| Young | Alec | Alec's son. |
| Brother | Ambrose | A monk. |
| Father | Anselm | Father at Merry Heart. |
| Father | Bain | The village and castle's priest. |
| Mr. | Bainbridge | A solicitor. |
| Mrs. | Baird | Owner of the Highland Bed and Breakfast establishment. Claire and Frank's landlord. |
| Davie | Beaton | Physician at Castle Leoch. |
| Quentin Lambert | Beauchamp | Claire's uncle. AKA: Q, Uncle Lamb. |
| Claire | Beauchamp-Randall | Protagonist. Time traveler. AKA: Sassenach. |
| Mrs. | Buchanan | The village postmistress. |
| Bonnie Prince | Charlie | The young pretender to the throne. |
| Geordie | Coulter | One of Dougal's men. |
| Rufus | Coulter | Oen of Dougal's men. |
| Mr. | Crook | Mrs. Baird's gardener. |
| Donald | Donn | Mary Grant's lover. |
| Arthur | Duncan | Geilis's husband. The Fiscal. |
| Geillis | Duncan | The Fiscal's wife. AKA: Geilie. |
| Margaret | Ellen | Ian and Jenny's daughter. |
| Glena | Fitzgibbon | Head housekeeper of Castle Leoch. AKA: Mrs. Fitz. |
| Alexander | Fraser | One of Jamie's uncles. |
| Brian | Fraser | Jamie's father. |
| Jenny | Fraser | Jamie's sister. |
| Murtagh | Fraser | Jamie's godfather. The innkeeper. |
| Willie | Fraser | Jamie's older brother. |
| Father | Gerard | A well-known confessor. |
| Fletcher | Gordon | The prison guard. |
| Ned | Gowan | Clan Mackenzie's legal advisor. AKA: Edward Gowan. |
| Jock | Graham | The man that Jamie and Claire met at Lallybroch. |
| Mrs. | Graham | The Vicar's housekeeper. |
| Malcolm | Grant | Chieftain of Clan Grant. |
| Mary | Grant | Daughter of the Laird Urquhart Castle. |
| Colum | Mackenzie | Dougal's brother. Laird of Castle Leoch. |
| Dougal | Mackenzie | Colum's brother. Jamie's uncle. |
| Eleanor | Mackenzie | Dougal's daughter. |
| Hamish | Mackenzie | Colum's son. |
| Jacob | Mackenzie | Chieftain of the Mackenzies. Colum and Dougal's father. |
| Letitia | Mackenzie | Colum's wife. |
| Margaret | Mackenzie | Dougal's daughter. |
| Rupert | Mackenzie | Colum and Dougal's cousin. |
| Sarah Graham | Mackenzie | Deceased. |
| Ellen | Mackenzie-Fraser | Jamie's mother. |
| Francis | Maclean | Mackenzie's colleagues. |
| Alec | Macmahon-Mackenzie | Master Horse at Castle Leoch. |
| Willie | MacMutry | Oen of Dougal's men. |
| Mrs. | Macnab | Rabbie's grandmother. |
| Rabbie | Macnab | Mrs. Macnab's grandson. |
| Ronald | Macnab | A drunkard. Rabbie's father. |
| John | Macrae | The village locksman. |
| Annabelle | MacRannoch | Marcus's wife. |
| Marcus | MacRannoch | The man who helped Claire. |
| Jamie | Mactavish-Fraser | The man Claire falls in love with. |
| Mrs. | Martins | The midwife. |
| Angus | Mhor | One of Dougal's men. |
| Hugh | Munro | Jamie's friend. |
| Ian | Murray | Jenny's husband. Jamie's best friend. |
| Jamie | Murray | Ian and Jenny's son. |
| Frank | Randall | Claire's present husband. |
| Alexander William | Roderick Macgregor | The owner of the bible. |
| Brother | Roger | A monk. |
| Reginald | Wakefield | Vicar of the local parish. |
| John | Whitlow | One of Dougal's men. |
| Brother | William | A monk. |
| Jonathan | Wolverton-Randall | Frank's ancestor. Jamie's enemy. AKA: Black Jack. |
| Abasalom | | One of MacRannoch's men. |
| Arnold | | Harry's companion. |
| Bran | | The Fraser's staghound. |
| Collins | | The old trooper. |
| Donas | | The large stallion in Castle Leoch. |
| George | | Current King. |
| Gwyllyn | | The harp player. |
| Harry | | The man who harassed Claire. |
| Hawkins | | Corporal. |
| Hector | | One of MacRannoch's men. |
| Horrocks | | An English deserter. |
| Janet | | Jamie's aunt. |
| Jeff | | The judge. |
| Jocasta | | Jamie's aunt. |
| Laoghaire | | Gwyllyn's co-musician. |
| Marley | | One of Randall's men. |
| May | | Frank's cousin. |
| Molly | | Tibby's sister. |
| Nairn | | Bran's grandfather. |
| Roger | | Rev. Wakefield's son. |
| Rupert | | One of Dougal's men. |
| Tibby | | Jamie's first kiss. Dougal's daughter. |
| Wilkes | | Sergeant. |