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