| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Lyra | Belacqua | Protagonist. Aka: Lizzie Brooks. |
| | Pantalaimon | | Lyra's daemon. A moth. Aka: Pan. |
| | Lord | Asriel | The master's colleague. Lyra's uncle. |
| | The | Master | A member of the Cabinet Council. The man who wants Lord Asriel killed. |
| | Wren | | The master's butler. |
| | Stelmaria | | Lord Asriel's daemon. A snow leopard. |
| | Mr. | Cawson | The master's steward. |
| | Shuter | | Lord Asriel's porter. |
| | Thorold | | Lord Asriel's manservant. |
| 2 | The | Librarian | The master's colleague. |
| | The | Sub-rector | The master's colleague. |
| | Charles | Trelawney | The Palmerian professor. |
| | The Cassington | Scholar | One of the master's colleagues. |
| | Stanislaus | Grumman | The head of Grumman Expedition. |
| | Iofur | Raknison | The king of the bear. The king of Svalbard. |
| | John | Calvin | The pope of Genova. |
| 3 | Mr. | Parslow | Roger and Simon's father. |
| | Roger | Parslow | The kitchen boy. Lyra's friend. |
| | Hugh | Lovat | Roger's friend. |
| | Simon | Parslow | Roger's brother. Lyra's friend. |
| | Dr. | Dee | A great magician. |
| | Tony | Makarios | The missing child. |
| | Marisa | Coulter | The lady who kidnaps children. Lyra's mother. Aka: The lady with the golden monkey. |
| | Father | Heyst | The intercessor. |
| | Ma | Costa | An gyptian princess. The woman that Lyra admired. Billy and Tony's mother. |
| | Billy | Costa | The missing boy. |
| | Charlie | | A gyptian boy. Lyra's acquaintance. |
| | Johnny Fiorelli | | Charlie's
acquaintance. |
| | Jessie | Reynolds. | One of the kids who went missing. |
| | Mrs. | Lonsdale | Lyra's housekeeper. |
| | Cousins | | The master's manservant. |
| | Dame | Hannah-Relf | The head of one of the women's colleges. |
| 4 | Colonel | Carborn | Mrs. Coulter's colleague. |
| | Dr. Broken | Arrow | Mrs. Coulter's colleague. |
| 5 | Lord | Boreal | Mrs. Coulter's lover. |
| | Postnikova | | The princess. |
| | Erik | Andersson | The fashionable dancer. |
| | Count | Belacqua | Lyra's father. Lord Asriel's brother. |
| | Adele | Starminster | A journalist. |
| | Docker | | A professor at Jordan College. |
| | Boris | Rusakov | A man who discovered new elementary particles. |
| 6 | Tony | Costa | Billy's brother. |
| | John | Faa | The egyptian king. |
| 7 | Raymond | Van Gerrit | One of the Egyptians. |
| | Farder | Coram | John Faa's colleague. A seer. |
| | Bernie | Johansen | The pastry cook. |
| | Edward | Coulter | Lyra's step-father. |
| 8 | Nicholas | Rokeby | The man who's in charge in finding a vessel. |
| | Dirk | Vires | One of the Egyptians. |
| | Adam | Stefanski | The man who's in charge of arms and ammunition. |
| | Roger | Van Poppel | The man who's in charge of clothing and food. |
| | Simon | Hartmann | John's treasurer. |
| | Benjamin | De Ruyter. | John's spy. |
| | Michael | Canzona | John's 2nd-in-command. |
| | Adriaan | Braks | One of the Egyptians. |
| 9 | Sophonax | | Farder Coram's daemon. |
| | Jacob | Huismans | Benjamin De Ruyter's assistant. |
| | Gerard | Hook | The gyptians who was captured by the Gobblers. |
| | Frans | Broekman | One of the gyptians who hunts Lord Boreal. |
| | Tom | Mendham | One of the gyptians who hunts Lord Boreal. |
| | Peter | Hawker | One of the gyptians. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 10 | Jerry | | The man that Lyra befriended. |
| | Belisaria | | Jerry's daemon. |
| | Martin | Lanselius | A doctor. Farder's friend. |
| | Serafina | Pekkala | Farder's witch friend. |
| | Iorek | Byrnison | The bear who lost his armor. Lanselius's acquaintance. |
| 11 | Kaisa | | Serafina's daemon. |
| | Lee | Scoresby | The aeronaut. |
| 14 | Sister | Clara | The sister in charge of the kids at Oblation Board. |
| | Annie | | One of the kids captured by the Oblation Board. |
| | Bella | | One of the kids captured by the Oblation Board. |
| | Martha | | One of the kids captured by the Oblation Board. |
| 15 | Salcilia | | Roger's daemon. |
| 16 | Kyrillion | | Annie's daemon. |
| | McKay | | A research student. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| | Jotham | Santelia | A counselor. An old bear. |
