Adele | Airota | Professor Airota's wife. |
Pietro | Airota | Elena Greco's boyfriend. |
Paul | Anka | A Canadian singer, songwriter and actor . |
Michaelangelo | Antonioni | An Italian film director. |
Samuel | Beckett | An Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer. |
Mike | Bongiorno | An American-Italian television host. |
Rossano | Brazzi | Italian actor. |
Melina | Cappuccio | Antonio and Ada's mother. |
Renato | Carosone | Italian musician. |
Maria | Carracci | Stefano's mother. |
Stefano | Carracci | Lila's husband. Aka: Stef. |
Fernando | Cerullo | Lila's father. A shoemaker. |
Nunzia | Cerullo | Lila's mother. |
Raffaella | Cerullo | Elena's best friend. Aka: Lila; Lina; Signora Raffaella Carracci. |
Federico | Chabod | An Italian historian. |
Angelo Fausto | Coppi | An Italian cyclist. |
Marie | Curie | A French-Polish physicist. |
Vittorio | De Sica | Italian director and actor. |
Grazia | Deledda | An Italian writer. |
Danilo | Dolci | An Italian social activist, sociologist. |
Federico | Fellini | An Italian film director. |
Maestro | Ferraro | A teacher and librarian. |
Rogelio | Frigerio | An Argentine economist and politician. |
Professor | Galiani | A high school teacher. |
Ava | Gardner | American actress. |
Odin | Gray | A novelist. |
Elena | Greco | A writer. Aka: Lenu; Lenuccia. |
Nella | Incardo | Maestro Oliviero's cousin. |
Nilde | Iotti | An Italian politician. |
Jennifer | Jones | American actress. |
Jacqueline | Kennedy | Former First Lady of the United States. |
Johannes | Kepler | A German astronomer, mathematician. |
Martin Luther | King Jr. | An American Christian minister and activist. |
Giacomo | Leopardi | An Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. |
Franco | Mari | Elena Greco's classmate. |
Dmitri | Mendeleev | A Russian chemist and inventor. |
Giuseppe | Montalenti | An Italian geneticist. |
Maestra | Oliviero | A teacher. |
Pier Paolo | Pasolini | An Italian film director. |
Giuseppina | Peluso | Pasquale's mother. |
Jean | Piaget | A Swiss psychologist. |
Don Carlo | Resta | A businessman. |
Daniel | Rooney | An American executive and diplomat. |
Beltrand | Russell | A British philosopher. |
Donato | Sarratore | A journalist. |
Nino | Sarratore | Oldest son of Donato Sarratore. |
Assunta | Scanno | Enzo's mother. |
Enzo | Scanno | Lila's childhood friend and admirer. |
Nicola | Scanno | A fruit-and-vegetable seller. |
Bruno | Soccavo | Nino's friend. |
Manuela | Solara | Marcello and Michele's mother. Aka: Signora Solara. |
Marcello | Solara | Lila's suitor. Aka: Marce. |
Silvio | Solara | Marcello and Michele's father. |
Leon | Trotsky | A politician. |
Esther | Williams | An American competitive swimmer and actress. |
Nicolo Antonio | Zingarelli | An Italian composer. |
Ada | | Pasquale's fiancé. |
Airota | | Professor of Greek literature. |
Alfonso | | Stefano's brother. |
Anaximander | | A Greek philosopher. |
Antonio | | Elena's boyfriend. Aka: Anto. |
Armando | | Professor Galiani's son. |
Carlo | | One of Armando's acquaintances. |
Carmela | | Pasquale's sister. Aka: Carmen. |
Ciro | | One of Lidia's children. |
Clelia | | One of Lidia's children. |
Dido | | An English singer and songwriter. |
Don Achille | | Stefano's father. |
Elisa | | Elena's sister. |
Fabrizio | | Alfonso's friend. |
Fernando | | Pinuccia's son. Aka: Dino |
Gallese | | A shop owner. |
Gennaro | | Lila's son. Aka: Rinuccio. |
Gianni | | One of Elena's brothers. |
Gigliona | | Michele Solara's fiancé. |
Gina | | Adele Airota's acquaintance. |
Gino | | A pharmacist's son. |
Hesiod | | A Greek poet. |
Lello | | Gigliola's brother. |
Leone | | One of Armando's acquaintances. |
Lidia | | Donato Sarratore's wife. |
Linda | | The stationer's daughter. |
Madonna | | An American singer-songwriter. |
Maria | | Ada's daughter. |
Mariarosa | | Pietro's sister. |
Marisa | | Alfonso's girlfriend. |
Michele | | Marcello's brother. Aka: Miche. |
Nadia | | Professor Galiani's daughter. |
Pasquale | | Lila's friend. Aka: Pasque. |
Peppe | | One of Elena's brothers. |
Pino | | One of Lidia's children. |
Pinuccia | | Stefano's sister. Aka: Pina. |
Plato | | An Athenian philosopher. |
Prince Andrew | | A member of the British Royal family. |
Rino | | Lila's brother. |
Soraya | | An American singer-songwriter. |
Titina | | Lila's neighbor. Aka: Titi. |