| Casilda | Armenta | A former prostitute. |
| Stefan | Askenase | A classical pianist. |
| Jonathan Sebastian | Bach | A German composer. |
| Andres | Bello | A Senator of Chile. |
| Pedro | Biava | The narrator's musician. |
| Simon | Bolivar | The President of Venezuela. |
| Rosa | Cabarcas | The brothel owner. |
| Pablo | Casals | A Spanish Cellist. |
| Alvarro | Cepeda | A writer. |
| Christopher | Columbus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| Alfred | Cortot | A French pianist. |
| Sebastian | De Covattubias | A Spanish lexicographer. |
| Florina | De Dios-Cargamantos | Narrator's mother. |
| Carlos | Gardel | A dancer. |
| Tona | La Negra | A Mexican singer. |
| Sacramento | Montiel | A Brothel Owner. |
| Unnamed | Narrator | Narrator and Protagonist. A Journalist. Aka: Prof. Gloomy Hills. |
| Jeronino | Ortega | Narrator's workmate. The official censor. |
| Ximena | Ortiz | Narrator's fiancé. |
| Marcos | Perez | A radio host. |
| Benito | Perez-Galdos | A Spanish novelist. |
| Cecilia | Porras | A Columbian artist. |
| Orlando | Rivera | A painter. |
| Jacques | Thibault | A musician. |
| Marco | Tulio | A footballer. |
| Pedro | Vargas | The tenor of America. |
| Camacho | Y Cano | A musical artist. |
| Nicola | Zingarelli | An Italian philologist. |
| Argenida | | Narrator's aunt. |
| Castorina | | The prostitute who took narrator's virginity. |
| Cicero | | A roman statesman. |
| Damiana | | Narrator's maid. |
| J.M.B | | A banker. Murdered. |
| La Nina | | The narrator's call girl. Aka: Delgadina. |
| Saint-Exupery | | A French author. |
