list of borderline fictional characters

This list is about people/characters that are neither completely "fictional", neither completely "real". This situation can occur while:

Historical sources sometimes don't allow to discern or are not unanimous whether a character is a "fantasy" or a "historic figure" - e.g. Homer.
Some people are obviously historical, but are attributed phantastical deeds - e.g. like some Roman emperors having ascended to heaven according to the tradition of the age they lived in.
Pseudonyms: the pseudonymous figure may be part fictional: e.g. P. D. Q. Bach really "composes" (in capacity of being the pseudonym of Peter Schickele), while he is also a son of Johann Sebastian Bach (in his capacity of a fictional character).
...etc...: see subdivisions below

Characters in mythical, legendary and religion-founding tales

(only for characters that have as well a proven historical reality as a proven fictionality!)

Orlando (character), (partly) identified with the historical Roland
Bluebeard, partly identified with Gilles de Rais (and/or the Marquis de Laval)
Dracula, (partly) identified with Vlad III Dracula
Virgil and Beatrice (as themselves) in La divina commedia
Mozart and Salieri (as themselves) in Amadeus
Arturo Ui, intended as a personification of Adolf Hitler by Bertolt Brecht
The Great Dictator, intended as a personification of the same by Charles Chaplin
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See also: List of real-life characters

Ubu — Alfred Jarry
P. D. Q. Bach — Peter Schickele
Dogbert — Scott Adams like e.g. in the DNRC newsletters. Surprisingly, Scott Adams incarnates less as the Dilbert strip main character (there have however been some engineering topics on the Dilbert website managed by this character). Catbert activity seems to be limited to the Catbert salary calculator and the Performance review generator on the Dilbert website.
Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) - Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Zeta Acosta, respectively
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