The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. From Le Chiffre’s encounter with Bond in the original Casino Royale novel in 1953 to the agent’s tangles with terrorist mastermind Dominic Greene and his ally General Medrano in the latest film in the series, Quantum of Solace (2008), Bond’s foes have been one of the most important reasons for the book and film series’ continued popularity.

Official film villains

1. Dr No — Dr Julius No (for SPECTRE)
2. From Russia with Love — Rosa Klebb, Ernst Stavro Blofeld
3. Goldfinger — Auric Goldfinger
4. Thunderball — Emilio Largo, Ernst Stavro Blofeld
5. You Only Live Twice — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
7. Diamonds Are Forever — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
8. Live and Let Die — Dr Kananga / Mr Big
9. The Man with the Golden Gun — Francisco Scaramanga
10. The Spy Who Loved Me — Karl Stromberg
11. Moonraker — Sir Hugo Drax
12. For Your Eyes Only — Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Aristotle Kristatos
13. Octopussy — Kamal Khan, General Orlov
14. A View to a Kill — Max Zorin
15. The Living Daylights — Brad Whitaker, General Georgi Koskov
16. Licence to Kill — Franz Sanchez
17. GoldenEye — Alec Trevelyan
18. Tomorrow Never Dies — Elliot Carver
19. The World Is Not Enough — Viktor ‘Renard’ Zokas, Elektra King
20. Die Another Day — Gustav Graves / (Colonel Moon)
21. Casino Royale — Le Chiffre, Mr White
22. Quantum of Solace — Dominic Greene, Mr White, General Medrano

Unofficial film villains

1. Casino Royale 1954 TV episode — Le Chiffre
2. Casino Royale spoof — Le Chiffre, Dr Noah/Jimmy Bond
3. Never Say Never Again — Maximillian Largo, Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Novel villains

Ian Fleming

1. Casino Royale — Le Chiffre
2. Live and Let Die — Mr Big
3. Moonraker — Hugo Drax
4. Diamonds Are Forever — The Spangled Mob — Jack and Seraffimo Spang
5. From Russia with Love — SMERSH
6. Dr No — Dr Julius No
7. Goldfinger — Auric Goldfinger
8. For Your Eyes Only
   1. From a View to a Kill (short story) — Russians
   2. For Your Eyes Only (short story) — Von Hammerstein
   3. Quantum of Solace — No villain
   4. Risico (short story) — Kristatos
   5. The Hildebrand Rarity (short story) — Milton Krest
9. Thunderball — Emilio Largo and SPECTRE
10. The Spy Who Loved Me — Sol “Horror” Horowitz and “Sluggsy” Morant
11. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
12. You Only Live Twice — Dr Guntram Shatterhand aka Ernst Stavro Blofeld
13. The Man with the Golden Gun — Francisco (Paco) “Pistols” Scaramanga
14. Octopussy and The Living Daylights
    1. Octopussy (short story) — Maj Dexter Smythe
    2. The Property of a Lady (short story) — Russians
    3. The Living Daylights (short story) — “Trigger”

Robert Markham (a.k.a. Kingsley Amis)

1. Colonel Sun — Col Sun Liang—tan

John Gardner

1. Licence Renewed — Dr Anton Murik
2. For Special Services — SPECTRE — Nena Bismaquer
3. Icebreaker — Count Konrad von Glöda a.k.a. Aarne Tudeer
4. Role of Honour — SPECTRE — Tamil Rahani, Jay Autem Holy
5. Nobody Lives For Ever — Tamil Rahani
6. No Deals, Mr Bond — Gen Konstantin Nikolaevich Chernov (“Blackfriar”)
7. Scorpius — Vladamir Scorpius a.k.a. Father Valentine
8. Win, Lose or Die — BAST — Bassam Baradj
9. Brokenclaw — “Brokenclaw” Lee Fu—Chu
10. The Man from Barbarossa — General Yevgeny Yuskovich
11. Death is Forever — Wolfgang Weisen
12. Never Send Flowers — David Dragonpol
13. SeaFire — Sir Max Tarn
14. COLD — General Brutus Clay

Raymond Benson

1. Blast from the Past (short story) — Irma Bunt
2. Zero Minus Ten — Guy Thackeray
3. The Facts of Death — The Decada
4. Midsummer Night’s Doom (short story) — Anton Redenius
5. High Time to Kill — Roland Marquis, Le Gerant
6. Live at Five (short story) — KGB
7. Doubleshot — Le Gerant, Domingo Espada
8. Never Dream of Dying — Le Gerant, The Union
9. The Man with the Red Tattoo — Goro Yoshida

Sebastian Faulks

1. Devil May Care — Dr Julius Gorner

Charlie Higson

1. SilverFin — Lord Randolph Hellebore
2. Blood Fever — Count Ugo Carnifex
3. Double or Die — Irina Sedova a.k.a. ‘Babushka’
4. Hurricane Gold — Mrs Glass
5. By Royal Command — Dr Perseus Friend

See also:

• Bond characters
• Bond henchmen