Sir John | Abel | One of Stephen's acquaintances. |
William | Agg | A quartermaster's mate. |
Samuel | Allen | A former captain. |
Henry | Andrews | The ship corporal. |
Jack | Aubrey | Appointed as Master and Commander of
Sophie. |
William | Babington | The midshipman in Sophie. |
Mr. | Baldick | The Sophie's lieutenant. |
Fra. | Bechell | One of the crew members who was punished
for being drunk. |
John | Bell | One of boson's mates. |
Jeremy | Bentham | English philosopher. |
Napoleon | Bonafarte | A French military and political
leader. |
Poggio | Bracciolini | Italian scholar, writer and
humanist. |
James | Bradley | Captain and commanding officer. |
Captain | Brenton | Jack's acquaintance. |
Mr. | Brown | The officer in-charge of the yard. |
Mrs. | Brown | Mr. Brown's wife. |
Mr. | Browne | A naval officer. |
Timothy | Bryant | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Captain Ole | Bugge | An ancient bibulous Dane. |
Aloysius | Burke | Irish-born clergyman of the Catholic
church. |
Mr. | Burnet | Mrs. Harte's acquaintance. |
Simon | Butler | An important historical figure in the
history of Chalfont. |
Joseph | Button | A marine. |
Fortunato | Carneglia | A midshipman. |
Bishop | Challoner | A bishop from England. |
Abraham | Codpiece | A purser. |
Bridie | Coolan | Jack's acquaintance. |
Thomas | Cross | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Mr. | Dalziel | One of the disappointment of Malta. |
Captain | Darley | A captain and a merchant. |
George | Day | A gunner. |
Don Martin | de Langara | Commander of the Cacafuego. |
Colonel | Despard | Jack's acquaintance. |
James | Dillon | First lieutenant in Sophie. |
Captain | Dockray | Jack's acquaintance. |
Mrs. | Dockray | Captain Dockray's wife. |
Heanage | Dundas | Captain of the Sloop Calpe. |
Mr. | Edwardes | Mr. Florey's acquaintance. |
Peter | Edwards | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Henry | Ellis | Jack's acquaintance. |
Mrs. | Ellis | One of Stephen's acquaintances. |
Dr. | Emmet | Stephens' acquaintance. |
Ned | Evans | A seaman. |
Miss | Fanny | Mrs. Brown's acquaintance. |
Captain | Ferris | Jack's former shipmate. |
F. Scott | Fitzgerald | American novelist. |
Lord Edward | FitzGerald | An Irish nationalist. |
Robert | Flaherty | American filmmaker. |
Mr. | Florey | A surgeon. Maturin's acquaintance. |
Johann | Gmelins | A German naturalist, botanist,
entomologist. |
Henry | Gouges | Stephen's assistant. |
Cardan | Greenbriar | A faerie and the current High King of
Elfhame. |
Richard | Grenville | The heroic Elizabethan naval captain,
explorer, and soldier. |
Thomas | Gross | John Lane's friend. |
Captain | Halliwell | One of Jack's acquaintances. |
John | Harden | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Captain | Harte | The Naval Commander of Port Mahon |
Molly | Harte | Wife of Station commander. |
Mr. | Harvey | Jack's acquaintance. |
John | Hayter | A marine. |
Mr. | Head | One of Jack's acquaintances. |
Terence | Healy | A tenant. |
Mr. | Henry | The sail maker. |
Mr. | Hoare | Jack's acquaintance. |
Isaac | Isaacs | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Jan | Jackruski | An ordinary seaman. |
Mr. | Jackson | An astronomer. |
Robert | Jessup | A cook's mate. |
William | Jevons | A carpenter's crew. |
Dr. | Johnson | Maturin's acquaintance. |
Matthew | Johnson | One who worked at the ship. |
Paul | Jones | An English singer. actor, harmonicist, radio
personality. |
Mrs. | Jordan | Mr. Ellis' acquaintance. |
Richard | Keats | Royal Navy admiral. |
Lord | Keith | Admiral of the Blue and Commander in chief
of Majesty's Ships. |
Joseph | Kelly | A producer and actor. |
Michael | Kelly | American actor. |
Lord | Kenmare | Lieutenant Dillon's uncle. |
Alfred | King | A seaman. |
Captain | La Hire | From the French Royal artillery. |
John | Lakey | A seaman. |
Mr. | Lamb | A carpenter. |
John | Lane | A foretopman. |
Carl | Linnaeus | A Swedish botanist. |
George | Lucock | A foretopman. |
David | Lynch | American filmmaker, painter, virtual
artist, musician and writer. |
Father | Mangan | A Romish priest. |
William | Marshall | A prime navigator. |
| Martinez | A Spanish merchant. |
Jaume | Mateu | A wealthy Barcelona merchant. |
Ramon | Mateu | Jack's acquaintance. |
Stephen | Maturin | A surgeon at Sophie. |
John | Melsom | One who worked at the ship. |
| Middleton | One of Jack's acquaintances. |
John | Morgan | One of bosun's mates. |
William | Mowett | One of the master's mates in Sophie. |
Thomas | Murphy | A member of the Royal Navy. |
William | Musgrave | Maturin's acquaintance. |
Harry | Neale | The San Fiorenzo's captain. |
Commodore | Nelson | A marine officer from East Blue. |
Captain | Nevin | One of Stephen's acquaintances. |
| Newman | Jack's acquaintance. |
James | Nightingale | A seaman. |
Christy | Palliere | Captain of the French ship Desaix. |
Mr. | Parker | A lieutenant. |
Gorge | Pearce | A seaman. |
Christian | Pram | The second mate of Levanter. |
Tom | Pullings | One of the master's mates in Sophie. |
Sergeant | Quinn | A marine. |
Dr. | Ramis | Stephen's acquaintance. |
David | Richards | Mr. Williams' cousin. |
Charles | Ricketts | Mr. Ricketts' son. |
Mr. | Ricketts | The purser. |
Patrick | Roche | A United Irishmen. |
Hamilton | Rowan | An Irish mathematician. |
Miss | Smith | Mr. Dilloh's acquaintance. |
Sheridan | Smith | American actress, singer and presenter. |
Sydney | Smith | Jack's acquaintance. |
Daniel | Solander | A Swedish naturalist. |
Mr. | Stapleton | Third of the Guerrier. |
Charles | Stirling | The senior captain and president of
the court marshall. |
James | Suamarez | Rear Admiral of the squadron. |
Arthur | Sullivan | An English composer. |
John | Surel | One who was accused of drunkenness. |
Richard | Sutton | A lieutenant. |
Napper | Tandy | A United Irishman who experienced exile. |
Thomas | Thompson | A seaman. |
Wolfe | Tones | A leading Irish revolutionary figure. |
W. D. | Valgardson | Canadian fiction writer, poet, and
English studies academic. |
Miss | Wade | One of Stephen's acquaintances. |
Patrick | Wade | A landman. |
Thos | Walker | Served as a slave ship captain. |
Admiral | Warne | The senior post-captain. |
Lady | Warren | Molly's acquaintance. |
Mr. | Watt | The boson. |
Tom | Widdrington | One of the midshipmen. |
Mr. | Williams | The Mahon's correspondent. |
Isaac | Wilson | A seaman. |
William | Witsover | Thomas Jones' acquaintance. |
Joseph | Wood | One of the crew members who was punished
for being drunk. |
Achilles | | Greek mythological hero. |
Algren | | A man working with Mr. Pullings. |
Anderssen | | Jack's acquaintance. |
Apollo | | One of the seamen. |
Aristotle | | A Greek philosopher. |
Asser | | An intelligent, reliable Lascar. |
Bussell | | One of Jack's acquaintances. |
Butler | | One of the midshipmen. |
Carrol | | First lieutenant at the Hannibal. |
Charles V | | King of Spain. |
Cheslin | | Stephen's acquaintance. |
Curtis | | A marine. |
Douglas | | Jack's acquaintance. |
Elphinstone | | Former midshipman. |
Felipe V | | King of Spain. |
George | | King of the United Kingdom. |
George | | A marine. |
Godwin | | Earl of Wessex. |
Hunks | | Jack's agent, vulture, creditor. |
Jep | | A waiter. |
Jno | | One of the crew members who was punished for
being drunk. |
Killick | | A steward. |
Louis | | Jack's acquaintance. |
Old Alexander | | A reliable quartermaster. |
Pallas | | Titan God in Greek mythology. |
Paracelsus | | A Swiss physician. |
Pitt | | A schoolmaster. |
Queeney | | Wife of Lord Keith. |
Rhazes | | Persian physician. |
Sally | | A black girl who was hidden in the cable-tier. |
Shannahan | | One of Jack's acquaintances. |
Sophie | | A ship. |
Tory | | General Aubrey's son. |
Turbid | | One of the seamen. |
Wilkinson | | One of the crew members who was punished
for being drunk. |
Young Harvey | | One of the midshipmen. |