An incomplete list, growing as this blog progresses. The list includes real and fictional hermits which are memorable to the author of this blog. Nominations are always welcome, though inclusion is based totally on the subjective decision of the author. Links take you to the respective hermit’s post in this blog.
- Ted Kaczynski (mentioned before start of list)
- Henry David Thoreau (mentioned before start of list)
- Carl Hiassen’s Skink
- Carl Hiassen’s Mick Stranahan
- Jeremiah Johnson played by Robert Redford in the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson
- Bear Claw Chris Lapp played by Will Geer in the 1972 film Jeremiah Johnson
- Old Joe Ross
- Chinese poet Han-Shan
- Charles Frazier’s goat woman, Maddy played by Eileen Atkins in the 2003 film Cold Mountain
- Dick Proenneke from the documentary Alone in the Wilderness
- J. D. Salinger
- Dr. Ethan Powell played by Anthony Hopkins in the 1999 film Instinct
- Dirty Sally Fergus played by Jeanette Nolan on Gunsmoke
- Fr. Thomas Merton
- David R. Hawkins, MD
- Larry McMurtry’s Sin Killer, Jim Snow
- Castaway’s Chuck Noland played by Tom Hanks
- Georgia O’Keeffe
