ephemeral author Penelope Ashe fictional author of Naked Came the Stranger, a 1969 bogus bodice-ripper penned by a bunch of over-caffinated Newsday employees: Mike McGrady (the ringleader), John Cummings, Harvey Aaronson, Bill McIlvain, Robert Wiemer, George Vecsey, Stanley Green, Mal Karman, Robert William Greene, Gene Goltz, Jack Schwartz, Bernard Bookbinder & 13 other members of the paper's editorial staff; the book sold 98,000 copies
in it's initial run
ficticious mutant Bat Boy half boy, half bat; "discovered in 1992 in a cave in Hope Falls, West Virginia..."; created by the editor of the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid; subject of 2001 off-Bond nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld founder/head of SPECTRE — Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion; given a date-of-birth of May 28, 1908; named for a school chum of Fleming's British secret agent Commander James Bond fictional character created by Ian Fleming, named for an American ornithologist and based upon the real-life exploits of Fitzroy MacLean & Peter Smithers. According to his "biography" Bond was born November 11, 1924, Wattenscheid, England. See list of actors that have portrayed him on tv and in the movies.
fictional movie mogul Samuel L. Bronkowitz first appeared in Kentucky Fried Movie as "producer" of such film epics as Catholic High School Girls in Trouble & A Fistfull of Yen 
mega-geezerly plutoniumcrat Charles Montgomery Burns owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant; purported place of birth: Pangeaphantom computer columnist Robert Xavier Cringely initially created as a "fall guy" by "InfoWorld" to get the blame when something went bad; became nom de plume for various writers at the magazine Betty Crocker name made up by General Mills in 1921 as a brand name for cooking products; see: Adelaide Cumming Deep Throat the individual that supplied Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein with "inside" information about activities within the Nixon White House during the Watergate scandal; his cover named referred to a cinematic felatrix of the era Nazi villan I. G. Farben actually a Nazi-controlled chemical company (full name: Interessen Gemeinshaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft) created in 1925 by Hermann Schmitz and others through the merger of a number of existing companies. The company used slave labor during World War II (it had a synthetic rubber plant at Auschwitz); it was also part- 
former Warner Brothers tv network spokestoon Michigan Jumping Frog created by Michael Maltese for the cartoon One Froggy Evening (1955); noted singer of Tin Pan Alley hitsborn on 12-31-1955 in Bogus Swamp, Lansing Township, Ingham County, Michigan expired 7-22-2005 in Hollywood, California age 49 cause: mob hit; wacked by Garth Ancier Hercules mythical strong man, son of the god Zeus and mortal Alcmene; through trickery he became the servant of Eurytheus, king of Argos; in order to gain his freedom he had to perform 12 tasks (as described by the 7th century B.C. poet Pisander) --- they were:
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes created by Arthur Conan Doyle; "lived" at 31B Baker Street in London; the character's fan club is known as the Baker Street Irregulars 
advertising icon Aunt Jemima originally created as a trademark for self-rising pancake mix (1889); first employed as a living trademark to promote the mix (1893), portrayed by Nancy Green (1893-1923), Anna Short Harrington (1935-55) & Ethel Harperadvice columnist Ann Landers pen name used by Ruth Crowley ( -1955) & Eppie Lederer (1955-2002) early 19th century anti-industrial revolutionary Ned Ludd purported to have been active 1811-16; said to have fought against the industrialization of England; the "eponymous" term Luddite refers to the laborers who destroyed labor-saving machinery
extra-terrestrial Marvin the Martian created by Chuck Jones, first appearing in 1948
"Incredible" fashion designer Edna Mode35,000 year old neolithic "Lemurian warrior" Ramtha being "channeled" by J.Z. Knight 
impossibly-dimensioned toy Barbara Millicent Roberts invented by Ruth Handler/
mythical British nobleman Robin of Locksley 12th century English nobelman; took refuge in Sherwood Forest with his band of "Merry Men"; reputed to have robbed from the rich and gave to the poor
21st Century engineer Anthony "Buck" Rogers mine cave-in releases a gas that puts him in suspended animation for 500 years; created by Philip Nowlan right jolly old elf Santa Claus seems real enough to Virginia after newspaper editorial;
fictitious botulism poisoning victim Michael Alan Segal a disembodied voice claiming to be FDA general counsel "Spencer Gottleib" (an actual real person) called the Associated Press and claimed that a can of the tainted vichyssoise, manufactured under the Marshall Field label by Bon Vivant Soups, had put this "individual" in the hospital; the New York Times dutifully printed the story on page 25 of their September 8, 1971 edition; on September 9th the Times printed a followup (page
8), labeling the story a hoax (again based upon the AP's own better late than never followup with the real Mr. Gottleib)
cartoon housewife Marge Simpson wife of Homer
theme park shill Mr. Six in 2004 was cloned from the decaying DNA of Swifty Lazar in the Southfield, Michigan underground bunker of W.B. Doner; to the sound of the Vengaboys 1999 non-hit "We Like to Party" prances around the screen like a fool, allegely promoting the Six Flags amusement park chain; once thought "dead", he arose from the grave in 2009; said to be "animated" by Queer Eye for the Straight Girl's Danny Teeson; how 'bout a new slogan — something like Six Tombstones, More Fun, ya twerp?mysterious crime lord Keyser Söze the power behind the scenes in The Usual Suspects (1995) 
fast food worker Sponge Bob Squarepants involved in the production & distribution of krabbie patties
reputed hooter-holster inventor Otto Titzling bogus claimant to the invention of the brassiere; claim advanced by Wallace Reyburn Tugboat Annie master of the tugboat Narcissus operating out of Puget Sound; created by Norman Raine; portrayed onscreen by Marie Dressler Vulcan Roman god of fire and metalworking, from whom the term vulcanize came  cyber-whiz Watson IBM-founder's namesake that plays Jeopardy! really really good (clobbered Rutter & Jennings in February 2011 match) Green Acres character Arnold Ziffel was NOT a human ... Arnold was a Pig ... as in Bacon
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