| Dorothy | Aldercott | One of Connie's acquaintances. |
| Sara | Appleby | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| George | Atwood | A professor. |
| Hilda | Atwood | George Atwood's wife. |
| Charlie | Austin | Doris' husband. |
| Doris | Austin | An organist. |
| Bertha | Babcock | A retired english teacher. |
| Johann | Bach | German composer and musician of the Baroque era. |
| Karl | Barth | Swiss Protestant theologian. |
| Jim | Bearse | Lauren's sister's boyfriend. |
| Bishop | Bell | Bonhoeffer's friend. |
| Eberhard | Bethge | Bonhoeffer's closest friend. |
| Dietrich | Bonhoeffer | A young pastor. |
| Susan | Bradford | One who worked at the pharmacy. |
| Betsy | Bumpus | One of the mothers who suffered a postpartum disease. |
| Mrs. | Carlson | Bob's mother. |
| Jeanne | Caskey | Tyler's younger child. aka: Jeannie. |
| Katherine | Caskey | Tyler's daughter. aka: Katie. |
| Lauren Slatin | Caskey | Tyler's wife. |
| Margaret | Caskey | Tyler's mother. |
| Tyler Richard | Caskey | A minister. |
| Alison | Chase | One of the church members. aka: Ali. |
| Fred | Chase | Alison's husband. |
| Chris | Congdon | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| Auggie | Dean | A rich church member. |
| Sylvia | Dean | Auggie's wife. |
| Marilyn | Dunlop | Taught art at the Academy. |
| Toby | Dunlop | One of Charlie's students. |
| Dwight D. | Eisenhower | 34th president of the United States. |
| Raiph Waldo | Emerson | American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist and poet. |
| Saul | Feiffer | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| Sigmund | Freud | The founding father of psychoanalysis. |
| Galileo | Galilei | Italian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer. |
| Mahatma | Gandhi | Pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism. |
| Matilda | Gowen | Skogie's wife. |
| Skogie | Gowen | A retired law practicioner. |
| Adrian | Hatch | Connie's husband. |
| Constance | Hatch | A housekeeper. aka: Connie. |
| Adolf | Hitler | The leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Bob | Hope | American comedian, actor, singer and dancer. |
| Ginny | Houseman | Connie's friend. |
| Mary | Ingersoll | Katherine's teacher. |
| William | James | American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist. |
| Ora | Kendall | One of the church members. |
| Nikita | Khrushchev | First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| Soren | Kierkegaard | Danish philosopher. |
| C. S. | Lewis | British writer. |
| Carl | Locke | Joshua's son. |
| Joshua | Locke | A farmer. |
| Madge | Lubeneaux | One of Connie's acquaintances. |
| Mrs. | Lurvy | Tyler's old teacher. |
| Douglas | MacArthur | American five-star General. |
| Karl | Marx | German philosopher, economist, sociologist, and journalist. |
| Carol | Meadows | One of the kindest woman in the parish. |
| Davis | Meadows | Carol's husband. |
| Alvin | Merrick | Charlie's acquaintance. |
| Sharon | Merrimen | One of the mothers who suffered a postpartum disease. |
| Glenn | Miller | American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader. |
| Eliot | Ness | American law enforcement official. |
| Reinhold | Niebuhr | American protestant theologian. |
| Henri | Nouwen | Dutch priest and writer. |
| Jacques | Plante | Canadian ice hockey player. |
| Irma | Rand | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| Wilhelm | Reich | Austro-Hungarian-born Austrian-American psychoanalyst. |
| Norman | Rockwell | American painter. |
| Rhonda | Skillings | A school counselor. |
| Mr. | Slatin | Lauren's father. |
| Mrs. | Slatin | Lauren Caskey's mother. |
| Reverend | Smith | A former minister. |
| Mrs. | Tibbets | Mrs. Slatin's acquaintance. |
| Paul | Tillich | German-born U.S. theologian and philosopher. |
| Harry S. | Truman | 33rd President of the United States. |
| Mr. | Waterbury | The school principal |
| Jane | Watson | One of the church members. |
| Martha | Watson | Katherine's classmates. |
| Maria von | Wedemeyer | Bonhoeffer's fiancé. |
| Mrs. | White | A librarian. |
| Walter | Wilcox | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| Ardell | | Connie's uncle. |
| Arnold | | A pharmacist. |
| Becky | | Connie's older sister. |
| Belle | | Tyler's sister. |
| Bob | | Katie's classmate. |
| Dorothy | | Tyler's acquaintance. |
| Evelyn | | Connie's mother-in-law. |
| Hirohito | | Emperor of Japan. |
| Horace | | Roman lyric poet. |
| Ilse | | Saul's wife. |
| Jerry | | Connie's brother. |
| Lisa | | Doris' daughter. |
| Matt | | Carol's youngest child. |
| Miles | | Bertha Babcock's dog. |
| Minnie | | Mrs. Caskey's dog. |
| Philip | | George Atwood's acquaintance. |
| Raymond | | Alison's son. |
| Tom | | Belle's husband. |
| Tracy | | Carol Meadows' daughter. |
