| A | B |
|---|
| Cunegonde's brother (the Baron) | Reverend Father |
| woman who Candide cheats on Cunegonde with | Marquise de Parolignac |
| King of the Bulgars | pardons Candide when he is to be executed |
| the orator | preaches about Christianity, but refuses to help Candide |
| Old Woman | former princess, now Cunegonde's slave |
| Cacambo | Candide's slave and translator in the new world |
| Martin | Candide's Manichean companion |
| Girofleo | the Theatine monk who keeps company with a prostitute |
| Paquette | the chambermaid |
| Signor Pococurante | the man with no troubles, who is bored with everything |
| Vanderdendur | the merchant who stole Candide's goods |
| Don Fernando | the governor of Buenos Aires, who offered to marry Cunegonde |
| the slave | made Candide give up optimism |
| John Byng | the English admiral, executed for not killing enough of the enemy |
| Jacques the Anabaptist | helped Candide and Pangloss in their time of need |
| Grand Inquisitor | Christian owner of Cunegonde |
| Don Issacar | Jewish owner of Cunegonde |
| the eunuch | molested the sleeping princess |
| the abbe from Perigord | theology student who scammed Candide in Paris |
| Oreillons | living in the state of nature |
