| | Abendana | A rabbi. |
| Pierre | Alvarez | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| Penelope | Babcock | Jonathan's secretary. |
| Francis | Bacon | An English philosopher. |
| Pierre | Bayte | A French philosopher. |
| Menasseh | ben Israel | A Portuguese-Jewish rabbi. |
| Esteban | Bescos | One of Thomas's friend. |
| Van | Blijenburgh | One who harnessed the faith of Benedictus. |
| Ludwig | Boldzmann | An Austrian physicist and philosopher. |
| Thomas | Browne | A polymath. |
| Rebecca | Cancio | One of Emilia's acquaintance. |
| Sarah | Cancio | A matron. |
| Bertram | Clark | One of the writers. |
| Matthew | Collins | A professor. |
| Oliver | Cromwell | An English political leader. |
| Catherine | da Costa | Mary's mother. |
| Diego | da Costa Mendes | HaCoen's nephew. |
| Mary | da Costa Mendes | Diego da Costa Mendes's daughter. |
| Yacob | da Souza | HaCoen's acquaintance. |
| Miguel | da Spinoza | Father of the most disobedient student of HaCoen. |
| Andrew | Darcy | Aaron Levy's adviser. |
| Isaac Aboab | de Fonseca | A rabbi. |
| Simeon | de Herrera | A translator. |
| Solomon | de Oliveyra | One of HaCoen's student. |
| Baruch | de Spinoza | A Dutch philosopher. |
| Benedictus | de Spinoza | van den Enden's friend. |
| Johan | de Witt | A Dutch political figure. |
| Emily | Dickinson | An American poet. |
| Bridgette | Easton | Ian's wife. |
| Ian | Easton | Helen's former student. |
| Thomas | Farrow | An actor. Aka: Thos. |
| Anne | Fielding | A filing clerk. |
| Josephus | Flavius | A historian. |
| Sarsot | Gablut | HaCoen's acquaintance. |
| James | Goddard | One of the correspondence. |
| Derek | Godwin | A writer. |
| Brendan | Goodwin | A graduate student from Michigan. |
| Alvaro | HaLevy | The youngest of the HaLevy brothers. |
| Benjamin | HaLevy | The HaCoen's patron. |
| Dr. | Hammond | Helen's physician. |
| William | Harrington | One of the correspondence. |
| Marisa | Herz | Aaron's mistress. |
| Thomas | Hobbes | An English philosopher. |
| Dina | Jacobowicz | Helen's acquaintance. |
| Rodney | Keller | A painter. |
| Adriaan | Koerbagh | One of the writers. |
| Joseph | Levita | Mary's admirer. |
| Aaron | Levy | Helen Watt's assistant. |
| Dr. | Lopez | A Jewish physician. |
| Anatol | Ludman | A professor. |
| Daniel | Lusitano | HaCoen's former pupil. |
| Jonathan | Martin | The head of the history department. |
| Lodewijk | Meijer | One of Ester's acquaintance. |
| HaCoen | Mendes | A rabbi. |
| Isabella | Mendoza | Catherine's mother's cousin. |
| Samuel | Moses | A translator of Hebrew's work and writer. |
| Rebecca | Nones | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| Maria | Olivera | One of Emilia's acquaintance. |
| Jonathan | Pierre | A member of the Royal Society. |
| Owen | Richards | One of the correspondence. |
| David | Rodrigues | A writer. |
| Isabella | Rodriguez | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| Avner Ben | Samuel | Aboab's assistant. |
| Bruno | Schultz | A Jewish writer. |
| William | Shakespeare | An English poet. |
| Solomon | Sivani | One of Ester's acquaintance. |
| Patricia | Smith | The head conservationist. |
| Patricia S. | Haight | A librarian. |
| John | Tilman | One of Thomas's friend. |
| Emilia | Valentia | One of Mary's friend. |
| Franciscus van | den Enden | A philosopher and a poet. |
| Samuel | Velasquez | Constantina's husband. |
| Isaac | Vossius | Owned a large library in Europe. |
| Helen Ann | Watt | A historian. |
| John | Wilson | Ester's acquaintance. |
| Brian | Wilton | Jonathan's former student. |
| Sabbatai | Zebi | Self-proclaimed messiah. |
| Ahmed | | A man who sold lunch. |
| Aleph | | A writer. |
| Avi | | An American volunteer. |
| Charles l | | The monarch of England. |
| Charles ll | | The King of England. |
| Constantina | | Ester's mother. |
| Danny | | Marisa's brother. |
| David | | An American volunteer. |
| Dror | | An artist. |
| Eliezer | | The volunteer's leader. |
| Elizabeth | | A young clerk. |
| Ester | | A scribe. |
| Galen | | A Greek physician. |
| Gluckel | | A Jewish diarist. |
| Goethe | | A writer. |
| Grietgen | | A housemaid. |
| Hannah | | A servant. |
| Harvey | | An anatomist. |
| Isaac | | Ester's brother. |
| Isabelle | | John Tilman's wife. |
| Judith | | Isabelle's daughter. |
| Julian | | A writer. |
| Lizabeta | | Ester's grandmother. |
| Louis XlV | | The King of France. |
| Manuel | | Benjamin HaLevy's son. |
| Maria | | An Italian volunteer. |
| Mohammad | | A prophet. |
| Muriel | | One who survive from the war during her childhood. |
| Nurit | | The cook. |
| Prospero | | A pub's owner. |
| Rivka | | A servant. |
| Sasportas | | A new rabbi. |
| Sotheby | | A book evaluator. |
| Walter | | A Canadian volunteer. |
