| Patricia | Arbuckle | Julian's neighbor. |
| David | Bailey | An English fashion and portrait photographer. |
| George | Best | Julian's acquaintance. |
| Enid | Blyton | An English children's writer . |
| David | Bowie | An English singer-songwriter and actor. |
| Mrs. | Brooks | Lizzie's acquaintance. |
| Brett | Butler | One of Riley's roommates. |
| Alice | Campbell | A former account director for a large company. |
| Mrs. | Campbell | Alice's mother. |
| Barbara | Cartland | An English novelist. |
| Winston | Churchill | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| Leonard | Cohen | Canadian singer-songwriter. |
| Joan | Collins | English actress, author, and columnist. |
| Sean | Connery | A Scottish retired actor and producer. |
| Daphne | Corrander | One of Hazars's friends. |
| Mrs. | Corsellis | One of Monica Café's customer. |
| Tom | Cruise | American actor and producer. |
| Marianne | Faithfull | An English singer. |
| Mrs. | Firth | Riley's acquaintamce. |
| Ella | Fitzgerald | An American jazz singer. |
| Timothy H. | Ford | A former banker. Aka: Hazard. |
| Gordon | Gekko | Film character. |
| Lizzie | Green | Alice's new friend. |
| Johnny | Hayes | Monica's neighbor. |
| Audrey | Hepburn | A British actress and humanitarian. |
| Anya | Hindmarch | An English fashion designer. |
| Mick | Jagger | An English singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. |
| Christine | Keeler | An English model and showgirl. |
| Nicole | Kidman | An Australian actress and producer. |
| Calvin | Klein | Founder of Calvin Klein Inc. |
| Raiph | Lauren | Founder of Ralph Lauren Corporation. |
| Nigella | Lawson | A food writer, chef and cooking show host. |
| John | Lennon | An English singer, songwriter, and peace activist. |
| Mario | Manenti | An Italian sculptor. |
| Alexander | McQueen | A British fashion designer. |
| Freddie | Mercury | British singer-songwriter. |
| Kate | Moss | An English model and businesswoman. |
| Rita | Norris | One of Hazard's friends. |
| Jamie | Oliver | A British chef and restaurateur. |
| Emmeline | Pankhurst | A British political activist. |
| Mr. | Patel | A dentist. |
| Pablo | Picasso | A Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist. |
| Jackson | Pollock | An American painter. |
| Mrs. | Ponsonby | Riley's acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Porter | Website owner. |
| Beatrix | Potter | An English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist. |
| Mary | Quant | An English fashion designer and fashion icon. |
| Mandy | Rice-Davies | A Welsh-born model and showgirl . |
| Jack | Russell | A dog breed. |
| Mary | Sandilands | A midwife. |
| William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| Mrs. | Skinner | One of Monica's customers. |
| Danielle | Steel | American writer. |
| Riley | Stevenson | Monica's new acquaintance. |
| Wojciech | Szczęsny | A Polish professional footballer. |
| Gianni | Versace | An Italian fashion designer. |
| Sid | Vicious | An English bassist and vocalist. |
| Andy | Warhol | An American artist, film director, and producer. |
| Vivienne | Westwood | A British fashion designer. |
| Angus | Whitewater | A respected leader. |
| Beatrice | Whitewater | Angus Whitewater's wife. |
| Steve | Wright | An English radio personality and DJ. |
| Betty | Wu | Biming's grandmother. |
| Lucy | Yeomans | Editor of Porter Magazine. |
| Alan | | Monica's new acquaintance. |
| Amelie | | Alice's daughter. Aka: Bunty. |
| Andy | | Hazard's friend. |
| Annabel | | Hazard's acquaintance. |
| Anthony | | Mary's live-in-partner. |
| Archie | | Lizzie's acquaintance. |
| Barbara | | Hazard's acquaintance. |
| Baz | | Benji's boyfriend. |
| Benji | | A barista. |
| Bernadette | | Monica's stepmother. |
| Bert | | The Fulham Football Club fanatic. |
| Biming | | Baz's Chinese name. |
| Blanche | | Hazard's acquaintance. |
| Boudicca | | The queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe. |
| Caroline | | One of Monica's friends. |
| Cecily | | Roderick's daughter. |
| Charlie | | Julian's acquaintance. |
| Dave | | Salima's friend. |
| Davina | | Hazard's acquaintance. |
| Delphine | | Julian's latest model. |
| Duncan | | The man Monica's been dating. |
| Elizabeth I | | The Queen of England and Ireland. |
| Fin | | One of Hazard's helpers. |
| Gandalf | | A protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels. |
| Grace | | Julian's sister. |
| Gunther | | A teacher. |
| Gus | | One of Anthony's sons. |
| Hayley | | One of Monica's friends. |
| Jack | | Lizzie's husband. |
| Jake | | Hazard's best friend. |
| Jim | | Julian's new acquaintance. |
| Julian | | A portrait painter. |
| Keith | | Julian's dog. |
| Kevin | | Alan's friend. |
| Larry | | A lobster. |
| Leo | | Hazard's buddies. |
| Lettice | | Monica's great-aunt. |
| Madonna | | American singer-songwriter. |
| Mandy | | Lizzie's friend. |
| Margaret | | The younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. |
| Max | | Alice's husband. |
| Monica | | A former corporate lawyer. |
| Nancy | | Sid Vicious' girlfriend. |
| Neil | | Hazard's neighbor. |
| Pam | | One of Monica's friends. |
| Pele | | A football player. |
| Queenie | | One of Hazard's helpers. |
| Quentin | | Baz's uncle. |
| Roderick | | Daphne's son. |
| Salima | | One of the new trainees. |
| Sally | | One of Monica's friends. |
| Scaramouche | | A stock clown character of the16th-century commedia dell'arte. |
| Sophie | | One of Monica's friends. |
| Sue | | A social worker. |
| Tanya | | Monica's mother's acquaintance. |
| Tinder | | Monica's ex-boyfriend. |
| Valerie | | Max's mother. |
| Wendy | | Hazard's acquaintance. |
| William | | One of Anthony's sons. |
| Zac | | One of Hazard's helpers. |
