| 1. | Marlboro Man - Tobacco-advertising, rugged cowboy. First word being most influential, "Tobacco." |
| 2. | Big Brother - Telescreen image of a dictator of Oceania in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four |
| 3. | King Arthur - If possible, he sat at the head of the Knight's Round Table |
| 4. | Santa Claus (St. Nick) - Single-handedly straightens out every kid in the world |
| 5. | Hamlet - "To be, or not to be..." |
| 6. | Dr. Frankenstein's Monster - A symbol for science experiments gone bad and physical brutes |
| 7. | Siegfried - Legendary dragon-slayer |
| 8. | Sherlock Holmes -Infamous, deductive detective. No sh**, Sherlock! |
| 9. | Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare created this couple, the epitome of "love" |
| 10. | Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - One-man, two completely opposite personalities |
| 11. | Uncle Tom - Harriet Beecher Stowe's creation that, according to Abraham Lincoln, started the Civil War |
| 12. | Robin Hood - "Take from the rich to give to the poor." |
| 13. | Jim Crow - "Seperate but equal" law named after him |
| 14. | Oedipus - Mythical Greek king who killed his father and married his mother |
| 15. | Lady Chatterly - A novel title character from the 1920s who was a cheating wife of paralyzed and impotent wealthy husband. Jerry Springer? |
| 16. | Ebenezer Scrooge - Ultimate Christmas attitude adjustment. "Bah, Humbug!" |
| 17. | Don Quixote - "Of which name I do not care to recall." Groundbreaking chivalric character who is responsible for much of Spanish culture. |
| 18. | Mickey Mouse - Icon of the Walt Disney Company. |
| 19. | The American Cowboy - Still how many foreigners picture Americans |
| 20. | Prince Charming - The perfect man who saves the damsel in many fairy tales. Happily ever after! |
| 21. | Smokey Bear - American mascot bear for forest fire safety |
| 22. | Robinson Crusoe - Original castaway. Would be a millionaire today if casted for CBS' hit reality show Survivor. |
| 23. | Apollo and Dionysus - Greek gods and brothers of truth and harmony (etc.), and wine and ecstacy, respectively. |
| 24. | Odyesseus - The hero of Homer's epic works about his long journey home from the Trojan War |
| 25. | Nora Helmer - A great and fantastic woman hiding under the facade of "the ideal 19th century woman" in Ibsen''s book A Doll House |
| 26. | Cinderella - Classic, opressed girl breaking out of her shell and finding a magical world filled of love. |
| 27. | Shylock - From Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Name has become synonymous with money (esp. the lending of money). |
| 28. | Rosie the Riveter - Icon of female culture who worked in munitions manufacturer's factorys during WWII. |
| 29. | Midas - Turned everything he touched into gold. |
| 30. | Hester Prynne - Condemned protagonist from Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter |
| 31. | The Little Engine that Could - Train from the moralistic children's story that teaches kids about the value of optimism. |
| 32. | Archie Bunker - Stereotypical American family man and blue collar worker from TV show All in the Family |
| 33. | Dracula - Reinvented the image of vampires. |
| 34. | Alice in Wonderland - The little girl who fell "down the rabbit-hole" into a wonderful world of fantasy. |
| 35. | Citizen Kane - A publisher who thrives on power, thrill-seeking and war. "Rosebud." |
| 36. | Faust - The man who makes a deal with the Devil. |
| 37. | Figaro - Comedic central character in many old and new stories. |
| 38. | Godzilla - Giant Japanese movie monster that set the stage for epic monsters. |
| 39. | Mary Richards - The title TV character from The Mary Tyker Moore Show that "could turn the world on with her smile." |
| 40. | Don Juan - Legendary libertine whose name is synonymous with "womanizer." |
| 41. | Bambi - The young deer prince of the forest and original story of the cycle of life. |
| 42. | William Tell - Famous bow-and-arrow marksman who shot the apple on the the top of his sons head. |
| 43. | Barbie - Every little girl in America has this doll and every man wants a real life version. |
| 44. | Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Woman vampire slayer (who proved that smaller TV networks could receive large ratings). |
| 45. | Venus and Cupid - The gods of beauty and love. |
| 46. | Prometheus - Titan that stole fire from the gods whose name is synonymous with "bold intellect." |
| 47. | Pandora - Woman in Greek mythology that explains why there is evil in the world. |
| 48. | G. I. Joe - Every little boy in America had this action figure and helped the U.S. Armed Forces become what it has today. |
| 49. | Tarzan - The man raised by the animals. Described as a flawless hero. |
| 50. | Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock - Along with Star Wars, Star Trek brought SciFi into the popularity it receives today. |