For other uses, see Tarzan (disambiguation).
Tarzan
Dust-jacket illustration of Tarzan of the Apes
First appearance Tarzan of the Apes
Last appearance Tarzan: the Lost Adventure
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Portrayed by Elmo Lincoln
Johnny Weissmuller
Lex Barker
Buster Crabbe
Jock Mahoney
Herman Brix
Frank Merrill
Ron Ely
Mike Henry
Christopher Lambert
Gordon Scott
Joe Lara
Wolf Larson
Casper Van Dien
Tony Goldwyn
Travis Fimmel
Kellan Lutz
Alexander Skarsgård
Information
Aliases John Clayton[1][2]
Gender Male
Occupation Adventurer
Hunter
Trapper
Fisherman
Title Viscount Greystoke[3]
Duke Greystoke[2]
Earl Greystoke[4]Chieftain of the Waziri
Spouse(s) Jane Porter (wife)
Children Korak (son)
Relatives William Cecil Clayton (cousin)
Meriem (daughter-in-law)
Jackie Clayton (grandson)[5]
Dick & Doc (distant cousins)
Bunduki (adopted son)
Dawn (great-granddaughter)
Nationality English
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in twenty-five sequels, three authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized.