| Mr. | Adler | Alma and Hannah's co-passenger. |
| Mrs. | Adler | Mr. Adler's wife. |
| Mr. | Albert | Max's friend. |
| John | Allan | Louis's barber. |
| Mrs. | Berenson | One of the war survivors. |
| Mr. | Braun | A dead old man. Hannah's neighbor. |
| Senor | Dannon | The Rosenthal's lawyer. |
| Mrs. | Dbuiecki | Leo's landlady. |
| Mrs. | Falkenhorst | A café owner. |
| Louis | Fourneau | Mr. Fourneau's son. |
| Mr. | Fourneau | The Rosenthal's family friend. A hotel owner. |
| Greta | Garbo | An actress. Aka: La Divine. |
| Madame | Gres | Alma's former gown designer. |
| Mrs. | Hofmeister | Hannah's neighbor. |
| Amelia | La Milagrosa | Deceased. |
| Franz | Lehar | A Hungarian composer. |
| Mr. | Levin | Anna's companion. |
| Leo | Martin | Hannah's only friend. |
| Mr. | Martin | A prisoner. Leo's father. |
| Mr. | Michael | Mr. Rosenthal's friend. |
| Mr. | Moser | Hannah's co-passenger who committed suicide. |
| Mrs. | Moser | Mr. Moser's wife. |
| Jesse | Owens | The great American Olympian. |
| Anna | Rosen | Hannah's great-aunt. |
| Gustav | Rosen | Hannah's brother. Aka: Louis's father. |
| Ida | Rosen | Anna's mother. |
| Louis | Rosen | Anna's father. Hannah's nephew. |
| Viera | Rosen | Gustavo's wife. |
| Hannah | Rosenthal | Protagonist. Aka: The German Girl, The Polack. |
| Max | Rosenthal | Hannah's father. A professor. |
| Mrs. | Samuels | The woman who accompanied Alma and Hannah in Cuba. |
| Mr. | Schemuel | The butcher shop owner. |
| Gustav | Schroder | St. Louis's captain. Aka: Gustav. |
| Ines | Simons | Johanna's daughter. |
| Johanna | Simons | The Matriarch of the Simons. Alma's friend. |
| Alma | Strauss | Hannah's mother. |
| Abraham | | Viera's uncle. Aka: Fabius. |
| Armand | | Hannah's father. |
| Avisse | | The antique designer. |
| Blondi | | A famous dog. |
| Catalina | | Hannah's long-time care person. |
| Diego | | The boy that Anna met. Hannah's neighbor. |
| Don | | Gretel's dog. |
| Edmund | | One of the boys at St Louis. |
| Esperanza | | Hortensia's sister. |
| Eulogio | | Alma's driver. |
| Eva | | Hannah's family housekeeper. |
| George | | One of Anna's teachers. |
| Hortensia | | Alma's housekeeper in Cuba. |
| Kurt | | Walter's brother. |
| Manuel-Benitez | | The director-general of immigration. |
| Moses | | Alma's baby basket. |
| Rafael | | Esperanza's son. |
| Tramp | | Mr. Levin's dog. |
| Walter | | The boy that Hannah befriended. |
