole , fictionalleukemia sufferer and Internet personality
*Henry Root , fictitious correspondent, and Henry Raddick (possibly the same person)
*H. Rochester Sneath , nonexistent headmaster of the nonexistent Selhurst School
*Udo of Aachen , fictional monk
*Edna Welthorpe , nonexistent morality campaigner
*Araki Yasusada , fake Hiroshima survivor and authorReferences
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