| Hannah | Arendt | German-American philosopher and political theorist. |
| Marcus | Aurelius | Emperor of Ancient Rome. |
| Ryan | Bailey | American actor comedian. |
| Mr. | Banerjee | Nora's neighbor. |
| Dominique | Bisset | A Professor at Montpellier University. |
| Mr. | Blandford | Nora's trainor. |
| JP | Blythe | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| Patricia | Brown | Lorenzo's wife. |
| Lara | Bryan | Nora's friend. aka: Mo. |
| Judith | Butler | American philosopher and gender theorist. |
| Albert | Camus | French philosopher, author, and journalist. |
| Rachel | Carson | American marine biologist and conservationist. |
| Frédéric | Chopin | Polish composer and pianist. |
| Leonard | Cohen | Canadian poet and singer-songwriter. |
| Lorenzo | Conte | Nora's maternal grandfather. |
| Chris | Dale | A driver. |
| Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| Emily | Dickinson | American poet. |
| Roger | Dunbar | A professor of management and organizational analysis. |
| Bob | Dylan | American singer-songwriter. |
| Billie | Eilish | American singer-songwriter. |
| Mrs. | Elm | The librarian. |
| Ralph Waldo | Emerson | American philosopher, essayist, and poet. |
| Marianne | Faithfull | British singer, songwriter and actress. |
| Jimmy | Fallon | American comedian, actor, TV host, singer, writer, and producer. |
| Robert | Frost | American poet. |
| Martin | Heidegger | German philosopher. |
| Isabel | Hirsh | Nora's former best friend. aka: Izzy. |
| Thomas | Hobbes | English philosopher. |
| John | Howard | A philanthropist and early English prison reformer. |
| David | Hume | Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. |
| Tame | Impala | Australian psychedelic rock group. |
| Immanuel | Kant | German philosopher. |
| Julia | Kristeva | Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst & academic. |
| Henri T. | Lautrec | French painter. |
| Rory | Longford | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| Dan | Lord | Nora's fiancee. |
| Gina | Lord | Dan's wife. |
| Fleetwood | Mac | A British-American rock band. |
| Joan | Miró | Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. |
| Priya | Navuluri | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| Isaac | Newton | English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and author. |
| Chimamanda | Ngozi Adichie | A Nigerian writer. |
| Oscar | Niemeyer | Brazilian architect. |
| Frank | Ocean | American singer, songwriter, record producer. |
| Sylvia | Plath | American poet, novelist and short story writer. |
| Scott | Richards | American Olympic medal-winning diver. |
| Peter Paul | Rubens | Flemish artist and diplomat. |
| Bertrand | Russell | British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer. |
| Amanda | Sands | A ghost writer. |
| Jean-Paul | Sartre | French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, biographer. |
| Arthur | Schopenhauer | German philosopher. |
| Erwin | Schrödinger | Austrian physicist. |
| Nora | Seed | An olympian,, a rock star, a music teacher. |
| Tupac | Shakur | American rapper. |
| Jean | Shrimpton | English model and actress. |
| Ingrid | Skirbekk | Professor of Geo-science International Polar Research Institute. |
| Leo | Thompson | Doreen's son. |
| Henry David | Thoreau | A philosopher. |
| Terence | Thornton | Owner of the vineyard. |
| Lao | Tzu | An ancient Chinese philosopher and poet. |
| Nadia | Vanko | Yegor Vanko's mother. |
| Yegor | Vanko | Ukrainian male swimmer. |
| A.J. | | The cook. |
| Adam | | Nora's neighbor. |
| Aldous | | Lara's son. |
| Alejandro | | Nora and Eduardo's son. |
| Alicia | | One of the owners of Buena Vista Vineyard. |
| Aristotle | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| Ash | | A surgeon. |
| Becky | | Nora's friend. |
| Carpenters | | American vocal duo. |
| Charlotte | | A Ceilidh band flautist. |
| Cleopatra | | Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt. |
| Confucius | | A Chinese philosopher and politician. |
| Dhavak | | Mr. Banerjee's son. |
| Donna | | Nora's mother. |
| Doreen | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Eduardo | | Nora Martinez's husband. |
| Eli | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| Ella | | The original member of the band. |
| Erin | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Ewan | | Joe's partner. |
| Francisco | | One of Nora's fans. |
| Gabriela | | Nora's friend. |
| Geoff | | Nora's father. |
| Harley | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| Henry | | Nora's teenage son. |
| Hugo | | Nora's new acquaintance. |
| Imani | | A female band mate. |
| Jake | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Janine | | Terence's wife. |
| Jared | | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| Jaya | | Molly's aunt. |
| Joanna | | Nora's manager. |
| Joe | | Nora's brother. |
| Jojo | | One of Nora's acquaintances. |
| Kai | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| Kerry Ann | | Nora's schoolmate. |
| Lewis | | Joe's boyfriend. |
| Marcelo | | A podcaster. |
| Maya | | One of Joanna's acquaintances. |
| Molly | | Nora's daughter. aka: Mol. |
| Natalie | | One of Nora's new acquaintances. |
| Neil | | The boss of a musical equipment shop. |
| Pauline | | A woman working at dog shelter. |
| Pedro | | A Chihuahua. |
| Peter | | The field leader. |
| Philippe | | Hugo's uncle. |
| Plato 1 | | Ancient Greek philosopher. |
| Plato 2 | | Molly's dog. |
| Ravi | | Joe's best friend. |
| Rumi | | Persian poet. |
| Rune | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Sal | | Molly's grandmother. |
| Sally | | A dog. |
| Socrates | | Greek philosopher from Athens. |
| Suzanne | | Dylan's older sister. |
| Tintoretto | | Italian painter of the Renaissance school. |
| Voltaire | | Nora's cat. aka: Volts. |
