| 1 | Harry Omer | Peak | 1987 actor who set the Los Angeles Central Library on fire. |
| | | | LA Central Library Fire Incident - The largest fire in the History of Los Angeles. |
| | | | IMDB - The World's Largest online database for movies and television. |
| | Bertram | Goodhue | An Architect who designed the Los Angeles Central Library. |
| | Matthew | Mattson | A man who runs the Los Angeles Central Library. |
| | Robert | Morales | The Central Library's Budget Director. |
| | Madeleine | Rackley | The Business Manager. |
| | John | Szabo | Librarian. aka: Conan The Librarian. |
| | Selena | Terrazas | One of the three Principal Librarians. |
| | David | Aguirre | Central Library's Head Security. |
| | Ken | Brecher | A man who runs the Library Foundation in Los Angeles. |
| | John | Gotti | An American Gangster. |
| | Bob | Dole | A Senator. |
| | Ronald | Reagan | The U.S. President. |
| | Nancy | Reagan | First Lady of Ronald Reagan. |
| 2 | Glen | Creason | Reference Librarian in the Central Library since 1979. |
| | Sylva | Manoogan | A World Languages Librarian in Central Library. |
| | Elizabeth | Teoman | The Head Librarian when the Central Library burned. |
| | Norman | Pfeiffer | A New York City Architect. |
| | | | ALA - American Librarian Association. |
| | Harry | Pearson | Noted Rubber Authority who donated books in Central Library. |
| | Mary | Ludwig | Real Estate Broker
who did research at the Central Library. |
| | Hog | Howard | A man from Vermont who was related to Mary Ludwig. |
| | Helen | Mochedlover | A Literature Librarian in Central Library. |
| | Dean | Cathey | A Fire Captain. |
| | Donald | Cate | A Battalion Chief. |
| | Donald | Manning | Head of the Fire Department in Los Angeles. |
| | Ron | Hamel | A fire captain / Susan Orlean's acquaintance. |
| | Frank | Burden | A man who runs the Los Angeles Fire
Department Museum. |
| | Michael | Leonard | Man in Central Library's public relations department. |
| | Lodwrick | Cook | The Head of ARCO. |
| | | | ARCO - Atlantic Richfield Company. |
| | Wyman | Jones | A man who's in charge of 73 Libraries in Los Angeles City. |
| | Tom | Bradley | Los Angeles City Mayor. |
| | Olivia | Primanis | A Book Conservator. |
| 3 | Gustave | Dore | A French Printmaker. |
| | Andrea | Palladio | An Architect from 1500s. |
| | Billie | Connor | A Children's Librarian. |
| | Eric | Lundquist | Engineer who restores burned books in Central Library. |
| 4 | Debra | Peak | Harry Peak's sister. |
| | Annabell | Peak | Harry Peak's mother. |
| | Brenda | Peak-Serrano | Harry Peak's sister. |
| | Billy | Peak | Harry Peak's brother. |
| | Jon | Voight | An Actor. |
| | Dennis | Vines | Neighbor of the Peak Family. |
| | Robert | Sheahen | Harry Peak's former boss. |
| | Burt | Reynolds | Harry Peak's friend. |
| | Demitri | Hioteles | A Photographer. |
| | Archie | Clark-Smith | Founder - American Orthodox Church. aka: Basdil Clark Smith. |
| | Homer M. | Wilkie | Harry Peak's Chiropodist. |
| | George | Valdavia | Head Central Library's Shipping Department since 2010. |
| | Gonzalo | | Delivery Driver in Central Library's Shipping Department. |
| | Barbara | Davis | Woman in the Central Library's Shipping Department. |
| | Nick | | John Szabo's Partner. |
| | Antonio | Villaraigosa | The 41st Mayor of Los Angeles City. |
| | Eric | Garetti | The 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles City. |
| | Eloisa | Sarao | Business Manager in Washington Irving Branch Library. |
| | Alisa | Orduna | Los Angeles City's
Homelessness Policy Director. |
| | Kren | Malone | The Director of Central Library Services. |
| | Eva | Mitnick | The Director of Engagement and Learning. |
| | Shepard | Fairey | A man who designed new Library Cards. |
| | | | COHS - Career Online High School. |
| 7 | Mel | Rosenberg | A Retired Librarian. |
| | Dr. Stanley | Ksionzky | A Psychologist who conducts group therapies for the Librarians. |
| 8 | Peggy | Murphy | A man who manages Collection Services in Central Library. |
| | Glenn | Swartz | A Library Clerk. |
| | Roland | Curtis | An African-American Photographer. |
| | Lisa | Ondoy | The Library Assistant. |
| | Xochitl | Oliva | Librarian in charge of Digitization and Special Collections. |
| | | | L.A. Resistance - A Student Anti-War Group. |
| 9 | William | Blades | A man who wrote books about burning books. |
| | Qin Shi | Huang | A Chinese Emperor. |
| | Caliph | Omar | A man who led the Muslim Invasion in Egypt. |
| | Diego | De Landa | Priest assigned to inflict Catholicism on the Mayan People. |
| | George | Orwell | An Author. |
| | Joseph | Goebells | The Nazi Party's Propaganda Chief. |
| | Mao | Tse Tsung | A Former Assistant Librarian at Peking University. |
| | Karl | Marx | A Philosopher. |
| | Saddam | Hussein | Iraq's former President. |
| | Mabel | Riddle | A West Virginia Schoolteacher. |
| | Ray | Bradbury | A writer of Science and Fantasy /
Fahrenheit 451's author. |
| | Joseph | MacCarthy | A U.S. Senator. |
| | John Leonard | Orr | An Arson Expert. |
| 10 | Arin | Kasparian | A Librarian in Central Library. |
| | Nelson | Torres | A Library Assistant at Central Library. |
| | Garrettt | Langan | A Library Assistant at Central Library. |
| 11 | Carlton | Norris | ARCO's Head of Public Relations. |
| | George | Director | A Film Director. |
| | Jack | Valenti | Head of the Motion Picture Association of America. |
| | Lew | Wasserman | Owns Universal Studios. |
| | Gene | Scott | A Stanford Ph.D. |
| 12 | John | Littlefield | The First City Librarian of Los Angeles. |
| | Patrick | Connolly | Successor of John Littlefield. |
| | Mary | Foy | Woman who replaced Patrick Connolly for Librarian position. |
| | L.D | Gavitt | A Popular Rancher. |
| | Lydia | Prescott | L.D. Gavitt's Successor. |
| | Tessa | Kelso | A Newspaper Reporter from Ohio. |
| | Adelaide | Hasse | A woman that Tessa Kelso hired as Librarian. |
| | Corrine | Wise | A Student in 1898 who died suddenly. |
| | Jean | Richepin | A French Author / A Protégé of Baudelaire. |
| | J.W. | Campbell | The Head of First Methodist Church in Los Angeles. |
| | Clara Bell | Fowler | Tessa Kelso's Library Director. |
| | Harriet C. | Wadleigh | Tessa Kelso's Library Director. |
| | Mary Letitia | Jones | First Librarian in LA who graduated in Library School. |
| | Andrew | Carnegie | Businessman who launched a library building project in 1890. |
| | Isidore | Dockweiler | A Lawyer who asked Mary Jones to resign. |
| | Charles F. | Lummis | A man who's having a war of positions with Mary Jones. |
| | Melvil | Dewey | A man who established the first Library School. |
| | Owen | McAleer | Mayor of Los Angeles City. |
| | Teddy | Roosevelt | Charles Fletcher Lummis' friend in Harvard University. |
| | Dorothea | Rhodes | Charles Fletcher Lummis' girlfriend. |
| | Harrison Gray | Otis | The Publisher of "Los Angeles Times". |
| | Shadow | | Charles Fletcher Lummis' dog. |
| 13 | Eve | Douglas | Charles Fletcher Lummis' Second Wife. |
| | Adolph | Bandelier | An Ethnographer who travelled with Charles Fletcher Lummis. |
| | Dr. C.J | K. Jones | A man that Charles Fletcher Lummis' hired as a Library Head. |
| | Turbese | Lummis | Charles Fletcher Lummis' son. |
| | Keith | Lummis | Charles Fletcher Lummis' son. |
| | Amado | Lummis | Oldest Son of
Charles F. Lummis who died of Pneumonia. |
| | Shelly | Tollhurst | An Active Supporter of Mary Letitia Jones. |
| 14 | Tom | Owens | A Librarian who walks 5 miles to and from work everyday. |
| | Ted | Itagaki | Library Clerk who could swallow a hamburger in 3 bites. |
| | Katya | Creason | Glen Creason's daughter. |
| | Richard | Ramirez | A Serial Killer. aka: Night Walker. |
| | Bobby | Fischer | The Chess Master. |
| | Brian | Hatcher | A Map Collector |
| | C.J. | Moon | An Autistic Map Collector. |
| | John | Moon | C.J. Moon's father. |
| | John | Feathers | A Hospital Dietician. |
| | Walter | Keller | John Feathers' live-in partner. |
| | Matthew | Greenberg | Walter Keller's broker. |
| | Howard | Slaven | A Fire Captain / C.J. Moon's grandfather. |
| | Didrikson | Zaharias | The Great Athlete Babe. |
| 15 | Gary | Bowman | A well known Psychic in Los Angeles. aka: John The Apostle. |
| | Leonard | Martinet | A Lawyer who runs errand with Harry Peak. |
| | Terry | Depackh | One of the Investigators of the Central Library Fire. |
| | Melissa | Kim | A woman who called the tip line. |
| | Joe | Napolitano | A Retired Investigator. |
| 16 | Purd | Wright | A Tender-Faced Librarian from Missouri. |
| | Everett | Robbins-Perry | Charles Fletcher Lummis' Successor. |
| | Olive | Thomas | A Former Ziegfeld girl. |
| | Jack | | Olive Thomas's husband. |
| | Mary | Pickford | An Actress / Jack's sister. |
| | Fatty | Arbuckle | An Actor who was arrested for rape and murder. |
| | Virginia | Rappe | An Actress / Fatty Arbuckle's victim. |
| | William | Taylor | A Film Director who was found dead. |
| | Harry | Pidgeon | A man who completed a solo sailing trip around the world. |
| | Luther | Ingersoll | A Local Historian who supports the building of Libraries. |
| | Lee | Lawrie | The Prominent Sculptor. |
| | Hildreth | Meiere | An Artist. |
| | Hartley Burr | Alexander | A Professor of Philosophy. |
| | Jorgen | Olson | Susan Orlean's Teacher in Literacy Center. |
| | Tina | | A Manicurist / Susan Orlean's classmate in Literacy Center. |
| | Carlos | Nunez | A Tutor in Literacy Center. |
| | Victor | | A man who wants to apply for a U.S .Citizenship. |
| | Susan | B. Anthony | American Women's Activist. |
| 18 | Carlton | Winslow | Bertram Goodhue's Associate. |
| | Orra | Monnette | The Head of the Library Board. |
| | Dean | Cornwell | A man who re-paints the Central Library. |
| | Althea | Warren | Everett Perry's Deputy Director. |
| | Gladys | English | Head of Children's Department who fell in love with Althea. |
| | Harold | Hamill | Althea Warren's Successor. |
| | Aldous | Huxley | A frequent Library visitor. |
| 19 | Gary | Ross | Man who wrote and
directed the film "The Pleasantville". |
| | Anthony S. | Head | Actor who played Librarian on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". |
| | Mary | McCoy | Librarian on duty in Teen'Scape when Susan Orlean visited. |
| | Teresa | Webster | A Teen'Scape Librarian. |
| | Russell | Garrigan | A Teen'Scape Librarian. |
| | Madeline | Bryant | Head of the Children's Department in Teen'Scape. |
| | Diane | Olivo-Posner | Director of
Exploration and Creativity in Teen'Scape. |
| 20 | Gilbert | Lindsay | A City Councilman. |
| | Julian | E. Garnsey | A Business Manager. |
| | William R. | Hearst | Mary Pickford's lover. |
| | Barton | Phelps | An Architect. |
| 21 | Thomas | Makar | An ATF Agent who interviewed Harry Peak. |
| | Mike | Matassa | Another ATF Agent who interviewed Harry Peak. |
| 22 | Rolando | Pasquinelli | The Supervisor of the Department of Infonow. |
| | David | Brenner | A Deskman at Infonow. |
| | Harry | Noles | A Librarian at Infonow. |
| | Tina | Princenthal | A Staff Librarian at Infonow. |
| 23 | Charles | Luckman | A Controversial Architect. |
| | Richard | Neutra | A Celebrated Architect in California. |
| | President | Nixon | The U.S. President. |
| 24 | Viola | Castro | A Librarian at Central Library. |
| | Yael | Gillette | A Librarian at Central Library. |
| | David | Bunn | The Artist who designed the Central Library's elevator. |
| | Stan | Molden | Chief David Aguirre's Senior Security Person. |
| 25 | Robert | Maguirre | A Real Estate Developer. |
| 26 | Rick | James | The President of Hell's Angels / Robert Sheahan's Client. |
| | Stephen | Kay | The Assistant District Attorney. |
| | Victoria | Chaney | A City Attorney. |
| 27 | McDonnell | Douglas | The Aerospace Manufacturer. |
| | Sally | Buchanan | The Chief Conservator. |
| 28 | Dan | Strall | A Librarian who started the collection of
restaurants' menus. |
| | Billie | Connor | Dan Strall's partner in collecting
restaurants' menus. |
| | Nash | Stone | A Librarian who worked in Central Library for a long time. |
| | Roy | Stone | Nash Stone's husband. |
| | William A. | Clark Jr. | Founder of Los Angeles Philharmonic. |
| | Meredith | Wilson | A Major donor of sheet music in Central Library. |
| 29 | Victoria | Chaney | Judge on Harry Peak's trial. |
| | Todd | Willingham | A man who was convicted of arson from setting a fire in 1991. |
| | Dr. Gerald | Hurst | A Prominent Scientist and Fire Investigator. |
| | William | Amor | Man accused of setting a
fire that killed his mother-in-law. |
| | Paul | Bieber | An Arson Investigator. |
| | Virginia | Walter | Eva Mitnick's mother. |
| 30 | Luis | Soriano | School teacher. |
| | Deborah | Jacobs | Former Librarian runs Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. |
| | Bill | Gates | Owner of the Microsoft Company. |
| | Melinda | Gates | Bill Gates' wife. |
| | Steve | Potash | Founded e-book in Overdrive. |
| 31 | Alan | | Harry Peak's boyfriend. |
| | Michael | Gottlieb | Immunologist at UCLA. |
| 32 | Elizabeth | Martinez | Librarian appointed after Wyman Jones's retirement. |
| | Robert | Reagan | Central Library's Public Information Director
- 1980 to 1998. |
