| | | 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. |