Fictitious people are nonexistent people, who, unlike fictional characters, have been claimed to actually exist.
Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud.
A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition.
This list includes pseudonyms supplied with a biography suggesting the existence of a person distinct from the actual person with the pseudonym in question, often with the purpose of a hoax.
See also Category:Collective pseudonyms (many of them were not claimed as "real" people).