| | | | Book 1 |
| 1 | Robert | Cohn | Former middleweight boxing champion. Star Kelly's star pupil. |
| | Spider | Kelly | Boxing coach. |
| | Henry | Braddocks | Robert's friend in Paris. |
| | Frances | Clyne | Robert's girlfriend in Paris. |
| | Jacob | Barnes | Narrator. Robert's tennis friend. aka: Jake. |
| 3 | Georgette | Le Blanc | A woman Jake met. aka: Hobin. |
| | Mrs. | Braddocks | Henry's wife. |
| | Lady Ashley | Brett | Someone from the club Jake is in love with. aka: Betty. |
| | Lett | | Georgette's dancing partner. Tall, white guy. |
| | Robert | Prentiss | A rising novelist. |
| 4 | Zizi | | Greek portrait painter. Brett's friend. |
| | Count | Mippipolous | In love with Brett. Zizi's friend. |
| | Mike | Campbell | Brett's fiance. Drunkard. |
| | Mr. Aloysius | Kirby | Jake's close friend. |
| | Mrs. Aloysius | Kirby | Jake's close friend. |
| | Katherine | Kirby | Mr. and Mrs. Kirby's daughter who's going to get married. |
| 5 | Woolsey | | Jake's colleague. |
| | Krum | | Jake's colleague. |
| 6 | George | | Barman. |
| | Harvey | Stone | Jake's poker-dice playmate. |
| | | Mencken | Harvey's acquaintance. |
| 7 | Sommelier | | Count Mippipopolous's assistant. |
| | | | Book 2 |
| 8 | Bill | Gorton | Novelist. Jake's close friend. |
| | Madame | Lecomte | Owner of the restaurant Bill and Jake ate at. |
| 9 | Ledoux | | Boxing fighter. |
| | Hubert | | Son of the woman Jake met at the dining-car. |
| 11 | The Wine | Bottle Basque | Someone Bill drank wine with. |
| 12 | Bryan | | Bill's friend. Deceased. |
| | Frankie | Fritsch | Bill and Jake's acquaintance. |
| | Bishop | Manning | Bill and Jake's acquaintance. |
| | Wayne B. | Wheeler | Bill's old schoolmate. |
| | Harris | | An Englishman Jake met at the Inn. aka: Wilson Harris. |
| 13 | | Montoya | Owner of Hotel Montoya. |
| | Juanito | Montoya | Montoya's sister. |
| 15 | Pedro | Romero | 19 year-old bullfighter. Jake's acquaintance. |
| 16 | Marcial | Lalanda | Bullfighter. |
| | Don Manuel | Orquito | The Fireworks King. |
| 17 | Edna | | Bill's acquaintance. Someone he met at the Bar Milano. |
| | Charley | Blackman | Edna's friend. |
| | Vicente | Girones | A man that was killed by Bocanegra. |
| | Bocanegra | | The bull who killed Vicente. |
| 18 | Belmonte | | Great bullfighter. |
