| 1 | Remy | Charpentier | Eva's forgery partner. AKA: Andras Konig. |
| | Otto | Kuhn | Librarian from The
Zentral-Und Landesbibliothek. |
| | Eva | Abrams | Narrator. Protagonists. AKA: Eva Traube, Eva Moreau, Marie Charpentier, Sloneczko. |
| | Jenny | Fish | The Library's assistant manager. |
| | Ben | | Eva's son. |
| | Louis | Abrams | Eva's husband. |
| 2 | Joseph | Pelletier | One of the students in the English department. Eva's companion. |
| | Faiga | Traube | Eva's mother. AKA: Mamusia. |
| | Tatus | | Eva's father. |
| | Mr. | Goujon | Employer of Eva's father. |
| | Madame | Fontain | Eva's neighbor. |
| | Simone | | Madame Fontain's children. |
| | Collette | | Madame Fontain's children. |
| | Ana | Bibrowskas | Eva's neighbor. |
| | Max | Bibrowskas | Ana's husband. |
| | Henri | | Bibrowskas child. |
| | Aline | | Bibrowskas child. |
| 3 | Phillippe | Petain | The Prime Minister. |
| 5 | Olga | | Faiga's sister. |
| | Madame | Barbier | The Lodge Proprietress. |
| 6 | Le Pere | Clement | The Pastor of Eglise Saint-Alban. |
| 11 | Madame | Gremillon | Remy's friend. |
| | Thibault | Brun | Remy and Eva's driver. |
| 13 | Madame | Noirot | The woman at the Bookstore. |
| | Yelena | Moreau | Faiga's alias. |
| 15 | Jay | | The little boy Eva met. |
| 16 | | | The Book of Lost Names - Remy and Eva's book about children who changed their identities. |
| | Jacques | Lacroix | One of the names Eva changed. |
| | Gerard | Faucon | One of Clement's contacts. Joseph's new identity. |
| 17 | Claude | Gaudibert | The Alias used by the man who was in charge of the resistance. |
| 18 | Madame | Travere | Clement's acquaintance. A tutor. |
| | Anne | | The girl Eva met. A book lover. |
| 19 | Dorothee | | A character in the book. |
| | Frania | Kor | One of the orphans Eva changed the identity of. |
| | Octave | | One of the orphans. AKA: Johann. |
| 20 | Genevieve | Marchand | The new forger. |
| | Marie | Bell | Actress. |
| | Plunne | | One of the forgers. |
| | Mr. | Deniaud | The butcher. |
| 21 | Laurent | Boulanger | The forger in Paris. AKA: Marius Augustin. |
| 22 | Erich | | Clement's friend. |
| 25 | Lucie | Besson | Eva's new alias. |
| 26 | Andre | Besson | Eva's pretend husband. Remy's alias. |
| | Georges | | Eva's pretend child. |
| | Maurice | | Eva's pretend child. |
| | Didier | | Eva's pretend child. |
| | Jacqueline | | Eva's pretend child. |
| | Chapal | | The pastor. |
| 27 | Le Pere | Bouysonnie | The priest Eva met. Remy's acquaintance. |
| 28 | Madame | Trintignant | The baker from Aurignon. |
| 31 | Nicola | | The receptionist. |
| 32 | Eliane | Meisel | Jacqueline's real name. |
| | Mila | | The night security guard. |
