Top 10 Best Vampire Characters of All Time

Vampires have a ridiculous range for creatures with such specific dietary restrictions. You can find them skulking through silent-film shadows, brooding through supernatural drama, slicing monsters in comic-book chaos, or counting numbers on children's television like undeath comes with an early-learning curriculum. Somehow, fangs work everywhere.

This list lets you decide which bloodsuckers deserve the highest spot in the crypt. You might favor elegance, terror, tragedy, sarcasm, style, raw strength, or that rare ability to make eternal damnation look annoyingly attractive.

1. Count Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula)

   The Universal version, complete with black hair, a black cape, Bela Lugosi, and based on the book.

2. Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries)

   

   Damon Salvatore is a fictional character from The Vampire Diaries novel series written by L. J. Smith. In the television adaptation, he is portrayed by actor Ian Somerhalder. Damon is the older brother of Stefan Salvatore and is characterized by his charm, rebellious nature, and complex morality. He... read more

3. Blade (Blade)

   

   Blade is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character. Blade later became the lead in his own comic series and a successful film... read more

4. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

   

5. Count Orlok (Nosferatu)

   

   What is Count Orlok, a classic silent movie character, doing below a cartoon character? Easily second below Dracula.

6. Dio Brando (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

   

   Dio Brando is a fictional character from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga series created by Hirohiko Araki. His name was inspired by musician Ronnie James Dio and actor Marlon Brando. Dio is a prominent antagonist in the series, known for his vampiric powers and central role in several major story... read more

   This man's raw sexual energy would murder any other vampire.

7. Count von Count (Sesame Street)

   

8. Alucard (Hellsing)

   

   Alucard is a fictional character who serves as both the protagonist and antihero of the Hellsing manga and anime series created by Kouta Hirano. He is a powerful vampire employed by the Hellsing Organization to combat supernatural threats. Alucard is known for his immortality, his shape-shifting abilities... read more

9. Marceline (Adventure Time)

   

   Marceline Abadeer, also known as Marceline the Vampire Queen, is a fictional character in the American animated Cartoon Network television series Adventure Time, created by Pendleton Ward.

   She is the daughter of Hunson Abadeer and is known for her mischievous personality, including pulling pranks... read more

10. Lestat de Lioncourt (The Vampire Chronicles)

    

    Seriously, Twilight vampires are not real vampires like the old classics, such as Dracula or Orlok. For me, the best vampire is Lestat. Not only is he evil by nature, but in the novels, he had the power to set people on fire with his mind.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Lord Ruthven (The Vampyre)

12. ?

    Bram Stoker (Bungou Stray Dogs)

    
The Contenders

13. Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

    

14. Dracula (Castlevania)

    

15. Carmilla (Carmilla)

16. David (The Lost Boys)

    

17. Dracula (Scooby Doo & The Reluctant Werewolf)

    

18. Edward Cullen (The Twilight Saga)

    

    Edward Cullen is a fictional character from Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. He appears in the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, as well as in their corresponding film adaptations.

    He is also featured in Midnight Sun, a novel that retells the events of Twilight from Edward's... read more

19. Carlisle Cullen (The Twilight Saga)

    

    I love Carlisle. He is gentle and calm when it comes to dangerous situations. He knows what to do and plays through it all. He's an amazing dad and doctor as well.

20. Klaus Mikealson (The Vampire Diaries)

    

21. Selene (Underworld)

    

    She's so beautiful and so badass!

22. Barnabas Collins (Dark Shadows)

    

23. Nitara (Mortal Kombat)

    

24. Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord)

    

25. Bill Compton (True Blood)

    

26. Vampire Hunter D (Vampire Hunter D)

    

    To this day, I would say that when it comes to anime originally voice-acted in English, this film is at the top. When it comes to a version of a vampire that is ideal, antihero D is ideal. This version of a vampire story combines the monstrosity with the later romantic version of vampirism quite well.

27. Eliza (Tekken)