No one has mentioned Chasing Amy? 'Cause that’s the first one that came to mind.
Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather, although I suppose you could argue that while Death was performing the office, he could be considered the actual Hogfather.
Fanny and Alexander
Alexander is definitely the main character, but Fanny is barely in the movie.
I’ve never heard a single episode of Amos & Andy. But I seem to remember a Cecil column discussing the show which said that one of the title characters faded into the background, and became a supporting character for most of the run.
I can’t find the column right now.
A Prayer For Owen Meany.
Angela’s Ashes.
Agatha Christie mystery novel titles do this a lot: besides the abovementioned Murder of Roger Ackroyd, there’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? and What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw and Mrs. McGinty’s Dead and a few more.
Arguably, the protagonist in Charlotte Bronte’s Shirley isn’t Shirley herself but rather Caroline. Though the four main characters all get a lot of stage time.
Likewise, the title character of Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier isn’t really the protagonist either.
That’s the first one that occurred to me.
I really wouldn’t. The protagonist needs to be involved in the climax, which is Gatsby’s death. Nick is just the narrator, the story is about Gatsby, and, by extension, the futility of the American Dream.
A classic example is *The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy *by Sterne. By the time the novel finishes the purported hero of it has scarcely been born, the main subject of it being Shandy’s father Walter, Uncle Toby and Trim.
Would Raiders of the Lost Ark count? The actual “raiders” are the Nazis, and possibly Belloq – Indiana himself came late to the party.
Rachel Getting Married. And I would agree with **Peter Morris **that Judas is the protagonist of JCS; it’s his viewpoint that we start the story from and that forms the filter for much of the retelling.
On the Lucas kick, we also have ***The Phantom Menace ***(and possibly Attack of the Clones, though that doesn’t mention a specific person).
In the Legend of Zelda series of games, Zelda usually has a very minor role as the damsel in distress and does not get much screen time. In some games in the series, Zelda doesn’t even appear at all.
It’s kind of a nerd shibboleth, isn’t it? Knowing that the little guy in green is Link and not Zelda, I mean.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas the book and not the movie mentioned earlier, just pretends in the title to be about Alice but is actually about Gertrude Stein. I believe it’s generally understood to have been written by Stein and not Toklas.
I love Rebecca too. perfect example.
Except that the OP specifically asks for characters MENTIONED BY NAME in the title.
Well, to nitpick, it doesn’t absolutely explicitly do so. It *strongly implies *it, because it says “the name in the title,” but it doesn’t “specifically ask.” And the thread title just says “title character,” which one could argue would apply to descriptions and not just names. Bound to happen once the thread has run on long enough that people are remembering the theme but not the specifics.
Yes, but by your logic I don’t get to rant! 
The Great Gatsby is about Gatsby and he is its protagonist. Nick is a narrator with background.
And if you had raised the same objection to The Merchant Of Venice, The Thin Man and The Third Man then I wouldn’t have posted them.
The point is, I’m not protesting that I’m right and you’re wrong. I’m protesting that you are “picking on me” and ignoring everyone else doing the same thing.