This is a list of professors appearing throughout fiction.
Literature
Novel or literary workAuthorFictional professorStudyAltered States Paddy ChayefskyProfessor Eddie Jessup Psychology/parapsychologyAt the Mountains of MadnessH. P. LovecraftProfessor William DyerGeologyBourne series multipleProfessor Jason BourneProfessor Dominic SpecterLinguisticsUnknownCaptain Underpants Dav PilkeyProfessor Pippy Peepee Poopypants ScienceThe Case of the Gilded Fly Edmund CrispinProfessor Gervase Fen English language and literatureThe Chronicles of Narnia C. S. LewisProfessor Digory Kirke HistoryDiscworldTerry PratchettProfessor RincewindDoomsday Book Connie WillisProfessor James Dunworthy JistoryDracula Bram StokerProfessor Abraham Van Helsing Several fieldsExit to Eden Anne RiceProfessor CollinsFoundation series Isaac AsimovProfessor Hari SeldonProfessor Dors VenabiliProfessor Yugo Amaryl Mathematics and psychohistoryHistoryMathematics and psychohistoryFrankenstein Mary ShelleyProfessor KrempeProfessor WaldmanNatural philosophy, sciencechemistryGoosebumps series R. L. StineProfessor Eric CraneProfessor GreenwellProfessor KrupnikProfessor Leo MatzProfessor ShockProfessor YHarry Potter series J. K. RowlingProfessor Cuthbert BinnsProfessor Charity BurbageProfessor Alecto CarrowProfessor Amycus CarrowProfessor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore Professor Filius FlitwickProfessor FirenzeProfessor Gilderoy LockhartProfessor Neville LongbottomProfessor Remus LupinProfessor Minerva McGonagall"Professor Alastor Moody" Professor Quirinus QuirrellProfessor Horace SlughornProfessor Severus SnapeProfessor Pomona SproutProfessor Sybill TrelawneyProfessor Dolores Jane UmbridgeProfessor Septima VectorHistory of MagicMuggle studiesMuggle studiesDark ArtsTransfiguration, later Headmaster CharmsDivinationDefense Against the Dark ArtsHerbologyDefense Against the Dark ArtsTransfiguration, later HeadmistressDefense Against the Dark ArtsMuggle studies, later Defense Against the Dark ArtsAstronomyPotionsPotions, later Defense Against the Dark Arts, later HeadmasterHerbologyDivinationDefense Against the Dark Arts, later HeadmistressArithmancyJourney to the Center of the EarthJules VerneProfessor Otto LiedenbrockGeologyThe Paper Chase John Jay Osborn, Jr.Professor Charles Kingsfield LawPnin Vladimir NabokovProfessor Timofey Pavlovich PninLinguisticsProfessor Branestawm series Norman HunterProfessor Theophilus Branestawm Several fieldsProfessor Challenger series Arthur Conan DoyleProfessor George Edward ChallengerZoologyProfessor Shonku seriesSatyajit RayProfessor ShonkuPhysicsRavelsteinSaul BellowProfessor Abe RavelsteinProfessor Felix DavarrProfessor Radu GrielescuProfessor Rakhmiel KogonProfessor Morris HerbstPolitical philosophy, literary translation, classicsPolitical philosophy, philosophy of history, classicsHistory of religion, philosophy of religion, political historyRobert Langdon series Dan BrownProfessor Robert LangdonSymbologyA Series of Unfortunate EventsLemony SnicketProfessor FletcherSherlock Holmes SeriesArthur Conan DoyleProfessor James Moriarty MathematicsSuperstitiousR. L. StineProfessor Liam O'Connor FolkloreThe Space TrilogyC. S. LewisProfessor Elwin Ransom PhilologyTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeasJules VerneProfessor Pierre AronnaxNatural historyWickedGregory MaguireDoctor Dillamond
Film
FilmPortrayerFictional professorStudyThe Absent-Minded Professor (Flubber) Fred MacMurray/Robin WilliamsProfessor Philip/Ned BrainardPhysical chemistryAccepted (2006)Lewis BlackDr. Ben LewisPhilosophyAdmission (2013)Michael SheenSonya WalgerChristopher Evan WelchDr. Mark NathanHelenBrandtEnglish literatureEnglish literature, with a focus on Modernism and Virginia WoolfEnglish literatureAustenland JJ FeildHenry NoblyHistoryArlington Road Jeff BridgesProfessor Michael FaradayHistoryCharly Leon JanneyProfessor Richard NemurPsychologyCheers for Miss BishopMartha ScottProfessor Ella BishopEnglishClue Christopher LloydProfessor PlumPsychiatryCreepshow Hal HolbrookFritz WeaverProfessor Henry NorthrupProfessor Dexter StanleyEnglishZoologyCreepshow 3 Emmet McGuireProfessor DaytonThe Da Vinci CodeAngels & DemonsInferno Tom HanksProfessor Robert LangdonSymbologyThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Sam JaffeProfessor Jacob Barnhardt Biological altruismDead Poets Society Robin WilliamsProfessor John KeatingEnglish literatureDiamonds Are Forever Joseph FurstProfessor Metz Laser scienceDoraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure Atsuko Tanaka (voice) Professor Kelly BiologyDoraemon: Nobita and the Steel TroopsDoraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels (remake) Kazuo Kumakura (voice)Tadashi Nakamura (voice) ProfessorDr. God (remake) RobotrologyDoraemon: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth Masashi Hirose (voice)Kazuhiko Kishino (voice) Professors RobotrologyDoraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles—Animal Adventure Atsuko Tanaka (voice) Professor Kelly BiologyDoraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration Yuya Yagira (voice) Dr. Godal Biology Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld (remake) Tadashi Nakamura (voice)Junichi Koumoto (voice) Professor Mangetsu DemonologyDoraemon: Nobita's Sky Utopia Ryūsei Nakao (voice) Dr. Ray Physical psychologyDoraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi Daisuke Namikawa (voice) Professor Hyakkoi Earth scienceExit to Eden John SchneiderProfessor CollinsThe Fearless Vampire Killers Jack MacGowranProfessor AbronsiusVampirologyGhostbusters Harold RamisDan AykroydBill MurrayDr. Egon SpenglerDr. Ray StantzDr. Peter Venkman ParapsychologyparapsychologyPsychology and parapsychologyGoosebumps (2015) John Deifer Professor ShockThe Great Mouse Detective Vincent Price (voice) Professor Padraic Ratigan Harry Potter series Richard Harris / Michael GambonWarwick DavisKenneth BranaghDavid ThewlisMaggie SmithBrendan GleesonIan HartAlan RickmanJim BroadbentMiriam MargolyesEmma ThompsonImelda StauntonProfessor Albus DumbledoreProfessor Filius FlitwickProfessor Gilderoy LockhartProfessor Remus LupinProfessor Minerva McGonagall"Professor Alastor Moody" Professor Quirinus QuirrellProfessor Severus SnapeProfessor Horace E.F. SlughornProfessor Pomona SproutProfessor Sybill TrelawneyProfessor Dolores Jane UmbridgeTransfiguration, later HeadmasterCharmsDefense Against the Dark ArtsDefense Against the Dark ArtsTransfigurationDefense Against the Dark ArtsDefense Against the Dark ArtsPotions, later Defense Against the Dark ArtsPotionsHerbologyDivinationDefense Against the Dark Arts, later HeadmistressHigher Learning Laurence Fishburne Professor Maurice Phipps Political scienceIndiana Jones series Harrison FordSean ConneryDr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.Professor Henry Jones, Sr.ArchaeologyMedieval literatureJumanji series Jack BlackBobby CannavaleProfessor Sheldon "Shelly" OberonProfessor Van PeltArchaeology, cartography, geometry, paleontologyArchaeologyKnowing Nicolas CageProfessor Jonathan "John" KoestlerAstrophysicsThe Ladykillers Tom HanksProfessor Goldthwaite Higginson DorrLatin, philology, and classicsLiberal Arts (2012) Richard JenkinsAllison JanneyDr. Peter HobergDr. Judith Fairfield American literatureRomantic literatureThe Life of David Gale Kevin SpaceyProfessor David Gale PhilosophyMaggie's Plan (2015)Ethan HawkeJulianne MooreDr. John HardingDr. Georgette HardingAnthropologyMary Shelley's Frankenstein John CleeseProfessor WaldmanMedicineThe Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)Barbra StreisandProfessor Rose MorganEnglish literatureMy Fair Lady Rex HarrisonProfessor Henry HigginsPhoneticsThe Nutty Professor Eddie MurphyProfessor Sherman Klump BiologyThe Paper Chase John HousemanProfessor Charles KingsfieldLawThe Savages (2007)Philip Seymour HoffmanProfessor Jon SavageTheatreA Serious Man (2009) Michael StuhlbargDr. Lawrence "Larry" Gopnik PhysicsA Single Man Colin FirthProfessor George FalconerEnglish literatureSome Kind of Beautiful (2014)Pierce BrosnanDr. Richard HaigEnglish literatureSpider-Man 2 Dylan BakerDr. Curtis Connors PhysicsSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Kathryn Hahn Dr. Olivia Octavius PhysicsStill Alice (2014) Julianne MooreProfessor Alice Howland LinguisticsTarzan (1999) Nigel HawthorneProfessor Archimedes Q. PorterNatural historyUrban Legend (1998) Robert Englund Professor William Wexler FolkloreThe Visitor (2007) Richard JenkinsProfessor Walter ValeEconomicsThe Whale (2022) Brendan Fraser Charlie LiteratureWit (2001)Emma ThompsonProfessor Vivian BearingEnglish literatureThe Wizard of Oz Frank MorganProfessor Marvel None (fraudulent)Wonder Boys (2000) Michael DouglasProfessor Grady Tripp Creative writingX-Men series Patrick StewartProfessor Charles Xavier Several fields
Television