| | | The Curriculum |
| Morrie | Schwartz | Mitch's favorite professor. The dying professor. |
| Mitchell | Albom | The narrator. A sports writer. Aka: Mitch. |
| Jimi | Hendrix | The legend American rock-guitarist. |
| | | The Syllabus |
| Charlotte | Schwartz | Morrie's wife. |
| Tony | | Morrie's former theology student. |
| | | The Student |
| Janine | Albom | Mitch's wife. |
| | | The Audio Visual |
| Maurie | Stein | A professor in Brandeis University. |
| Ted | Koppel | The famos reporter of "The Nightline" show. |
| Connie | | One of Morrie's careworkers. |
| | | The Classroom |
| Eric | Fromm | A German social psychologist. |
| Martin | Bubber | An Austrian-Israeli philosopher. |
| Erik | Erikson | A German psychologist. |
| | | Taking Attendance |
| O.J | Simpson | A former American football runningback. |
| Andre | Agassi | An American tennis player. |
| Brooke | Shields | Andre Agassi's wife. A famous actress. |
| | | The First Tuesday. |
| Levine | | Morrie's old acquaintance. |
| | | The Second Tuesday. |
| Tony | | One of Morrie's careworkers. |
| Bertha | | One of Morrie's careworkers. |
| Amy | | One of Morrie's careworkers. |
| | | The Audio Visual, Part Two |
| Barbara | | A school teacher in Pennsylvania. |
| | | The Professor |
| Charlie | Schwartz | Morrie's father. |
| David | Schwartz | Morrie's brother. |
| Eva | | Morrie's step-mother. |
| Henry | Adams | An American historian. |
| | | The Fourth Tuesday |
| Rob | Schwartz | Morrie's son. A journalist in Tokyo. |
| Jon | Schwartz | Morrie's son. A computer expert in Boston. |
| Nancy | | Lost her mother to ALS. A woman who writes to Morrie. |
| Jane | | A woman who writes to Morrie. |
| Lou | Gehrig | A famous American baseball player. |
| | | The Professor, Part Two |
| Jerry | Rubin | Morrie's former "radical" student. |
| Angela | Davis | Morrie's former "radical" student. |
| | | The Eight Tuesday |
| Ted | Turner | The billionaire media mogul. The Founder of CNN. |
| Mahatma | Gandhi | An Indian activist. |
| | | The Audio Visual, Part Three |
| Stephen | Hawking | The brilliant author of "A Brief History Time". |
| | | The Twelfth Tuesday |
| Norman | | Morrie's sculptor friend. |
| | | The Thirteenth Tuesday |
| Rabbi Al | Axelrad | A long-time friend of Morrie who will conduct his funeral service. |
| Peter | Albom | Mitch's brother. |
| | | Graduation |
| Marsha | | Charlotte's cousin. |