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* In [[Sherlock Holmes]], Holmes insists that all of the incredibly successful criminals are well-rounded, usually in the aristocratic arts. His nemesis Professor Moriarty definitely fits the bill.
* In the [[Gentleman Bastard Sequence]] series, Capa Barsavi of Camorr was once a literature professor...and one of his former students is a pirate captain, who loves to discuss classical literature when he can find someone who shares his interest.
* [[Nightrunner|Lynn Flewelling]] apparently is ''in love'' with them.. "Nightrunners" gives us first Lord Mardus. Gentleman, with high intellect and large interests, which are just as broad as the ones of one main character. Extraordinarily well mannered. Polite even to the prisoner he plans to bloodily sacrifice. Really, if you didn't know {{spoiler|he aspires becoming the Avatar of a God of Destruction}} you'd really like him. Later Ulan
* [[Flashman]] villain John Charity Spring was on the Oxford don career path before getting booted out and seeking an alternate career in the slave trade. Spring is a brilliant classical scholar who constantly throws [[Gratuitous Latin]] tags into his conversation, but he's also a psychopath with a [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]. While there isn't a [[Good Is Dumb]] contrast (since Flashman is a [[Villain Protagonist]]), there is a contrast in intellect, since Flashman is [[Book Dumb]] and while he's an [[Omniglot]] when it comes to learning to speak living languages, he could never pick up Ancient Greek and Latin.
* General Zaroff from ''[[The Most Dangerous Game]]'' is your typical aristocratic big game hunter, with an eloquent manner and a taste for the final things in life. He's also a depraved serial killer.
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* [[Older Than Television]] (well, just barely), as "[[Gorgeous George]]" Wagner first started playing up the gimmick in the 1940s. Okay, so he was more of a [[Sissy Villain]], but he did wear perfume and employ a butler, and entered rings to Elgar's ''Pomp and Circumstance''.
* Many British wrestlers, whether they're face or heel. Currently, Wade Barrett is playing it up.
* [[Triple H]], during his early years in [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]. He'll still lapse into it a bit on occasion, such as when he recently quoted H. P. Lovecraft.
* Done in a subtle way with [[John Morrison]] when he was a heel: ostensibly a Hollywood "cool dude" with [[Cool Shades|shades]] and [[Badass Long Hair|long hair]], but occasionally known to speak of his "palace of wisdom" (an image from the poetry of William Blake).
* [[Cody Rhodes]] has been using this as his gimmick since 2010. It's really more of a "metrosexual" gimmick (perfect teeth and fingernails, etc.), but he's also known for his rather snobbish New England accent (despite being from Texas!) and occasional [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]].
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