| 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. |
