List of fictional professors

This is a list of professors appearing throughout fiction.

Literature

Novel or literary work	Fictional professor	Author	Study
Altered States	Professor Eddie Jessup	Paddy Chayefsky	psychology / parapsychology
Angels & Demons The Da Vinci Code The Lost Symbol Inferno	Professor Robert Langdon	Dan Brown	symbology
At the Mountains of Madness	Professor William Dyer	H. P. Lovecraft	geology
Captain Underpants	Professor Pippy Peepee Poopypants	Dav Pilkey	science
The Case of the Gilded Fly	Professor Gervase Fen	Edmund Crispin	English language and literature
The Chronicles of Narnia	Professor Digory Kirke	C. S. Lewis	history
Doomsday Book	Professor James Dunworthy	Connie Willis
Dracula	Professor Abraham Van Helsing	Bram Stoker	many (vampire slayer)
Exit to Eden	Professor Collins	Anne Rice
Foundation series	Professor Hari Seldon Professor Dors Venabili Professor Yugo Amaryl	Isaac Asimov	mathematics and psychohistory history mathematics and psychohistory
Harry Potter series	Professor Charity Burbage Professor Alecto Carrow Professor Amycus Carrow Professor Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore Professor Filius Flitwick Professor Firenze Professor Gilderoy Lockhart Professor Remus Lupin Professor Minerva McGonagall Professor Alastor Moody Professor Quirinus Quirrell Professor Horace Slughorn Professor Severus Snape Professor Pomona Sprout Professor Sybill Trelawney Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge	J. K. Rowling	Muggle Studies Muggle Studies Dark Arts Transfiguration Charms Divination Dark Arts Defense Dark Arts Defense Transfiguration Dark Arts Defense Dark Arts Defense Potions Potions / Dark Arts Defense Herbology Divination Dark Arts Defense
The Paper Chase	Professor Charles Kingsfield	John Jay Osborn, Jr.	law
Pnin	Professor Timofey Pavlovich Pnin	Vladimir Nabokov	linguistics
Professor Branestawm Series	Professor Theophilus Branestawm	Norman Hunter	many
Professor Challenger Series	Professor George Edward Challenger	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	zoology
A Series of Unfortunate Events	Professor Fletcher	Lemony Snicket	unknown
Sherlock Holmes Series	Professor James Moriarty	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	mathematics
The Space Trilogy	Professor Elwin Ransom	C.S. Lewis	philology
Wicked	Doctor Dillamond	Gregory Maguire	unknown (a goat)

Film

Film	Fictional professor	Portrayer	Study
The Absent-Minded Professor (Flubber)	Professor Philip/Ned Brainard	Fred MacMurray/Robin Williams	physical chemistry
Arlington Road	Professor Michael Faraday	Jeff Bridges	history
Charly	Professor Richard Nemur	Leon Janney	psychology
Clue	Professor Plum	Christopher Lloyd	psychiatry
The Da Vinci Code Angels & Demons Inferno	Professor Robert Langdon	Tom Hanks	symbology
The Day the Earth Stood Still	Professor Jacob Barnhardt	Sam Jaffe	biological altruism
Dead Poets Society	Professor John Keating	Robin Williams	English literature
Diamonds Are Forever	Professor Metz	Joseph Furst	unknown
Exit to Eden	Professor Collins	John Schneider
The Fearless Vampire Killers	Professor Abronsius	Jack MacGowran	vampirology
Ghostbusters	Dr. Peter Venkman	Bill Murray
The Great Mouse Detective	Professor Padraic Ratigan	Vincent Price (voice)	unknown
Harry Potter series	Professor Albus Dumbledore Professor Filius Flitwick Professor Remus Lupin Professor Minerva McGonagall Professor Severus Snape Professor Horace E.F. Slughorn Professor Pomona Sprout Professor Sybill Trelawney	Richard Harris / Michael Gambon Warwick Davis David Thewlis Maggie Smith Alan Rickman Jim Broadbent Miriam Margolyes Emma Thompson	Transfiguration (later Headmaster) Charms Dark Arts Defense Transfiguration Potions Potions Herbology Divination
Indiana Jones Series	Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. Professor Henry Jones, Sr.	Harrison Ford Sean Connery	archaeology Medieval literature
The Ladykillers	Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr	Tom Hanks	classical philology and literature
The Life of David Gale	Professor David Gale	Kevin Spacey	philosophy
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Professor Waldman	John Cleese	medicine
My Fair Lady	Professor Henry Higgins	Rex Harrison	phonetics
The Nutty Professor	Professor Sherman Klump	Eddie Murphy	biology
The Paper Chase	Professor Charles Kingsfield	John Houseman	law
A Single Man	Professor George Falconer	Colin Firth	English literature
Spider-Man 2	Dr. Curtis Connors	Dylan Baker	physics
Tarzan (1999)	Professor Archimedes Q. Porter	Nigel Hawthorne	naturalist
The Wizard of Oz	Professor Marvel	Frank Morgan	none
X-Men	Professor Charles Xavier	Patrick Stewart	many

Television

Television show	Fictional professor	Portrayer	Study
3rd Rock from the Sun	Dr. Mary Margaret Albright, Ph.D Dr. Richard "Dick" Solomon	Jane Curtin John Lithgow	anthropology physics
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron	Professor Finbarr Calamitous	Tim Curry (voice)	science
The Aquabats! Super Show! / The Aquabats	Professor Monty Corndog	Parker Jacobs	science
Bagpuss	Professor Yaffle (Augustus Barclay Yaffle)	Oliver Postgate (voice)	unknown
BBC Television (various)	Professor Bernard Quatermass	various	space exploration
Being Human	Professor Lucy Jaggat	Lyndsey Marshal	science
Boy Meets World	Mr. George Hamilton Feeny	William Daniels	archaeology/physics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Professor Maggie Walsh	Lindsay Crouse	psychology
Californication	Professor Hank Moody	David Duchovny
Cory in the House	Professor Suzane Bushwick Professor Uriah Dobbs Dr. Vanderslyce	Mary Chris Wall Paul Rogan Amy Tolsky	psychology science unknown
Doctor Who	Professor Urban Chronotis Professor Yana Professor River Song	Denis Carey Derek Jacobi Alex Kingston	chronology endtime gravity mechanics archaeology
Falling Skies	Professor Tom Mason	Noah Wyle	history
Felix the Cat	The Professor	Jack Mercer (voice)	science
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Professor Vivian Banks	Janet Hubert-Whitten / Daphne Maxwell Reid	African-American history
Friends	Ross Eustace Geller, Ph.D	David Schwimmer	paleontology
Futurama	Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth	Billy West (voice)	science
Ghost Whisperer	Professor Rick Payne Professor Eli James Professor Josh Bedford	Jay Mohr Jamie Kennedy Bruce Davison
Gilligan's Island	Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D.	Russell Johnson	science
Gilmore Girls	Professor Asher Fleming Mr. Richard Gilmore	Michael York Edward Herrmann	unknown economics
Heroes	Professor Mohinder Suresh	Sendhil Ramamurthy	genetics
How I Met Your Mother	Professor Ted Mosby	Josh Radnor	architecture
Kim Possible	Professor Dementor Dr. Drakken	Patton Oswalt (voice) John DiMaggio	science
Law & Order	Nora Lewin	Dianne Wiest	law
Nanny and the Professor	Professor Harold Everett	Richard Long	mathematics
Neighbours	Professor Alexandr Isiovich "Alex" Kinski	Andrew Clarke	unknown
Numb3rs	Dr. Charles Edward "Charlie" Eppes Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Fleinhardt Dr. Amita Ramanujan	David Krumholtz Peter MacNicol Navi Rawat	mathematics physics mathematics
One Life to Live	Dr. Stephen Haver	unknown	unknown
The Paper Chase	Professor Charles Kingsfield	John Houseman	law
Perception	Dr. Daniel Pierce	Eric McCormack	neuroscience
Phineas and Ferb	Dr. Gevaarlijk	Jennifer Grey (voice)	Evil Science
Pokémon	Professor Birch Professor Elm Professor Felina Ivy Professor Samuel Oak Professor Rowan Professor Juniper	Dan Green unknown Kayzie Rogers Stan Hart and Billy Beach Jimmy Zoppi	Pokémon habitats Pokémon breeding Pokémon Pokémon behavior Pokémon evolution
The Powerpuff Girls	Professor Utonium	Tom Kane (voice)	science
Primeval	Professor Nick Cutter	Douglas Henshall	unknown
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Professor Zelda Spellman	Beth Broderick	quantum physics
Science Court	Professor Nick Parsons	H. Jon Benjamin (voice)	science
The Simpsons	Professor John Frink Jr.	Hank Azaria (voice)	science
Sliders	Professor Maximillian P. Arturo	John Rhys-Davies	unknown
Veronica Mars	Professor Hank Landry	Patrick Fabian	criminology
A Very Peculiar Practice	Professor Furie	Timothy West
WordGirl	Professor Steven Boxleitner, Ph.D, MOMA, M&A, LMNOP Dr. Two-Brains Professor James Doohickey	unknown Tom Kenny (voice) unknown	science science technology

Comics

Comic	Fictional professor	Study
The Adventures of Tintin	Professor Cuthbert Calculus	nuclear and theoretical physics, planetary astronomy, calculus
DC Comics	Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow Professor Ray Palmer/Atom Professor Martin Stein/Firestorm	psychology physics physics
Jommeke	Professor Jeremias Gobelijn	self-declared "professor in everything"
Marvel Comics	Dr. Curtis Connors Dr. John Grey Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy/The Beast Professor Piotr Phobos Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym Dr. Reed Richards Professor Miles Warren/Jackal Professor Charles Francis Xavier	chemistry history biochemistry/genetics unknown entomology, theoretical physics, and chemistry many biology genetics
The Adventures of Nero	Adhemar	philology, trigonometry, nuclear physics, dynamics, philosophy, biology, ornithology and botany
Spike and Suzy	Professor Barabas	time travel, inventions