Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is the most adapted fictional character in the history of cinema and television, appearing in over 25,000 stage adaptations and 75,000 published works. His deductive method, his cocaine habit, his disdain for sentiment, and his relationship with Watson have made him one of the most analysed characters in literature — and the template for the brilliant but flawed detective figure that dominates crime fiction.