I am not sure how many people are aware of these amazing free pre-generated characters for D&D. Don’t get me wrong it’s great to roll your own of course but sometimes you just need a handful of pre-generated characters to kick start a one-shot straight away.
Check out the pre-generated classes here : https://dnd.wizards.com/charactersheets
Download the zip file and you will find 10 characters for each class. Each of the characters advances in level from 1 to 10 and the cool thing is as theses characters advance, you can always have the next one available if a character in your party advances a level.They are only 1-2 pages as well and I find them very accessible for new players.
Hope this helps
Dungeon Bard 