This is a list of characters in the '' Garfield'' comic strip, created by Jim Davis, organized by category and date of first appearance.

Main characters

Garfield

First Appearance: June 19, 1978 Garfield is Jon's orange cat. Among his personality traits are his laziness, his cynicism and sarcasm, his hatred of Mondays, his tendency to be annoyed by Jon's dog Odie, and his love of lasagna, and his hatred of Nermal. In February 2017, a dispute arose on the talk page of the character's Wikipedia page as to the character's gender. Although other characters have persistently referred to Garfield with male pronouns, owing to comments that the character's creator, Jim Davis, made in 2014 to Mental Floss, in which he said, "Garfield is very universal. By virtue of being a cat, really, he's not really male or female or any particular race or nationality, young or old. It gives me a lot more latitude for the humor for the situations. Davis explained that although Garfield is neither male nor female, he does use male pronouns.

Jon Arbuckle

Jon Arbuckle is Garfield's owner. First Appearance: June 19, 1978

Lyman

First Appearance: August 7, 1977 Last Appearance: * As a regular: April 24, 1983 * Cameo in the tenth anniversary strip: June 19, 1988 In ''The Garfield Show'' episode "Long Lost Lyman" (season 3), effort is made to explain what became of the character in-continuity. Lyman is said to have left Odie with Jon, before moving away to work as a wildlife photographer in a distant jungle. When Jon learns that Lyman disappeared while searching for a mythical Bigfoot-like creature, Jon, Garfield, and Odie travel to the jungle to find him. The "Long Lost Lyman" version of Lyman has round eyes resembling Jon's, rather than the dot-eyes of his traditional comics design, and is voiced by

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Odie

Odie is a dog that resides with Jon and Garfield. First Appearance: August 8, 1978

Pooky

First Appearance: October 23, 1978 Pooky is Garfield's toy bear that was found in a drawer by Garfield. Garfield often carries Pooky around and makes him interact with Jon.

Dr. Liz Wilson

First Appearance: June 26, 1979 On ''Garfield and Friends'', Liz was voiced by Julie Payne, occasionally appearing in the first two seasons and once in the fourth season. In the live-action/animated movies, she is played by

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