| | | | 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. |