Daniel Jackson, Egyptologist The hero in the film Stargate and subsequent TV series Stargate SG-1 [link]; [link]

Professor Henry Jones Sr. Indiana Jones’ father (see above) [link]; [link]

Professor Kilroy, Professor Articus, Dr Charles Lightning A character with different names in the Lego Adventurers theme featuring Johnny Thunder [link]

Martin Mystère The hero in an Italian comic series [link]

Dr Eric Leidner The murderer in Agatha Christie's Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) [link]

Professor William Harper Littlejohn A character in the 1930/40s Doc Savage novels by Lester Dent and other (associated comics, radio shows and a movie from 1975) [link]; [link]

Evelyn O'Connell (Carnarvon), Egyptologist Major character in the Mummy films and recent role playing games [link]

Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson, Egyptologists Main characters in a series of novels by Elizabeth Peters [link]

Jean-Luc Picard, Professor Richard Galen The captain of the Enterprise and his former teacher in the TV series Star Trek [link]

Professor Hercules Taragon, Americanist A character in two Tintin adventures [link]

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