The following is a list of primary antagonists in the James Bond novels and film series.
Novel villains by author
Ian Fleming
NovelVillainObjectiveOutcomeFateCasino Royale Le Chiffre Pay off his embarrassing debts to his SMERSH masters by winning the money at Casino Royale's baccarat table. James Bond beats Le Chiffre at baccarat. Shot in the head by a SMERSH hitman. Live and Let Die Mr. Big (Buonaparte Ignace Gallia) Smuggle and sell ancient gold coins to finance SMERSH operations. Bond kills Mr Big. Eaten by sharks and barracuda after he falls into the water when Bond blows up his boat. Moonraker Sir Hugo Drax (Graf Hugo von der Drache) Destroy London with a nuclear missile, the eponymous Moonraker. Before the Moonraker is launched, Bond and Gala Brand escape. Gala gives Bond the proper coordinates to reprogram the gyros and send the Moonraker into the sea. Drax and his men escape to the North Sea in a Soviet submarine, but are killed in the explosion of the Moonraker when it lands in their vicinity.Diamonds Are Forever Jack SpangSmuggle a large cache of diamonds worth millions of dollars from Africa to America to fund organisation.Smuggling operation is dismantled when all operatives are assassinated. Killed when Bond shoots down his helicopter. Seraffimo Spang Bond shoots him while he is driving a train, causing it to derail and crash.From Russia, with LoveGeneral GrubozaboyschikovKill Bond in a humiliating sex scandal, kill MI6 cryptanalysts with a boobytrapped cipher machine.Bond kills SMERSH assassin Grant and foils the booby trap plot, but is nearly killed by Klebb with a poisoned shoe blade.Unknown. Presumably fell out of favor and replaced as the head of SMERSH. Rosa Klebb Captured by the Deuxième Bureau and later dies. Dr. No Dr. Julius No Disrupt U.S.-guided missile tests. Dr. No is killed and the project is dismantled. Buried under a pile of guano by Bond. Goldfinger Auric Goldfinger Steal the U.S. gold supply from Fort Knox to finance SMERSH. U.S. authorities are alerted by Bond. Strangled by Bond with his bare hands in a fit of rage after hijacking an aeroplane. "From a View to a Kill" (short story) GRU agents Kill dispatch-riders of SHAPE to steal information from the British Secret Service. The riders are killed but the information is recovered by Bond. Shot by Bond and Mary Ann Russell."For Your Eyes Only" (short story) Colonel von HammersteinAcquire the Havelock estate in Jamaica to use as a headquarters for a drug running operation.Obtains the estate, but both are later killed. Killed by Judy Havelock with an arrow. Hector Gonzales Shot by Bond in firefight. "Risico" (short story) Aristotle Kristatos Smuggle drugs, aid Soviet missile development, and trick Bond into killing rival. Bond discovers the truth. Shot by Bond while driving his car, and the car rolls off into the fog. "The Hildebrand Rarity" (short story) Milton Krest Catch the Hildebrand Rarity by any means necessary. Succeeds, but dies. Chokes to death on the rare fish, possibly murdered by either his battered wife Liz Krest or a guest on his yacht he offended earlier that night. Bond throws the body overboard. Thunderball Emilio Largo Blackmail the western world with two stolen atomic bombs. Bond discovers the location of the bombs. Shot in the neck with a speargun by his mistress, Domino Vitali. Ernst Stavro Blofeld Survives. The Spy Who Loved Me Mr. Sanguinetti Have his motel burnt down, and have Vivienne Michel assassinated to claim the property and life insurances. His assassins fail to kill Vivienne and set the place on fire. Arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol. Sol "Horror" Horowitz and "Sluggsy" Morant Assassinate Vivienne Michel under orders of Mr. Sanguinetti and torch the motel owned by Sanguinetti. They fail to kill Vivienne and are killed themselves. Both are shot to death by Bond. On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ernst Stavro Blofeld (a.k.a. Comte Balthazar le Bleuville) Develop a deadly virus to destroy British livestock and cereals. The virus and their headquarters are destroyed by Bond and Marc-Ange Draco's Union Corse. Survives. You Only Live Twice Ernst Stavro Blofeld (a.k.a. Dr. Guntram Shatterhand) He creates a "garden of death" and entices depressed Japanese to suicide. He charges for the suicides to refinance SPECTRE. His lair is destroyed and his henchmen are killed by Bond. Strangled by Bond with his bare hands in a fit of rage. The Man with the Golden Gun Francisco (Paco) "Pistols" Scaramanga Expand his international crime organisation into the Caribbean and organise smuggling operations to finance it. Kills one associate; another is shot by Felix Leiter; the others die in a bridge explosion. Shot through the heart by Bond. "Octopussy" (short story) Major Dexter Smythe Live off looted Nazi gold. Discovered by Bond, he is faced with the choice between prosecution and suicide. Accidentally stung by a scorpionfish, then partially eaten by an octopus. "The Property of a Lady" (short story) Maria Freudenstein and her Soviet contact Receive secret payment for double agent services. Succeeds. Survives, but her contact is deported. "The Living Daylights" (short story) Trigger, KGB assassin. Assassinate defector. Her gun is shot out of her hand before she can kill the defector. Wounded by Bond, she survives and escapes. "007 in New York" (short story) KGB double-agent Blackmail MI6 using a female employee. Employee is tipped off by Bond. Arrested by the CIA.
Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham)
NovelVillainObjectiveOutcomeFateColonel Sun Colonel Sun Liang-tan Sabotage USSR summit conference, frame Great Britain. Operatives are killed, and summit conference members are alerted. Stabbed in the back and heart by Bond.
Christopher Wood
NovelVillainObjectiveOutcomeFate James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Me Sigmund Stromberg Use stolen submarines to provoke a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviets, then rebuild humanity under the ocean. Bond destroys his base and blows up the submarines. Shot twice in the groin and twice in the chest by Bond.James Bond and Moonraker Hugo Drax Fire a nerve agent from space to kill the entire population of earth, then create a new civilisation in space. Bond destroys his space station and, with it, the globes containing the nerve agent. Shot with a poison dart by Bond before being pushed out of an airlock and blown into the vacuum of space.
John Gardner
NovelVillainObjectiveOutcomeFateLicence Renewed Dr. Anton Murik Hold nuclear power plants hostage in exchange for $50 billion to build a safe reactor. Bond gives the abort order to the henchmen. Shot by Bond with Gyrojet pistol. For Special Services SPECTRE – Nena Bismaquer (née Blofeld) Use Bond to take control of NORAD. Nena's husband, Markus Bismaquer, breaks her hypnotic spell on Bond before the plan succeeds. Crushed by her own pythons. Icebreaker Count Konrad von Glöda(also known as "Aarne Tudeer") Bring back Nazism by wiping out Communists. Bond defeats him with the aid of Paula Vacker, a Supo agent and Brad Tirpitz, a member of the CIA. Shot by Bond.Role of Honour Jay Autem Holy Disarm U.S. and Soviet nuclear weaponry through a computerised scheme to create world peace. Bond's "defection" to SPECTRE is actually a ruse, and he ruins them. Shot and killed by Rahani. Tamil Rahani (SPECTRE) Disarm the U.S. nuclear weaponry to give the USSR an advantage in the Cold War. Escapes, but injures himself in his parachute landing, contracting cancer in his spinal cord and left terminally ill, with a short time left, between days and four months. Nobody Lives for Ever Tamil Rahani (SPECTRE) Put a large bounty on Bond's head to have him assassinated following his terminal spinal cord diagnosis. Bond kills him. Blown up by bed bomb, courtesy of Bond. No Deals, Mr. Bond General Konstantin Nikolaevich Chernov(also known as "Blackfriar") Kill all participants in a defunct espionage operation. Bond saves them. Arrested. Scorpius Vladimir Scorpius(also known as "Father Valentine") Carry out assassinations with a cult of suicide bombers, ultimately kill the U.S. president and British prime minister. The cult is raided and disbanded, and the president and prime minister are saved. Bitten by cottonmouths. Win, Lose or Die BAST–Bassam Baradj Capture aircraft carrier with US, UK, and USSR leaders on board and hold them for ransom. Bond overtakes the ship. Shot by Bond's ally Beatrice Maria da Ricci. Licence to Kill (novelization) Franz Sanchez Smuggle drugs. Bond destroys the factory. Set on fire by Bond. Brokenclaw "Brokenclaw" Lee Fu-Chu Sell secret plans for underwater defence system to Red China, and crash the world stock market with a computerised scheme. Chinese agents captured and impersonated by Bond and ally Sue Chi-Ho, and their base is blown up. Shot by Bond with bow and arrow. The Man from Barbarossa General Yevgeny Yuskovich Supply Iraq with nuclear weapons. Battleship with nuclear weapons destroyed. Dies when his ship is blown up. Death is Forever Wolfgang Weisen Assassinate all members of British-American CABAL, and destabilise Western Europe by blowing up train containing several world leaders. Train remotely stopped before it can reach its destination. Electrocuted on train railing. Never Send Flowers David Dragonpol Assassinate Princess Diana and her sons at Euro Disney. The royal family is prevented from arriving at Euro Disney. Blown up by his own bomb. SeaFire Sir Maxwell Tarn Start oil spill fire during demonstration with U-boat. Bond destroys the submarine. Burns to death when Bond shoots him with a flare. GoldenEye (novelization) Alec Trevelyan Ruin London's economy. His base is destroyed. Crushed by falling debris. COLD General Brutus Clay Replace government with Puritan society. Bond discovers his plan and notifies his superiors to bomb the base. Bond shoots him off a boat and he drowns in the water.
Raymond Benson