| Rhosdy | Abadha | Lead actor in an Egyptian movie. |
| Miles | Aiken | American basketball player. |
| Karima | Ait-Yaacoub | Maryam's friend. |
| Rifaat | al-Assad | Younger brother of the former President of Syria. |
| Victor | Alcala | Jeremy's high school classmate. |
| Svetlana | Alexievich | Belarusian investigative journalist. |
| Jonathan | Atkins | Member of the wrestling team. |
| Anderson | Baker | Owner of the bowling alley. |
| Mrs. | Barron | A Biology teacher. |
| Max | Bloemhof | Nora's boyfriend. |
| Maryam | Bouziane | Nora's mother. |
| Lee | Briggs | Stacey's brother. |
| Stacey | Briggs | One of A.J.'s classmates. |
| Beckett | Burque | Nora's date. |
| George W. | Bush | 43rd U.S. President. |
| Grace | Chin | One of A.J.'s client. |
| Jacques | Chirac | Former President of France. |
| Madie | Clarke | Jeremy's crush. |
| Patsy | Cline | American singer. |
| Bill | Clinton | 42nd U.S. President. |
| Erica | Coleman | A detective. |
| Claudia | Corbett | A talk show host. |
| Brittany | Cutler | One of Nora's classmates. |
| Aida Guerraoui | Darwish | Zaid's twin sister. |
| Tareq | Darwish | Salma's husband. |
| Zaid Guerraoui | Darwish | One of Salma's children. |
| Miles | Davis | American jazz trumpeter. |
| Michael | Douglas | American actor. |
| Antonin | Dvorak | Czech composer. |
| Mr. | Fathi | A religion teacher. |
| Bryan | Fierro | One of Jeremy Gorecki's buddies. |
| Mrs. | Fleming | One who made the children's costumes. |
| Sgt. | Fletcher | A police officer. |
| David | Ford | One of the sponsors of the musician's festival. |
| Thomas J. | Frazier | Assistant District Attorney. |
| Frank | Ghery | American-Canadian architect. |
| Neil | Gilbert | One of A.J.'s classmates. |
| Roy | Gilmore | Drummer. |
| Jeremy | Gorecki | A sheriff's deputy. |
| Mark | Gorecki | Jeremy's father. |
| Driss | Guerraoui | Nora's father. |
| Mrs. | Hamilton | Salma's teacher. |
| Mrs. | Hammadi | Marjam's acquaintance. |
| Sameer | Hanim | Nora's date. |
| Marty | Holtz | A restaurant manager. |
| Josh | Homme | American singer-songwriter. |
| Zora Neale | Hurston | American author. |
| Saddam | Hussein | Former president of Iraq. |
| Dr. | Jaber | Iraq's minister. |
| Marci | Jamison | Jeremy's acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Johnson | A wrestling coach. |
| Doc | Jones | A physician. |
| John Paul | Jones | Naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. |
| Tahira | Khan | One of the publicists at the festival. |
| David | Letterman | American television host. |
| | Lomeli | One of the police officers. |
| Brad | Mehdau | American jazz pianist. |
| Mr. | Melendez | Driss' acquaintance. |
| Elena Aceves | Mendez | Marisela's daughter. |
| Frank | Miller | American comic book writer. |
| Mr. | Mitchell | One who organized the trip for the jazz band. |
| Alan | Moore | An English writer. |
| Hosni | Mubarak | Former President of Egypt. |
| Sonya | Mukherjee | Nora's classmate. |
| Sgt. | Murphy | One who worked at Crime Lab. |
| Beatrice | Newland | Driss' girl friend. |
| Mr. | Nguyen | Driss' acquaintance. |
| Mrs. | Nielson | Nora's teacher. |
| Jim | Novacek | A complainant. |
| Dolly | Parton | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Perez | Sanger's companion. |
| Caroline | Perry | Mr. Baker's attorney. |
| Ronald | Reagan | 40th U.S. President. |
| | Rodriguez | Fierro's acquaintance. |
| Betty | Sanders | A cashier. |
| | Sanger | Jeremy's companion. |
| Margarita | Semprevivo | Beckett's girl friend. Aka: Rita. |
| Jim | Starlin | American comics writer. |
| | Stratton | One of the police officers. |
| Bill | Swenson | Former owner of the restaurant. |
| Geri | Turner | Bass player. |
| Mark | Twain | American writer. |
| Sgt. | Vasco | Jeremy's boss. |
| | Villegas | One of the police officers. |
| Mrs. | Winslow | A piano teacher. |
| Adriana | | One of the members of the therapeutic group. |
| Alonso | | Efrain's cousin. |
| Anderson Jr. | | Anderson Baker's son. Aka: A.J. |
| Andrea | | Nora's friend. |
| Andrew | | Nora's neighbor. |
| Anissa | | One of Nora's friends. |
| Annette | | A.J.'s wife. |
| Annie | | One of A.J.'s collies. |
| Araceli | | Marisela's neighbor. |
| Ashley | | Jeremy's sister. |
| Aura | | One of Jeremy's aunt. |
| Aurora | | One of the three fairies. |
| Badawi | | A sniper. |
| Bowden | | Unemployed plumber. |
| Brahim | | Driss' friend. |
| Brandon | | Murphy's son. |
| Casey | | One of the customers at the shooting gun parlor. |
| Cheney | | Member of the therapeutic group. |
| Claire | | Margo's partner. |
| Daniel | | Marisela's son. |
| Dexter 1 | | Johnnie's replacement. |
| Dexter 2 | | Rossi's replacement. |
| Dough | | One of the members of the therapeutic group. |
| Efrain | | A carpet cleaner. |
| Elise | | One of Nora's friends. |
| Enrique | | Efrain's companion. |
| Ernesto | | Marisela's first husband. |
| Estella | | One of Jeremy's aunt. |
| Evelyn | | Max Bloemhof's wife. |
| Fran | | A dispatcher. |
| Frank | | A police officer. |
| Gabriel | | An archangel in the Abrahamic religions. |
| Gordon | | One of A.J.'s collies. |
| Greg | | Anderson's porter. |
| Haydar | | A noncommissioned officer. |
| Hec | | Jeremy's friend. |
| Helen | | Mr. Baker's wife. |
| Henderson | | Member of the jazz band. |
| Ian | | Evelyn's son. |
| Isabella | | Evelyn's daughter. |
| Jamie | | Member of rhe band. |
| Jessica | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Joe | | A delivery guy. |
| Johnnie | | A police officer. |
| Jose | | A cook. |
| Lena | | Nora's acquaintance. |
| Lily | | Member of the band. |
| Liz | | David Ford's wife. |
| Lorenzo | | Member of the jazz band. |
| Loyal | | One of A.J.'s mother's dog. |
| Manuel | | Member of the band. |
| Margo | | Nora's roommate. |
| Marisela | | Efrain's wife. |
| Mary | | Fierro's ex-wife. |
| Maurice | | Owner of a jewelry store. |
| Miles | | Coleman's son. |
| Moses | | A prophet. |
| Muhammad | | A prophet. |
| Nora | | A musician. Aka: Nor-eini. |
| Paul | | Jeremy's uncle. |
| Peanut | | Jack Russel terrier. |
| Prudence | | Former owner of the restaurant. |
| Qasim | | A little boy in the church who collected donations. |
| Rafi | | A restaurant employee. |
| Ray | | Coleman's husband. |
| Renata | | Rafi's crush. |
| Ron | | Efrain's boss. |
| Rossi | | A facilitator. |
| Royal | | One of A.J.'s mother's dog. |
| Rumsfeld | | Member of the therapeutic group. |
| Salma | | Nora's sister. |
| Sam | | Brandon's friend. |
| Samantha | | Fierro's date. |
| Sharon | | An employee. |
| Tommy | | Ashley's husband. |
| Veronica | | A waitress. |
