| Beatriz | Aguilar | Tomas's sister. Daniel's lover. Aka: Bea. |
| Tomas | Aguilar | Daniel's best friend and classmate. |
| David | Aldaya | Julian and Penelope's dead son. |
| Jorge | Aldaya | Penelope's brother. |
| Penelope | Aldaya | Julian's girlfriend. |
| Ricardo | Aldaya | Jorge and Penelope's father. |
| Simon | Aldaya | Penelope and Jorge's grandfather. |
| Clara | Barcelo | Barcelo's niece. The expert on Julian Carax. |
| Gustavo | Barcelo | Old colleague of Mr. Sempere. A bookseller. |
| Dr. | Baro | The town's doctor. |
| Salvador | Benades | The new copyeditor. |
| Monsieur | Benarens | The man who adopted Sophie. |
| Teresita | Boadas | Isaac's ex-girlfriend. |
| 2nd Lt. | Buendia | Bea's boyfriend. |
| Toni | Cabestany | Julian's publisher. |
| Kiko | Calabuig | A news reporter. |
| Julian | Carax | The Shadow of the Wind author. |
| Sophie | Carax | Julian's mother. |
| Lluis | Carbo | The nightwatch man. |
| Estrellita | Castro | The music hall star. |
| Mr. | Collbato | A funeral service agent. |
| Jacinta | Coronado | Penelope's governess. |
| Lain | Coubert | The name used by the devil in Julian's novel. |
| Maria | Craponcia | Ramon's wife. Aka: Yvonne. |
| Baltasar | Deulofeu-Carallot | A con man. |
| Dona | Encarna | Fermin's landlady. |
| Don | Federico | The neighborhood watchmaker. |
| Gustave | Flaubert | A novelist. |
| Antonio | Fortuny | Julian's father. |
| Inspector | Fumero | Fermin's nemesis. Julian's nemesis. Aka: Francisco Javier Fumero. |
| Fructous | Gelabert | A videographer. |
| General | Goded | A Spanish Army General. |
| Cary | Grant | An actor. |
| Antonio Jose | Gutierrez-Alcayate | The man who killed Nuria. Fermin's other name. |
| Manuel | Gutierrez-Fonseca | A city employee at the municipal morgue. |
| Sister | Hortensia | The nun at Sta. Lucia. |
| Salvador | Jausa | The Catalan financier. |
| Irence | Marceau | The owner of the hostess bar. Julian's boss. |
| Dr. | Mendoza | Daniel's doctor. |
| Miquel | Moliner | Nuria's husband. Julian's former best friend. |
| Saturno | Molleda | The building caretaker. |
| Isaac | Monfort | Sempere's keeper of Cementery of Forgotten Books. |
| Nuria | Monfort | Isaac's daughter. Cabestany's secretary. |
| Adrian | Neri | Clara's music teacher and lover. |
| Anacleto | Olmo | Unofficial spokesman for Royal Academy Language. Mr. Sempere's neighbor. |
| Enrique | Palacios | Fumero's associate. |
| La | Pepita | Don Federico's deaf mother. |
| Mercedes | Pietro | Nuria's workmate. |
| Fernando | Ramos | The St. Gabriel's priest. Julian's former classmate. |
| Braulio | Recolons | A pork butcher. |
| Jose Maria | Requejo | Sophie's lawyer. |
| Fermin | Romero De Torres | The beggar Daniel befriended. |
| Monsieur | Roquefort | Claudette and Clara's tutor. |
| Pedro | Sanmarti | A publishing house owner. Nuria's employer. |
| Daniel | Sempere | Protagonist. Aka: Sempere Junior. |
| Mr. | Sempere | Daniel's father. |
| Dr. | Soldevila | Barcelo's family doctor. |
| Ana | Valls | Sophie's favorite student. |
| Mr. | Valls | Ana's father. |
| Javier | Velazquez | A professor. One of Mr. Sempere's customers. |
| Father | Vicente | The school's vicar. |
| Benancio | | Jacinta's uncle. |
| Bernarda | | Barcelo's maid. Fermin's lover. |
| Casasus | | Mr. Aguilar's secretary. |
| Cecilia | | The Aguilar's family maid. |
| Claudette | | Clara's cousin. |
| Duran | | Fumero's superior. |
| Giselle | | The tycoon's daughter. |
| Isabelita | | Aurora's daughter. |
| Jesusa | | Fermin's sister. |
| Kurtz | | Julian's cat. |
| Leopoldo | | Isaac's uncle. |
| Lerma | | Fumero's associate. |
| Marisela | | Jesusa's maid. |
| Merceditas | | Daniel's neighbor. |
| Neuval | | Julian's last publisher. |
| Paco | | Aurora's son. |
| Ramoneta | | Jacinta's friend. |
| Reme | | Bernarda's aunt. |
| Rociito | | Fermin's friend. |
| Vicenteta | | Sophie's friend. |
| Zacarias | | The angel in Jacinta's dream. |
