An incomplete list, growing as this blog progresses. The list includes real and fictional hermits which are memorable to the author of this blog. To quote myself: “Most hermits we actually know about are not hermits absolutely – including yours truly. For the memorable hermits list, I look to individuals who experience solitude deeply, report back and return to it, having discovered solitude’s value to them as a desired state.”
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
- Agnes Martin
