Topic Navigator
Noun Tree | Nouns Groups | Verb Groups | Searchnoun.person
401 - 600 of 3815 results prev | next
- Cinderella
a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince - Colonel Blimp
a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low - Dracula
fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker - Jason
(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece - Medea
(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father - Laertes
(Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus - Odysseus
(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero - Ulysses
(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus - Penelope
(Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity - Theseus
(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica - Tantalus
(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus - Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita
great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor - Achilles
a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad - Aeneas
a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War - Atreus
(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus - Agamemnon
(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War - Menelaus
(Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War - Iphigenia
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon - Clytemnestra
(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War - Aegisthus
(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him - Orestes
(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Cassandra
(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed - Antigone
(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death - Creon
(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus - Jocasta
(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus - Electra
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Laocoon
(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse - Laius
(Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus - Myrmidon
(Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy - Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta - Tiresias
(Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother - Peleus
a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles - Don Quixote
the hero of a romance by Cervantes - El Cid
the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century - Fagin
a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens - Falstaff, Sir John Falstaff
a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays - Father Brown
a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton - Faust, Faustus
an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge - Frankenstein
the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster
the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) - Goofy
a cartoon character created by Walt Disney - Gulliver
a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift - Hamlet
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father - Hector
(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War - Helen, Helen of Troy
(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris - Horatio Hornblower, Captain Horatio Hornblower
a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester - Iago
the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife - Inspector Maigret, Commissaire Maigret
a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon - Kilroy
a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II - Lear, King Lear
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters - Leda
(Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan - Lilliputian
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift - Marlowe, Philip Marlowe
tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler - Mephistopheles
evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul - Micawber, Wilkins Micawber
fictional character created by Charles Dickens - Mother Goose
the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes - Mr. Moto
Japanese sleuth created by John Marquand - Othello
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife - Pangloss
an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire - Pantaloon
a character in the commedia dell'arte - Pantaloon
a buffoon in modern pantomimes - Perry Mason
fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner - Peter Pan
the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie - Pied Piper, Pied Piper of Hamelin
the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning - Pierrot
a male character in French pantomime - Pluto
a cartoon character created by Walt Disney - Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn
a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain - Rip van Winkle
the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens - Ruritanian
an imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania - Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes
a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tom Sawyer
the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain - Uncle Remus
the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South - Uncle Tom
a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Sam
a personification of the United States government - Sherlock Holmes, Holmes
a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle - Simon Legree
the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe - Sinbad the Sailor, Sinbad
in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages - Snoopy
a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz - Ananias
a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying) - Ali Baba
the fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment - Emile
the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Ham
(Old Testament) son of Noah - Haman
(Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them - agonist, protagonist
the principal character in a work of fiction - Houyhnhnm
one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift - Japheth
(Old Testament) son of Noah - Judith
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha - Lazarus
the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar - Lazarus
the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb - Little John
legendary follower of Robin Hood - Little Red Riding Hood
a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother - Lorelei
a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction - Lot
(Old Testament) nephew of Abraham - Lot's wife
(Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back - Mahdi
(Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion - Quetzalcoatl
an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent - Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov
a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment' - Robert's Rules of Order
a book of rules for presiding over a meeting - Robin Hood
legendary English outlaw of the 12th century - Robinson Crusoe
the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island - Rumpelstiltskin
a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm - Shylock
a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare - Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, St. Nick
the legendary patron saint of children - Tristan, Tristram
(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other - Iseult, Isolde
(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other - Scaramouch, Scaramouche
a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward - Shem
(Old Testament) eldest son of Noah - Sleeping Beauty
fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss - Svengali
the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically - Tell, William Tell
a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer - Todd, Sweeney Todd
fictional character in a play by George Pitt - Tom Thumb
an imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb - Trilby
singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali - Walter Mitty
fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs - Yahoo
one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift - Zurvan
the Zoroastrian god of time - Aalto, Alvar Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976) - Aaron
(Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest of the Israelites - Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron
United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) - Abel, Niels Abel, Niels Henrik Abel
Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829) - Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard
French philosopher and theologian - Abraham, Ibrahim
the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac - Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson
United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971) - Adam, Robert Adam
Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792) - Adams, John Adams, President Adams, President John Adams
2nd President of the United States (1735-1826) - Adams, President Adams, John Quincy Adams, President John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States - Adams, Sam Adams, Samuel Adams
American Revolutionary leader and patriot - Adenauer, Konrad Adenauer
German statesman - Adrian, Edgar Douglas Adrian, Baron Adrian
English physiologist who conducted research into the function of neurons - Aeschylus
Greek tragedian - Aesop
Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC) - Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish - Agee, James Agee
United States novelist (1909-1955) - Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) - Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC) - Agrippina, Agrippina the Elder
granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33) - Agrippina, Agrippina the Younger
wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero - Ahab
according to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC) - Aiken, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken
United States writer (1889-1973) - Ailey, Alvin Ailey
United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931) - a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis
German ecclesiastic (1380-1471) - Akhenaton, Akhenaten, Ikhanaton, Amenhotep IV
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) - Alaric
king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410) - Albee, Edward Albee, Edward Franklin Albeen
United States dramatist (1928-) - Albers, Josef Albers
United States painter born in Germany - Prince Albert, Albert, Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) - Alberti, Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and painter - Alcaeus
Greek lyric poet of Lesbos - Alcibiades
ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC) - Alcott, Louisa May Alcott
United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888) - Alexander, Alexander the Great
king of Macedon - Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich
the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825) - Alexander II, Czar Alexander II, Alexander the Liberator
the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881) - Alexander III, Czar Alexander III
son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894) - Alexander VI, Pope Alexander VI, Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia
Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503) - Alfred, Alfred the Great
king of Wessex - Alger, Horatio Alger
United States author of inspirational adventure stories for boys - Algren, Nelson Algren
United States writer (1909-1981) - Al-hakim
an Ismaili caliph of Egypt who declared himself an incarnation of God and founded the Druze religious sect (985-1021) - Alhazen, Alhacen, al-Haytham, Ibn al-Haytham, Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century - Ali
the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites - Ali, Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942) - Allen, Ethan Allen
a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) - Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg
United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) - Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964) - Alonso, Alicia Alonso
Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921) - Amati, Nicolo Amati, Nicola Amati
Italian violin maker in Cremona - Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose
(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan - Amos
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet - Amundsen, Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928) - Anaxagoras
a presocratic Athenian philosopher who maintained that everything is composed of very small particles that were arranged by some eternal intelligence (500-428 BC) - Anaximander
a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who believed the universal substance to be infinity rather than something resembling ordinary objects (611-547 BC) - Anaximenes
a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in different degrees of density (6th century BC) - Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen
a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875) - Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson
United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991) - Anderson, Marian Anderson
United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) - Anderson, Maxwell Anderson
United States dramatist (1888-1959) - Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson
United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) - Anderson, Sherwood Anderson
United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941) - Andrew, Saint Andrew, St. Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus - Andrews, Roy Chapman Andrews
United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960) - Anne
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland - Anouilh, Jean Anouilh
French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987) - Anselm, Saint Anselm, St. Anselm
an Italian who was a Benedictine monk - Anthony, Susan Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthony
United States suffragist (1820-1906) - Antichrist
(Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament - Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos
a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia - Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus
Emperor of Rome - Antonius Pius
Emperor of Rome - Anthony, Antony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars - Apollinaire, Guillaume Apollinaire, Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki
French poet - Appleton, Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton
English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966) - Aquinas, Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas, St. Thomas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Aquinas
(Roman Catholic Church) Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology - Arafat, Yasser Arafat
Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004) - Aragon, Louis Aragon
French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982) - Archimedes
Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC) - Arendt, Hannah Arendt
United States historian and political philosopher (born in Germany) (1906-1975) - Aristarchus
an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC) - Aristarchus of Samos
an ancient Greek astronomer who was one of the first to propose a heliocentric theory of the universe (circa 270 BC) - Aristophanes
an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)