| Hamid Mustafa | al-Bakr | Karim's grandfather. |
| Karim | al-Bakr | Ran the Cafe des Sports. |
| Charles | Aznavour | Armenian-French singer and diplomat. |
| Massili | Barakine | Hussein Bodiaf's acquaintance |
| Charles | Baudelaire | French poet, essayist and art critic. |
| Juliette | Binoche | French actress. |
| Léon | Blum | French politician. |
| Hussein | Bodiaf | Real name of Hamid al-Bakr. |
| Mohammed | Bodiaf | The corporal enlisted in the city of Constantine in 1941. |
| Napoleon | Bonafarte | A French military leader. |
| Jacques | Chirac | Former President of France. |
| Winston | Churchill | Former British Prime Minister. |
| Benoit | Coureges | Chief of Police for the small commune of St. Denis. aka: Bruno. |
| Jacqueline | Courtemine | A tennis player from Lalinde. aka: Jackie. |
| Charles | de Gaulle | Former President of France. |
| Phillippe | Delaron | One who wrote the sports report for the Sud-Quest newspaper. |
| Maurice | Duchene | Owner and keeper of sorceres cave. |
| Franc | Duhamel | A businessman. |
| Freddie | Duhamel | Franc's son. |
| Captain | Duroc | A newly appointed officer-in-charge at St. Denis. |
| Madame | Figaro | Marie-Claire's mother. |
| Max | Gallo | French historian, writer and politician. |
| Dr. | Gelletreau | Richard's father. |
| Madame | Gelletreau | Richard's mother. |
| Richard | Gelletreau | Only son of the local doctor in St. Denis. aka: Ricks. |
| Adolf | Hitler | German politician. |
| Sherlock | Holmes | A fictional detective. |
| Monsieur | Jackson | A combatant. |
| Jean-Jacques | Jalipeau | The new chief detective of the Police Nationale. aka: J-J. |
| Jacques | Lagrange | A French painter. |
| Jean-Marie | Le Pen | The leader of the Front National. |
| Madame | Lespinasse | A shop owner. |
| Arnaud | Malignan | A veteran sous-officier. |
| Felix | Mangin | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| Gerard | Mangin | Mayor of St. Denis. |
| Yves | Montsoures | The communist councilor. |
| Madame | Montsouris | A teacher. |
| Jean | Moulin | The Resistance chief who was killed by the Germans. |
| Benito | Mussolini | Italian political leader who became the fascist dictator of Italy. |
| Horatio | Nelson | British Royal Navy Admiral. |
| Pamela | Nelson | Hamid al-Bakr's neighbor. |
| Maurice | Papon | French civil servant, Vichy collaborator, and war criminal. |
| Isabelle | Perrault | A young inspector. |
| Jean | Pierre | Ran a bicycle shop. |
| Mr. | Rollo | The local headmaster. |
| Raoul | Salan | French general. |
| Father | Sentout | The priest of the ancient church of St. Denis. |
| Joseph | Stalin | General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. |
| Lucien | Tavernier | The Judge-magistrat. |
| Madame | Verniet | An old farmer's widow. |
| Mother | Vignier | A farmer's wife. |
| Giulio | Villanova | A former professional tennis player for Marseilles |
| Christine | Wyatt | Pamela's friend. |
| Zinedine | Zidane | French association football manager and former player. |
| Ahmed | | One of the drivers for the public works. |
| Albert | | Fire Chief of St. Denis. |
| Allida | | Hamid's wife. |
| Amelie | | Pascal's daughter. |
| Bachelot | | A shoemender. |
| Baron | | A retired industrialist. |
| Brosseil | | A notary. Karim's legal representative. |
| Collette | | Marie's grandmother. |
| Diem | | A Vietnamese who is selling his nems nem - spring rolls. |
| Dominique | | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| Dougal | | Bruno's Scottish chum. |
| Dumesnier | | A lawyer. |
| Edouard | | A gasoline boy. |
| Fabien | | Owner of Fabien's Rendez-vous des Chasseurs |
| Fat Jeanne | | A jolie laide. |
| Francine | | Bruno's acquaintance. |
| Gilbert | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| Gitane | | Bruno's dog. aka: Gigi. |
| Ivan | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| Jean-Luc | | Bruno's friend. |
| Jerome | | Ran a small team park of French history. |
| Joan of Arc | | French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint. |
| Joe | | Bruno's predecessor as chief of police of St. Denis. |
| Jo-Jo | | A photographer. |
| Josette | | A woman who worked for the railway. |
| Jules | | A man who is selling his nuts and olives. |
| Katarina | | Bruno's ex-girlfriend. |
| Kati | | A boy who worked at gasoline station. |
| Marie | | Ran a small hotel by the station. |
| Marie Antoinette | | The last queen of France. |
| Marie-Claire | | The mayor's secretary. |
| Marie-Louise | | Had served as a courier for one of the Resistance groups. |
| Michel | | Ran the local public works department. |
| Mireille | | A clerk. |
| Mohammed | | Karim's father. aka: Momu. |
| Napoleon III | | French emperor, and member of the House of Bonaparte. |
| Pascal | | Worked at the local insurance office. |
| Quatremer | | A young ex-serviceman. |
| Rafiq | | One of Ahmed's sons. |
| Ragheda | | Karim's niece. |
| Raoul | | Had a wine business. |
| Rashida | | Karim's wife. |
| Rene | | Quatremer's predecessor. |
| Roberte | | Momu's acquaintance. |
| Roussel | | A fast winger on the rugby team. |
| Stephane | | A dairy farmer. |
| Sylvie | | A baker. |
| Vorin | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
| Xavier | | The Deputy Mayor. |
| Yannick | | The maintenance man for the cave. |
| Yvette | | One of Bruno's acquaintances. |
