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