 Atticus Finch from _To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)_ (qv) and Dr.  Hannibal Lecter from _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv),  _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv), _Red Dragon (2002)_ (qv), and  _Hannibal Rising (2007)_ (qv) were listed as the #1 hero and  villain.