Lord Byron England; Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's superman. The Byronic hero presents an idealised, but flawed character whose attributes include: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege (although possessing both); being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner. These types of characters have since become ubiquitous in literature and politics. <includeonly></includeonly><noinclude> Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19
Lord Byron in popular culture In the CBBC children's television show Horrible Histories and its reboot, Lord Byron was portrayed by Ben Willbond and Richard Atwill, as fat, sweating man who was conscious his appearance and his bizarre choice of animals whom he kept as pets. Byron appears in the twelfth episode of the fourth season of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" as an ectoplasmic manifestation coming from the mouth of a main character, Billy, where Byron attempts to teach Billy how to be cool using poetry. In the television series "White Collar," Season 3/Episode 12: "Upper West Side Story," actor Matt Bomer