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The team at M19 Solutions has put together our list of the all-time greatest famous detectives – both fictional and real – for your enjoyment.
  • Sherlock Holmes.
  • Columbo.
  • Hercule Poirot.
  • Philip Marlowe.
  • Raymond C. Schindler.
  • Nancy Drew.
  • Jessica Fletcher.
  • Sam Spade.
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May 2, 2024 · The 24 most famous fictional detectives · Sherlock Holmes · Lieutenant Columbo · Jessica Fletcher · Nancy Drew · Joe and Frank Hardy · Phillip Marlowe.
Mar 17, 2023 · 50. Lew Harper · 49. John "Scottie" Ferguson (Vertigo) · 48. Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) · 47. Gil Grissom (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation).
Top ten real life detectives · Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith · Kiran Bedi · Jay J Armes · Alice Clement · Dave Toschi · William E Fairbairn · Francois Vidocq · Allan ...
Allan Pinkerton · Dave Toschi · Raymond C. Schindler · Ignatius Paul Pollaky · Frank Serpico · William J. Burns · William J. Flynn · Jacqueline Shire.
There are a number of contenders for most famous real-life detective. Eugene Vidocq, the founder of the Sûreté. Sir Frederick Wensley, who is to Scotland Yard ...
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Played By: Jeremy Brett, John Cleese, Jonny Lee Miller, Tom Baker, Benedict Cumberbatch ; Played By: David Suchet ; Played By: Peter Falk.
Dec 25, 2023 · The 10 Best Movie Detectives, Ranked ; 10 Jake Gittes ; 9 Rick Deckard ; 8 Harry Callahan ; 7 Clarice Starling ; 6 David Mills and William Somerset.
The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. ... Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example ...