| | | | June, 1930 (Bianca Medeiro) |
| 1 | Errol | Flynn | An Australian-born actor. |
| | Charles | Lindbergh | American aviator. |
| | Peter | Dumont | Hugh Fisher's friend. |
| | Hugh | Fisher | Former hockey team captain at Harvard University. |
| | Maria | Medeiro | Bianca's aunt. |
| | Bianca | Medeiro | Helped runs Maria's general store in town. |
| | Manuelo | | Maria's husband. |
| | Abigail | Dumont | Peter Dumont's sister. |
| | Laura | | One of Tia Maria's daughters. |
| | Manuelo Jr. | | Tia Maria's son. |
| | Francisca | | One of Tia Maria's daughters. |
| 2 | Pascoal | Vargas | Francisca's fiance. |
| 3 | Clara | Bow | An American actress. |
| | | | 1951 (Miranda Schuyler) |
| 1 | Mr. | Silva | An old lobsterman. Aka: Popeye. |
| 2 | Miranda | Schuyler | Prospero's daughter. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English poet, playwright, and actor. |
| | Prospero | | An art teacher. |
| 3 | Joseph | Vargas | A young lobsterman. |
| 4 | Dick | Huxley | A doctor. |
| | Francine | Schuyler | Miranda's mother. |
| | Isobel | Fisher | Miranda's stepsister. Aka: Izzy. |
| | Miss Charlotte | | Mrs. Schuyler's employer. |
| 5 | Mrs. | Beardsley | Owns a flower shop. |
| | Clayton | Monk | Isobel's fiancé. Aka: Clay. |
| | Elizabeth | Taylor | An American-British actress. |
| | Esther | | A maid. |
| 6 | Miss | Ames | One of Prospero's students. |
| | Miss | Kellogg | One of Prospero's students. |
| | Miss | Vanderbilt | One of Prospero's students. |
| 8 | Peaches | | Miranda's nickname given by Isobel. |
| 9 | Thomas | Schuyler | Real name of Miranda's father. |
| | Hercules | | A Roman hero and god. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Monk | Clayton's mother. |
| 14 | Candy | Huxley | Dr. Huxley's wife. |
| | Livy | | Candy Huxley's daughter. |
| 15 | Charles | Dickens | An English writer. |
| 16 | Anthony | Trollope | An English novelist. |
| | Giuseppe | Verdi | An Italian opera composer. |
| | Richard | Wagner | A German composer. |
| 18 | Victoria | | Former Queen of the United Kingdom. |
| | | | 1969 (Miranda Thomas) |
| 1 | Brigitte | | An elderly water colorist. |
| 2 | Hugh Percival | Fisher Jr. | Miranda's brother. |
| 5 | Apolo | | Greek god of music, poetry, light, prophecy, and medicine.
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| 8 | Lucy | | Clayton's daughter. |
| | Tom | Donnelly | Clayton's friend. |
| | Jacqueline | | One of Clayton's daughters. |
| | Barbara | | One of Clayton's daughters. |
| 9 | August | Fisher | Hugh Fisher's grandfather. |
| 10 | Carroll | Goring | Miranda's husband. |
| | Victor | | Carroll's friend. |
| | | | July, 1930 (Bianca Medeiro) |
| 2 | Johnny | Weissmuller | An American swimmer. |
| | | | 1951 (Miranda Schuyler) |
| 2 | Mrs. | Menzies | One who runs the post office. |
| | | Santana | A man who runs the ferry. |
| | Becky | Santana | The old Santana's daughter. |
| | Mrs. | Costa | Frank's wife. |
| | Mrs. | Sweeney | Mrs. Costa's friend. |
| | Frank | Costa | A lobsterman. |
| 8 | Benjamin | | Clayton's brother. Aka: Bingo. |
| | | | 1969 (Miranda Thomas) |
| 2 | Felicity | | One of Mianda's acquaintances. |
| | Patricia | | One of Miranda's acquaintances. |
| | Otto | | An sculptor. |
| | Leonard | | A poetry writer. |
| 6 | Frank | Sinatra | American singer. |
| | Vivien | Leigh | A British film actress. |
| 9 | Neil | Armstrong | American astronaut and first person to walk on the Moon. |
| | | | August, 1951 (Miranda Schuyler) |
| 11 | Harry | | Miranda's uncle. |
| | | | 1969 (Miranda Thomas) |
| 1 | Laurence | | Carroll's friend. |
| 4 | Frank | Santorini | One of the
Marshalls. |
| | Johnny | | One of the Marshalls. |
| 12 | Father | McManus | A priest. |
| 14 | Lizzie | Borden | The main suspect of murdering her father and her stepmother. |
