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* Also by Thomas Mann: Alois Permaneder, the Bavarian in ''Buddenbrooks''.
* Nicholas van Rijn, interstellar entrepreneur in [[Poul Anderson]]'s [[Technic History]] stories. If these were made into movies, he'd have to be played by [[Brian Blessed]]. He talks and acts Big Ham, certainly, but is also large and fat, just so you don't miss the point.
**[[Poul Anderson]] is fond of ham. The Ythrians in [[Technic History]] are something of a hammy race. And he writes other stories including some about Vikings who are by definition hammy. And of course Odin is a character in some of his Viking stories and Odin is the hammiest of them all.
* Archchancellor Ridcully, wizard of wizards in the ''[[Discworld]]'' series is also another candidate to be played by [[Brian Blessed]] in any live-action adaptation, although in the ''Hogfather'' movie they went with Joss Ackland.
** This trope is given a rather amusing nod in "Wyrd Sisters" when Granny visits the theater. While investigating the relative reality of theater, she catches a luckless former corpse backstage, still very much alive, and eating a ''ham sandwich.''
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