THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Characters - Alphabetical

FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION Laure Aurelian George Gey's colleague at Hopkins. A microbiologist. Richard Axel A molecular biologist. Henry Beecher A Harvard anesthesiologist. Roland Berg A press officer at NFIP. Bertil Bjorklund A cancer specialist who was penalized by injecting HeLa cell. Baruch Blumberg A Nobel-Prize winning virologist. Charles Bynum The director of "Negro Activities". Alexis Carrel A French surgeon at Rockefeller Institute. Alfred Carter Deborah's grandson. Alfred Carter Deborah's husband. Aka: Cheetah. Davon Carter Deborah's grandson. Latonya Carter Deborah's daughter. Alfred Carter Jr. Deborah's son. Ananda M. Chakrabrty A scientist working at General Electric. President Clinton The current U.S. President. Johnnie Cochran O.J. Simpson's lawyer. Johnny Coleman David's father. Mrs. Coleman Johnny's wife. Bobbette Cooper Lawrence's girlfriend. Lewis Coriell A renowned cell culturist. Marie Curie The woman who discovered Radium. Pierre's wife. Pierre Curie The man who discovered Radium. Marie's wife. Adam Curtis A BBC producer in London. Bill Davidson A reporter from Collier Magazine. Donald Defler Rebecca's college professor. J. Douglas A biologist at Brunel University. Wilton Earle The scientist who originally grew the L-Cell. Robert Erhlich Jr. A U.S. state house of representative. Cliff Garrett Fred's brother. Fred Garrett Henrietta and David's cousin. Stanley Gartler A geneticist. George Gey The head of tissue culture research at Hopkins who took Henrietta's cell. Margaret Gey George Gey's wife. George Gey Jr. George's son. David Golde A prominent cancer researcher at UCLA. Joe Grinnan Henrietta and Tommy's cousin. Henrietta's lover. Henry Harris A scientist who created the first human-animal hybrid cell. Leonard Hayflick The world's famous cell culturist. Hector Henry Henrietta's first cousin. Aka: Cootie. John Hopkins Owner of the hospital who took Henrietta's cell. Charlie Horse Tommy's tall bay. Susan Hsu The director of medical genetics at American Red Cross. T.C Hsu The chair of Garler's conference session. Geneticist. Grover Hutchins The director of autopsy service. George Hyatt A navy doctor working with National Cancer Institute. William Hyman A lawyer. Reverend Jackson Rebecca's friend. Howard Jones Henrietta's physician. Ross Jones Hopkins's assistant. Lord Keenan K. Cofield Deborah's relative. Howard Kelly A surgeon who visited the Curies. Joseph Kelly The head of public relations at Hopkins. Richard Kidwell One of Hopkins's attorneys. Mary Kubicek George Gey's assistant. Albert Lacks Henrietta's maternal great-grandfather. Benjamin Lacks Albert's brother. Carlton Lacks The oldest white lackses in Clover. Chloe Lacks Henrietta's grandmother. David Lacks Henrietta's husband and cousin. Aka: Day. Deborah Lacks Henrietta's daughter. Aka: Dale. Eliza P. Lacks Henrietta's mother. Elsie Lacks Henrietta and David's oldest daughter. Emmett Lacks Henrietta's cousin. Gary Lacks Glady's son. Gladys Lacks Henrietta's sister. Henrietta Lacks Had a unique cell. Aka: Loretta Pleasant, Helen Lane, Helen Larson. Joe Lacks Henrietta's fifth child. Aka: Crazy Joe, Zakariyya Bari Abdul Rahman. Joseph Lacks Henrietta's fourth child. Lawrence Lacks Henrietta and David's first child. Lilian Lacks Henrietta's youngest sister. Robin Lacks Winston, Benjamin, and Albert's father. Ruby Lacks Carlton's wife and cousin. Tommy Lacks Henrietta's grandfather. Winston Lacks Albert's brother. David Lacks Jr. Henrietta and David's son. Aka: Sonny. Louis Lefkowitz The New York State Attorney. Christoph Lengauer A young Hopkins's cancer researcher. Warren Lewis George Gey's mentor. Paul Lurz The hospital's director of performance and improvement. Emanuel Mandel Director of medicine at Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital. Victor McKusick A leading geneticist. George Gey's colleague. Alice Moore Chester's colleague. Walter Nelson-Rees The director of cell culture in Naval Laboratory. Richard Nixon The current U.S. President. Roland Patillo George Gey's student. A professor of gynecology at Morehouse. Henrietta Pleasant The great aunt of Henrietta Lacks. Johnny Pleasant Henrietta's father. Lucile Elsie Pleasant Henrietta's sister. Charles Pomerat George Gey's long-time friend. James Pullum A mechanic. Deborah's husband. Samuel Reader The owner of mircobiological associates. Jeremy Rifkin An author and activist. JoAnn Rodgers John Hopkins's spokeperson. Michael Rogers A young reporter from Rolling Stone. Aka: Mike. John S. Pleasant A man who inherited Mourning and George. Franklin Salisbury Jr. President of National Foundation for Cancer Research. Jonas Salk A scientist who developed the world's polio vaccine. William Scherer George Gey's colleague from NFIP. Terry Sharrer A curator at Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Rebecca Skloot Author and Narrator. Ted Slavin A man who was born a hemophiliac in 1950. Chester Southam A well respected cancer researcher and chief of virology. Courtney Speed Ceated a building devoted to Henrietta. Cyrus Speed Courtney's son. Keith Speed Courtney's son. Mike Speed Courtney's son. Tyrone Speed Courtney's son. Robert Stevenson A scientist. The President of ATCC. Jerome Sylverston William's adviser. Richard W. Telinde Joe's boss. One of the top cervical cancer experts. Aka: Uncle Dick. Leigh Van Valen An evolutionary biologist at University of Chicago. Monroe Vincent Samuel's business partner. Joseph Warner The famous judge at The People's T.V. show. John Watkins Henry's colleague. Dr. Lawrence Wharton Jr. Henrietta's surgeon. Dr. Wilbur A doctor who'd done the autopsy of the body of Henrietta. Barbara Wyche A sociologist at Morga State University. Harrald Zur Hausen A german virologist who discovered human pappiloma virus. Bobcat   A white man who runs a minimart in Clover. Cadillac   Tommy's hound. Dan   Tommy's hound. Edmund   Henrietta's paternal great-grandfather. George and Mourning's son. Ethel   Galen's wife. Galen   Henrietta's cousin. Gardenia   Bobbette's friend. George   Mourning's husband. Ivy   Deborah's neighbor that Joe killed. JaBrea   Sonny's granddaughter. June   Crazy Joe's friend. Margaret   Henrietta's cousin. Minnie   Margaret's assistant. Mourning   Henrietta's great, great grandmother. Munchie   A midwife. Henrietta's cousin. Peter   Henrietta's cousin. Roseland   A woman who runs the Rosie's. Sadie   Henrietta's cousin.