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 and Through the Looking-Glass, 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. 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
BD
The stupid soldier serving under Captain Blackadder in World War I. Not mentioned by name, he appears as visual cameo in Orlando's Trump Biography.
Josiah Bartlet
The West Wing
Volume 3 III
Mentioned as having been president of the United States, leaving office by 2009. His policies were criticized by his successor, David Palmer.
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!"