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