| A | B |
| Edmond Dantes | young sailor; first mate of Pharaon |
| M. Morrel | owner of Pharaon |
| Capt. Leclere | captain of Pharaon |
| Danglars | ship's purser; jealous of Dantes |
| Napoleon Bonapart | rules 100 days |
| Caderousse | Dantes neighbor |
| Fernand Mondego | becomes the General Morcerf |
| Mercedes | Dantes's fiancee |
| Louis XVIII | king of France |
| de Villefort | public prosecutor |
| Abbe Faria | "mad priest" prisoner |
| smugglers | pick Dantes up out of the sea |
| Jacopo | one of the smugglers; finds out about Mercedes & Dantes's father |
| Louis Dantes | Edmond's father |
| Thompson & French | extended Morrel time on his debt |
| Julie | Morrel's daughter |
| Maximilien | Morrel's son |
| Franz d'Epinay | M. de Villefort wants him to marry Valentine |
| Albert de Morcerf | Mercedes and Fernand's son |
| Peppino | supposed to be executed, but is saved by the count of Monte Cristo |