| Boyd | Anderson | American soldier. |
| Irina | Bazili | Protagonist. Immigrant from Romania. aka Elisabeta. |
| Lenny | Beal | One of the residents of the Lark House. |
| Alma | Belasco | One of the residents of the Lark House. aka Alma Mendel. |
| David | Belasco | Most famous ancestor of the Belasco's. Deceased. |
| Doris | Belasco | Alma's daughter-in-law. |
| Isaac | Belasco | Alma's father-in-law. Established the Belasco Foundation. |
| Larry | Belasco | Alma's son. Doris' husband |
| Lillian | Belasco | Isaac's wife |
| Martha | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's daughter. |
| Nathaniel | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's son. |
| Pauline | Belasco | Seth's sister |
| Sarah | Belasco | Lillian and Isaac's daughter. |
| Seth | Belasco | Alma's grandson. |
| Miss | Brody | Principal at Ichimei's school. |
| Jean | Daniel | Haitian aide at the Lark House. |
| Frank | Delillo | Doctor. Mentor of Megumi. |
| Helen | Dempsey | One of the residents of the Lark House. |
| Jacques | Devine | One of the residents of the Lark House. aka Frenchie. |
| Lupita | Farias | Head of the cleaning staff at the Lark House. |
| Charles | Fukuda | Ichimei's oldest brother. |
| Delphine | Fukuda | Ichimei's wife. Primary school teacher. aka Delphine Akimura. |
| Heideko | Fukuda | Takao's wife. Ichimei's mother. |
| Ichimei | Fukuda | Alma's childhood friend. aka Ichi. |
| James | Fukuda | Ichimei's older brother. |
| Megumi | Fukuda | Ichimei's older sister. |
| Takao | Fukuda | Gardener of the Belasco family. Ichimei's father. |
| Miss | Honeycomb | Alma's English governess. |
| Catherine | Hope | Doctor. Resident at the Lark House. aka Cathy. |
| | Kallet | Veterinarian. |
| Clotaire | Martineaux | Member of the Resistance during World War II. |
| Baruj | Mendel | Alma's father. |
| Baruj | Mendel | Samuel's son. Named after his father. |
| Samuel | Mendel | Alma's brother. |
| Kemi | Morita | Oomoto's Spiritual Leader. |
| Anat | Rakosi | Mother of Samuel's child. |
| Jim | Robyns | Electrician. |
| Victor | Vikashev | Head gardener at the Lark House. |
| Hans | Voigt | Director of the Lark House. |
| Ron | Wilkins | FBI Agent. |
| Charles | | Megumi's son. |
| Costea | | Irina's grandfather |
| Kirsten | | Works at Alma's Silk Screening Studio. Has Down Syndrome. |
| Meili | | Gallery assistant. Chinese. |
| Mike | | Ichimei's son. |
| Neko | | Alma's tabby cat. |
| Peter | | Ichimei's younger son. |
| Petruta | | Irina's grandmother |
| Radmila | | Irina's mother. |
| Sophia | | Lenny's dog. |
| Tim | | Irina's business partner. |
