| P. T. | Barnum | An American showman. |
| Leticia | Bayber | Thomas' mother. |
| Thomas | Bayber | A painter. |
| Mrs. | Blankenship | Thomas Bayber's assistant. |
| Mr. | Cranston | President of Murchison and Dunne. |
| Sylvia | Dillon | Mr. Cranston's assistant. |
| Dorothy | Doughty | An ornithologist and naturalist. |
| Winslow | Edell | The Kessler's friend. |
| Dennis | Finch | An art history professor. aka: Denny. |
| Slim | Gaillard | American jazz singer and songwriter. |
| Therese | Garza | A housekeeper. |
| Jimmy | Giuffre | An American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. |
| Dean | Hamilton | A film director. |
| Simon | Hapsend | Stephen's acquaintance. |
| Jack | Horner | An American paleontologist. |
| Dylan | Jameson | Owned a small gallery in SoHo. |
| Stephen | Jameson | An eccentric young art authenticator. |
| Alice Katherine | Kessler | An amateur ornithologist. |
| Felicity | Kessler | Alice's mother. |
| Natalie | Kessler | Alice's older sister. |
| Sofia | Kessler | Supposed name of Alice's child. |
| Phinneaus | Lapine | Alice's neighbor. |
| Mary | Oliver | American poet. |
| Mrs. | Phelan | The librarian. |
| Tamara | Philson | A woman who always wore her long strand of pearls everywhere. |
| Édith | Piaf | A French singer-songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress. |
| Vincent | Price | American actor. |
| Mrs. | Pym | Alice's academic adviser. |
| Myrna | Reston | The cabin owner. |
| Rita | Reys | A jazz singer from Netherlands. |
| Meredith | Ripley | Kevin's colleague. |
| Professor | Strand | A lecturer on avian biogeography. |
| Harry | Watrous | American artist. |
| Ralph | Williams | An English composer. |
| Agnete | | Alice's daughter. aka: Aggie. |
| Albert | | A funeral director's assistant. |
| Chloe | | Stephen's ex-girlfriend. |
| Claire | | Finch's wife. |
| Esme | | Winslow's wife. |
| Evan | | George,Jr.'s man. |
| Frankie | | Phinneaus' nephew. |
| Freda | | Dorothy Doughty's sister. |
| George, Sr. | | Myrna Reston's husband. |
| George,Jr. | | Myrna Reston's son. |
| Kevin | | Finch's son-in-law. |
| King Pleasure | | A legendary jazz band. |
| Lydia | | Finch's daughter. |
| Neela | | A dog. |
| Niels | | Alice's father. |
| Saicee | | A housekeeper. |
| Sheila | | Phinneaus' sister. |
| Stark | | Bayber's acquaintance. |
| Thomas, Sr. | | Thomas Bayber's father. |
