1 | Ernest | Young | Protagonist. Aka: Yung Kun-Ai. |
| Gracie | Young | Ernest's wife. |
| Danny | Kate | The famous actor. |
| President | Kennedy | The current U.S. President. |
| Mayor | Clinton | The current Mayor. |
| Dr. | Luke | Gracie's doctor. |
2 | Mei mei | | Ernest's dead little sister. |
3 | Jun | | Ernest's bully bunkmate. |
4 | Gwai | Ying | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Quan Gow | Sheung | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Wong | So | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Leung | Gin | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Fong | Muey | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Mui | Ji | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
| Hoi | | Ernest's new bunkmate. |
5 | Juju | Young | Ernest's daughter. |
| Hanny | Young | Ernest's daughter. |
| Billy | Daniels | Hanny's former suitor. |
| Peter | Lawford | Hanny's former suitor. |
6 | Fahn | | The Japanese girl that Ernest met. |
7 | Pascual | | Ernest's Filipino friend. A full-time gambler. Aka: Uncle Paz. |
| Dolores | | The widowed woman. Pascual's friend. |
| Osami | | Owner of a barbershop. |
| Wing | Luke | Seattle's first city councilman. |
| Donnie | | Osami's wife. |
| Sun | May | Owner of a store next to Osami's barbershop. |
8 | Carlos | Romulo | The President of United Nations General Assembly. |
| Ida | Irvine | Ernest's own patron saint. |
| Vici | Paste | Ernest's boss. |
10 | President | Taft | The former U.S. President. |
| President | McKinley | The current U.S. President. |
| L.J. | Covington | The police superintendent. |
| Florence | Nettleton | Runs the
Tenderloin sporting house. Aka: Madam Flora. |
11 | Mrs. | Blackwell | The cook at Tenderloin. |
| Arthur | Denny | The man who settled the North of the Line. |
| Doc | Maynard | Owner of all South of the Line Land. |
| Miss | Amber | Flora's housekeeper. |
| Maisie | May | Flora's baby sister. Aka: Mayflower, Margaret Turnbull. |
12 | Violet | | One of the servants at Tenderloin. |
| Iris | | The chambermaid at Tenderloin. |
| Rose | | The laundress at Tenderloin. |
13 | Rich | | Hanny's fiancé. A lawyer. |
14 | Jewel | | The new girl at Tenderloin. |
| Professor | Troubadour | The pianist and singer at Tenderloin. Aka: Professor True. |
17 | Miss | Havisham | The host of Jewel's party. |
| Hiram | Gill | The councilman. |
19 | Ju | Young-Wo | The herb shop owner. |
20 | Jess | Westergaard | The wrestler at John Court Arena. |
| Dr. Benjamin | Franklin-Roller | A physiology professor. The wrestling champion. |
21 | Ezra | Meeker | A restaurant owner. |
22 | Sugar Ray | Robinson | An American Boxer. |
23 | Louis | Turnbull | Maisie's wealthy sponsor. The founder of Arctic Brotherhood. |
24 | Marli | Renfro | Janet Leigh's body double in "Psycho". |
| Louis | Graham | Owner of the Washington Court Building. |
27 | Alexander | | The man that Rose met. |
| Dr. | Erhlich | The doctor at Royal Institute for Experimental Therapy. |
34 | Gherman | Titov | The Russian Cosmonaut. |
| Edvard | Munch | A painter. |
35 | Mr. | Waterbury | The butler of Speedwell. |
| Millie | Turnbull | Louis's dead wife. |
39 | William | Clark | The Copper King. |
| Anna | Eugenia | William's lover. |
40 | Calypso | | The Greek Goddess. |
| George | Dilling | Seattle's new Mayor. |
| Ferdinand | LaMothe | A band leader. Professor True's old acquaitance. |