| Ricardo M. | Alcan | A doctor. |
| Salvador | Allende | Former President of Chile. |
| Florentino | Ariza | Fermina Daza's husband. |
| J | Balvin | Colombian singer. |
| Sebastian | Barry | An Irish novelist, playwright and poet. |
| Jorge | Borges | Argentine short story writer. |
| Charlotte | Bronte | An English novelist and poet. |
| | Castro | One of the Border Patrol agents. |
| Leah Hager | Cohen | An American author. |
| Fermina | Daza | One of Lydia's fake names. |
| Oscar | De la Hoya | American-Mexican professional boxer. |
| Sebastian | Delgado | A journalist. |
| Pablo | Escobar | Columbian drug lord. |
| Brisenia | Flores | A nine-year-old girl who was murdered at their home in Arivaca. |
| Hector | Flores | A Mexican lawyer and politician. |
| Javier | Fuentes | Lydia's friend. |
| Bill | Gates | American business magnate. |
| | Hafez | Persian poet. |
| Seamus | Heaney | Irish poet. |
| Maria | Hinojosa | An American journalist. |
| Stephen | King | American author. |
| Elmer Abarca | Lobo | Rebeca and Soledad's father. |
| Marc | Marquez | One of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time. |
| Pablo | Neruda | Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet-diplomat and politician. |
| Isaac | Newton | English mathematician, physicist. |
| Juan | Pedro | The coyote. Aka: El Chacal. |
| Lydia | Perez | Sebastian Delgado's wife. |
| Luca | Quixano | Lydia's son. Aka: Luca Mateo Perez Quixano. |
| | Ramirez | One of the Border Patrol agents. |
| Leo | Tolstoy | Russian writer. |
| Mark | Twain | American writer. |
| Luis Alberto | Urrea | American-Mexican poet. |
| William | Yeats | An Irish poet. |
| Adrián | | Luca's cousin. |
| Alex | | Adrian and Yenifer's father. |
| America | | One of Marisol's daughters. |
| Ángela | | A nurse. |
| Araceli | | One of Lydia's fake names. |
| Arturo | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Beto | | One of the migrants. |
| Carlos | | Sebastian's friend. |
| Cecilia | | A nun. |
| César | | Rebeca and Soledad's cousin. |
| Choncho | | One of the migrants. |
| Daisy | | One of Marisol's daughters. |
| Danilo | | A guardian for migrants. |
| David | | Choncho's son. |
| Diana | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Eric | | Luca's new friend. |
| Estefani | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Eugenio | | The brother of a migrant. |
| Gloria | | One of Lydia's employees. |
| Gustavo | | Lydia's uncle. Aka: Gus. |
| Henry | | Lydia's acquaintance. |
| Ignacio | | Beto's brother. |
| Ikal | | A room service delivery boy. |
| Iván | | Soledad's boyfriend. |
| Ixchel | | One of Lydia's acquaintances. |
| Joaquin | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Juanito | | Rebeca and Soledad's cousin. |
| Julia | | One of Lydia's acquaintances. |
| Kiki | | One of Lydia's employees. |
| Lorenzo | | Javier's acquaintance. |
| Lucia | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Mama | | Lydia's mother. |
| Marge | | Henry's wife. |
| Mariana | | One of Lydia's fake names. |
| Marisol | | Lydia's acquaintance. |
| Marta | | Javier's daughter. |
| Meredith | | Carlos's wife. |
| Miranda | | Luca's acquaintance. |
| Naya | | A little who owns a dog. |
| Neli | | One of Lydia's acquaintances. |
| Nestor | | Padre Rey's helper. |
| Nico | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Nicolas | | A PhD student. |
| Omar | | Beto's acquaintance. |
| Padre Rey | | A priest. |
| Pamela | | El Chacal's girlfriend. |
| Paola | | A bank branch manager. |
| Paula | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Pilar | | Luca's schoolmate. |
| Rafa | | The guard. |
| Rafael | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Rafaelito | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Rebeca | | Luca's acquaintance. |
| Ricardin | | Slim's son. |
| Rogelio | | Marisol's husband. |
| Slim | | One of the migrants. |
| Soledad | | Rebeca's sister. Aka: Sole. |
| Teresa | | Slim's |
| Vicente | | One of Lydia's relatives. |
| Víctor | | Lydia's acquaintance. |
| Ximenita | | Soledad's acquaintance. |
| Yemi | | Alex's wife. |
| Yénifer | | Adrian's sister. |
