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Captain James Matthew Hook is one of the world’s most notorious villains.
But he’s not alone.
Here are some other well-known rogues and scoundrels – how many do you know?
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Long John Silver, another of the world’s most feared and vilified pirates. He can be found terrorizing the pages of Treasure Island, a book by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Captain Nemo, the captain of the Nautilus submarine in Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, turned against human society by the tragedies of his past.
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Captain Ahab, the sailor whose goal is to kill the great whale in Melville’s Moby-Dick. His single-minded pursuit results in failure and the death of all those on board his ship.
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Prince Vlad Dracula, a real live person who lived in Romania in the 1400s, he was credited with the death of over 100,000 people. In Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula, he was portrayed as a vampire, sucking the blood of the innocent and turning them into vampires as well.
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Darth Vader, the master of the dark side of the force from the Star Wars legend and the scourge of the Jedi, is villainous in life, but redeemed in death when he once again becomes Anakin Skywalker.
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Gollum, formerly a Hobbit named Smeagol, this Lord of the Rings rogue was turned into a wretched creature by the evil power of the One Ring when he murdered a fellow Hobbit and took the ring for himself.
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Dr. Frankenstein, the amoral and irresponsible medical student from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein who tries to play god by giving life to and then abandoning the innocent Frankenstein, turning him into a vengeful monster.
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Merlin is the most powerful wizard in Arthurian legend who uses his power for good and bad, dark and light. He coined the phrase, “knowledge is evil.”
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Morgan Le Fay, the sorceress half-sister of King Arthur who also becomes the mother of Arthur’s only son, Mordred. Her magic brings about the destruction of Camelot.
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Mordred, the wicked son of King Arthur and Morgan Le Fay who challenges his father and destroys Camelot.
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Dr. Moriarity is Sherlock Holmes’ arch-nemesis in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous mysteries.
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Ghenghis Khan is a real life brutal but courageous warrior who opened a corridor from far eastern Asia to the West.
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