In the same way that I can't seek to add Howard Stern (in that he is a radio personality, of which there is not a single mention of such characters from said industry, as well as him being a "real-live" person, and not fictional) I'm pretty sure that the restriction of EW's listing also cuts out any fictional characters stemming before the year 1990, therefore: no Steve McGarrett, or no Atticus Finch.
new write-in vote:
Tommy DeVito from
Goodfellas
the above is hard to peg because the character was actually based on a real-life account of "
Two-Gun Tommy", but then again, most everyone recognizes the tagline that describes the title:
Goodfellas is a 1990 American semi-fictional (keyword) crime film directed by Martin Scorsese.