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