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Are fictional characters people?
[edit]- Regarding this revert]:
@Clarityfiend: Disctionarry say:
- Character
- 1.the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual
- 2.a person in a novel, play, or movie.
Wikipedia says the same.: fictional character: "In fiction, a character is a person or being in a narrative"
So yes, characters may be people, and the lede phrase "Notable people with the surname include" is correct. --Altenmann >talk 02:31, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- No. People (without qualifiers such as "in a novel, play, or movie" or "in a narrative") are defined as:
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary: "human beings"
- Oxford English Dictionary: "Men or women; men, women, and children; folk"
- Cambridge Dictionary: "men, women, and children".
- Previously I'd have said most [real] people are aware of this distinction, but after Trump's reelection, all bets are off. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:04, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, but commonly the term "people" is applicable to people "in a novel, play, or movie", and only when it is important to draw the distinction, we say "real people" vs. "fictional people". (Trump mentality is unique, so bets are still in place... I hope...) --Altenmann >talk 03:26, 18 November 2025 (UTC)