1 | | | New York City 1919 |
| Lillian | Carter | An artists' model. aka: Lilly. |
| Walter | Watkins | Lillian's landlord. |
| Eileen | Watkins | Walter's wife. |
| Angelica | | Lillian Parker's stage name. |
| Mr. | Rossi | An artist. |
| Kitty | | Lillian's mother. |
| Lukeman | | An artist. |
| Ida | Straus | A titanic victim. |
| Isidor | Straus | Ida's husband. a
Titanic victim. |
| Mrs. | Brown | Watkin's neighbor. |
2 | | | New York City 1966 |
| Veronica | Weber | A fashion model. |
| Barnaby | Stone | A photographer. |
| Polly | | Veronica's twin sister. |
| Trish | | Veronica's mother. |
| Thomas R. | Pynchon | American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. |
| Flannery | O'Connor | American novelist, short story writer. |
| Tangerine | | One of the models. |
| Sabrina | | Veronica's agent. |
| Steve | | One of the PAs. |
| Gigi | | One of the models. |
| Donny | | Veronica's uncle. |
| Arturo | Vidal | Chilean professional footballer. |
| Joshua | Lawrence | An archivist for the Frick's collection. |
| Henry Clay | Frick | A steel magnate who love art. |
| Helen | | Henry Frick's daughter. |
| Adelaide | Frick | Henry Frick's wife. |
3 | | | 1919 |
| Isidore | Konti | An artist. |
| Mabel | Normand | American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. |
| James M. | Flagg | American artist, comics artist and illustrator. |
| Charlie | Chaplin | English comic actor and filmmaker. |
| Alan | Broderick | A film producer. |
| Mary | Pickford | Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer. |
| Lillian | Gish | American actress, director, and screenwriter. |
| Mrs. | Astor | One who belongs to a wealthy families. |
| Sherry | Fry | An artist. |
4 | Pierre-Auguste | Renoir | French painter and sculptor. |
| Miss | Winnie | Miss Helen's mother's private secretary. |
| Fudgie | | Miss Helen's dog. |
| Jean-Honoré | Fragonard | French painter and printmaker. |
| Louis XV | | King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. |
| J. P. | Morgan | A global leader in financial services. |
| Daniel | Farthington | A sculptor. |
| Kearns | | The butler. |
| Archer | Graham | An organist. |
6 | | | 1919 |
| Bertha | | Miss Helen's lady's maid. |
| Jane | Austen | English novelist. |
| Victor | Hugo | French poet, novelist, politic and dramatist. |
| George | Eliot | English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist. |
| Edgar Allan | Poe | American writer and literary critic. |
| Thomas | Hastings | American architect. |
| Marie | Antoinette | Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution. |
| Childs | Frick | Miss Helen's older brother. |
| Dixie | | Childs' wife. |
| George F. | Handel | German, later British Baroque composer. |
7 | J. M. W. | Turner | English painter and draftsman. |
| Johannes | Vermeer | Dutch artist. |
| Paolo | Veronese | Italian painter of the Renaissance. |
| Richard | Danforth | Miss Helen's suitor. |
| Douglas | Fairbanks | American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. |
| Martha | Frick | Miss Helen's older sister. |
| Anthony | van Dyck | Flemish Baroque artist. |
| Gertrude V. | Whitney | A wel-known patron of the arts and skilled artist. |
| Karl | Bitter | A sculptor. |
8 | | | 1966 |
| George | Washington | Founding Father who served as the 1st president of the U.S. |
| Tommy | | A securiy guard. |
| Thomas | More | English statesman, lawyer and philosopher. |
| St. Jerome | | A Christian priest, confessor, theologian, and historian. |
| Thomas | Cromwell | English statesman and chief minister to King Henry VIII. |
9 | | | 1919 |
| Johann S. | Bach | German composer. |
| Charlie | | One of Miss Helen's dog. |
| Cyrano | de Bergerac | French novelist and dramatist. |
| Edgar | Degas | French artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. |
| Pablo | Picasso | Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and theatre designer. |
10 | Thomas | Gainsborough | English portrait and landscape painter draughtsman, and printmaker. |
| John | Hoppner | British painter. |
| Sergei | Rachmaninoff | Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. |
11 | | | 1966 |
| George | Romney | English painter. |
| Dame Emma | Hamilton | English maid, model, dancer, actress. Known as Lady Hamilton. |
| Amy | Lyons | Australian media personality and influencer active in China. |
| Horatio | Nelson | British Royal Navy Admiral. Known as Lors Nelson. |
| Rembrandt | | Dutch painter and printmaker. |
| Joshua | Johnson | American journalist. |
| Vincent | van Gogh | Dutch post-impressionist painter. |
12 | | | 1919 |
| Wrigley | | Miss Helen's puppy. |
| Roddy | | Bertha's boyfriend. |
| Charles B. | Lear | A professional baseball pitcher. Known as King Lear. |
14 | | | 1966 |
| Bill | Traylor | African American artist and sharecropper. |
| John | Charles | Welsh association football player. |
| James | Joyce | Irish novelist and poet. |
16 | Thomas | Lawrence | English portrait painter and second pres. of the Royal Academy. |
| Dr. | Partridge | Mr. Frick's physician. |
| Domenikos | Theotokópoulos | Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect. Known as El Greco. |
| Édouard | Manet | French painter. |
| Mr. | Smith | Mr. Frick's lawyer. |
17 | | | 1966 |
| Sam | | A security guard. |
18 | | | 1919 |
| Mr. | DeWitt | A private detective. |
19 | Robert | Witt | Miss Helen's acquaintance. |
| Tiziano | Vecelli | Italian painter of the Renaissance. Known as Titian. |
| Sandro | Botticelli | Italian painter. |
21 | Anna | | Archer and Lillian's daughter. |