| A | B |
|---|
| Okonkwo | Main character. Tall, huge, hardworking, and successful |
| Unoka | Okonkwo's father. Lazy, poor, considered a failure by his clanmen |
| Okoye | Unoka's neighbor. Musician. One of Unoka's creditors. |
| Umuofia | Name of Okonkwo's clan |
| Nwoye | Okonkwo's first son who was constantly nagged at and beaten for being "lazy" |
| Ikemefuna | Young man (lad) from Mbaino, who was offered as compensation for the murder of an Umuofian woman. |
| Chika | Priestess of Agbala when Unoka was still alive. |
| Ani | the god owner of all land. |
| Ifejioku | the god of yams |
| chi | the personal god of Umuofians. |
| Ogbuefi Ezeugo | Powerful orator charged with breaking the news about the murdered woman to the Umofia clan |
| Ogbuefi Udo | Man whose wife was murdered by the Mbaino |
| Amalinze the Cat | Famous wrestler nicknamed "the cat" because his back would never touch the earth. |
