| Misty |
Berkowitz | Girl Vincent falls in love with; aka Amelia Elizabeth. |
| Stanley |
Berkowitz | Misty's cousin. |
| Michael |
Berkowitz | Misty's brother; aka Muggs. |
| Nancy |
Berkowitz | Michael's wife; aka Ninny. |
| Adalaide |
Berkowitz | Misty's mother. |
| Fritz |
Berkowitz | Misty's father. |
| Ruth |
Binnenstock | Juliana's nanny. |
| Roy |
Borden | Denton's deputy. |
| John |
Bride | Misty's ex-boyfriend. |
| Vincent |
Cardworthy | Guido's best friend and third cousin. |
| Dorothy |
Cardworthy | Vincent's mother. |
| Walter |
Cardworthy | Vincent's father. |
| Betty Helen |
Carnhoops | Guido's secretary. |
| Iris |
Domato | The cleaning woman. |
| Sigmund |
Freud | Neurologist (mentioned figure). |
| Hester |
Gallinule | Soap-opera actress; Vincent's cousin. |
| Connie |
Georgianos | Member of a plumbers' union. |
| Gem |
Jaspar | Holly's cousin. |
| Sybel |
Klinger | Stanley's girlfriend. |
| Doria |
Mathers | Arnold's student. |
| Hubert |
McKay | Founder of the Board of City Planning. |
| Denton |
McKay | Head of the Board; Hubert's son. |
| Daphne |
Meranty | Girl interested in Freud. |
| Arnold |
Milgrim | Famous author whom Holly met. |
| Winnie |
Minor | Vincent's lover. |
| Rachel |
Montgomery | Vincent's guest; soon to be divorced. |
| Hugh |
Montgomery | Rachel's son. |
| Sophie |
Montgomery | Rachel's daughter. |
| Guido |
Morris | Protagonist. |
| Robert |
Morris | Guido's ancestor. |
| Almanso |
Morris | Guido's grandfather. |
| Sandro |
Morris | Guido's father. |
| Giancarlo |
Morris | Guido's uncle. |
| Juliana |
Morris | Holly and Guido's daughter. |
| Jane |
Motherwell | Giancarlo's secretary. |
| Paula |
Pierce-Williams | Guido's close friend. |
| Charles |
Redevere | Man who runs a seminar at the New York Poetry Society. |
| Cyril |
Serber | Poet and classicist. |
| Holly |
Sturgis | Girl Guido wants to marry. |
| Walker |
Sturgis | Holly's grandfather; former physics teacher. |
| Mrs. |
Trout | Giancarlo's longtime right-hand woman. |
| Clifford |
Van Allen | Gem's husband. |
| Maria Teresa |
Warner | Coordinator. |
| Maria Teresa |
Warner | Misty's workmate and friend. |
| Lila |
Willet | Vincent's aunt. |
| Artie |
| Rachel's lawyer and lover. |
| Aurelee |
| Hugh and Sophie's nanny. |
| Bernie |
| Misty's uncle. |
| Bucky |
| Gem's horse. |
| Flo |
| Misty's aunt. |
| Gretchen |
| Gem's horse. |
| Henry |
| Stockbroker; Winnie's husband. Aka "Toad." |
| John Perkins |
| Gem's companion; aka John Raymond Deering Perkins. |
| Marcia |
| Vincent's aunt. |
| Walter |
| Marcia's husband; Vincent's uncle. |
