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'''This is a supplement to the [[Crime fiction]] article, arranged by the first names (or titles) of the detectives, with the years of the first and last publications featuring that detective.'''

* [[Arsène Lupin]], gentleman thief of the French [[Belle Époque]] (1880-1912, and later), created by [[Maurice Leblanc]] (1906-1941)
* [[C. Auguste Dupin]], created by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
* [[Commissario Brunetti|Commissario Guido Brunetti]], based in Venice, created by [[Donna Leon]], 1992-
* [[Commissaire Maigret|Commissaire Jules Maigret]], based in Paris, created by [[Georges Simenon]], 1931-1972
* [[Dr. Gideon Fell]], created by [[John Dickson Carr]], 1933–1968
* [[Ellery Queen]], created by [[Ellery Queen]]
* [[Father Brown]], created by [[G. K. Chesterton]]
* [[Hercule Poirot]], created by [[Agatha Christie]]
* [[James Bond]], created by [[Ian Fleming]]
* [[Kinsey Millhone]], private investigator in California, created by [[Sue Grafton]], 1982-
* [[Lew Archer]], created by [[Ross Macdonald]]
* [[Lieutenant Frank Hastings]], created by [[Collin Wilcox]]
* [[Lord Peter Wimsey]], created by [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]
* [[Matt Helm]], created by [[Donald Hamilton]]
* [[Miss Marple]], created by [[Agatha Christie]]
* [[Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens]], created by [[Michael Gilbert]]
* [[Nero Wolfe]], created by [[Rex Stout]]
* [[Philip Marlowe]], created by [[Raymond Chandler]]
* [[Philo Vance]], created by [[S. S. van Dine]]
* [[Rex Carver]], created by [[Victor Canning]]
* [[Sam Spade]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]]
* [[Sherlock Holmes]], created by [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], 1887-1927
* [[Sir Henry Merrivale]], created by [[John Dickson Carr]] writing as [[Carter Dickson]], 1934–1954
* [[Sir John Appleby]], created by [[Michael Innis]]
* [[Spenser]], created by [[Robert B. Parker]]
* [[The Continental Op]], created by [[Dashiell Hammett]]
* [[The Saint|The Saint (Simon Templar)]], created by [[Leslie Charteris]]
* [[Thomas Pitt]], inspector in Victorian London (1881-), created by [[Anne Perry]], 1979-
* [[Travis McGee]], created by [[John D. MacDonald]]
* [[William Monk]], private detective (former policeman) in Victorian London(1856-), created by [[Anne Perry]], 1990-