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. |