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