How could they have forgotten--
Jack Ryan (all of the Tom Clancy novels, seemingly)
Lord Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night)
Harriet Vane (Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison)
Gandalf (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) Katherine Vigneras (The Small Rain, A Severed Wasp , Madeleine L'Engle)
Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)
Artemis Fowl and Bunter(Eoin Colfer)
Aslan (The Chroncicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis)
Father Brown (The Innnocence of Father Brown, G.K. Chesterton)
...and since they included The Cat in The Hat and Winnie The Pooh
The boy in Where the Wild Things Are -- Maurice Sendak
Tigger -- Winne the Pooh
Calvin and Hobbes -- Bill Watterson
Dilbert (and the Pointy Haired Boss)-- Scott Adams
Cheers!
Kudos to The Blooms for garnering 4th and 8th place!
What about Miss Marple (Agatha Christie)?
“Calvin and Hobbes — Bill Watterson”
Nothing makes me laugh harder. :)