| A | B |
| Cedric | Ivanhoe's father |
| Athelstane | the only living prince of the Saxon race |
| Rowena | Cedric's ward, the Saxon princess |
| Wilfred of Ivanhoe | Cedric's son |
| Gurth | the swine herder who was granted his freedom |
| Wamba | the fool who brought comic relief to the story |
| King Richard | known as the Black Knight during much of the story |
| Prince John | the Norman ruler who was trying to keep Richard from the throne |
| Waldemar Fiturse | Prince John's right hand man who tried to kill Richard by attacking him in the forest |
| Brian Bois de Guilbert | the Templar knight who didn't follow the codes of chivalry |
| Maurice DeBracy | one of Prince John's knights who wanted to marry Rowena |
| Front de Boeuf | the knight who killed his father and was later died when Torquilstone burned |
| Isaac | the Jewish man who was having to give up his money for ransom |
| Rebecca | the Jewess who fell in love with Ivanhoe as she nursed him back to health |
| Sir Walter Scott | the author of the story |
| Ulrica | the Saxon woman as a prisoner for years at Front de Boeuf's castle |
| Lockesly | the leader of the forest outlaws who was a superb archer |
| Friar Tuck | the priest with Robin Hood who drank a lot |
| Grand Master of Templar | accused Rebecca of being a witch and seducing Brian |