In Popular Culture
- In Sharpe's Trafalgar, by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe finds himself at the Battle of Trafalgar aboard the fictitious HMS Pucelle.
- Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine, by Alexandre Dumas, is an adventure story in which the main character is alleged to be the one who shot Nelson.
- In the Horatio Hornblower series, by C. S. Forester, Hornblower delivers false orders to Villeneuve who sends his fleet out of Cadiz and to the destruction that takes place at Trafalgar. Hornblower is put in charge of Admiral Nelson's funeral in England.
- In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds", Captain Jean-Luc Picard discusses the traditions of touring a ship before battle with his confidant, Guinan, and mentions Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. Guinan then points out that Nelson was killed in the battle, but Picard retorts that the battle was still won by the British. In the film Star Trek Generations, Picard reveals that one of his ancestors fought at Trafalgar (it was never made clear for which side, although Picard is originally from France).
- In James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan, the Scots chieftain of Hong Kong, Dirk Struan, reflects on his experiences as a 5 year old powder monkey onboard HMS Royal Sovereign at Trafalgar.
- The Bee Gees ninth studio album was inspired by The Battle of Trafalgar and simply entitled Trafalgar.
- In the anime series One Piece there is a character by the name of Trafalgar Law, an infamous pirate and surgeon. As well, his main mode of transport happens to be a submarine (most likely a reference to the class of submarines in the British Royal Navy which are also named after the battle itself).
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