1 | | | Pencey Prep - A school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. |
| Old Selma | Thurmer | The headmaster's daughter. |
| D.B. | Caulfield | Writer. Holden's brother who was in Hollywood. |
| Old | Spencer | Holden's history teacher. |
| Robert | Tichener | Holden's friend. |
| Paul | Campbell | Holden's friend. |
| Mr. | Zambesi | Biology teacher. |
| Mrs. | Spencer | Old Spencer's wife. |
| Holden | Caulfield | Narrator. Manager of the fencing team. |
2 | Dr. | Thurmer | The headmaster. |
| Mr. | Haas | Headmaster of Elkton Hills. |
3 | Ossenburger | | Owner of Holden's dorm. |
| Edgar | Marsalla | Guy who farted in front of Holden. |
| Ward | Stradlater | Holden's roommate. A handsome guy. |
| Robert | Ackley | Guy who lives in the room next to Holden. |
| Herb | Gale | Robert A.'s roommate. |
| Sally | Hayes | A girl from New York. Dated Holden. |
4 | Howie | Coyle | Holden's basketball teammate. |
| | Fitzgerald | Holden's type of girl. |
| Phyllis | Smith | A girl from Pencey. |
| Bud | Thaw | Ward's friend. |
| Jane | Gallagher | Ward's date. Holden's neighbor. |
5 | Mal | Brossard | Holden's friend. Wrestler. |
| Buick | | Robert A.'s cousin. |
| Allie | Caulfield | Holden's dead brother. |
6 | Ed | Banky | Pencey basketball coach. |
| Mrs. | Schmidt | The dorm janitor's wife. |
7 | Ely | | Robert A.'s roommate. |
| Leahy | | Hoffman's roommate. Holden's dorm mate. |
| Frederick | Woodruff | Guy Holden lends his typewriter to. |
8 | Mrs. | Morrow | A woman Holden met at the train. |
| Ernest | Morrow | Mrs. Morrow's son. The biggest bastard in Pencey. aka: Ernie. |
| Rudolf | Schmidt | Mrs. Schmidt's husband. Dorm janitor. |
| Harry | Fencer | President of Holden's class. |
9 | Mrs. | Hayes | Sally's mother. |
| Phoebe | Caulfield | Holden's sister. |
| Carl | Luce | Holden's schoolmate from Whooton. Student advisor of Elkton. |
| Faith | Cavendish | Stripper. |
| Eddie | Birdsell | A guy from Princeton. Holden's acquaintance. |
10 | Bernice | | Blonde woman Holden danced with in the club. |
| Marty | | Bernice's ugly friend. |
| Laverne | | Bernice's ugly friend. |
12 | Horwitz | | Cab driver. |
| Lillian | Simmons | A girl D.B. used to go around with. |
| Commander | Blop | Navy. Lillian's friend. |
13 | Raymond | Goldfarb | Holden's old friend from Whooton. |
| Maurice | | Elevator guy. Gave Holden a prostitute. |
| Sunny | | Prostitute. |
14 | Bobby | Fallon | Holden's neighbor and childhood friend. |
15 | Mary A. | Woodruff | Sally's friend. |
| Dick | Slagle | Holden's old roommate in Elkton. |
| Louis | Shaney | Catholic boy from Elkton. The first person Holden met there. |
16 | Estelle | Fletcher | Singer. |
| Laurence | Oliver | Man with a terrific voice. |
| Miss | Callon | Phoebe's teacher. |
17 | Harris | Mackim | Holden's old roommate in Elkton. |
| Jeannette | Cultz | Sally's friend. |
18 | Al | Pike | A man Jane dated. |
| Bob | Robinson | Holden's acquaintance. |
| Roberta | Walsh | Bob's roommate. |
| Mr. | Antolini | Holden's teacher in Elkton. |
| Alec | | Man who wrote a book. |
| Martha | | Alec's
fiancé. |
19 | Tina | | French. Played piano at Seton Hotel. |
| Janine | | French. Played piano at Seton Hotel. Singer. |
21 | Curtis | Weintraub | Phoebe's classmate. The boy who pushed her. |
22 | James | Castle | Holden's old schoolmate from Elkton. |
| Phil | Stabile | A very conceited boy from Elkton. |
24 | Lillian | Antolini | Mr. Antolini's wife. |
| Wilhelm | Stekel | Psychoanalyst. |