Count Dracula is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered the prototypical and archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula
Cover of Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, a collection of short stories authored by Bram Stoker
Ruins of Whitby Abbey in Whitby. As a creature resembling a large dog which came ashore at the Whitby headland, Count Dracula runs up the 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church in the shadow of the abbey ruins
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in 1931
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish author who is best known for writing the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.
Stoker c. 1906
Bram Stoker's former home featuring a commemorative plaque, Kildare Street, Dublin
Stoker's residence at 18 St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, London
Blue plaque at the address