Fictitious people are nonexistent people, who, unlike fictional characters, have been claimed to actually exist. Usually this is done as a practical joke or hoax, but sometimes fictitious people are 'created' as part of a fraud. A pseudonym may also be considered by some to be a "fictitious person", although this is not the correct definition. == Hoaxes == William Ashbless, a 19th-century fictitious poet and adventurer. Bilitis, nonexistent Ancient Greek poet. Supposed author of The Songs of B…