Popular Culture
- Esarhaddon is a character in Nicholas Guild's The Assyrian, a historical novel about the adventures of a fictional prince, Tiglath-Ashur, set during the reign of king Sennacherib in ancient Assyria. He is the best friend and brother of the protagonist, Tiglath-Ashur, and eventually ascends the throne of the Assyrian empire.
- S.R. Hadden, a character in Carl Sagan's novel Contact, is named for Esarhaddon.
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