| | | | Book I Italy |
| 1 | Giovanni | | Liz's acquaintance. |
| | Dario | | Giovanni's twin brother. |
| | Sofie | | Liz's friend. |
| | Elizabeth M. | Gilbert | A writer. Aka: Liz. |
| 4 | Charlton | Heston | An American actor. |
| 5 | Lily | Tomlin | An American actress. |
| | Mahatma | Gandhi | An Indian activist. |
| | Nelson | Mandela | Former President of South Africa. |
| | David | | Liz's boyfriend. |
| | Brian | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 6 | Nick | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 8 | James | Brown | An American singer. |
| | Ketut | Liyer | A medical man. |
| 9 | Rumi | | A 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar and theologian. |
| | Iva | | Liz's friend. |
| | Miss | Carpenter | Liz's fourth grade teacher. |
| 11 | Shelley | | A romantic poet. |
| 12 | Pliny the Elder | | A Roman author. |
| | Dr. | Seuss | An American author. |
| | Robert | Lowell | An American poet. |
| | Celeste | | Liz's acquaintance. |
| 13 | Luca | Spaghetti | Patrick McDevitt's friend. |
| | Patrick | McDevitt | Liz's buddy. |
| 15 | Dante | Alighieri | The great Florentine poet. |
| | Giovanni | Boccaccio | An Italian writer. |
| | | Petrarch | A scholar and a poet. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English poet. |
| 20 | Elizabeth 1 | | A novelist. |
| | Elizabeth 2 | | A food writer. |
| | Maria | | One of Liz's friends. |
| | Giulio | | Maria's husband. |
| | Anne | | An American painter. |
| | Dennis | Ha-Ha | Brian's friend. |
| | Giuliana | | Lucas's girlfriend. |
| 22 | Scott | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 23 | Nonno | Spaghetti | Lucas's grandfather. |
| 24 | Marco | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 25 | Peter Paul | Rubens | A Flemish artist. |
| | Alfred | Tennyson | A British poet. |
| | Stendhal | | A French writer. |
| | | Balzac | A French novelist. |
| | Franz | Liszt | A Hungarian composer. |
| | Thackeray | | A cartoonist. |
| | | Byron | A British poet. |
| | John | Keats | An English romantic poet. |
| | Christina | | The Queen of Sweden. |
| | Pauline | | Napoleon's scandalous sister. |
| | Napoleon | | A French statesman. |
| | Octavian | Augustus | A Roman statesman. |
| | Benito | Mussolini | The former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| 26 | Edward | Gibbon | An English historian. |
| 27 | Wade | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 28 | Sally | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 29 | Catherine | | Liz's older sister. |
| | Franklin | Roosevelt | The 32nd U.S. President. |
| 30 | Deborah | | One of Liz's friends. |
| | Virginia | Woolf | An English writer. |
| 32 | Terry | | Liz's uncle. |
| | Deb | | Terry's wife. |
| | Michael | Angelo | An Italian sculptor. |
| | Giacomo | Puccini | An Italian composer. |
| 33 | Stevie | Nicks | An American singer-songwriter. |
| | Demetrio | Albertini | Lazio's star player. |
| 34 | Mario | | Lucas's friend. |
| | Simona | | Mario's wife. |
| | George | Bush | The 43rd U.S. President. |
| | Silvio | Berlusconi | Former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| | Giulia | | Mario's daughter. |
| | Sara | | Giulia's twin sister. |
| | Paolo | | Lucas's friend. |
| | Neil | Young | A Canadian singer-songwriter. |
| 36 | Plato | | An Athenian philosopher. |
| | Luigi | Barzini | An Italian journalist. |
| | | | Book II India |
| 37 | Arturo | | A Mexican journalist. |
| 38 | Apollonius | of Tyrana | A Greek ambassador. |
| | Thick Nhat | Hahn | A Vietnamese monk. |
| 41 | Corella | | Liz's roommate. |
| 43 | Richard | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 44 | Groceries | | Liz's nickname given by Richard. |
| 46 | Hafez | | A Persian poet. |
| | Swamiji | | Guru's master. |
| 47 | Ignatius | | A Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian. |
| 48 | Ray | Charles | An American singer-songwriter. |
| 49 | Rob | | Liz's acquaintance. |
| | Sean | | An Irish dairy farmer. |
| | Walt | Whitman | An American poet. |
| 51 | Mr. | Panicar | A tailor. |
| 53 | Eugene | Callender | A civil rights leader. |
| | Martin | Luther King Jr. | An American minister and activist. |
| 54 | Nick | | Liz's nephew. Aka: Nicky. |
| | Sri | Ramakrishna | An Italian saint. |
| 55 | | | Dalai Lama - Title given to the spiritual leader of the Gelug. |
| 56 | Darcy | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 59 | Tulsi | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 60 | Vivian | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 62 | Sakshi | | Liz's acquaintance. |
| 64 | Sextus | | An ancient
Pythagorean philosopher. |
| 65 | Julie | McCoy | A Yogic cruise director. |
| | Richard | Dreyfuss | An American actor. |
| 66 | Leo | Tolstoy | A Russian writer. |
| 67 | Sri Ramana | Maharshi | An Indian Guru. |
| 68 | Count | Basie | An American jazz pianist. |
| 70 | James | Joyce | An Irish novelist. |
| | Bobby | | One of Liz's friends. |
| | Pope | Pius XI | The head of the Catholic church. |
| | | | Book III Indonesia |
| 74 | Nyoman | | Liz's Italian-Indonesian friend. Aka: Mario. |
| | Wayan | | One of the name given to Bali's children. |
| | Made | | One of the name given to Bali's children. |
| 75 | Anne | Barros | An American Yoga teacher. |
| 76 | Fred B. | Eiseman | An Indonesian
anthropologist. |
| | Margaret | Mead | An American cultural anthropologist. |
| 77 | Carmen | Miranda | A singer. |
| 80 | George | Krauser | A German photographer. |
| | Walter | Spies | A German painter. |
| | Noel | Coward | An English playwright. |
| | Claire | Holt | An Australian actress. |
| | Charlie | Chaplin | An English comic actor. |
| 82 | Nyomo | | Ketut's brother's wife. |
| 83 | Yudhi | | Liz's new friend. |
| | Ann | | Yudhi's wife. |
| 84 | Ango | Patih | One of Liz's invisible siblings. |
| | Maragio | Patih | One of Liz's invisible siblings. |
| | Banus | Patih | One Liz's invisible siblings. |
| | Banus | Patih Ragio | One of Liz's invisible siblings. |
| | Jack | | A male monkey. |
| 86 | Wayan | Nuriyasih | A Balinese healer. |
| | Tutti | Nuriyasih | Wayan's daughter. |
| 88 | Armenia | | Wayans friend. |
| 89 | Stefania | | Liz's Italian friends. |
| | Ian | Welsh | Liz's acquaintance. |
| | Ralph | Fiennes | An English actor. |
| | Felipe | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 91 | Big Ketut | | One of the orphans. |
| | Little Ketut | | One of the orphans. |
| 92 | Nostradamus | | A French astrologer. |
| | John 1 | | One of Liz's friends. |
| | Annie | | One of Liz's friends. |
| | Bob | | One of Liz's friends. |
| 96 | Gloria | Steinem | An American journalist. |
| | Bill | Clinton | The 42nd U.S. President. |
| 98 | Gale | | Liz's grandfather's second wife. |
| | Bette | Davis | An American actress. |
| | Milton | Bradley | An American business magnate. |
| 100 | Paul | Gauguin | A French artist. |
| 102 | Adam | | A screenwriter. |
| | John 2 | | Son of Wayan's patient. |
| 103 | Kafka | | A Jewish novelist. |
| 104 | Graham | Green | An English novelist. |
| 105 | Putu | | A little girl who was baptized. |
| 106 | Julie | Andrews | An English actress. |
