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. |