Was Sherlock Holmes a real person?

Answer 1

No, but he was based off of Joe Bell, the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's old teacher.

Answer 2

Sherlock Holmes was a fictitious character. There is some similarities with one of Doyle's professors.

Answer 3

No. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character who first appeared in publication in 1887. His creator was author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish physician of Irish descent.

Holmes is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" who has a dutiful assistant in the person of Dr. John Watson. Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation and deduction.

Answer 4

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The character first appeared in 1887. Holmes is based on Dr Joseph Bell and Henry Littlejohn, both of whom were real people.

Answer 5

Sherlock Holmes is fictional. He was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is loosely based off a former teacher of Doyle's, Dr. Joseph Bell.

The only said similarities between Holmes and Bell are a few physical characteristics, and his power of deductive reasoning.
He was a fictional character
No. Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character created by its author, Arthur Conan Doyle.

Answer 6

No. Sherlock Holmes was a fictitious individual created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

He was based on Dr Joseph Bell, who taught Arthur Conan Doyle at Edinburgh. Even the address 221-B Baker Street was fictional - at the time the stories were written, the street didn't go up to the 200's.

Answer 7

Yes, he comes from a book and not from real life.

Answer 8

Nope, but some of the stories were based on real events.

Answer 9

He was a real character, but never a real person. Sherlock Holmes is the fictional character of Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle.

Answer 10

no he was not, they are just stories