| Catherine |
Alan | One of the old ladies at Pension Bertolini |
| Alessio |
Baldovinetti | Italian painter |
| Contessa |
Baroncelli | Miss Lavish's acquaintance in Italy |
| Charlotte |
Bartlett | Lucy's cousin |
| Arthur |
Beebe | The clergyman |
| Minnie |
Beebe | Mr. Beebe's niece |
| Mrs. |
Bertolini | Lucy's host in Italy |
| Enery |
Bertolini | Mrs. Bertolini's son |
| Victorier |
Bertolini | Mrs. Bertolini's son |
| Mrs. |
Butterworth | The philanthropist |
| Pierro |
della Francia | 15th-century Italian painter and mathematician |
| Cuthbert |
Eager | English church reverend, lecturer |
| George |
Emerson | Emerson's son; Lucy's lover |
| Mr. |
Emerson | Lucy's new neighbor in Italy |
| Miss |
Flack | Harry's tenant |
| Mr. |
Flack | Harry's tenant |
| Mr. |
Floyd | Lucy's partner |
| Francesco |
Francia | Italian painter |
| Mr. |
Gladstone | Politician |
| Mrs. |
Grundy | The woman who troubled Lucy |
| Lucy |
Honeychurch | Protagonist |
| Freddy |
Honeychurch | Lucy's brother |
| Mrs. |
Honeychurch | Lucy's mother |
| Lorenzo |
il Magnifico | Duke of Urbino (historical figure) |
| Helen |
Laverstock | Villa owner |
| Eleanor |
Lavish | Lucy's new friend |
| George |
Meredith | Poet / author referenced |
| Harry |
Otway | The coachman |
| Miss |
Pole | The woman who takes lemonade to Mr. Emerson |
| Joseph Emery |
Prank | Author of Sunset |
| Mrs. |
Vyse | Rich English woman |
| Cecil |
Vyse | Mrs. Vyse's son; Lucy's fiancé |
| Annie |
| Mr. Beebe's relatives |
| Giotto |
| Italian painter (referenced) |
| Mary |
| Mr. Beebe's relatives |
| Persephone |
| Mythological figure referenced |
| Phaeton |
| Mythological figure referenced |
| Teresa |
| One of the old ladies at Pension Bertolini |