A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Thomas | Adams | Respected newspaperman. |
| Sallie | Adkins | Wife of a Georgia state senator |
| Louis | Armstrong | American trumpeter and vocalist. |
| Daisy Douglas | Barr | Imperial Empress of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan. |
| Edward B. | Bender | Farmer and Democratic legislator from Zionsville. |
| Albert J. | Beveridge | Historian and former U.S. Senator |
| Eubie | Blake | American pianist and composer. |
| Kathleen M. | Blee | American sociologist. |
| Napoleon | Bonaparte | General and former Emperor of the French. |
| Gutzon | Borglum | Klan insider and eventual sculptor. |
| William J. | Bryan | Lawyer and former U.S. Secretary of State. |
| E. Howard | Cadle | Evangelist. |
| James | Cameron | Prisoner, lynching victim, later civil rights activist. |
| Al | Capone | American gangster. |
| Hoagy | Carmichael | American musician. |
| Willa | Cather | American writer. |
| Florence | Catherine | Nettie's daughter. |
| Edward Y. | Clarke | Author |
| Edward | Clarke | British barrister and politician. |
| James | Collins | Professional footballer. |
| Robbie Gill | Comer | Commander of the women's Klan. |
| Calvin | Coolidge | 30th U.S. President. |
| William | Corby | American priest. |
| A.M. | Couchman | Reverend |
| Dino Paul | Crocetti | Italian singer, comedian, actor, songwriter. Aka: Dean Martin. |
| Amy | Crousore | Professional pianist. |
| James R. | Crowe | Politician |
| George R. | Dale | Editor and former Mayor of Muncie |
| Clarence | Darrow | Lawyer and former Illinois State representative. |
| Charles | Davenport | Biologist. |
| John W. | Davis | Lawyer and former Solicitor General of the U.S. |
| Jefferson | Davis | Former President of the Confederate States of America. |
| Shorty | De Friese | One of Grand Dragon's most dutiful acolytes. |
| Griffith | Dean | Old lawyer. |
| Clarence W. | Dearth | Court judge |
| Martha L. | Dickenson | Wife of a well-known Klansman. |
| Thomas | Dixon Jr. | Baptist minister |
| Baby | Dodds | American jazz drummer. |
| Victor | Donahey | Former U.S. senator. |
| Daisy | Douglas | Smith's daughter. |
| Frederick | Douglass | American abolitionist and orator |
| John L. | Duval | One of Stephenson's most prominent Klansmen. |
| Milt | Elrod | Former editor of The Fiery Cross. |
| Hiram W. | Evans | American dentist |
| Hiram | Evans | Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Hiram Wesley | Evans | Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. |
| Douglas | Fairbanks | American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. |
| Harold C. | Feightner | Former newspaperman |
| Morris | Feuerlicht | Hungarian-born American rabbi. |
| Joseph L. | Fink | Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Law and Policy. |
| F. Scott | Fitzgerald | American novelist and essayist |
| Henry | Ford | American industrialist and business magnate. |
| Nathan Bedford | Forrest | Slave trader |
| Leo | Frank | American lynching victim. |
| Anne | Frank | German diarist. |
| Lucille | Fuller | Hired by Stephenson to work as an actress in one of his Klan films. |
| Green | Gabbard | Owns a little farmhouse outside the village of Laurel. |
| Marcus | Garvey | Jamaican activist. |
| Earl | Gentry | Charged with first degree murder. |
| George | Gershwin | American composer and pianist. |
| Arthur | Gilliom | Indiana Attorney General. |
| Bernice | Glass | Student at Butler College. |
| Grace | Goodhue Coolidge | American First Lady, wife of Calvin Coolidge. |
| Ulysses S. | Grant | 18th U.S. President |
| Madison | Grant | American lawyer and sociologist. |
| Guy | Grant | Black physician. |
| D.W. | Griffith | American film director |
| Nathan | Hale | American patriot, soldier, and spy for the Continental Army. |
| Jeanette | Hamilton | Merchant's daughter. Aka: Nettie. |
| Warren | Harding | 29th U.S. President |
| Florence | Harding | President Harding's wife. |
| Dan | Harston | Sheriff |
| Omer | Hawkins | Sheriff of Marion County. |
| Rutherford B. | Hayes | 19th U.S. President |
| G. Ray | Henson | Salesman. |
| Stanley | Hill | Madge Oberholtzer's friend. |
| Adolf | Hitler | Dictator of Germany. |
| Charles M. | Hoff | Sheriff. |
| Mike | Holand | Priest. |
| Ira | Holmes | One of the Klan officials. |
| Edwin | Holt | Bishop. |
| J. Edgar | Hoover | Law enforcer and former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| Herbert | Hoover | American politician, later President of the United States. |
| Lena | Horne | American singer and actress. |
| Joe | Huffington | Recruiter |
| Langston | Hughes | American poet and social activist |
| Clela | Hull | Dark-haired aspiring doctor. |
| Washington | Irving | American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat. |
| Ed | Jackson | Former rugby union player. |
| Helen | Jackson | American poet and writer; activist. |
| James W. | Jackson | Ardent secessionist and proprietor of the Marshall House. |
| Edward | Jackson | 28th Governor of Indiana. |
| Clarence | Jackson | Governor Edward Jackson's brother. |
| T. J. | Jackson | Stephenson's associate. |
| Andrew | Johnson | 17th U.S. President |
| James Weldon | Johnson | American writer and civil rights activist |
| Alex | Johnson | Bellhop and elevator operator |
| David S. | Jordan | Founding president of Stanford University. |
| John K. | Kingsbury | Well-known doctor in the Irvington area. |
| Earl | Klinck | Charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. |
| George L. | Knox | American soldier and activist. |
| Harry H. | Laughlin | American educator. |
| Robert E. | Lee | Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. |
| Irving | Leibowitz | Columnist and managing editor. |
| Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President |
| Earl | Little | Baptist minister and father of Malcolm X. |
| John Galen | Locke | American white supremacist |
| John | Locke | English philosopher and physician. |
| A. Lawrence | Lowell | American educator and legal professional |
| Helen | Lynd | American sociologist |
| Robert W. | Lynd | Irish writer |
| Lawrence | Lyons | Licensed clinical psychologist. |
| Niccolò | Machiavelli | Diplomat and author. |
| Herbert | Males | Former Evansville mayor. |
| Robert | Marsh | Stephenson's lawyer. |
| Dean | Martin | American singer and actor. |
| Dwight | Mason | Author and lead pastor of NewPointe |
| Earle B. | Mayfield | Lawyer and former U.S. Senator |
| William Gibbs | McAdoo | Woodrow Wilson's son-in-law. |
| Warren T. | McCray | Former governor of Indiana. |
| Paddy | McDermott | Charged for shooting a Klansman. |
| Jesse L. | McMurtry | Veteran detective. |
| Lucian B. | Meriwether | Dentist and civic leader. |
| Ermina | Moore | Madge's friend. |
| Clarence | Morley | Former governor of Colorado. |
| Benito | Mussolini | Founder of fascism and leader of Italy |
| Thomas | Nast | Influential newspaper cartoonist. |
| John | Niblack | Reporter for the Indianapolis Times. |
| Meredith | Nicholson | Hoosier writer. |
| O. G. | Noblitt | Stephenson's associate. |
| Patrick H. | O'Donnell | Irish-American lawyer. |
| John | O'Neill | American special agent. |
| Madge | Oberholtzer | White American woman whose rape and murder played a critical role |
| George | Oberholtzer | Local postmaster in Clay City, Indiana. |
| Matilda | Oberholtzer | Madge Oberholtzer's mother. |
| Clara | Oberholtzer | Madge's mother. |
| Daniel | Okrent | American writer and editor. |
| King | Oliver | American musician and band leader. |
| Charles | Palmer | Television director. |
| Mary | Phagan | 13-year-old employee of the National Pencil Company. |
| William | Pickens | Public speaker, educator, journalist, and essayist. |
| Mary | Pickford | Canadian-born actress and producer. |
| Walter M. | Pierce | Lawyer and former U.S. representative. |
| David | Ralston | American attorney and Republican politician. |
| Samuel | Ralston | Former governor of Indiana and U.S. senator. |
| James | Reed | British businessman. |
| William H. | Remy | Marion County prosecutor. |
| William | Remy | Black doctor. |
| Will | Remy | Black doctor, reappears. |
| John | Reynolds | American actor |
| Margaret | Reynolds | Stephenson's on-and-off girlfriend. |
| Arthur | Robinson | Senator. |
| Knute | Rockne | American football player and coach. |
| Will | Rogers | American actor. |
| Jelly | Roll | American rapper and singer. |
| Teddy | Roosevelt | 26th U.S. President |
| Harry | Rowbottom | American businessman and Republican politician. |
| Babe | Ruth | American baseball pitcher. |
| Reuben | Sawyer | Portland pastor. |
| Louis | Shapiro | Federal criminal law attorney. |
| Rose | Shapiro | British writer. |
| Philip | Sheridan | U.S. Army officer |
| Hugh | Shield | Stephenson's lawyer. |
| Thomas | Shipp | Prisoner, lynching victim. |
| Eunice | Shultz | One of the boarders. |
| Edward | Shumaker | State prohibition chief, key ally of Stephenson. |
| William J. | Simmons | Prominent African-American educator, pastor, and author |
| Noble | Sissle | American composer and lyricist. |
| Al | Smith | Former governor of New York. |
| Asa | Smith | Young attorney. |
| Lou | Smith | Father of Daisy. |
| Abraham | Smith | Prisoner, lynching victim. |
| Benjamin F. | Stapleton | Former mayor of Denver. |
| David Curtis | Stephenson | American Ku Klux Klan leader. Aka: Steve |
| Violet | Stephenson | David Curtis Stephenson's wife. |
| D. C. | Stephenson | Grand Dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. |
| William H. | Stern | Chairman of the bank's community board for South Carolina |
| Lothrop | Stoddard | American historian and journalist. |
| Harry | Stuhldreher | American football player and coach. |
| Billy | Sunday | American evangelist. |
| Cecil C. | Tague | First judge of the 37th Judicial Circuit Court. |
| Olive | Thomas | American film actress and art model. |
| W.H.S. | Thompson | Judge. |
| Samuel J. | Tilden | Lawyer and former Governor of New York |
| James M. | Townsend | American politician and abolitionist |
| Mary Elizabeth | Tyler | Atlanta public-relations professional |
| Oscar | Underwood | Lawyer and former minority leader of the U.S. Senate. |
| Rudolph | Valentino | Italian actor. |
| Oren | Van Loon | Minister. |
| Kurt | Vonnegut | American author. |
| Clyde A. | Walb | Republican Party State chairman. |
| Charles R. | Walgreen | American businessman. |
| Madam C.J. | Walker | American entrepreneur and philanthropist. |
| Matthew J. | Walsh | Priest. |
| Jack C. | Walton | Former governor of Oklahoma. |
| George | Washington | 1st U.S. President. |
| Booker T. | Washington | American educator and author. |
| James | Watt | Governor. |
| William Allen | White | Crusading newspaperman. |
| Omer | Whiteman | Lawyer. |
| Walt | Whitman | American poet and essayist |
| William E. | Williams | U.S. Representative from Illinois |
| Woodrow | Wilson | 28th U.S. President |
| Ellis O. | Wilson | Leader of a large Klan chapter. |
| Claude | Worley | Stephenson's associate. |
| William | Wrigley Jr. | American industrialist. |
| Malcolm | X | Muslim minister and human rights activist. |
| T.A. | York | Judge |
| Rebecca | Green Gabbard's wife. | |
| Marshall | Madge's older brother. | |
| Elizabeth Tyler | Public relations officer and recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan. | |
| Jury | Group of men tasked with deciding Stephenson's fate. |
