| 1 | Pearl | Stone | The woman from the town who resent Janie. |
| | Mrs. | Sumpkins | One of the townspeople. |
| | Lulu | Moss | One of the townspeople. |
| | Pheoby | Watson | Janie's best friend. |
| | Janie Mae | Crawford | Beautiful black woman with partially white ancestry. |
| | Sam | Watson | Pheoby's husband. |
| 2 | Mrs. | Washburn | Nanny's former employer. |
| | Nanny | | Janie's grandmother. |
| | Shelby | | One of Mrs. Washburn's grandchildren. |
| | Eleanor | | One of Mrs. Washburn's grandchildren. |
| | Mr. | Washburn | Nanny's former employer. |
| | Miss | Nellie | Mrs. Washburn's daughter. |
| | Mayrella | | Janie's bully. |
| | Johnny | Taylor | Janie's first kiss. |
| | Logan | Killicks | Janie's first husband. |
| | William | Sherman | American soldier, businessman, educator and author. |
| | Marse | Robert | American and Confederate soldier. |
| | Leafy | | Janie's mother, whom Janie never knew. |
| 4 | Joseph | Starks | Janie's second husband. Aka: Jody, Joe. |
| 5 | Lee | Coker | One of the first townspeople Jody and Janie met in Eatonville. |
| | Amos | Hicks | One of the first townspeople Jody and Janie met in Eatonville. |
| | Captain | Eaton | Principal donor of Eatonville's initially existing fifty-acres. |
| | Mr. | Laurence | One of the donors of Eatonville. |
| | Tony | Taylor | Former town assembly leader in Eatonville. |
| | Lige | Moss | One of the townspeople. |
| | Davis | | One of the townspeople. |
| | Mrs. | Bogle | One of the townspeople. |
| | Charlie | Jones | One of the townspeople. |
| | Oscar | Scott | One of the townspeople. |
| | Jeff | Bruce | One of the townspeople. |
| 6 | Matt | Bonner | The owner of the sad looking mule. |
| | Walter | Thomas | One of the townspeople. |
| | Hambo | | In charge with the barbecue. |
| | Mrs. | Pearson | One of Janie and Jody's neighbors. |
| | Rev. | Pearson | One of Janie and Jody's neighbors. |
| | Mrs. | Tully | One of the townspeople. |
| | Becky | Anderson | One of the townspeople. |
| | | Redmond | One of the townspeople. |
| | Hezekiah | Potts | A loyal employee at Jody's store. |
| | Bootsie | | One of the townspeople. |
| | Teadi | | One of the townspeople. |
| | Daisy | Blunt | One of the townspeople. |
| | Jim | Weston | One of Daisy's admirers. |
| | David | | One of Daisy's admirers. Aka: Dave. |
| | Lum | | One of Daisy's admirers. |
| | Mrs. | Robbins | One of the patrons of Jody's store. |
| | Tony | Robbins | One of the patrons of Jody's store. |
| | Joe | Lindsay | One of the townspeople. |
| 7 | Steve | Mixon | One of the patrons of Jody's store. |
| 9 | Ike | Green | One of the patrons of Jody's store. |
| | Tripp | Crawford | One of the patrons of Jody's store. |
| 10 | Vergible | Woods | Janie's third husband and only true love. Aka: Tea Cake. |
| 12 | Annie | Tyler | A rich widow who left her home to run off with a younger man. |
| 13 | Miss | Samuels | Janie's landlady. |
| | Who | Flung | Annie Tyler's lover. |
| 14 | Ed | Dockery | One of the gamblers. |
| | Bootyny | | One of the gamblers. |
| | Sop-de-Bottom | | One of the gamblers. |
| | Gabriel | | One of the gamblers. Aka: Gabe. |
| 15 | Nunkie | | The girl who works alongside Janie and Tea Cake on the fields. |
| 16 | Mrs. | Turner | Janie and Tea Cake's neighbor. |
| | Booker T. | Washington | Educator, author and advisor to presidents of the United States. |
| 17 | Dick | Sterrett | One of the laborers who live and work in the muck. |
| | Stew | Beef | One of the laborers who live and work in the muck. |
| | Motor | Boat | One of the laborers who live and work in the muck. |
| | Vickers | | Owner of Pahokee. |
| 18 | Lias | | One of the Bahaman boys. |
| 19 | Dr. | Simmons | Tea Cake's doctor. |
| | Mr. | Prescott | State prosecutor. |
