| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Stepan | Oblonsky | A minor government official. aka: Stiva. |
| | Alabin | | Stepan Arkadyevitch's acquaintance. |
| | Darya | Oblonskaya | Stepan Arkadyevitch's wife. aka: Dolly. |
| 2 | Mlle | Roland | A governess. |
| | Matvey | | Stepan Arkadyevitch's valet. |
| | Anna | Karenina | A beautiful aristocratic married woman. Stepan's sister. |
| | Marya | Philimonovna | A nurse. |
| 3 | Friedrich | von Beust | A German and Austrian statesman. |
| | Grisha | | Stepan's youngest boy. |
| | Tanya | | Stepan's eldest girl. |
| | Miss | Hoole | A governess. |
| | | Kalinin | A staff captain. |
| 5 | Alexey | Karenin | A high-ranking government minister. Anna Karenina's husband. |
| | Philip Ivanitch | Nikitin | One of Stepan's colleagues. |
| | Michael | Grinevitch | One of Stepan's colleagues. |
| | Konstantin | Levin | A generous-hearted landowner. Stepan's friend. aka:Kostya. |
| | Sergey | Koznishev | Levin's brother. |
| | Katerina | Shtcherbatskaya | Stepan's sister-in-law. aka: Kitty. |
| | Zahar | Nikititch | Stepan's secretary. |
| 6 | Young Prince | Shtcherbatsky | Kitty and Dolly's brother. |
| | Alexander | Shtcherbatskaya | Kitty and Dolly's father. |
| | Linon | | Kitty's acquaintance. |
| | Natalia | Golitzina | Dolly's sister. aka: Madame Lvova. |
| | Arseny | Lvov | Natalia's husband. |
| 8 | Nikolay | Levin | Konstantin's elder brother and Sergey Ivanovitch's half-brother. |
| | Prokofy | | Sergey's acquaintance. |
| 9 | Nikolay | Shtcherbatskaya | Kitty's cousin. |
| | Princess | Shtcherbatskaya | Kitty's mother. |
| 10 | Prince | Golitsin | A Russian general and statesman. |
| | Countess | Bonina | Kitty's acquaintance. |
| 11 | Alexey | Vronsky | A wealthy military officer. |
| | Kirill | Vronsky | Alexey Kirillovitch's father. |
| | Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| | Plato | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| 14 | Countess | Nordston | Kitty's friend. |
| | Marya | Nikolaevna | Nikolay Levin's mistress. aka: Masha. |
| 17 | Countess | Vronskaya | Vronsky's mother. |
| 18 | Ivan | Petrovich | A Serbian film actor and singer. |
| 19 | Sergey Alexeitch | | Karenin and Anna's young son. aka: Seryozha. |
| 22 | Yegorush | Korsunsky | A dance director. |
| | Lidi | | Korsunsky's wife. |
| | Krivin | | Kitty's acquaintance. |
| 24 | Mr. | Kritsky | Konstantine's friend from Kiev. |
| 25 | Vanya | | A clerk in the counting. |
| | Philip | | A gardener. |
| 26 | Ignat | | Konstantine Levin's coachman. |
| | Agafea | Mihalovna | Konstantine Levin's old nurse, now his trusted housekeeper. |
| | Kouzma | | Levin's old servant. |
| | Laska | | A dog. |
| | Pava | | A cow. |
| | Berkoot | | A bull. |
| | Fyodor Vassilyevitch | Katavasov | Levin's friend from his university days. |
| | Vassily | Fedorovitch | A laborer. |
| 27 | Prohor | Yermilin | A renowned mower, a huge, black-haired peasant. |
| 29 | Annushka | | Anna's maid. |
| 31 | Mariette | | A governess. |
| | Lidia | Ivanovna | Alexey Alexandrovitch's friend. |
| 32 | Pravdin | | A well-known Panslavist. |
| 33 | Elizabeta F. | Tverskaya | Anna's friend and Vronsky's cousin. aka: Betsy. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| | Raphael | | Italian painter and architect. |
| | Ludwig van | Beethoven | A German composer and musician. |
| 34 | Petritsky | | Vronsky's friend and favorite comrade. |
| | Baroness | Shilton | Petritsky's friend. |
| | Kamerovsky | | A cavalry captain. |
| | Rebecca | | One of Petritsky's acquaintances. |
| | Berkoshov | | One of Petritsky's acquaintances. |
| | Laura | | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| | Fertinghof | | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| | Buzulukov | | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 2 | Lili | | Dolly's child. |
| 4 | Harry | Nilsson | American singer-songwriter. |
| 5 | Charles M. | de Talleyrand | A French diplomat. |
| | Prince | Kedrov | A first-rate comrade. |
| | Claire | | A new French actress. |
| 6 | Princess | Myakaya | Princess Betsy's acquaintance. |
| | Louis XV | | King of France. aka: Louis Quinze. |
| | Tushkovitch | | Princess Tverskaya's acquaintance. |
| | Madame | Maltishtcheva | Princess Betsy's acquaintance. |
| 7 | Topov | | A Red Army officer. |
| 13 | Mishka | | A laborer. |
| | Semyon | | A contractor. |
| | Ipat | | A peasant. |
| 14 | Ryabinin | | A merchant. |
| 19 | Captain | Yashvin | Vronsky's friend from the army. |
| 20 | Volkov | | Petritsky's acquaintance. |
| 21 | Frou-Frou | | Vronsky's horse. |
| | Gladiator | | A very tall chestnut horse. |
| | Mahotin | | Vronsky's most serious rival. |
| 24 | Alexander | Vronsky | Alexey Vronsky's elder brother. |
| | Galtsin | | Vronsky's friend. |
| | Prince | Kuzovlev | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| | Cord | | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| 25 | Colonel | Sestrin | The umpire of the race. |
| | Diana | | Kuzovlev's horse. |
| 26 | Mihail | Sludin | Alexey Alexandrovitch's chief secretary. |
| 30 | Marya | Rtishtcheva | A Moscow lady. |
| | Madame | Stahl | A devout invalid woman. |
| | Varvara | Andreevna | Kitty's friend. aka: Varenka. |
| 32 | Madame | Berthe | A blind lady. Varenka's acquaintance. |
| 33 | Aline | Stahl | Madame Stahl's niece. |
| | Mihail | Alexeyevitch | A sick painter. aka: Petrov. |
| | Anita | Pavlovna | Petrov's wife. aka: Anna. |
| 35 | Lieschen | | A servant girl. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 4 | Yermil | | One of Levin's workers. |
| | Vaska | | One of Levin's workers. |
| | Tit | | Levin's preceptor in the art of mowing. |
| 8 | Brownie | | The bailiff's horse. |
| | Terenty | | A coachman. |
| | Tanitchka | | Dolly's acquaintance. |
| 11 | Ivan | Parmenov | Levin's friend. |
| 15 | Liza | Merkalova | One of Betsy's acquaintances. |
| | Sappho | Shtoltz | One of Betsy's acquaintances. |
| | Prince | Kaluzhsky | One of Betsy's acquaintances. |
| | Stremov | | One of the most influential people in Petersburg. |
| 17 | Madame | Vrede | Anna's acquaintance. |
| 19 | Venovsky | | A young comrade. |
| | Varya T. | Vronsky | Alexander Vronsky's wife. |
| | Rolandak | | Vronsky's acquaintance. |
| 20 | Serpuhovskoy | | Vronsky's friend. |
| 21 | Demin | | The colonel. |
| 24 | Nikolay | Sviazhsky | Levin's friend. |
| 26 | Madame | Sviazhskaya | Nikolay Sviazhsky's wife. |
| | Nastia | | Madame Sviazhskaya's sister. |
| 27 | Mihail | Petrovitch | A landowner. |
| 28 | Spencer | | Sviazhsky's neighbor. |
| 29 | Fyodor | Ryezunov | A carpenter. |
| | Shuraev | | A peasant. |
| | Angelica | Kauffman | Swiss-Austrian painter. |
| 30 | Parfen | Denisitch | An old servant. |
| 31 | Fyodor | Bogdanitch | Levin's acquaintance. |
| | | | Part Four |
| 3 | Korney | Vassilievitch | Alexey Alexandrovitch's valet. |
| 7 | Masha | Tchibisova | A ballet dancer. |
| | Count | Anitchkin | Alexey Alexandrovitch's new acquaintance. |
| 9 | Turovchin | | Stepan's acquaintance. |
| 14 | Yegor | | Levin's servant. |
| | Myaskin | | Levin's acquaintance. |
| 17 | Piotr | | Alexey Alexandrovitch's servant. |
| | Kapitonitch | | A porter. |
| 19 | Anna 2 | | Anna and Vronky's daughter. aka: Annie. |
| | Miss | Edwarde | A nurse. |
| | | | Part Five |
| 2 | Katavasov | | Levin's university friend. |
| | Tchirikov | | A Moscow conciliation-board judge. Levin's friend. |
| | Mihail | Semyonovitch | Levin's acquaintance. |
| | Dunyasha | | A maid. |
| | Charles | | A hair-dresser. |
| 4 | Marya | Dmitrievna | Levin's aunt. |
| | Madame | Korsunskaya | One of the guests at Levin and Kitty's wedding. |
| | Madame | Trubetskaya | One of the guests at Levin and Kitty's wedding. |
| | Count | Siniavin | One of the guests at Levin and Kitty's wedding. |
| | Princess | Tcharskaya | One of the guests at Levin and Kitty's wedding. |
| 7 | Golenishtcher | | Vronky's acquaintance. |
| 9 | Mihailov | | An artist. |
| | Socrates | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| | Charlotte | Corday | A figure of the French Revolution. |
| | Marie | Vassiltchikova | Daughter of Prince Ilariona Vassiltchikov and Princess Lydia. |
| 10 | Sasha | | Mihailov's wife. |
| | Raphael | | Italian painter and architect. |
| 15 | Prince | Tcharskaya | Levin's acquaintance. |
| 17 | Serafina | Astafieva | A Russian dancer and ballet teacher. |
| 23 | Komissarov | | Countess Lidia Ivanovna's former passion. |
| | | Ristitch-Kudzhitsky | Countess Lidia Ivanovna's former passion. |
| 24 | Sitnikov | | Seryozha's tutor. |
| 26 | Vassily | Lukitch | Seryozha's acquaintance. |
| | Alexander | Nevsky | A drama film of a great Russian prince led his people to victory. |
| | Andrey | Pervozvanny | A class pre-dreadnought battleship for the Imperial Russian Navy. |
| | Mihail | Ivanitch | Seryozha's grammar teacher. |
| 27 | Nadinka | | Lidia Ivanovna's niece. |
| | Pyotr | Ignatitch | One of Seryozha's teachers. |
| 29 | Prince | Skorodumov | Seryozha's acquaintance. |
| 30 | Marya | Efimovna | A nurse. |
| 32 | Princess | Oblonskaya | Anna's old unmarried aunt. |
| | Patti | | One of Anna's acquaintances. |
| | Princess | Varvara | One of Anna's acquaintances. |
| 33 | Kartasov | | One of Anna's acquaintances. |
| | Madame | Kartasova | Kartasov's wife. |
| | Princess | Sorokina | Countess Vronsky's acquaintance. |
| | | | Part Six |
| 2 | Matrona | Semyenovna | A servant. |
| 4 | Marie | | Sergey Ivanovitch's lost loved one. |
| 6 | Vassenka | Veslovsky | A distant cousin of the Shtcherbatskys. |
| 8 | Krak | | A dog. |
| 11 | Malthus | | A well-known capitalist. |
| | Gretchen | | Veslovsky's new friend. |
| 13 | Marya | Vlasyevna | A midwife. |
| 19 | Katerina | Pavlovna | Anna's aunt. |
| 22 | Karl | Fedoritch | A steward. |
| 26 | Nevyedovsky | | A former university professor. Sergey Ivanovitch's great friend. |
| | Marya | Ivanovna | The governor's wife's friend. |
| 27 | Hilustov | | The marshal of another district. |
| | Mihail Stepanovitch | Snetkob | The captain of the guards. |
| 29 | Stepan | Vassilievitch | A merchant. |
| 30 | Yevgeney | Apuhtin | A candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province. |
| | Pyotr | Bol | The privy councilor. |
| 31 | Shirkov | | Vronsky's old friend. |
| | Katka | Maslov | The young governor's nickname in the Pages' Corps. |
| | | | Part Seven |
| 1 | Marya | Borissovna | Kitty's godmother. |
| 2 | Metrov | | A distinguished scientific man from Petersburg. |
| | Countess | Bola | Pyotr Petrovitch Bol's wife. |
| | Sokolov | | Levin's bailiff. |
| 4 | Princess | Korzinskaya | The town council. |
| 5 | Johann | Bach | A German composer and musician of the Baroque era. |
| 7 | Gagin | | Levin's acquaintance. |
| | Pyotr Illyitch | Vinovsky | Stepan Arkadyevitch's acquaintance. |
| 8 | Prince | Tchetchensky | A well-known billiard player. |
| 10 | M. | Vorkuev | Levin's new acquaintance. |
| | Alphonse | Daudet | French novelist. |
| | Liza | Mertsalova | Levin's acquaintance. |
| 13 | Lizaveta | Petrovna | A midwife. |
| | Pasha | | A maid-servant. |
| | Pyotr | Dmitrievitch | Levin's
acquaintance. |
| 16 | Dmitri | | Levin and Kitty's son. aka: Mitya. |
| 17 | Petrov | | The bank director. |
| | Sventitsky | | A company director. |
| | Mitin | | Founder of the bank. |
| | Volgarinov | | Alexey Alexandrovitch's acquaintance. |
| 20 | Bryantsev | | One who had the highest functionaries in government. |
| | Count | Krivtsov | A man who kept two mistresses. |
| | Petrovsky | | A manager in the financial department. |
| | Pyotr | Oblonsky | Stepan Arkadyevitch's acquaintance. |
| | Jules | Landau | A French psychic. Aka: Count Bezzubov. |
| | Yury | Meledinsky | An invalid man. Princess Myakaya's acquaintance. |
| | Countess | Bezzubova | One who adopted Landau. |
| 21 | Madame | Borozdina | Gave birth to a boy named Vladimir. |
| | Marie | Sanina | A woman who lost her only child. |
| 23 | Hannah | | Anna's English
protégée. |
| | Yegorov | | One of Vronsky's acquaintances. |
| | Voytoy | | A man who was buying a horse. |
| | Pyevtsov | | Yashvin's acquaintance. |
| | Gambetta | | A horse. |
| | | | Part Eight |
| 1 | Drabanti | | A singer. |
| 5 | King Milan | | The first King of Serbia. |
| 9 | Spinoza | | A Dutch philosopher. |
| | Immanuel | Kant | A German philosopher. |
| | Schelling | | A German philosopher. |
| | Georg W. F. | Hegel | A German philosopher. |
| | Arthur | Schopenhauer | A German philosopher. |
| | Aleksey | Khomyakov | A Russian philosopher. |
| 11 | Platon | | A well-to-do peasant. aka: Fokanitch. |
| 14 | Ivan | | A coachman. |
| 16 | Alexander | Nikolaevitch | The Emperor. |
