Promiscuity most famous include Lord Byron, John F. Kennedy, Errol Flynn, Warren Beatty, Hugh Hefner, Wilt Chamberlain, Gene Simmons, Howard Hughes, and the historical Giacomo Casanova (1725–98). Others include Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Steve McQueen. Famous historical fictional seducers include Don Juan, who first appeared in the 17th century, the fictional Vicomte de Valmont from Choderlos de Laclos's 18th-century novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)", and Lothario from Nicholas Rowe's 1703 play "The Fair Penitent". More recent fictional characters who can be considered womanizers include Tony Soprano, James Bond, Chuck Bass, James T. Kirk, Tony Stark, Glenn Quagmire,
Penitent thief Don Willis wrote about the two thieves crucified with Jesus in his novel "Tale of the Penitent Thief". The book went on to be awarded as a Finalist in the 2014 International Book Awards, Religious Fiction category. In the 2016 film "Ben-Hur", Dismas is first shown as a teenage zealot whose family has been murdered by the Romans and later crucified beside Jesus. Dismas, the highwayman provided to the player in the first level of roguelike video game "Darkest Dungeon", is named after the penitent thief. Dismas is featured as an integral part of the storyline of the video game