| A | B |
|---|
| Antonia Shimerda | young immigrant girl from Bohemia |
| Ambrosch Shimerda | Eldest son in the Bohemian immigrant family |
| Marek Shimerda | Bohemian immigrant with mental problems |
| Yulek Shimerday | The youngest from the Bohemian immigrant family |
| Jim or Jimmy Burden | Orphan who has come from Virginia to live with his grandparents in Nebraska |
| Emmaline Burden | Jimmy's grandmother |
| Josiah Burden | Jimmy's grandfather |
| Mr. Shimerda | Bohemian father who commits suicide |
| Mrs. Shimerday | Bohemian mother who resents neighbors |
| Otto Fuchs | Hired hand to the Burdens |
| Jake Marpole | Traveling companion of Jimmy and hired hand of the Burdens |
| Peter | Russian bachelor immigrant |
| Pavel | Russian bachelor immigrant |
| Anton Jilinek | Handsome Bohemian immigrant/settler |
| Jan Bouska | Anton Jilinek's roommate |
| Mr. Bushy | Postmaster |
| Wick Cutter | Money lenderer in Black Hawk |
| Peter Krajiek | Sold the Shimerda's his underground house and farm |
| Willa Cather | Author of My Antonia |
