| Julian Edwin | Adderley | American jazz alto saxophonist. aka: Cannonball. |
| Tori | Amos | American singer-songwriter. |
| Dirk | Anderson | Co-captain of the hockey team. |
| Johann S. | Bach | German composer and musician. |
| Maya | Banerjee | Asher's friend. |
| John | Baptiste Karr | A French critic. |
| Danny | Barbello | Abby Jeter's boyfriend. |
| Lionel | Bart | British writer and composer of pop music. |
| William | Blackstone | English jurist, judge and Tory politician. |
| William | Blake | English poet and artist and printmaker. |
| Kate | Bornstein | American author, playwright, artist, and gender theorist. |
| Aleksandr | Borodin | Russian composer. |
| Danny | Boyle | English director and producer. |
| Eugene | Bozza | French composer. |
| Octavia | Butler | American science fiction writer. |
| Rhonda | Byers | A judge. |
| Jimmy | Callanan | Lily's friend. |
| Ava | Campanello | Lily's mother. |
| Lily | Campanello | Maya's classmate at Adams High School. |
| Paul | Chambers | American jazz double bassist. |
| John | Coltrane | American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. |
| Aaron | Copland | American composer. |
| Laverne | Cox | American actress and LGBT advocate. |
| Charity | Crabtree | A Quaker girl who take care of the bees. |
| Jeffrey | Dahmer | American serial killer. |
| Miles | Davis | American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. |
| | DuPlessis | Former attorney general of New Hampshire. |
| Antonin | Dvorak | Czek composer. |
| Louise | Edrich | American author of novels. |
| Billie | Eilish | American singer-songwriter. |
| Asher | Fields | A counselor for a hockey team. |
| Braden | Fields | A doctor. Asher's father. |
| F. Scott | Fitzgerald | American novelist. |
| Benjamin | Flanders | Asher's acquaintance. |
| Benjamin | Franklin | Founding Father of the United States. |
| Jerry | Garcia | American musician. |
| William | Garland | American modern jazz pianist. aka: Red. |
| Charlotte P. | Gilman | American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer. |
| Aubrey Drake | Graham | Canadian rapper and singer. |
| Tanya | Halliwell | One of Asher's schoolmates. |
| Peter | Haughton | The longest surviving artificial heart transplant patient in the UK. |
| Ernest | Hemingway | American novelist. |
| Mr. | Jameson | An English teacher. aka: Chopper. |
| Caitlyn | Jenner | American television personality. |
| Abby | Jeter | One of Asher's schoolmates. |
| Gina | Jewett | Assistant Attorney General. |
| Finn | Johnson | One of the students who led the LGBTQ team. |
| Philly Joe | Jones | American jazz drummer. |
| | Lacroix | Asher's hockey coach. |
| MacKenzie | LaVerdiere | Co-captain of the girls' soccer team. |
| Christopher | Lee | English actor and singer. |
| Yo-Yo | Ma | American cellist. |
| Dr. | Madden | Lily's physician. |
| Chelsea | Manning | American activist and whistleblower. |
| Jordan | McAfee | A defense attorney. |
| Olivia | McAfee | A beekeeper. Asher's mother. |
| Rooney | McBride | A medical examiner. |
| Freddie | Mercury | British singer-songwriter. |
| Janet | Mock | American writer, director, producer and transgender rights activist. |
| Toni | Morrison | American novelist, essayist and academic. |
| Mike | Newcomb | A detective. |
| Richard | Nixon | 37th U.S. President. |
| Benjamin | Oluwye | A pathologist. |
| Mr. | O'Meara | Lily's father. |
| Bobby | Orr | Canadian ice hockey player. |
| Mr. | Parsons | The headmaster. |
| Mr. | Pawlawski | An orchestra conductor. |
| Franklin | Pierce | 14th U.S. President. |
| Monica | Powers | Lily's surgeon. |
| Sergei | Prokofiev | Russian composer, pianist and conductor. |
| | Rhimes | A judge. |
| Keith | Richards | An English musician. |
| Auguste | Rodin | French sculptor. |
| Bob | Ross | American painter. |
| Adam | Sandler | American comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. |
| John Singer | Sargent | American expatriate artist. |
| Frank | Schubert | Austrian composer. |
| Nancy | Seidlarz | Lily's opponent in fencing competition. |
| Dr. | Stauss | An anesthesiologist. |
| Kathryn | Stott | English classical pianist. |
| Dire | Straits | British rock band. |
| Johan | Strauss | Austrian composer of light music. |
| Barbra | Streisand | American singer. |
| Jan | Swammerdam | Dutch biologist and microscopist. |
| Justine | Timberlake | American singer-songwriter and actor. |
| Cheap | Trick | American rock band. |
| Owen | Tubbs | First witness for the prosecution. |
| Mark | Twain | American writer, humorist, publisher and lecturer. |
| Anne | Tyler | American novelist, short tory writer and literary critic. |
| Gillian | Welch | American singer-songwriter. |
| Caeden | Wentworth | One of the students at Adams High School. |
| John | Williams | American composer, conductor and pianist. |
| Meredith | Willson | American flutist, composer, conductor and musical arranger. |
| Aerosmith | | American rock band. |
| Aristaeus | | The god of beekeeping. |
| Aristotle | | Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. |
| Beyonce | | American singer-songwriter. |
| Boris | | Lily's dog. |
| Boyd | | Lily's co-captain from the fencing team. |
| David | | Lily's imaginary friend. |
| Deepa | | One of Maya's mothers. |
| Deirdre | | A social worker. |
| Derrick | | A member of the orchestra. |
| Edgar | | Lizzy's real name. |
| Elizabeth | | A transgender woman. aka: Lizzy. |
| Eowyn | | Lord of the Kings character. |
| Fiske | | A bailiff. |
| Jasmine | | Olivia's neighbor. |
| Jeannie | | Asher's friend. |
| Johnny | | Lizzy's acquaintance. |
| Jonah | | Lily's ex-boyfriend. |
| Ken | | Asher's cellmate. |
| Lady Gaga | | American singer-songwriter. |
| Liam | | Lily's former name. |
| Margot | | Braden's new wife. |
| Nadya | | Mike's wife. |
| Rudy | | A ranger. |
| Sam | | Selena's son. |
| Selena | | Jordan's wife. |
| Shane | | One of Asher's half-brothers. |
| Sharon | | One of Maya's mothers. |
| Shawn | | One of Asher's half-brothers. |
| Sorel | | Lily's friend. |
| Thomas | | Jordan's elder son. |
| Tiffany | | A waitress. |
