List of villains
This is a list of some well-known villains.
Fictional villains
- Ambrosio, The Monk
- Angelo, Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare
- Autolycus, Greek mythology
- Char Aznable, Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack
- Baba Yaga, Slavic folklore
- Queen Beryl, Sailor Moon
- Captain Black, Captain Scarlet
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, James Bond
- Bluebeard, Charles Perrault/Grimm Brothers folklore
- Bluto, Popeye
- Buddy Love, Bowser or King Koopa, Super Mario Bros. video games
- Buu (evil variations), Dragon Ball Z
- 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
- Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four comics
- Count Dracula, Dracula, Bram Stoker and subsequent films
- Edmund, King Lear, William Shakespeare
- T.R. Edwards, Robotech
- Robert E. Lee Ewell, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee and subsequent film
- Dr. Evil, Austin Powers series
- Fagin, Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
- Randall Flagg, various works of Stephen King
- Frieza, Dragon Ball Z
- 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, Frank Herbert
- Uriah Heep, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
- Captain Hook, Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
- Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
- Iago, Othello, William Shakespeare
- Injun Joe, 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, Charles Dickens
- Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment, 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, La Tosca, Giacomo Puccini
- 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, 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
- Iris Cory Wheeler, Another World TV series
- Snidely Whiplash, Dudley Do-Right Show
- Wringhim, Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Historical figures who often figure as villains in fiction
Criminals
Military leaders
Monarchs
Politicians
Religious figures
Traitors
