Theatrical Characters Based on Real People

1 Macbeth (Macbeth)

2 Richard III (Richard III)

3 Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton)

4 Mary Stuart (Schiller's Mary Stuart)

5 Henry V (Henry V)

6 Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar)

7 King Mongkut (The King and I)

8 Anna Leonowens (The King and I)

9 Albrecht von Wallenstein (Wallenstein)

10 Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans)

The Contenders

11 Moses Mendelssohn (Nathan the Wise)

12 Thomas Jefferson (Hamilton)

13 Cleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra)

14 Christian IV (Elverhøj)

15 Henry VI (Henry VI)

16 Marquis de Lafayette (Hamilton)

17 Marc Antony (Antony and Cleopatra)

18 Joan of Arc (Henry VI)

19 Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)

20 Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton)

21 John Proctor (The Crucible)

22 Angelica Schuyler Church (Hamilton)

23 Eva Peron (Evita)