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** Curley's wife is the most obvious, but really none of the other characters apart from George & Lenny have actual names either: Boss, Slim, Curley, Crooks, etc.

* A number of [[Len Deighton]]'s spy novels have a protagonist who is an English spy with No Name Given. His real name is never mentioned, although he is often referred to by his various cover names. He became "[[Harry Palmer]]" in the films.

* None of the Pirates in Gideon Defoe's ''Pirates! in an Adventure with?'' books is ever referred by name. They're referred to as "the pirate with a red scarf" or "the pirate with a wooden leg". Never the same description twice (except for the captain) so there's no way of knowing how many pirates there are.

** Actually, he's remarkably consistent with the pirate descriptions and characterization. The pirate with the scarf is the second in command, the pirate in red is grumpy and often backtalks. The albino pirate only shows up in the beginning of each book. At the end of the first book they do get one named member of their pirate crew, {{spoiler|Jennifer}}