| Henry |
1 | Bonnelyn's new acquaintance |
| Mrs. |
Anderson | Bonnelyn's school teacher |
| Jane |
Austen | English writer |
| Mr. |
Banks | Bonnelyn's employer |
| Buck |
Barrow | Blanche's boyfriend |
| Clyde Champion |
Barrow | Buck's only brother |
| Mr. |
Barrow | Father of Buck and Clyde |
| Mrs. |
Barrow | Mother of Buck and Clyde |
| Big |
Bertha | The name of Blanche's automobile |
| Little |
Billie | Bonnelyn's sister |
| Clara |
Bow | American actress |
| Ethel |
Bowens | American supercentenarian |
| Blanche |
Caldwell | Bonnelyn's friend |
| Al |
Capone | American gangster and businessman |
| Al |
Capone | American gangster and businessman |
| Mrs. |
Davis | A church member |
| Scott |
Fitzgerald | Iconic American author |
| Pastor |
Frank | A minister |
| Harry |
Greb | American professional boxer |
| Hazel |
Griffin | Southwest Dallas High School gossip columnist |
| Robin |
Hood | Legendary English folk hero and outlaw |
| Shirley |
Johnson | Bonnie's classmate |
| Alvin |
Kelly | American pole sitter famous in the 1920s-1930s |
| Bessie |
Love | American-British actress |
| Mrs. |
Malone | Bonn's neighbor |
| Mr. |
Miller | A member of the congregation |
| Dr. |
Monroe | A local physician |
| Harold |
Monroe | Belgian-born British poet and editor |
| Anita |
Page | American film actress |
| Bonnelyn Elizabeth |
Parker | A choir girl intent on becoming a teacher. Aka: Bonnie |
| Emma |
Parker | Bonnelyn's mother |
| Henry |
Parker | Bonnie's father |
| Dr. |
Peterson | A local doctor |
| Roy |
Thornton | Bonnelyn's boyfriend |
| James |
Tucker | American animator, writer, director, and producer |
| Mickey |
Walker | American professional boxer |
| William Butler |
Yeats | A poet and former Senator of the Irish Free State |
| William Butler |
Yeats | A poet and former Senator of the Irish Free State |
| Buster |
| Bonnelyn's brother |
| Charles |
| One of Bonnie's acquaintances |
| Edward |
| One of Bonnie's acquaintances |
| George |
| One of Bonnie's acquaintances |
| Gertrude |
| Wife of Henry 1 |
| Jacobs |
| Clyde's acquaintance |
| Jenkins |
| A gambler |
| Jimmy |
| Hazel's friend |
| John |
| Alias used by Clyde Barrow |
| Lenny |
| Bonnelyn's acquaintance |
| Marco |
| Owner of Marco's Cafe |
| Marie |
| Bonnie's aunt |
| Mary |
| The manager at Docs |
| Olive |
| Wife of Clyde's cellmate |
| Raymond |
| Historical figure, member of the Barrow Gang |
| Rosie |
| Singer at Docs |
| Ruth |
| One of Roy's acquaintances |
| Sally |
| Blanche's friend |
| Shirley |
| One of Roy's acquaintances |
| Willard |
| Bonnelyn's neighbor |
| William |
| Clyde's cellmate |
