| | | 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. |