| 1 | Jonas | |
Protagonist. |
| | Asher | |
Jonas's best friend. |
| | Lily | |
Jonas's little sister. Aka: Lily-billy. |
| | Mother | |
Jonas's mother. |
| | Father | |
Jonas's father. |
| 2 | Gabriel | |
The new child Jonas's family took care of. |
| | Katya | |
Jonas's aunt. Jonas's father's sister. |
| | Yoshiko | |
Jonas's father's friend. |
| | Andrei | |
Jonas's father's friend. Given the assignment Engineer. |
| 3 | Natasha | |
Lily's friend. A Group of Tens who lived around the corner. |
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Birthmothers - Role given at the ceremonies of Twelves. |
| 4 | Benjamin | |
Jonas's former groupmate. |
| | Fiona | |
A female in Group Eleven. Jonas's friend. |
| | Larissa | |
A woman who lives in the House of Old. |
| | Roberto | |
Eleven's former instructor. |
| | Edna | |
A birth mother. A worker in Food Production. |
| 6 | Phillipa | |
A new child Asher's family took care of. |
| | Bruno | |
Fiona's new brother. |
| | Caleb (2) | |
A replacement child for Caleb (1). |
| | Caleb (1) | |
A cheerful Four who had fallen into the river. Deceased. |
| | Fritz | |
Jonas's neighbor. |
| | Harriet | |
A girl Jonas exchanged a smile with. |
| | Pierre | |
Jonas's serious groupmate. |
| | The | Chief Elder |
The leader of the community. |
| | Madeline | |
A female who received the Assignment of Hatchery. |
| | Inger | |
A female who received the Assignment of Birthmothers. |
| 10 | The | Receiver |
The receiver of memories. |
| 11 | The | Giver |
Known in the community as the Receiver of Memories. |
| 16 | Tanya | |
One of the children in Group of Eleven. |
| 18 | Rosemary | |
The former Receiver of Memory. The Giver's daughter. |
| 20 | Katharine | |
A female in the Group of Sixes who has pale eyes. |
