Arthur Dent
Arthur is the hapless human who found himself thrown upon wild adventures around the Universe. With Ford Prefect, his friend of several years, Dent barely escaped the Earth's destruction as it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur spent the following several years, still wearing his dressing gown, helplessly launched from crisis to crisis while trying to straighten out his lifestyle. He rather enjoyed tea, but seemed to have trouble obtaining it in the far reaches of the galaxy. In time, he learned how to fly and also carved a niche for himself as a sandwich-maker on the planet of Lamuella.
We at The Guide did some research and little is known about the actual identity of Arthur Dent. The problem is that nobody really cares about humans, so if one was seen during the actual events described in the books, few would have noticed. And unfortunately the Magratheans, having created the Earth in the first place think that all humans look alike. So even though the question of who Arthur really is isn't the Ultimate Question, it is a big one.
