| | | | Book 1 |
| 1 | Seth | Buswell | Editor and owner Peyton Place Times. George's only son. |
| | Dr. Matthew | Swain | Seth's best friend and his oldest crony. |
| 2 | Kenny | Stearns | The town's handyman. |
| | Clayton | Frazier | One of the old villagers in Peyton Place. |
| | Ginny | Stearns | Kenny's wife. |
| | Elsie | Thornton | A teacher at Peyton Place School. Allison's teacher. |
| | Allison | MacKenzie | Protagonist. |
| | Selena | Cross | Allison's best and only friend at Peyton Place School. |
| | Rodney | Harrington | A bully student from Peyton Place School. Leslie's son. |
| | Norman | Page | A little boy Rodney bullied. Allison's close friend. |
| | Theodore | Carter | Selena's boyfriend. Aka: Ted, Teddy. |
| | Betty | Anderson | A student in Peyton Place School. Rodney's girlfriend. |
| 3 | Samuel | Peyton | A man who built a castle during the Civil War. |
| 4 | Constance | Standish | Allison's mother. Aka: Connie. |
| | Allison | MacKenzie 2 | Allison's father. |
| | Elizabeth | Standish | Constance's mother. Allison's grandmother. |
| 5 | Leslie | Harrington | Chairman of Peyton Place School Board. Richest person. |
| | Charles | Partridge | The Town's leading attorney. |
| | Marion | S. Partridge | Charles's wife. |
| | George | Buswell | Seth's father. The Governor of the State. |
| | Jared | Clarke | The owner of a chain of feed-and-grain store in Peyton Place. |
| | Dexter | Humphrey | The president of the Citizen's National Bank. |
| | Leighton | Philbrook | A sawmill owner. |
| | Peter | Drake | A young lawyer. |
| 6 | Lucas | Cross | Selena's abusive and rapist step-father. A woodsman. |
| | Nellie | Cross | Lucas's wife. Selena's mother. |
| | Paul | Cross | Selena's older step-brother. |
| | Joey | Cross | Selena's younger brother. |
| 9 | Amos | Beane | A man who runs a theatre. |
| | Mrs. | Prescott | A drugstore owner. |
| 10 | Isobel | Crosby | Dr. Swain's housekeeper. |
| | John | Saltmarsh | Marion's brother. |
| | Reverend | Saltmarsh | Marion's father. A reverend at the Baptist Church. |
| 11 | Francis J. | Fitzgerald | The congregationalist minister. |
| 12 | Glenn | Miller | A music teacher. |
| 14 | Buck | McCracken | The town's sheriff. |
| | Oakleigh | Page | Norman's father. Deceased. |
| 15 | Caroline | Page | Norman's half-sister. |
| | Charlotte | Page | Norman's half-sister. |
| | Evelyn | Page | Norman's mother. |
| | Hester | Goodale | A loner woman in Peyton Place. |
| | Albert | Card | Miss Hester's neighbor. Owner of
printing business. |
| | Mary | Card | Mr. Card's wife. |
| | Tom | | Miss Hester's cat. |
| 16 | Ben | Davis | Jared's colleague. |
| | George | Caswell | Jared's colleague. |
| | Mr. | Goodale | Miss Hester's father. |
| 18 | Henry | McCracken | Buck's father. |
| | Angus | Bromley | A drunkard. |
| 19 | Mary | Kelley | One of the nurses of Dr. Swain. |
| | Lucy | Ellsworth | One of the nurses of Dr. Swain. |
| | John | Ellsworth | Lucy's husband. Kathy's father. |
| | Kathy | Ellsworth | Lucy and John's daughter. Allison's new friend. |
| 20 | Abner | Firth | The principal of Peyton Place School. Deceased. |
| | Roberta | Welch-Carter | Ted's mother. Aka: Bobbie. |
| | Theodore | Janowski | A third member of the board in Peyton Place School. |
| | Tomas | Makris | The new principal of Peyton Place School. Constance's new boyfriend. |
| 21 | Corey | Hyde | The owner of the largest eating place in Peyton Place. |
| 22 | Mr. | Rhodes | The station master. |
| 26 | John | Pillsbury | Betty's friend. |
| | | | Book 2 |
| 1 | Curtis | Chamberlain | Selena's father. Nellie's first husband. |
| 2 | John | Bixby | A doctor in Whiter River. |
| 3 | Mr. | Shapiro | Ted's employer. Owner of a huge chicken farm. |
| 4 | Anita | Titus | Constance's next-door neighbor. |
| 5 | Father | O'Brien | A priest. |
| 7 | Harmon | Carter | Ted's father. |
| | Jerrold | Quimby | Roberta's former boss and former husband. |
| 8 | Old Man | Welch | The most drunkard in town. Roberta's father. |
| 9 | Margaret | B. Fitzgerald | Reverend Fitzgerald's wife. |
| | Margaret | Fitzgerald | Reverend Fitzgerald's mother. Aka: Peggy. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Pratte | The Harrington's cook and general housekeeper. |
| | Elizabeth | F. Harrington | Rodney's mother. |
| | Marty | Janowski | A man Betty dated. |
| 13 | John | Anderson | Betty's father. |
| | Esther | Bryant | Leslie's secretary. |
| 14 | Walter | Barry | A bank teller. A man who started the gossip about Betty. |
| | Frank | Barry | Walter's brtother. |
| | Miss | Soames | Walter's co-worker. |
| | Pauline | Bryant | Esther's sister. |
| | Lewis | Welles | Kathy's boyfriend. Aka: Lew. |
| 16 | Oliver | Rank | A man who burried Nellie's body. |
| 18 | Clothilde | | Mrs. Card's cat. |
| 19 | Jesse | Witcher | The carnival owner. |
| | | | Book Three |
| 1 | Gladys | Cross | Paul Cross's wife. |
| 2 | Emily | Gilbert | Dr. Swain's wife. |
| | Anthony | Aldridge | The judge in Selena's trial. |
| 5 | Enrico | Antonelli | A pig farm owner. |
| 6 | Alma | Hayes | The town's telephone operator. |
| | Helen | | Rodney's new girlfriend. |
| 7 | Marvin | Potter | One of the villagers at Peyton Place. |
| 8 | Gerald | Gage | A salesperson at Boston office of the S.S. Pierce company. |
| 9 | Thomas | Delaney | A reporter in Boston. |
| | Abraham | Lincoln | The founding father of the United States. |
| | Vi'let | Peyton | Samuel's wife. |
| | Stowe | | A woman who wrote a book about slaves. |
| 11 | Stephanie | Wallace | Allison's housemate. Aka: Steve. |
| 12 | Virginia | Voorhees | Columnist in Boston American Sunday. Aka: Stella Orbach. |
| 13 | Walter | Winchell | A columnist. |
| | Bradley | Holmes | Allison's agent. Allison's lover. |
| | David | Noyes | An Author. Allison's friend. |
| | Bernice | Holmes | Bradley's wife. |
