| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Hans | Vollman | A former printer. A widower. |
| | | | Sick-Box - A coffin. |
| | Roger | Bevins III | The man who slashed his wrist. Hans's friend in the Bardo. |
| | | | Sick-Cart - Funeral Car. |
| 2 | Mary Todd | Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln's wife. Willie's mother. |
| | Todd | Lincoln | Willie's brother. |
| | Willie | Lincoln | Abraham's son who exists in the Bardo. Protagonist. |
| | Benjamin | Wade | A U.S. Senator. |
| | Mrs. | Wade | Benjamin's wife. |
| 3 | General | McDowell | A U.S. General in Civil War. |
| | Felix | Salm-Salm | A Prussian Nobleman and cavalry officer who serves in the General Blenker staff. |
| | General | Blenker | A U.S. General. |
| | C. |
Heerdt | The Lincoln's caterer from New York. |
| | Mr. | Weston | Abraham's companion. |
| 10 | Reverend E. | Thomas | The reverend who exists in the Bardo. Hans and Roger's friend. |
| | Lawrence | | The boy from the garden. |
| 11 | Elizabeth | Crawford | The woman who exists in the Bardo. |
| | Sam | Longstreet | A boy who exists in the Bardo. Aka: Smooth-boy. |
| | Elise | Traynor | The girl who was trapped in the Bardo. Aka: The Traynor Girl. |
| 13 | Mr. | Bristol | A man who desired Elise. |
| | Mr. | Fellowes | A man who desired Elise. |
| | Mr. | Delway | A man who desired Elise. |
| | Annie | Traynor | Elise's sister. |
| 17 | William | Stoddard | Abraham's secretary. |
| 18 | Prince | Napoleon | The French leader. |
| | Dr. | Gurley | Willie's doctor. |
| 19 | Robert Todd | Lincoln | Willie's eldest brother. |
| 20 | | | Sick-Form - Dead. |
| 22 | Tom | | The name of the man Jack addresses when writing in a logbook. |
| | Jack | Manders | The groundskeeper in Willie's cemetery. |
| | Philip Mary | Manders | One of Jack's children. |
| | Jack | Manders Jr. | One of Jack's children. |
| 24 | Edenston | | A man in Bardo who became a tiny green man. |
| | Cravwell | | The woman in Bardo who became a giraffe-like woman with spectacles. |
| 27 | Abigail | Blass | One of the women to exist in Bardo. A widow. |
| | Jane | Ellis | One of the women to exist in Bardo. Abigail's friend. |
| | Cathryn | Ellis | Jane's daughter. |
| | Maribeth | Ellis | Jane's daughter. |
| | Alice | Ellis | Jane's daughter. |
| | Dante | Ellis | Jane's husband. |
| | Maxwell | Boise | A man who exists in Bardo. |
| | Cecil | Stone | A racist lieutenant who exists in Bardo. |
| | Eddie | Baron | A vulgar man who exists in Bardo. |
| | Betsy | Baron | Eddie's wife. |
| | Tentini | | The man who almost drowned in Bardo. |
| | Colonel B. | | The man who revived Tentini. |
| | Eddie | Baron Jr. | Eddie and Betsy's son. Aka: Everett. |
| | Mary Mag | Baron | Eddie and Betsy's daughter. |
| 29 | Gilbert | | Roger Bevin's lover. |
| | Miranda | Debb | Abigail's friend. |
| | Cynthia | Hoynton | Abigail's bridesmaid. |
| | Queenie | | Eddie's former lover. |
| | Sussana | Briggs | Abigail's friend. |
| | Anna | | Hans's wife. |
| | Elisbeth | Grove | Anna's cousin. |
| 30 | A.G | Coombs | A long-time Bardo resident. |
| 34 | Mr. | Lippert | The Bachelor. |
| | Mr. | Kane | The Bachelor. |
| | Mr. | Fuller | The Bachelor. |
| 37 | Merkel | | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Posterbell | | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Trevor | Williams | A former hunter in his past life. |
| 38 | Mr. | Collier | The man Mr. Vollman visited. |
| | Jasper | Randall | The gray, faceless wedge. |
| | Benjamin | Twood | Jasper's friend. |
| 40 | Flanders | Quinn | A former robber. |
| | Tobin | Muller | A newcomer in the Bardo. Aka: Badger. |
| 41 | William | Prince | The former captain. |
| 52 | Ellers | | The decapitated fellow in Bardo. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 60 | Matt | Crutchers | Richard's brother. |
| | Richard | Crutchers | Matt's brother. |
| | Mrs. | Reedy | Mr. Reedy's husband. |
| | Mr. | Reedy | Mrs. Reedy's wife. |
| 61 | Christ-Emmisary | | A Representation of God. |
| | Christ-Prince | | A Representation of Jesus. |
| 65 | Andy | Thorne | The girl who started the fire. |
| | Janice | Dwightson | A thief. |
| | Lance | Durning | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Tamara | Doolittle | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Vesper | Johannes | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Edmund | Bloomer | A former professor. One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| | Lawrence | Decroix | One of the Bardo-dwellers. |
| 66 | Reginald | East | The youngest child of Mr. East. |
| | Mr. | East | Reginald's father. |
| | Mr. | Chasterly | The brutal, smirking overseer. |
| | Mr. | Conner | Thomas Havens' boss. |
| | Thomas | Havens | A former slave in his past life. Willie's
acquaintance in Bardo. |
| | Elson | Farwell | A former slave. Thomas's friend. |
| | Litzie | Wright | Raped multiple times when she was alive. |
| | Francis | Hodge | Litzie Wright's companion. |
| 77 | Mr. | Cohoes | A former boilermaker. |
| | Mr. | Tadmill | A former clerk. |
| | Verna | Blow | Ella's daughter. |
| | Ella | Blow | Verna's mother. |
| 81 | The | Vermonter | A bean-sized man. A former pedophile. |
| | The British | Fellow | The man who massacres all his enemies while in the military. |
| | Bass | Lisper | The man who plans to kill his newborn baby. |
| 98 | Isabelle | Perkins | Woman who
lives across the street from where Willie buried. |
| | Grace | | Isabelle's sister. |