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* Ijyuin Akira, the Man of Twenty Faces, in ''[[CLAMP School Detectives]]'': a young gentleman thief, he steals according to the direction of his two mothers. This character is based on Japanese mystery author Edogawa Ranpo's "Fiend With Twenty Face".

** This character also reappears as "Twenty Faces" in ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'', who, among other things, steals national treasures that have been mislocated due to war to return them to their rightful place.

* The Thieves Guild in [[Discworld]] is said to run special courses for Gentleman Thieves. It's one thing being robbed, but it's annoying to learn that your possessions were stolen by a man in a borrowed suit.

** The Discworld Assassins' Guild has a large proportion of gentleman members; this is because the Guild runs one of the best schools on the Disc, specialist subjects aside, and many upperclass boys get their education there before going on to other careers. It's not all upperclass males, though; the school now has two all-girls houses, and offers scholarships to prospective students who are too poor to pay the fees but show potential to be ''[[Psycho for Hire|really good at killing people]]''.

*** Rather deconstructed, for that matter: Mr. Pump points out that, despite Moist's rules and Gentleman nature, he's still killed [[Disturbing Statistic|2.338 people]].

* Seregil (and Alec) in Lynn Flewelling's ''[[Nightrunner]]'' books.

* Nicholas Valiarde/Donatien in ''The Death Of The Necromancer'' by Martha Wells.