In Fiction
- Lt. Col. Henry Blake of the film MASH and television series M*A*S*H, portrayed by Roger Bowen and McLean Stevenson, respectively.
- Samantha Carter was promoted to this rank in the eighth season of the television series Stargate SG-1 (portrayed by Amanda Tapping).
- John Sheppard was promoted to this rank in the second season of the television series Stargate: Atlantis (portrayed by Joe Flanigan).
- Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell of the television series Stargate SG-1, portrayed by Ben Browder.
- George Peppard famously played Lt. Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith on The A-Team. Although he was usually referred to as a Colonel, his rank was clarified in many episodes as Lt. Colonel.
- Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, portrayed by American actor Robert Duvall.
- Lt. Col. Robert Neville of the 2007 film I Am Legend, portrayed by American actor Will Smith. The movie is based on the book of the same name, I Am Legend, from 1954. The 2007 film version is a remake of the 1971 film The Omega Man, in which Robert Neville, portrayed by Charlton Heston, is one of few remaining survivors of a hellish germ-warfare doomsday.
- Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie was promoted to this rank in the fifth season of the television series JAG, portrayed by Catherine Bell.
- Al Pacino portrayed Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman.
- Sean Connery portrayed Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell in the film The Presidio in 1988
- Lt. Col. Joan Burton of the Lifetime television series Army Wives, portrayed by Wendy Davis. The series is based on the book of the same name, Army Wives by Tanya Biank.
- Lt. Col. Thomas Devoe of the movie The Peacemaker, portrayed by George Clooney.
- Lt. Col. Nathaniel Serling of the movie Courage Under Fire, portrayed by Denzel Washington.
- Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes, portrayed by Terrence Howard and Don Cheadle in Iron Man (film) and Iron Man 2 respectively.
- Lt. Col. John Cambridge, portrayed by Christian Camargo in The Hurt Locker.
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“Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
“My mother ... believed fiction gave one an unrealistic view of the world. Once she caught me reading a novel and chastised me: “Never let me catch you doing that again, remember what happened to Emma Bovary.””
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)