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Perhaps the most famous "Hercule" in modern culture is , the fictional Belgian private detective created by Agatha Christie in 1916.

: In 1975, following the publication of the final novel Curtain , Poirot became the first fictional character to receive a front-page obituary in the New York Times. Hercule

The name originates from , the Roman adaptation of the Greek hero Heracles . Perhaps the most famous "Hercule" in modern culture

: Poirot is famously obsessive. He refuses to eat irregularly sized bread or eggs of different sizes and shapes, and he considers decaffeinated coffee an "abomination". Hercule