List of fictional non-binary characters

This is a list of fictional non-binary characters identified as non-binary in anime, animation, print media, feature films, live-action television, theatre, video games, webcomics, and other mediums.
Queer identifications listed include characters of non-binary gender, agender, bigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, as well as characters of any third gender.
For more information about fictional characters in other identifications of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, aromantic, asexual, and pansexual characters.
The names are organized alphabetically by surname, or by single name if the character does not have a surname. If more than two characters are in one entry, the last name of the first character is used.

Animation

Books, print comics, and manga

Character	Title	Author	Identity	Year	Notes
Aim/the Messenger	Nona the Ninth	Tamsyn Muir	Ambiguous/non-binary	2022	Aim uses they/them pronouns that were "bestowed upon them" by their role as the Messenger, is referred to with she/her pronouns and as "sir" by multiple characters, and has been stated by Tamsyn Muir to "live with bestowed pronouns and is violently proud of them while at the same time quite likes experiencing what other pronouns mean."
Alan	Two Strand River	Keith Maillard	Genderfluid	1976	One of the earliest literary novels to star gender-fluid characters.
Alanna of Trebond	The Song of the Lioness	Tamora Pierce	Genderfluid	1983–1988	Though the book itself never mentions her to be genderfluid, Pierce said in December 2019 that "Alanna has always defied labels. She took the best bits of being a woman and a man, and created her own unique identity. I think the term is 'gender-fluid', though there wasn't a word for this when I was writing her."
Annabel	Annabel	Kathleen Winter	Genderfluid	2010	Born intersex and assigned male at birth, Wayne sometimes takes on the name "Annabel".
The Beetle	The Beetle	Richard Marsh	Genderfluid	1897	The villain of the novel, simply called the Beetle, is an Egyptian shapeshifter that appears as both male and female throughout the book.
Riley Cavanaugh	Symptoms of Being Human	Jeff Garvin	Genderfluid	2016	Riley writes a viral blog about being genderfluid, and struggles to come out to parents and friends, using they/them pronouns often.
Chick the Cherub	John Dough and the Cherub	L. Frank Baum	Ambiguous	1906	Chick the Cherub is a human child whose gender is ambiguous throughout the book.
Crona	Soul Eater	Atsushi Ohkubo	Unknown/Ambiguous	2010	Crona is a demon sword master, and they appear as an antagonist under the orders of Medusa for the first part of the series. Their gender is never mentioned throughout the series, however the author explicitly stated that their gender is unknown. In the Japanese text, they are referred to using gender-neutral pronouns.
Dust Devil	My Little Pony	Jeremy Whitley	Non-binary	2020	Dust Devil is a non-binary abada who uses the singular they/them pronouns.
Elliot	On a Sunbeam	Tillie Walden	Non-binary	2018	Elliot "Ell" is a non-speaking "mechanical genius" who uses they/them singular pronouns.
	Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard	Rick Riordan	Genderfluid	2015	Introduced in the second MCGA book, The Hammer of Thor, Alex Fierro is described as "transgender and gender-fluid," going by both masculine and feminine pronouns depending on state of mind and even changing appearance to suit pronouns.
The Fool	Realm of the Elderlings Series	Robin Hobb	Genderfluid	1995–2017	There is a lot of debate among fans as to what The Fool's biological sex is, but in terms of gender/self identity the Fool canonically identifies as male and female at different times.
Jude Winters; Dallas; Stevie	Jude Saves the World	Ronnie Riley	Non-binary	2023	Jude is a twelve-year old middle-school student who has chosen this name to replace their deadname. Jude wants to be called they/them but is unable to ask their conservative grandparents to do so. Jude has two school friends: Dallas comes out to Jude as being gay while Stevie has a crush on another girl but feels she must hide her feelings. The book sparked political backlash in Texas in 2025.
Oscar François de Jarjayes	The Rose of Versailles	Riyoko Ikeda	Ambiguous	1972–1973	A young queer woman raised as a soldier, dressing and behaving as a man, and is regarded as having a masculine presence by other characters. She also sometimes refers to herself by gender neutral pronouns. She is uncomfortable about presenting feminine and wants to be considered as a "genderless god of war" rather than a "gendered" human being.
Inanna	The Wicked + The Divine	Kieron Gillen	Non-binary	2014	An incarnation of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the 2014 Recurrence, formerly a teenager called Zahid who had tendency to "blend in". Inanna uses he/him pronouns, except for the last issue in which they use they/them pronouns.
Jan	Mission Child	Maureen F. McHugh	Non-binary	1998	A first-person narrator who was assigned female at birth and, over the course of the novel, lives first as a young woman, then as a man, and ultimately declares that "I am not man or woman, just Jan."
Kinetiq	Sovereign	April Daniels	Genderqueer	2017	Kinetiq is an Iranian-American genderqueer superhero who has light based superpowers.
Leslie	Two Strand River	Keith Maillard	Genderfluid	1976	One of the earliest literary novels to star gender-fluid characters.
Loki	Marvel Universe	Al Ewing	Genderfluid	2014–present	Loki is a shapeshifter who takes on both male and female forms, alternating between using he/him and she/her pronouns, and does not feel like he has a gender or orientation.
Eleodie Maracavanya	Star Wars: Aftermath	Chuck Wendig	Non-binary	2015–2017	A pirate ruler referred to by either male, female or gender-neutral pronouns like "zhe" or "zher".
Mogumo	Love Me for Who I Am	Kata Konayama	Non-binary	2018	Mogumo is an AMAB non-binary high school student who generally presents femme, and is mistaken for a cross-dresser and invited to work at a cross-dresser maid cafe.
Najimi Osana	Komi Can't Communicate	Tomohito Oda	Ambiguous	2016–present	Described as having an ambiguous/unknown gender/sex by official Japanese website.
Niamh	The Kaiju Preservation Society	John Scalzi	Non-binary	2022	Niamh is an Irish astronomer and physicist who travels to another dimension populated by kaiju monsters. Niamh is exclusively referred to with singular they pronouns.
Paul	Nona the Ninth	Tamsyn Muir	Ambiguous	2022	Paul is a fusion of the male Palamedes Sextus and the female Camilla Hect who is referred to with they/them pronouns and whose gender Tamsyn Muir has described as "a clusterfuck".
Porcelain	Secret Six	Gail Simone	Genderfluid	2014–2016	A new member of the Secret Six. When questioned about their gender presentation, replied "Some days I feel like a girl, other days, not-so-much."
Popeye the Sailor	Popeye	E. C. Segar; Doc Winner; Tom Sims; Bela Zaboly; Ralph Stein; Bud Sagendorf; Bobby London; Hy Eisman; R. K. Milholland	Amphibious	1919–present	In a 1954 comic, Popeye says that he "wears both woman's an man's clothes" and refers to his gender as "amphibious". On International Non-Binary People's Day in 2021, the official Popeye Twitter account posted an image of said comic with the caption "It'sk Non-binary Day! Happy skelebration to all me amphibious pals!" In another older comic, Popeye describes himself as "both a mother an' father" to his son Swee'Pea."
Hero Shackleby	River of Teeth	Sarah Gailey	Non-binary or agender	2017	A poisons and demolitions expert and love interest of Houndstooth, Hero goes by singular they/them pronouns, and their gender assigned at birth is never mentioned.
Geoffrey Swivel	The Shepherd's Crown	Terry Pratchett	Agender	2015	Although raised as a boy, Geoffrey decides that they want to become a witch. When asked why they don't want to be a wizard, Geoffrey tells Tiffany Aching that they don't think of themself as a man, or anything really. They are "merely Geoffrey".
Geoffrey Swivel	Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch	Rhianna Pratchett, Gabrielle Kent	Agender	2023	Although raised as a boy, Geoffrey decides that they want to become a witch. When asked why they don't want to be a wizard, Geoffrey tells Tiffany Aching that they don't think of themself as a man, or anything really. They are "merely Geoffrey".
Travertine	On the Steel Breeze	Alastair Reynolds	Non-binary	2013	Travertine uses "ve/ver" pronouns, and there is no mention of it being unusual in the book.
Hange Zoe	Attack on Titan	Hajime Isayama	Non-binary/Androgynous	2010	They have an androgynous appearance in the manga and is referred to with they/them pronouns.