Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, Walker Percy, Gustav Flaubert, Jack Bauer, Chloe O'Brian, John McClane, Mort Guffman, Henry "Author" Wiggen, Jack McCoy, Cecil Mills, Pam Beesly, Jim Halpert, Charlie Epps, Raymond Carver . . .but, of course, they're either all dead or fictional, so I'm not holding my breath