The novel features numerous characters from other media, including TV and movies, as well as published novels and short stories. Some are directly named, while others are described. The following list is far from complete.
Central Powers Fictional references •
Count Dracula —
Dracula by
Bram Stoker •
Brides of Dracula —
Dracula by Bram Stoker • Paul Bäumer —
All Quiet on the Western Front, anti-war novel by
Erich Maria Remarque • Doctor Caligari —
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) film • Baron von Emmelman — Comic book character
The Heap • Hammer - Comic book character
Enemy Ace • Hardt -
The Spy in Black (1939) film • General Karnstein —
Carmilla by
Sheridan Le Fanu •
Doctor Mabuse -
Norbert Jacques' literary works • Baron Meinster —
The Brides of Dracula (1960) film • Doctor Orlof -
The Awful Dr. Orloff (1962) film •
Count Orlok -
Nosferatu (1922) film • Hjalmar Poelzig — From the 1934 film
The Black Cat • Robur —
Robur the Conqueror by
Jules Verne •
Rotwang -
Metropolis (1927) film • Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff — From the film
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp • Bruno Stachel -
The Blue Max (1966) film • Erich von Stalhein —
Biggles series by
W. E. Johns • Professor Jakob Ten Brincken —
Alraune (1911) novel • Armand Tesla -
The Return of the Vampire (1943) film • Lemora - ''
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural'' (1971) film • Faustine -
Algernon Charles Swinburne published a poem of the same name • Gregory von Bayern --
The Dragon Waiting by
John M. Ford • Chateau du Malinbois - Stories of vampire-haunted Averoigne by
Clark Ashton Smith • Renamed
Schloß Adler (The Castle of the Eagles) -
Where Eagles Dare (1968) film • Doktor Krueger - recurring villain of
G8 and His Battle Aces, first appearing in
The Bat Staffel (1933) Historic figures •
Oswald Boelcke •
Hanns Heinz Ewers •
Franz Ferdinand •
Franz Joseph I •
Anthony Fokker •
Erich von Falkenhayn •
Hermann Göring •
Fritz Haarmann •
Mata Hari •
Paul von Hindenburg •
Adolf Hitler •
Max Immelmann •
Franz Kafka •
Peter Kürten •
Béla Lugosi •
Erich Ludendorff •
Helmuth von Moltke •
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau •
Edgar Allan Poe •
Willi Sanke •
Peter Strasser •
Ernst Udet •
Manfred von Richthofen •
Lothar von Richthofen •
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg •
Wilhelm II •
Ferdinand von Zeppelin Allies Fictional •
"Red" Albright -
Captain Midnight radio show •
Kent Allard -
The Shadow series by
Walter B. Gibson • James "Jim" Apperson - From the 1925 film
The Big Parade •
Doctor Arrowsmith -
Arrowsmith, novel by
Sinclair Lewis • Ashenden -
Ashenden: Or the British Agent, novel by
W. Somerset Maugham • Jake Barnes —
The Sun Also Rises, novel by
Ernest Hemingway • Eddie Bartlett —
The Roaring Twenties film • James Bigglesworth — From the
Biggles series by W. E. Johns • Lady Jennifer Buckingham —
Doctor Who serial
The War Games •
Jerry Dandridge —
Fright Night film • Clifford Chatterley — ''
Lady Chatterley's Lover,'' novel by
D. H. Lawrence • Caleb Croft -
Grave of the Vampire (or "Seed of Terror") film • Courtney -
The Dawn Patrol (1930 film) • Tom Cundall —
Winged Victory, novel by
Victor Maslin Yeates •
Sergeant Dravot -
The Man Who Would Be King by
Rudyard Kipling •
Bulldog Drummond - the works of
H. C. McNeile •
Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle- the
Bertie Wooster series by
P. G. Wodehouse. • James Gatz (Jay Gatsby) -
The Great Gatsby by
F. Scott Fitzgerald •
Private Charles Godfrey - From the TV series ''
Dad's Army'' (referred to as "the Quaker stretcher-bearer, Godfrey") •
Mina Harker -
Dracula by Bram Stoker • Ginger Hebblethwaite — From the
Biggles series by W. E. Johns •
Mycroft Holmes - From the works of
Arthur Conan Doyle •
Sherlock Holmes - From the works of
Arthur Conan Doyle •
Nick Knight - From the TV series
Forever Knight • Kostaki — From
The Pale Lady by
Alexandre Dumas, père • Algernon "Algy" Lacey — From the
Biggles series by W. E. Johns • Bertie Lissie — From the
Biggles series by W. E. Johns; an upper-class character who wears a monocle, utters clichéd expressions, and bears some resemblance to
P. G. Wodehouse's
Bertie Wooster. • Cary Lockwood - From the 1931 film,
The Last Flight • Lt. Col. Andrew Blodgett "Monk" Mayfair - One of
Doc Savage's five assistants • General Mireau — From the movie
Paths of Glory •
Doctor Moreau - From the novel
The Island of Doctor Moreau by
H. G. Wells • Ouran- From the 1932 film
Island of Lost Souls • Roger Penderel - From the 1927 novel
Benighted by
J.B. Priestley • Kate Reed — A character from
Dracula who was cut from the final novel •
Lord Ruthven - From the short story
The Vampyre by Dr.
John William Polidori • Severin — From the film
Near Dark • George Sherston - From the
Sherston trilogy by
Siegfried Sassoon • Count Sinestre - From the film
Devils of Darkness • Captain Elliot Spencer — The original identity of
Pinhead from the movie
Hellraiser •
Simon Templar - From
The Saint novels and TV series. • Tietjens - Probably Christopher Tietjens from "
Parade's End" by Ford Maddox Ford •
Dr. Thorndyke - From the novels of
R. Austin Freeman • Isolde - From the French film, "
Le frisson des vampires" • Jedediah Leland - From
Orson Welles's
Citizen Kane •
Herbert West - From the short story "
Herbert West–Reanimator" by
H. P. Lovecraft •
Lord Peter Wimsey - From the
Peter Wimsey novels of
Dorothy L. Sayers (referred to as "the second son of the Duke of Denver") • Wilson - From the Biggles series of books • Clive Wynne-Candy - From the film,
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Real •
H. H. Asquith •
Albert Ball •
Thomas Beecham •
Roy Brown •
Edith Cavell •
Winston Churchill •
Arthur Rhys Davids •
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig •
Lanoe Hawker •
Sydney Horler •
David Lloyd George •
Edmund Gosse •
Oswald Mosley •
Philippe Pétain •
Nicholas II of Russia •
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia •
Charles Nungesser •
John J. Pershing •
Mary Pickford •
Grigori Rasputin •
William Robertson •
Saki •
Mansfield Smith-Cumming •
J. R. R. Tolkien •
Hugh Trenchard •
King Victor of Britain •
H. G. Wells •
Henry Hughes Wilson •
Woodrow Wilson Non-aligned Fictional •
Fantômas - From the works of
Marcel Allain and
Pierre Souvestre • Jules and Jim — From the movie
Jules and Jim •
Arsène Lupin -From the works of
Maurice Leblanc • Perle von Mauren — From Carl Jacobi's
Revelations in Black • Oliver Mellors — From the novel ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' • Charles Plumpick — From the 1966 film
King of Hearts •
Snoopy - From
Peanuts by
Charles M. Schulz • Švejk — From
The Good Soldier Švejk by
Jaroslav Hašek • Langstrom of Gotham University/
Man-Bat - Robert Kirkland (Kirk) Langstrom of DC Comics'
Batman fame; an anachronism of course • Jacques Lantier - From
Émile Zola's novel
La Bête humaine • Des Esseintes - From
A rebours by
Joris-Karl Huysmans •
Sadie Thompson - From the eponymous 1928 film • Lola-Lola - From the 1930 German film,
The Blue Angel • Gigi - From the French novella
Gigi by
Colette • Jiggs - From the 1958 American film,
The Tarnished Angels •
Judex - From the 1912 silent French serial
Real •
Vladimir Lenin ==References==