| Christine | Aimar | Chad's lover. A paralegal. |
| Zan | Alexander | The judge's wife. |
| Leslie | Asche | A waitress. |
| Tommy | Atkinson | Aimar's boss. |
| Henry | Berlin | A men's store owner. |
| Sonia | Bianca | Chad's secretary. |
| David | Biedermann | One of Leo's childhood friends. A doctor. |
| George | Birlant | An antique store owner. |
| Joe | Blow | A restaurant owner. |
| Compson | Brailford | The lawyer. One of Leo's clients. |
| Bunny | Buncombe | A football player who murdered his own mother. Trevor's friend. |
| Ken | Burger | Leo's friend from Washington Bureau. |
| Herb | Caen | Leo's columnist friend. |
| Harrington | Canon | The antique dealer. Leo's boss. |
| Mr. | Chao | Trevor's landlord. |
| Debi | Chard | Sheba's co-actor. |
| King | Charles | One of Leo's clients. |
| Septima | Clark | The civil rights leader. |
| Anna | Cole | The new tenant from where Trevor lived. A lawyer. |
| Dr. | Colwell | Leo's family friend. A bishop. Aka: Monsignor Max. |
| John | Conroy | The current Chief of Police. |
| Jacqueline | Criddle | Leo's therapist. |
| Jack | Cross | Sheba's father. Aka: Houston Poe. |
| Stephen | Dedalus King | Leo's brother who committed suicide. Deceased. Aka: Steve. |
| Howard | Drawdy | A famous quarter back player. |
| Catherine | Driscoll | Mary Ellen's sister. Leo's nurse. |
| Mary Ellen | Driscoll | Leo's highschool batchmate. |
| Thomas | Elfe | The town's famous cabinet-maker. |
| Burbage | Eliot | One of Leo's neighbors. |
| Ameli | Evans | The Editor-in-Chief of Daily Tar Heel. |
| Mr. | Ferguson | Jasper's friend. A plantation owner. |
| Tommy | Ford | Leo's friend and colleague. |
| Charles | Foster | A black cadet. |
| Clyde | Grubb | A reverend. Bright's 2nd husband. |
| Eugene | Haverford | Leo's boss. |
| Posey | Huger | Simmons's wife. |
| Simmons | Huger | One of Jasper's friends. |
| Molly | Hyger | Simmons and Posey's daughter. |
| Anthony | Jefferson | The new football coach. Ike's father. |
| Ike | Jefferson | Coach Jefferson's black son. Leo's football teammate. |
| Verneatha | Jefferson | Ike and Betty's daughter. |
| Jasper | King | Leo and Steve's father. |
| Leopold Bloom | King | Protagonist and Narrator. Aka: Leo, Toad. |
| Lindsay | King | Leo's mother. A school owner. Aka: Dr. King. |
| Clayton | Lafayette | A teacher and security at the orphanage. |
| Rex | Lamford | One of the people who lived near Trevor's place. |
| Wormy | Ledbetter | One of Leo's football teammates. |
| Darcy | Lutledge | One of Leo's clients. |
| Kitty | Mahoney | Leo's assistant. |
| Saul | Marks | A producer. |
| Joe | McBride | Sister Veronica's student. |
| Mike | McCourt | A bartender. |
| John | McGrath | A football captain. |
| Thomas Stearns | McGraw | A homicide detective. |
| John | McKissick | The famous high school. |
| Jeff | McNaughton | An AIDS victim. |
| Bill | Metts | Deceased. |
| Mary | Michele | The mother superior of the orphanage. |
| Steve | Mullins | Leo's friend and colleague. |
| Coach | Ogburn | A retired football coach. |
| Barry | Palumbo | Rex's blind friend. |
| Lonnie | Palumbo | Barry's sister. |
| Jane | Parker | Dr. Colwell's assistant. |
| Red | Parker | Coach Jefferson's colleague. |
| Evangeline | Poe | Sheba's mother. |
| Sheba | Poe | The girl that Leo likes. A famous actress. |
| Trevor | Poe | Sheba's brother. |
| Sister | Pollywog | One of the nuns. |
| Mary | Polycarp | One of the nuns at the orphanage. |
| Dr. | Ray | An oncologist. |
| Mayor | Riley | The current Mayor. |
| Joseph | Riley Jr. | A coming up politician. The mayor's son. |
| Shannon | Ringel | A movie critic. |
| Betty | Roberts | The new girl that Leo met. Ike's wife. |
| Desiree | Robinson | The first black judge. |
| Chad | Rutledge | Fraser's brother. |
| Chadworth | Rutledge | One of Jasper's friends. |
| Fraser | Rutledge | Chardworth and Hess's daughter. Molly's best friend. |
| Hess | Rutledge | Chadworth's wife. |
| Sarah | Rutledge | Molly and Chad's daughter. |
| Maxwell | Sandler | Leo's family friend. A bishop. Aka: Monsignor Max. |
| Choppy | Sargent | Leo's football teammer. |
| Aaron | Satterfield | Deceased. An AIDS victim. |
| Clea | Satterfield | Olin's wife. |
| Olin | Satterfield | Aaron's father. |
| Mary | Scholastica | One of the nuns Leo talked to at the phone. |
| Reggie | Schuler | The town's milkman. |
| Carl | Sedgwick | Sheba's first husband. An actor. |
| Bill | Sharpe | Sheba's co-actor. |
| Mr. | Shepperton | A homebuilder guy. Leo's acquiantance. |
| Dr. | Shermeta | Mr. Canon's doctor. |
| Joseph | Shine | A black cadet. |
| Ophelia | Simms | One of Leo's clients. |
| Troy | Springer | Sheba's ex-husband. |
| Meryl | Streep | A newscaster. |
| Isabel | Summey | John's wife. |
| John | Summey | Anna's talker. Aka: Anjit Patel. |
| Macklin | Tijuana Jones | A famous football player. |
| Julia | Tramwell | Dr. King's secretary. |
| Bettina | Trask | Wormy's girlfriend. |
| Bitsy | Turner | Trevor's realtor. |
| Blair | Upton | One of Sheba's husbands. |
| Mary | Urban | The current Mother Superior. |
| Sister | Veronica | A teacher at the orphanage. |
| Ellen | Wackenhut | Leo's co-journalist. |
| Bud | Watts | The Citadel president. A general. |
| Louisa | Whaley | Sheba's great-aunt. |
| Bright | Whitehead | Niles and Starla's mother. |
| Niles | Whitehead | The runaway kid. Starla's brother. |
| Starla | Whitehead | The runaway kid. Niles's sister. |
| Charlie | Williams | Leo's friend and colleague. |
| Mrs. | Wilson | One of Leo's clients. |
| Cleveland | Winters | Mr. Canon's lawyer. |
| Pius | XII | The current pope. |
| Alexander | | The current judge. |
| Blossom | | One of Sheba's fan girls. |
| Cleo | | A Greek girl. Restaurant owner. |
| Gaillard | | The current Mayor. |
| Lawson | | The current Judge. |
| Murray | | One of Sheba's assistants. |
| Nathalie | | Ellen's personal assistant. |
| Rushton | | Ike's uncle. |
| Seward | | A cadet sergeant. |
| Townsend | | A police officer. |
| Verga | | Mr. Canon's nurse. |
| Virginia | | King Charles's spaniel. |
