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Famous Fictional Detectives



List of fictional private investigators


  1. Miss Marple
  2. Sherlock Holmes
  3. Hercule Poirot
  4. Auguste Dupin
  5. Mike Hammer
  6. Inspector Morse
  7. Father Brown
  8. Adam Dalgliesh






  9. Sam Spade
  10. John Rebus
  11. Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene
  12. Lord Peter Wimsey
  13. Jules Maigret
  14. Sexton Blake
  15. Reginald Wexford
  16. Albert Campion
  17. Lord Peter Wimsey
  18. Jack Reacher
  19. Tintin
  20. Cormoran Strike
  21. Philip Marlowe
  22. Cadfael


Fictional Detectives - Creators


  1. Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
  2. Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. Hercule Poirot - Agatha Christie.
  4. Auguste Dupin- Edgar Allan Poe
  5. Mike Hammer - Mickey Spillane
  6. Inspector Morse - Colin Dexter
  7. Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
  8. Adam Dalgliesh - PD James
  9. Sam Spade - Dashiell Hammett
  10. John Rebus - Ian Rankin
  11. Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene
  12. Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
  13. Jules Maigret - Georges Simenon
  14. Sexton Blake - Harry Blyth (using the pseudonym Hal Meredeth)
  15. Reginald Wexford - Ruth Rendell
  16. Albert Campion - Margery Allingham
  17. Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers
  18. Jack Reacher - Lee Child
  19. Tintin - Herge
  20. Cormoran Strike - J.K. Rowling (under the pen name Robert Galbraith)
  21. Philip Marlowe - Raymond Chandler
  22. Cadfael - Ellis Peters