| | | | Part One God Is A Tornado |
| 1 | Albert | | The smartest boy at Lincoln Indian Training School. |
| | Faria | | A rat. |
| | Benny | Blackwell | A Sioux from Rosebud. |
| | Thelma | Brickman | School superintendent. |
| | Odysseus | O'Banion | Albert's younger brother. Aka: Odie. |
| | Clyde | Brickman | Thelma Brickman's husband. |
| | Herman | Volz | A carpenter. |
| | Lavinia | Stratton | Music teacher. |
| 2 | Vincent | DiMarco | A grounds keeper. |
| | Mrs. | Peterson | Responsible for feeding the kids. |
| | Donna | High Hawk | Member of Winnebago tribe from Nebraska. |
| | Bud | Conrad | In-charge of the facility maintenance.. |
| | Emmaline | Frost | Cora Frost daughter. Emmy. |
| | Cora | Frost | Teacher at Lincoln School. |
| | Hector | Bledsoe | A farmer. |
| | Moses | Washington | One of the student at Lincoln School. Aka: Mose. |
| | Ralph | | Bledsoe's son. |
| 3 | Andrew | Frost | Cora Frost's husband. |
| | Jim | Thorpe | American athlete. |
| | Big George | | A horse. |
| | Mark | Twain | American writer. |
| | Red | Nichols | American composer. |
| | George | Gershwin | American composer. |
| 4 | Mr. | Sparks | Former superintendent of Lincoln School. |
| | Marshall | Foot | One of the students at Lincoln School. |
| | Franklin | | Mrs. Brickman's car. |
| 5 | Martin | Green | Head adviser. |
| | Mr. | Frieberg | Baseball team coach. |
| | Miss | Jensen | Librarian. |
| | Billy | Red Sleeve | New student at Lincoln School. |
| 6 | Mr. | Seifert | Scoutmaster. |
| 7 | Samuel | Kills Many | One of the students at Lincoln School. |
| | Mrs. | Bledsoe | Henry Bledsoe's wife. |
| 10 | Benji | Iron Cloud | One of the students at Lincoln School. |
| | | | Part Two One-Eyed Jack |
| 12 | Randolph | Owl Flies | One of the students at Lincoln School. |
| | Lois 1 | | Randolph's mother. |
| | Arturo | Owl Flies | Randolph's father. |
| | Louise | LeDuc | One of the students at Lincoln School. |
| | Alvin | Red Sleeve | Billy Red Sleeve's father. |
| | Bob | Warford | A sheriff. |
| | Priscilla | | Ghost in the mirror. |
| | Babe | Ruth | American professional baseball player. |
| | Buck | | Odie's alias. |
| | Buck | Jones | American movie star. |
| 13 | Lloyd | | A salesman. |
| 14 | Puff | | A puffet. |
| | Henry | | Abigail's brother. |
| | Mr. | McAdams | Henry's boss. |
| | Mrs. | Drover | Abigail's mother's boss. |
| | Abigail | | The little girl Odie met in the house. |
| 16 | Jack | | A farmer. Aka: Pig scarer. |
| | Aggie | | Jack's wife. |
| | Sophie | | Jack's daughter. |
| 17 | Frieda | Hines | Jack's neighbor. |
| | Rudy | | Jack's friend. |
| 18 | Norman | | Albert's alias. |
| 19 | Geronimo | | Mose's alias. |
| | | | Part Three High Heaven |
| 21 | Hawk | Flies | A Sioux. Owner of the land. Aka: Forrest. |
| 22 | Julia | | Albert and Odie's aunt. |
| 23 | Eve | | Faith healer. Aka: Evie. |
| | Cyrus | | A sick boy. |
| 24 | Emmett | | Emmy's alias. |
| | Sid | Calloway | Trumpet player. |
| 25 | Willis | | One of Eve's listeners. |
| | Sarah | | Willis's wife. |
| 27 | Pappas | | A cook. Aka: Dimitri. |
| | Gregory | | Piano player. Aka: Whisker. |
| | Irvin | Berlin | American composer. |
| | Mamba | | A snake. |
| | Lucifer | | A rattlesnake. |
| 28 | Torch | | One of the musicians. |
| | Tsuboi | | One of the members of the crusade group. |
| | Cypress | | One of the members of the crusade group. |
| | Roger | Corman | American director. |
| 29 | Lou | Gehrig | Baseball first baseman. |
| 30 | Roy P. | Pfeiffer M.D. | A doctor. |
| | Julius P. | Pfeiffer M.D. | Dr. Roy's son aka: Julie. |
| | Sammy | | Julius' wife. |
| 31 | Jed | | Mickey's father. |
| | Mickey | | A boy who had a spine problem. |
| | Lois 2 | | Man with crutches. |
| | Gooch | | One of Eve's patients. |
| 33 | Aimee | McPherson | American-Canadian evangelist. |
| | | | Part Four The Odyssey |
| 35 | Peter Rabbit | | Emmy's new puffet. |
| | Johnny | Weissmuller | American swimmer. |
| 38 | Sarah | Schofield | Powell Schofield's wife. |
| | Alice | Beal | Powell's mother-in-law. Aka: Mother Beal. |
| | Powell | Schofield | A farmer. |
| | Maybeth | | Sarah's daughter. |
| | Bob | Gray | Powell's acquaintance. |
| | Lester | | Sarah's son. |
| | Lydia | | Lester's twin sister. |
| 39 | Ezra | Hornsby | Simon Hornsby's daughter. |
| | Simon | Hornsby | Episcopal Missionary. |
| | Jamie | Baldwin | Maybeth's friend. |
| 41 | Amdacha | | Mose's Sioux name. |
| 45 | Minnie | Hornsby | Maybeth's aunt. |
| 46 | Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. president. |
| | | | Part Five The Flats |
| 49 | Gertie | Hellman | Forrest's friend. |
| | Emma | | John Kelley's sister. |
| | John | Kelley | One of the boys who lived in the flats. |
| | Mook | | One of the boys who lived in the flats. |
| | Chili | | One of the boys who lived in the flats. |
| | Wooster | Morgan | Gertie's acquaintance. |
| 50 | Flo | | A cook. |
| | Calvin | | Forrest's brother. Aka: Cal. |
| | Truman | Waters | Flo's brother. Aka: Tru. |
| | Mac | Cooper | One of Gertie's workers. |
| 51 | Elmer | | Former kitchen helper. |
| | Jugs | | Former kitchen helper. |
| | Rosie | Goldstein | John Kelley's mother. |
| | Simon | Weinstein | A doctor. |
| | Shlomo | Goldstein | Real name of John Kelley. |
| | Esther | | Dr. Weinstein's wife. |
| | Eva | Cohen | Mrs. Goldstein's neighbor. |
| | Bella | Cohen | Eva's sister. |
| 53 | Mordecai | David | John Kelley's new born brother. Aka: Mordy. |
| 54 | Edward G. | Robinson | American-Romanian actor. |
| | | | Part Six Ithaka |
| 58 | Rowena | | A woman behind the counter. |
| | George | | Random man who Odie encountered. |
| | Manny | | George's buddy. |
| 60 | Monique | | One of Aunt Julia's acquaintances. |
| | Mac | | Dolores's boyfriend. |
| | Dolores | | One of Aunt Julia's acquaintances. Aka: Dollie. |
| 61 | Veronica | | A cook. |
| | Rosalee | | Odysseus's mother. |
| | Exekiel | O'Banion | Odysseus's father. Aka: Zeke. |
