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