| 1 | Emsley | | Protagonist. AKA: Emily Wilson, Ems. |
| | Diya | | Ems's business partner. Trey's new girlfriend. |
| | Trey | | Ems's ex-boyfriend and business partner. |
| | Henry | Fullerton | Ems's boss. |
| | Mark | Selig | The junior Congressman. |
| | Johanna | Velar | Ems's mother. AKA: Anna Wilson. |
| | Philip Gregory | Wilson | Ems's father. |
| | Mrs. | Yang | Violet's neighbor. |
| | Violet | Velar | Ems's grandmother. |
| | Lai Fa | | Mrs. Yang's chicken. |
| 2 | Clara | Bakker | The woman who wrote the diary of Johanna. Violet's great-aunt. |
| | Johanna | Bonger | The diary owner. Vincent's sister-in-law. |
| | Mien | Bonger | Johanna's sister. |
| | Anke | | Johanna's maid. |
| | Anna | Dirk | Johanna's best friend. |
| | Dries | Bonger | Johanna's brother. AKA: Andries. |
| | Eduard | | Johanna's lover. |
| | Garrit | | One of the men who likes Johanna. |
| | Theo | Van Gogh | Dries's friend. Johanna's husband. |
| | Vincent Willem | Van Gogh | Theo's brother. A painter. |
| 3 | Andre | Milano | A celebrity chef. |
| | Louis | | Violet's friend. |
| 4 | Janus | Veth | Anna's husband. AKA: Jan. |
| | Wilhelmina | Van Gogh | Theo's sister. |
| | Meener | Dirk | Anna's father. |
| | Mevrouw | Dirk | Anna's mother. |
| | Bretchje | | The Dirk's maid. |
| 5 | Arthur | Ziegler | One of the bidders. |
| | Rutger | | The Senator. |
| | Lydia | Lawrence | A 3-time Oscar winner. |
| | Meredith | Meyer | Lawrence's mentor. The studio head. |
| | Dr. | Gonzales | Violet's doctor. |
| 6 | Edgar | | Theo's friend. |
| | Annie | Bonger | Dries's wife. |
| | Mr. | Degas | Theo's friend. A photographer. |
| 7 | Juliet | | One of the nurses. |
| | Bram | Dekker | Violet's state attorney. |
| 9 | Strena | | Violet's tenant. An artist. |
| | Beatriz | Amoso | Violet's realtor. |
| 11 | Raoul | | The Vicomte De Chaugny. |
| 12 | Willem | Van Gogh | Johanna and Theo's son. AKA: Wil. |
| | Henry | De Groux | The painter who insulted Vincent. |
| | Armand | Guillaumin | Vincent's old Paris friend. |
| | Toulouse-Lautrec | | Vincent's old Paris friend. |
| 13 | Bram | Dekker Sr. | Bram's grandfather. |
| | Joe | | Bram's maternal grandfather. |
| 14 | Saskia | | Anna Dirk's daughter. |
| | Emile | Bernard | Vincent's autobiographer. |
| 15 | Mr. | Wannamaker | The man in the photo. |
| | Mrs. | Wannamaker | Mr. Wannamaker's wife. |
| | Taylor | Wertheim | The junior Senator. |
| 19 | Guinevere | | King Arthur's queen. |
| | Bill | Wesner | A potential investor. |
| 21 | Sergei | Prokhorov | Bram's cousin. |
| | Aiden | | Sergei's partner. |
| 22 | Madame | Biset | Theo's landlady. |
| | Cor | | Vincent and Theo's brother. |
| 23 | Daniel | Muller | The artist who carved horses for the carousel. |
| | Monique | | Strena's model. |
| | Vivian | | Strena's model. |
| | Noemi | | Strena's model. |
| 24 | Martha | Van Eeden | A writer and translator. |
| | Frederik | Van Eeden | A top editor at the New Guide. |
| | Widow | Ballot | Anna's neighbor. |
| | Dr. | Rey | The doctor who treated Vincent's ear. |
| 26 | Paul | Gauguin | Vincent's artist friend. |
| | Richard Roland | Holst | A Dutch artist. |
| 28 | Piet | | One of Johanna's colleagues. |
| | Max | | One of Johanna's colleagues. |
| | Antoon | | One of Johanna's colleagues. |
| | Jozef | | One of Johanna's colleagues. |
| | Seb | | One of Johanna's colleagues. |
| | Mrs. | Oliphant | The Scottish Authoress. |
| 29 | Tiana | | Strena's assistant. |
| | Jordan | Kane | A famous photographer. |
| 30 | Daan | De Jong | Johanna's sponsor. |
| | Hendrik | | De Jong's boy. |
| 31 | Albert | | Violet's father. |
| 32 | Wilhelm | Carbentus | Vincent and Theo's maternal grandfather. |
| Epi | Christopher | | Diya's ex-boyfriend. |
