| Ansel |
Adams | American photographer and environmentalist. |
| Father |
Aldo | Elderly priest. |
| Dr. |
Aloni | Local physician. |
| Pietro |
Badoglio | Former Prime Minister of Italy. |
| Andrea |
Bartali | Gino's son. |
| Gino |
Bartali | Champion road cyclist. |
| Luigi |
Brizi | Friend of Father Niccacci. |
| Carlo |
Buti | Italian singer. |
| Mario |
Carità | Soldier and policeman. |
| Sister |
Catalina | Nun. |
| Anton |
Chekhov | Russian playwright and short story writer. |
| Cardinal |
Dalla Costa | Archbishop. |
| Maurice |
de Hirsch | German-Jewish financier and philanthropist. |
| Joe |
DiMaggio | American baseball player. |
| Thomas |
Driscoll | U.S. Army Ranger. Aka: Tommy. |
| Dwight D. |
Eisenhower | U.S. military leader and future president. |
| Esti |
Ezratti | Lili's brave and self-confident best friend. |
| Esti |
Ezratti | Using the fake name Evie. |
| Matteo |
Finzi | Matilde's friend. |
| Milton |
Friedman | American economist. |
| Giuseppe |
Garibaldi | Italian general and politician. |
| Adelmo |
Giardini | Dalla Costa's old friend. |
| Pietro |
Giardini | Son of Adelmo and Eva. |
| Ernest |
Hemingway | American novelist and journalist. |
| Adolf |
Hitler | Austrian-born German dictator of Germany. |
| William |
Hughes | Captain. Aka: Billy. |
| Vittorio Emmanuel |
III | Former King of Italy. |
| Horst |
Krüger | German writer. |
| Sister |
Lotte | Nun. |
| Giacomo |
Matteotti | Italian politician. |
| Doctor |
Moreali | Town physician. |
| Signora |
Moreali | Wife of Doctor Moreali. |
| Benito |
Mussolini | Italian politician and journalist. |
| Sister |
Natalia | Nun. |
| Rufino |
Niccacci | Italian Roman Catholic priest. |
| Goffredo |
Pacifici | Businessman. Aka: Chi Chi-Boo. |
| Liliana |
Passigli | A young Jewish woman from Ferrara navigating Nazi-occupied territory during WWII. Aka: Lili; Baba. |
| Massimo |
Passigli | Lili's father. |
| Naomi Giuliana |
Passigli | Lili's mother. |
| Rector |
Pelati | Priest. |
| Pope |
Pius XII | Head of the Catholic Church. |
| Alberto |
Rabagliati | Italian singer. |
| Rainer Maria |
Rilke | Austrian poet. |
| Domenico |
Scarlatti | Italian composer. |
| William |
Shakespeare | English playwright and poet. |
| Joseph |
Stalin | Former Soviet leader. |
| Harry |
Truman | 33rd U.S. President. |
| Albert |
| Child at Villa Emma orphanage. |
| Anna |
| Lili's new acquaintance. |
| Antonia |
| Esti's classmate in history. |
| Apollo |
| Greek and Roman deity. |
| Arturo |
| Former hotel manager. |
| Cenzo |
| Adelmo's friend. |
| Clara |
| Mussolini's mistress. |
| Dalila |
| Large sheep. |
| Daniel |
| Lili's acquaintance. |
| Daphne |
| Naiad nymph. |
| Emilio |
| Cook. |
| Ethel |
| Thomas's mother. |
| Eva |
| Adelmo's wife. |
| Federico |
| Driver. Aka: Fed. |
| Felicia |
| Lili's acquaintance. |
| Francis |
| Thomas's father. |
| Giacomo |
| Landlord. |
| Giorgio |
| Mia's older brother. |
| Giovanni |
| Farmer. |
| Henrik |
| Child from Villa Emma. |
| Isabella |
| Acquaintance of Father Niccacci. |
| Jelena |
| One of Lili's students. |
| Lazar |
| Esti's father. |
| Lucignolo |
| Baby lamb. |
| Luisa |
| Giovanni's wife. |
| Marco |
| Owner of a coffee shop. |
| Margo |
| Young girl from the villa. |
| Matilde |
| Lili's acquaintance. |
| Mia |
| Lili's old school friend. |
| Müller |
| German colonel. |
| Niko |
| Esti's husband. |
| Niko |
| Using the fake name Nino. |
| Otello |
| Niko's father. |
| Rafa |
| Theo's playmate. |
| Raphael |
| Italian painter and architect. |
| Remus |
| Twin brother of Romulus. |
| Ricardo |
| Isabella's son. |
| Romulus |
| Legendary founder of Rome. |
| Sandro |
| Member of Castelnuovo Berardenga police. |
| Sara |
| Esti's friend. |
| Settimo |
| Massimo's friend. |
| Sofia |
| Daughter of Felicia. |
| Stella |
| Niko's mother. |
| Steve |
| Thomas's nephew. |
| Sue |
| Thomas's sister. |
| Theo |
| Esti and Niko's son. |
| Theo |
| Using the fake name Tito. |
| Theodore |
| Thomas's uncle. |
| Theódoros |
| Theo's paternal grandfather. |
| Tulio |
| Isabella's husband. |
| Walter |
| Sue's husband. |
| Zaira |
| Lili's acquaintance. |
| Zechariah |
| Hebrew prophet referenced. |
| Ziggie |
| Lili's acquaintance. |
