| Pro | John F. | Kennedy | 35th U.S. President. |
| | Hank | Tapper | A junior biologist. |
| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Michael | Stearns | The Union president. Aka: Mike. |
| | Tom | Simpson | Mike's brother-in-law. |
| | Rita | | Mike's sister. |
| | John | Simpson | Tom's father. |
| | Sharon | | A paramedic. |
| | Jack | Stearns | Mike's father. |
| | James | Nichols | A surgeon. |
| 2 | Ed | Piazza | High school principal. |
| | Frank | Jackson | The Union's secretary-treasurer. |
| | Dan | Frost | The police chief. |
| | Jeffrey | Adams | Grantville's resident doctor. |
| | Jenny | Lynch | Dan Frost's acquaintance. |
| | Ken | Hobbs | One of the miners. |
| | Hank | Jones | One of the miners. |
| | Darryl | McCarthy | One of the miners. |
| | Harry | Lefferts | One of the miners. |
| 3 | Toni | Adducci | One of the miners. |
| | Don | Richards | One of the miners. |
| | Larry | Masaniello | One of the miners. |
| | Chuck | Rawls | One of the miners. |
| | Cleopatra VII | | The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. |
| 4 | Rebecca | Abrabanel | A Jewish refugee. Aka: Becky. |
| | Balthazar | Abrabanel | Rebecca's father. A doctor. |
| | Samuel | ibn Nagrela | A Spanish politician. |
| | Abraham | ibn Ezra | A philosopher. |
| 5 | Averroes | | A philosopher. |
| | Morris | Roth | Mike's acquaintance. |
| | Judith | Roth | Morris' wife. |
| 6 | Gustav II | Adolf | King of Sweden also known as Gustavius Adolphus. |
| | John | George | The Elector of Saxony. |
| | Axel | Osenstierna | Gustav's closest friend and adviser. |
| | George | Williams | An English philanthropist. |
| | Wilhelm 1 | | One of the King's German allies. |
| | Bernard | | One of the King's German allies. |
| | Ferdinand I | | Emperor of Austria. |
| | Maximilian I | | Holy Roman Emperor. |
| | Lennart | Torstensson | A Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. |
| | Johann | Baner | A Swedish Field Marshal. |
| | Alexander | MacKay | A Scottish Presbyterian missionary. Aka: Alex. |
| | Johann | Tzerklas | A field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces. |
| | Gonzalo | de Cordova | A Spanish general and statesman. |
| | Albrecht | Wallenstein | A Bohemian military leader and statesman. |
| | Cardinal | Richelieu | A French clergyman and statesman. |
| 7 | Henry | Dreeson | The town's mayor. |
| | Greg | Ferrara | A high school's science teacher. |
| | Melissa | Mailey | The high school's history teacher. |
| | Nat | Davis | Owner of the town's largest machine shop. |
| | Ollie | Reardon | One of the machine shop proprietors. |
| | Dave | | One of the machine shop proprietors. |
| | Bill | Porter | The power-plant manager. |
| | Willie Ray | Hudson | One of Mike's acquaintances. |
| | Quentin | Underwood | One of Mike's acquaintances. |
| 8 | Benedict | Arnold | A school teacher. |
| | Joe | Kenney | A member of the Immigration Consultants of Canada. |
| | Jerry | Calafano | A mathematics teacher. |
| | Cliff | Priest | One of a high school teachers. |
| | Josh | Benton | One of a high school teachers. |
| | Len | Trout | School vice-principal. |
| | Catherine II | | The Empress of Russia known as Catherine the Great. |
| 10 | Andrew | Lennox | Scottish's soldier. |
| | Ernst | Hoffman | A German author. |
| 11 | Jake | | Darryl's uncle. |
| | Julie | Sims | The head cheerleader. |
| | George | Washington | Founding Father who served as the First President of U.S. |
| 12 | Elizabeth I | | Queen of England. |
| | Rodrigo | Lopez | Queen Elizabeth's doctor. |
| | Philip II | | King of Spain. |
| | Aaron | | Rebecca's grandfather. |
| | Uriel | | Aaron's son. |
| | James I | | King of Scotland. |
| | Walter | Raleigh | An English writer. |
| 13 | George | White | An author. |
| | Harold | O'Brien | An author. |
| | Abraham | Cohen | British editor. |
| | Avicenna | | Persian polymath. |
| 14 | Tom | Stearns | Michael's grandfather. |
| | Henry IV | | King of England. |
| | Averroes | | A Muslim Andalusia philosopher and jurist. |
| | Maimonides | | A philosopher. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English poet. |
| | Francis | Bacon | An English philosopher and statesman. |
| | Edward I | | King of England. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 15 | Hans | Richter | A German painter. |
| | Ludwig | | A mercenary. |
| | Gretchen | | Hans' older sister. |
| | Annalise | | Gretchen's sister. |
| | Diego | Salcedo | A semi-legendary Spanish conquistador. |
| | Wilhelm 2 | | Ludwig's son. |
| 16 | Diane | Jackson | Frank's wife. |
| | Jeff | Higgins | One of Ferrara's "whiz kids." |
| | Larry | Wild | One of Jeff Higgins' best friends. |
| | Jimmy | Andersen | One of Jeff Higgins' best friends. |
| | Eddie | Cantrell | One of Jeff Higgins' best friends. |
| | John | Calvin | A French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva. |
| | John | Knox | Scottish theologian, writer, leader
- country's Reformation. |
| 17 | Elisabet | | One of Gretchen's acquaintances. |
| | Mathilde | | One of Gretchen's acquaintances. |
| 18 | Davey | Crockett | An American soldier. |
| 23 | Richard | Wagner | German
composer, theatre director, polemicist & conductor. |
| | Harriet | Tubman | An American abolitionist and political activist. |
| 26 | Alexander III | | King of the ancient Greek, known as Alexander the Great. |
| | Baruch | Spinoza | A Dutch philosopher. |
| 28 | Heinrich | Himmler | A leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. |
| | Bonnie | | Dan's great-great-aunt. |
| | Leroy | | Bonnie's first husband. |
| | Anthony | | Nichols' second cousin. |
| 29 | Ernie | Dobbs | A beer-truck driver. |
| | Karen | Reading | The owner of the town's bridal store. |
| 30 | Father | Mazzare | A priest. |
| | | Jones | A reverend. |
| 31 | Little Johann | | Gretchen's baby. |
| 32 | Mr. | Kindred | The publisher of Grantville's newspaper. |
| 33 | Janice | Ambler | The school's television instructor. |
| | Buster | Keaton | An American actor. |
| | Ken | Beasley | A bar owner. |
| | Janet | | A scriptwriter. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 34 | Maurice | | Prince of Orange. |
| | Eric XIV | | King of Sweden. |
| | Pappenheim | | A field marshal. |
| 35 | Horn | | A field marshal. |
| | John | Hepburn | A Scottish soldier . |
| | Anders | Jönsson | The king's personal bodyguard. |
| | Pyotr | Wrangel | A Russian officer. |
| | Alexander | Leslie | Scottish soldier. |
| | Robert | Monro | A radio broadcasting executive. |
| | James | Spens | A Scottish adventurer, soldier. |
| | | Vitzthum | A soldier. |
| | | | Part Four |
| 37 | Philip | Melanchthon | A German Lutheran reformer. |
| | Leonardo | da Vinci | An Italian polymath. |
| | Gayle | Mason | Frank's acquaintance. |
| | Mata | Hari | A Dutch exotic dancer. |
| 38 | Max | | A young toughs' man. |
| | Josef | | Max's friend. |
| | Moses | | A prophet. |
| | Abner | Doubleday | United States Army officer. |
| | Ferdinand | | One of Heinrich's lieutenants. |
| | Hannelore | | One of Mathilde's acquaintances. |
| | Maria | | One of Mathilde's acquaintances. |
| | Inga | | Mathilde's cousin. |
| | Joachim | | One of Mathilde's acquaintances. |
| | Fritz | | One of Mathilde's acquaintances. |
| | Kurt | | One of Mathilde's acquaintances. |
| | Gertrude | | Mathilde's youngest sister. |
| 39 | Karen | Tyler | Julie Sims' observer. |
| | Henry G. | Sims | Julie's father. |
| | Max | Jungers | Mathilde's acquaintance. |
| | Chip | | A football player. Julie's ex-boyfriend. |
| 40 | Samuel | | One of Rebecca's cousins. |
| | Moses | Abrabanel | One of Rebecca's cousins. |
| | Francisco | | One of Rebecca's cousins. |
| | Joseph | Nasi | Francisco's grandfather. |
| | Gracia | Mendes Nasi | One of the wealthiest Jewish women. |
| | Bayesid I | | The Ottoman Sultan. |
| 42 | Wyatt | Earp | An Old West lawman. |
| | Bat | Masterson | A journalist. |
| 43 | Georg | Kleinschmidt | The merchant. |
| | Kenny | Washaw | A high school's former football player. |
| | Steve | Early | Former football player. |
| | Jerry | Trainer | Quentin Underwood's son-in-law. |
| | Gesine | | A barmaid. |
| | | | Part Five |
| 45 | Gustav | Vasa | Gustav Adolf's grandfather. |
| | General | Tott | A Swedish soldier and politician. |
| 46 | Jack | Little | A lathe operator. |
| 47 | Hugo | Grotius | "Dutch Lawyer. |
| | Xenophon | | An historian. |
| | Charles IX | | King of France. |
| 48 | Johann | von Aldringen | An Austrian soldier. |
| | | | Part Six |
| 49 | Joseph | | A priest. |
| | Ethienne | Servien | One of the cardinal's
attendants. |
| | General | Sparre | A Swedish commander. |
| | Matthias | Gallas | An Austrian soldier. |
| | Piccolomini | | An Italian nobleman. |
| 50 | Hans | Olaf | A Swedish engineer. |
| | Captain | Gars | The name used by Gustavus while travelling to Europe. |
| 52 | Alexandria | Cortez | American politician and activist. |
| | Francisco | Pizarro | A Spanish conquistador. |
| 54 | Bob | Dylan | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Elvis | Presley | American singer. |
| | Reba | McEntire | American singer. |
| | Edvard | Grieg | A Norwegian composer. |
| | Alexander | Nevsky | Prince of Novgorod. |
| | Leontyne | Price | American soprano. |
| | Dmitri | Shostakovich | A Russian composer and pianist. |
| | Joseph | Stalin | Former Gen. Sec. of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| | Ralph Vaughan | Williams | An English composer. |
| 55 | Hilda | | Only German woman who had enlisted in the U.S. army. |
| 56 | Carl | Clausewitz | A Prussian general and military theorist. |
| | Clint | Eastwood | An American actor, filmmaker. |
| | Jordan | | One of Dan's acquaintances. |
| | Fred | | One of Dan's acquaintances. |
| | Wyatt | Earp | An Old West lawman . |
| 57 | Mrs. | Flannery | A widow who refused to evacuate. |
| | Sid | Hatfield | The Police Chief of Matewan. |
| | | | Part Seven |
| 60 | Benedict | Arnold | American military officer served as a general during the war. |
| 61 | Kathleen | | Mike and Rebecca's next girl. |
| | Sepharad | | Mike and Rebecca's daughter. |
