1 | Lilly | Blackwood | A girl who stayed at the attic dormer for nine years. |
| Coralline | Livingston | Lilly's mother. |
| | Hillman | A doctor. |
2 | Julia Coralline | Blackwood | A sole heir of Blackwood Manor Estate. |
| Kelly | | A cocktail waitress. |
| Tom | | A veteran from the Korean war. |
| Al | | A restaurant owner. |
| Danny | | Julia's friend. |
| Sheila | | A waitress of Big Al's restaurant. |
3 | Viktor | | Merrick's side-kick. |
4 | Howard | Blackwood | Julia's father. |
| Claude | Miller | A barn manager. |
| Fletcher | | A local veterinarian. |
| Wallace | Carr | Coralline's lawyer. |
5 | Dante | | A worker at Barlow Brothers' Circus. |
| Leon | | Dante's companion. |
| Merrick | | One who runs the sideshow. |
| Syd | Barlow | Owner of the Barlow Brothers' Circus. Merrick's second cousin. |
| Glory | | Viktor's sister. |
| Josephine | | One who runs the cooch show. |
7 | Bob | | In-charge of the ticket for food. |
| Ruby | | Glory's friend. |
| Rosy | | Ruby's twin sister. |
| Alana | | Mr. Barlow's girlfriend. |
| Chi-Chi | | Alana's dog. |
9 | Penelope | Dupree | A talented seamstress and extraordinaire sideshow performer. |
| | Benini | Owns the snow cone and cotton candy stand. |
| Tom | | Mrs. Benini's husband. |
| Elizabeth | Webb | One who runs the grease joint. |
| Zelda | | A gypsy fortune-teller. Aka: Daisy Hubert. |
| Hester | | Glory's friend. aka: The Monkey Girl. |
| Dina | | aka: The Living Half-Girl. |
| Aldo | | aka: The Alligator Skinned-Man. |
| Belinda | | aka: A Woman With Two Bodies And One Hand. |
| Zurie | | aka: The Turtle Boy. |
| Dolly | | aka: The World's Most Beautiful Fat Woman. |
| Mabel | | aka: The Four-Legged Woman. |
| Magnus | | aka: The World's Ugliest Man. |
| Spear | | aka: The Living Skeleton. |
| Stubs | | aka: The Smallest Man In The World. |
| Brutus | | aka: The Texas Giant. |
| Miles | | aka: The Armless Wonder. |
10 | Blue Venture | | A famous stud. |
| Bonnie Blue | | A most valuable mare. |
11 | Kristi | | A pinhead. |
| Pepper | | A mother elephant. |
| Jojo | | A baby elephant. |
| Petunia | | A twenty-four year old elephant. |
| Flossie | | Jojo's aunt. The oldest among the group. |
| Cole | | A caretaker of baby elephant. Lilly's husband. |
13 | Hank | | Cole's father. |
| CeeCee | | A snake enchantress. |
| Pierre | | A midget who work as a clown. |
| Barbara | | A wife of a rube. |
14 | Samantha | | A foal. |
15 | Ferdinand | | Cole's cousin. |
| Nathasha | | A trapeze artist. |
| Chloe | | A tightrope walker. |
19 | John | | A rube. |
| Lynette | | John's wife. |
22 | Molly | | An orphaned filly. |
25 | Barnum | | One of the first showmen to take a collection of oddities. |
| Bailey | | Barnum's partner. |
32 | Belmont | Stakes | A horse bought by Coralline. |