| | Katie | Nichols-Foley | Tiger and Jessie's mother. Aka: Kate. |
| | Richard | P. Foley | Kate's only son. Jessie's step-brother. Aka: Tiger. |
| | Magee | Johnsoon | Tiger's girlfriend. |
| | David | Levin | Jessie's father. Kate's 2nd husband. |
| | Exalta | Nichols-Foley | Kate's mother. Tiger and Jessie's grandmother. Aka: Nonny. |
| | Ted | Williams | Tiger's favorite player in Red Sox. |
| | Blair | Foley-Whalen | Tiger's sister. |
| | Katharine | Foley | Tiger's sister. A Civil Rights acitvist. |
| | Bevilacqua | | Tiger's coach. |
| | | | Part One |
| | Jessica | Levin | Tiger's step-sister. Kate and David's daughter. |
| | Angus | Whalen | Blair's husband. |
| | Leslie | | Jessie's friend. |
| | Doris | | Jessie's friend. |
| | Martin | Luther King | An American
Baptist and activist. |
| | Pammy | Pope | Jessie's classmate. |
| | Miss | Flowers | The guidance counselor at Jessie's school. |
| | Wilder | Foley | Kate's first husband. The father of the Foley siblings. |
| | Rex | Rothman | Miss Flowers's
fiancé. |
| | Eric | Barstow | Gym instructor at Jessie's school.
Man Miss Flower married. |
| | Francis | | Tiger's friend and co-army. Aka: Frog. |
| | John | | Tiger's friend and co-army. Aka: Puppy. |
| | Julia | Child | An American chef. |
| | Joey | Whalen | Angus's younger brother. Blair's boyfriend before Angus. |
| | Marco | | A lifeguard at the beach that Blair flirted with. |
| | Miss | Carpenter | Kirby's teacher. |
| | Scott | Turbo | A police officer. Kirby's married man ex-lover. |
| | Rajani | Patel | Kirby's best friend and schoolmate. |
| | Alice | O'Rourke | Kirby's landlady. |
| | Darren | Frazier | A Harvard student. Rajani's friend. |
| | Dr. | Frazier | Darren's mother. A doctor. |
| | Sallie | | Blaire's best friend. |
| | Edith | Wharton | A female novelist. |
| | Leonard | Cushion | Professor Emeritus of Microbiology. |
| | Nancy | Cushion | Leonard's wife. |
| | Judy | | Nancy's friend. |
| | Carol | | Nancy's friend. |
| | Marion | | Nancy's friend. |
| | Joanne | | Nancy's friend. |
| | Jamie | Beckett | Blaire's babysitter. |
| | MR. | Beckett | Janice's father. |
| | Bill | Crimmins | The caretaker of the Foley's house in Nantucket. |
| | Larry | Winter | Blair's ex-boyfriend. Mrs. Winter's son. |
| | Dobbins | | A receptionist at the Astrophysics Department. |
| | Mrs. | Himstedt | The Astrophysics Department Secretary. |
| | Bitsy | Dunscombe | Kate's friend. Helen and Heather's mother. |
| | Bobby | Kennedy | Former United States attorney general. |
| | Mrs. | Timsy | A longtime saleslady at Buttner's. |
| | Doris | | Jessie's friend. |
| | Ebenezer | Raymond | The first owner of the Foley's house. |
| | Pickford | Crimmins | Bill's grandson. A boy Jessie falls in love with. |
| | Lorraine | Crimmins | Pick's mother. Bill's daughter. Aka: Lavender. |
| | Evan | O'Rourke | Alice's bachelor nephew. |
| | Patricia | O'Callahan | Kirby's new friend and housemate. Aka: Patty. |
| | Miranda | | Kirby's housemate. |
| | Maureen | | Kirby's housemate. |
| | Michaela | | Kirby's housemate. |
| | Tracy | | Kirby's classmate from English class. |
| | Mrs. | Bennie | Darren's
acquaintance. General manager of Shire Town Inn. |
| | Edward | Kennedy | The U.S. Senator. |
| | Creighton | Abrams | The U.S. Army General. |
| | Trixie | | Woman Blair suspected as Angus's mistress.
Angus's psychotherapist. Aka: Dr. Beatrix Scofield. |
| | Betty | Friedan | An American writer. |
| | Ruth | Sayer | Blair's doctor. |
| | Mary | Pickford | An Actress. |
| | Mrs. | Winter | Exalta's friend. |
| | Lizz | | The receptionist at Field and Oar. |
| | Garrison | Howe | Jessie's tennis instructor. |
| | Topher | | A tennis instructor. |
| | Mr. | Eltringham | A banker in Philadelphia. |
| | Mrs. | Eltringham | Owner of a small antique shop. Mr. Eltringham's wife. |
| | Mr. | Ames | The night watchman. A former police. |
| | Susanna | Ames | Mr. Ames's wife. |
| | Denise | | Susanna's daughter from her first marriage. |
| | Bobby | Hogue | One of the guesses where Kirby works. |
| | Luke | Winslow | Patty's lover. |
| | Steve | Willard | Kirby's racist classmate. |
| | Roger | Donelly | Kirby's racist classmate. |
| | Sara | O'Callahan | Patty's sister. |
| | Ivy | | The babysitter of the Foleys. Aka: Poison Ivy. |
| | Susan | Anthony | Jessie's new tennis coach. Aka: Suze. |
| | Zeppelin | | Lorraine's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Tommy | O'Callahan | Patty's brother. |
| | Eugene | | Tommy's roommate. |
| | Elsa | Winslow | Luke's mother. |
| | Martin | | Luke's housekeeper. |
| | Ingrid | | Angus's new receptionist. |
| | Bud | Levin | David's father. Jessie's grandfather. |
| | Freda | Levin | David's mother. Jessie's grandmother. |
| | Katharine | Fox-Baskett | Exalta's mother. Kate's grandmother. |
| | Shep | | Kate's old friend. |
| | | | Part Two |
| | Joseph | O'Callahan | Patty's brother. |
| | Claire | O'Callahan | Patty's sister. |
| | Matthew | O'Callahan | Patty's brother. |
| | Rose | O'Callahan | Patty's sister. |
| | John | O'Callahan | Patty's brother. |
| | Kevin | O'Callahan | Patty's brother. |
| | Ward | Dunscombe | Bitsy's husband. |
| | Kimberly | Titus | Ward's mistress. |
| | Reggie | Titus | The Flour King. Kimberly's father. |
| | Arturo | | Bitsy's lover. An Opera House waiter. |
| | Dr. Van | De Berg | The Island doctor. |
| | Eve | Winter | Larry's sister. |
| | Carolyn | Winter | Larry's sister. |
| | Cassandra | Frazier | Hank's wife. |
| | Judge | Frazier | Darren's father. |
| | Hank | Frazier | Judge Frazier's cousin. |
| | Clarissa | | Dr. Frazier's patient. |
| | Anne | Frank | A German Diarist. |
| | Margot | Frank | Anne's sister. |
| | Otto | Frank | Anne's father. |
| | Sabrina | | Pick's girlfriend. |
| | Madaket | Millie | The coastal-defense specialist in World War II. |
| | Francesca | Timsy | The woman who works at the lingerie department. |
| | Donatella | Timsy | Francesca's sister. |
| | Myrtle | | Dr. Van De Berg's nurse. |
| | Genevieve | Foley-Whalen | Blair and Angus's twin daughter. Kate's
granddaughter. |
| | George N. | Whalen | Blair and Angus's twin son. Kate's grandson. |
| | Tracy | | The candy stripper. |
| | Ollie | Hayward | The head of the tennis department. |
| | Mr. | Bosley | The general manager of Field and Oar. |
| | Jeffrey | Pryor | A man who likes Suze. |
| | Joe | Gargan | Kennedy's cousin. |
| | Mary Jo | Kopechne | Sara's friend who drowned. Deceased. |
| | Penn | Nichols | Exalta's husband. Kate's father. Aka: Gramps. |
| | Brenda | | The receptionist at Field and Oar. |
| | Sergeant | Braga | A police officer in Edgar Town. |
| | Anne | Herlihy-Turbo | Scottie's wife. |
| | | | Part Three |
| | Banjo | | Tiger's co-army. |
| | Romeo | | Tiger's co-army. |
| | Fitz | | A boy that Tiger met during the war. |
| | Luck | | The little kid that Tiger saved during the war. |
| | J.B. | Neumann | Tiger's superior. A colonel. |
| | Denny | | A boy that Pick babysits. |
| | Andy | Pearlstein | Jessie's boyfriend. |
| | Miss | Malantantas | Jessie's English teacher. |
| | Al | Johnson | Magee's father. |
| | Major | Freelance | Tiger's superior. |
