| John | Antes | Pottstown's greatest composer. |
| Louis | Armstrong | One of the entertainers. |
| Mario | Bauza | A musician. |
| Ed | Bole | An Irish sailor. Wu's manservant. |
| Carl | Boydkins | A state welfare officer. Doc Roberts's distant cousin. |
| Della | Burnheimer | One of the girls that Doc dated. |
| Enzo | Carissimi | The man who knocked Fatty's tooth. Aka: Big Soap. |
| Fioria | Carissimi | Enzo's mother. |
| Dick | Clemens | The man who worked over at Flaggs. |
| Bernice | Davis | Fatty's sister. |
| Chulo | Davis | A legendary drummer. Bernice's uncle. |
| Earl | Davis | Bernice's second cousin. Aka: Bobby Davis, Shug. |
| Fatty | Davis | Owner of local jook joint. |
| Hollis | Davis | The Hill's only locksmith. |
| Rusty | Davis | One of Addie's friends. |
| Shad | Davis | Bernice and Fatty's father. |
| Traffina | Davis | Reverend Sturgees's wife. |
| Mr. | Fabicelli | A bakery store owner. |
| Juno | Farnok | A budapest hat maker. Aka: Mr. Hudson. |
| Karl | Feldman | Yakov's predecessor. The new rabbi. |
| Chona | Flohr | Moshe's wife. Yakov's daughter. |
| Yakov | Flohr | The owner of Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. Chona's father. |
| Miggy | Fluidd | Paper's friend who works at Pennhurst. |
| Joe | Glaser | Armstrong's manager. |
| Uri | Guzinski | Hirshel's boss. |
| Gladys | Hampton | Lionel's wife. |
| Lionel | Hampton | A ban leader. |
| Thelma | Herring | Addie's sister. Dodo's mother. Aka: Holly Herring. |
| Doc | Hinson | One of Booker T. Washington-type negroes. |
| Yvette | Hurlbutt-Skrupselis | Norman's mother. |
| Louis | Jordan | The negro bandleader. |
| Mickey | Katz | The kid wizard of clarinet. |
| Hirshel | Koffler | Yigel's brother. A rail man. |
| Yigel | Koffler | Hirshel's brother. |
| Henry | Lit | A former boxer. Nig Rosen's goon. |
| Moshe | Ludlow | The Jewish theatre manager. |
| Jay | McShann | An artist. |
| Patty | Millison | A laundress. Aka: Newspaper, Paper. |
| Willard | Millstone-Potts | The town's chief banker. |
| Anna | Morse | A dancer. |
| Anna | Morse | A funeral homes owner. |
| Isaac | Moskovitz | Moshe's cousin. A theatre owner. |
| Bill | O'Conell | A lieutenant at the Empire Fire company. |
| Monkey | Pants | The first person that Dodo met at Ward C-1. |
| Gustowskis | Plitzka | Chairman of Pottstown City Council. Aka: Gus. |
| John | Potts | The town's founder. |
| Doc | Roberts | The town's physician. |
| Nig | Rosen | A mobster. Ferdie's friend. |
| Rosetta | Sharpe | The great blues singer. |
| Irv | Skrupselis | The man who runs Pottstown shoe. |
| Marvin | Skrupselis | Irv's identical twin. |
| Norman | Skrupselis | The twins' father. |
| Ed | Spriggs | The reverend. Aka: Snooks. |
| Holly | Spriggs | Snook's wife. |
| Thomas | Sturgis | The owner of Chestnut Hill. |
| Addie | Timblin | Nate's wife. |
| Nate | Timblin | Moshe's old helper. Aka: Nate Love. |
| Booker | Washington | One of the negroes' greatest leaders. |
| Buck | Weaver | Bobby's employer. A Pottstown baseball player. |
| Chick | Webb | The colored entertainer. |
| Chaing Kai | Wu | A Chinese emperor. |
| Bags | | Rusty's uncle. |
| Bernice | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| Callie | | Cj's brother. |
| Cj | | Yula's son. |
| Cleota | | Addie's sister. |
| Darlene | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| Dirt | | A murderer. |
| Dodo | | The deaf boy. Addie's nephew. |
| Eggman | | The man who delivers eggs to the Son of Man. Aka: Bullis. |
| Ferdie | | Gus's cousin. |
| Gene | | Fatty's cousin. |
| Guido | | Fioria's cousin. |
| Larnell | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| Leopold | | The parade director |
| Lulu | | Shad's wife. |
| Malachi | | The last Jewish inhabitant in Pottstown. Moshe's friend. |
| Matteo | | Pia's husband. |
| Pia | | Eugenio's youngest sister. |
| Son Of Man | | The sadistic attendant on Ward C-1 at Pennhurst. |
| Thunder | | Shad's mule. |
| Titus | | Bullis's horse. |
| Yula | | Cj and Callie's mother. |
