Question: Thomas Harris is a novelist who is famous for creating which character?
Context: Hannibal is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, published in 1999.  It is the third in his series featuring Dr. Hannibal Lecter and the second to feature FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.  The novel takes place seven years after the events of "The Silence of the Lambs" and deals with the intended revenge of one of Lecter's victims.  It was adapted as a film of the same name in 2001, directed by Ridley Scott.  Elements of the novel were incorporated into the second season of the NBC television series "Hannibal", while the show's third season adapted the plot of the novel. Baron Harris, of Seringapatam and Mysore in the East Indies and of Belmont in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.  It was created in 1815 for the military commander General Sir George Harris.  He gained fame as Commander-in-Chief at the siege and capture of Seringapatam and the conquest of Mysore in India in 1799.  He was also injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War.  He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron.  He was a Lieutenant-General in the Army.  His son, the third Baron, served as Governor of Madras and also held minor office in the second Liberal administration of Lord Palmerston.  His son, the fourth Baron, was a Conservative politician and served as Under-Secretary of State for India, Under-Secretary of State for War and Governor of Bombay.  Lord Harris was also a successful cricketer.  On the death of his grandson, the sixth Baron, in 1995, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed.  The late Baron was succeeded by his fourth cousin, the seventh Baron.  He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Michael Thomas Harris, second son of the first Baron.  s of 2010 the title is held by his son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 1996. The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn.  Adapted by Ted Tally from the 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, his second to feature the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter; a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, the film was the second adaptation of a Harris novel featuring Lecter, preceded by the Michael Mann-directed "Manhunter" in 1986.  In the film, Clarice Starling, a young U.S. FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill". Thomas Harris (1895 – 18 February 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.  A native of Cloncurry, he was raised in Prosperous by his aunt Elizabeth Tierney.  As a young man Thomas Harris had joined the Gaelic League in Prosperous and subsequently joined the Irish republican Brotherhood.  County Kildare, Harris fought with the Maynooth contingent in 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.  Harris was captain of the Prosperous Company in 1917 and later Vice-Commandant North Kildare Battalion of the Irish Republican Army in 1921. William Thomas Harris (December 3, 1931 – May 28, 2011) was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Dodgers teams.  Listed at 5 ft , 187 lb , Harris batted left-handed and threw right-handed.  Born in Duguayville, New Brunswick, he attended Dorchester School. Thomas Harris (9 May 1845 – 28 March 1918) was an English cricketer.  Harris was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm roundarm, though his exact bowling style is unknown.  He was born at Bellary in the British India. William Thomas Harris III (born April 11, 1940) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter.  All of his works have been made into films, the most notable being the multi-Oscar-winning "The Silence of the Lambs", which became only the third film in Academy Award history to sweep the Oscars in major categories. John Thomas Harris (May 8, 1823 – October 14, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia.  He often referred to after the American Civil War as "Judge Harris", even after his election to Congress.  He was the first cousin of John Hill. Hannibal Rising is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, published in 2006.  It is a prequel to his three previous books featuring his most famous character, the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter.  It is Harris' fifth and most recent novel.  The novel was released with an initial printing of at least 1.5 million copies and met with a mixed critical response.  Audiobook versions have also been released, with Harris reading the text.  The novel was adapted (by Harris himself) into a film of the same name in 2007, directed by Peter Webber. Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris.
Answer: Hannibal Lecter