People from Around the World

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities from Around the World

All kinds of people encountered by our friends in the course of their adventures. This list does not attempt to be exhaustive in capturing every person from a given ethnic group. Just a few examplars of each.

• Abyssinian Highlands, tribesmen from.
  • Another Job for Biggles - Biggles met some at El Moab.
• Amazonian Indians
  • Biggles Takes a Holiday
• Armenian
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Kravas.
• Australian aboriginal
  • Biggles Works It Out - Joe
• Bushman, Kalahari
  • The Unknown Diamonds
  • Biggles Sorts It Out.
• Chinese
• Coastal Arab
  • Another Job for Biggles - Zahar, Kuatim and Abu bin Hamud.
• Corsican
• Cossack
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Petroffsky.
  • The Case of the Flying Clown
• Czech
  • Biggles Looks Back
  • Biggles Hunts Big Game. Dr Dorov
  • Biggles Nets a Fish. Felceman.
• Danakil
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. - Burradidi
  • Another Job for Biggles - various places and especially at El Moab
• Dutch
  • Skyway Robbery. Shrenk.
• Egyptian
  • Biggles' Combined Operation. Alfondez and his brother.
• French
• Greek
• Gurkha
  • Biggles in the Gobi. Chapter 9. Buddhist monk who comes to Nan-hu.
• Hottentot
  • The Unknown Diamonds
  • Biggles and the Black Raider
• Indian (non-specific ethnic group)
  • Skyway Robbery. Prince Agra
• Indian (Tamil)
  • The Renegade. Vandor had a Tamil mechanic for his aircraft.
• Italian
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. Carlos Scaroni.
  • The Case of the Wounded Agent. Doctor Spanelli.
• Kirghiz
  • Biggles in the Gobi. From Chapter 4ff. "...nomads of the Mongolian-Tartar family....incidentally descendants of the famous Genghiz Khan". Speak Turki.
• Korean
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 5. Korean traders.
• Kurd
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 12ff.
• Malay
  • The Renegade. Vandor had a Malay foreman.
• Manchurian
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Prince Ling Soo.
• Masai
  • Biggles and the Black Raider. Mishu
• Murloo
  • The Case of the Mysterious Gunshots
• Murra tribe
  • Another Job for Biggles - Doctor Guthram Darnley met them at Wadi al Arwat.
• Mongols
  • Biggles Gets His Men. Chapter 5. Or perhaps Tartars. Ginger was not sure which.
• Orochon
  • Biggles Gets His Men
• Ovambo
  • Biggles Sorts It Out. Chapter 9.
• Pathan
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 12. Mentioned as a comparison with Kurds.
• Peruvian
  • Orchids for Biggles. Jose and others. Also Peruvian llaneros
• Polish
  • The Case of the Unknown Aircraft
• Rumanian
  • Orchids for Biggles. Harald Neckel.
• Rumanian
  • Orchids for Biggles. Bogosoff.
• Sudanese
  • Another Job for Biggles - Biggles met some at El Moab.
• Swiss
• Syrian
  • Biggles Makes Ends Meet - Tidore
• Toureg
  • Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. - encountered at El Zufra. Biggles correctly notes the blue veils.
  • Biggles Works It Out. Chapter 14. Spelt Tuareg. Algy and Bertie are captured by a group of warriors.
• Turkish
• Wazir
  • Biggles Foreign Legionnaire. Chapter 12. Mentioned as a comparison with Kurds.