| A | B |
| HOLDEN | SELF-DESTRUCTIVE |
| PHOEBE | HOLDEN'S YOUNGER SISTER |
| ALLIE | HOLDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER |
| D.B. | HOLDEN'S OLDER BROTHER |
| D.B. | SCREENWRITER |
| ALLIE | DIED OF LEUKEMIA |
| PHOEBE | WRITES STORIES ABOUT "HAZLE WEATHERFIELD, GIRL DETECTIVE" |
| HOLDEN | HATES PHONIES |
| MR. ANTOLINI | HOLDEN'S FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER |
| MR. SPENCER | HOLDEN'S HISTORY TEACHER; HAS THE GRIPPE |
| STRADLATER | LOOKS GOOD AND IS A "LADIES' MAN"BUT IS A SECRET SLOB |
| STRADLATER | IS DISGUSTED BY HOLDEN'S TOPIC FOR HIS COMPOSITION |
| CARL LUCE | HOLDEN'S FORMER STUDENT ADVISOR |
| CARL LUCE | TELLS HOLDEN HE NEEDS TO SEE A PSYCHOTHERAPIST |
| ACKLEY | HAS GREEN TEETH AND ACNE |
| SALLY HAYES | HOLDEN ASKS HER TO RUN AWAY TO VERMONT WITH HIM |
| HOLDEN | FINALLY PLANS TO RUN AWAY TO THE WEST AND BECOME A DEAF-MUTE |
| MAURICE | ELEVATOR OPERATOR WHO BEATS UP HOLDEN |
| SUNNY | PROSTITUTE |
| LILLIAN SIMMONS | D.B.'S OLD GIRLFRIEND; HOLDEN SEES HER AT ERNIE'S |
| HORWITZ | CAB DRIVER WHO TAKES HOLDEN TO ERNIE'S |
| JANE GALLAGHER | DATES STARDLATER |
| JANE GALLAGHER | KEEPS HER KINGS IN THE BACK ROW |
| MAL BROSSARD | GOES TO A MOVIE WITH HOLDEN AND ACKLEY |
| DICK SLAGLE | HOLDEN'S FORMER ROOMMATE WITH LOW QUALITY SUITCASES |
| FAITH CAVENDISH | ALLEGED PROSTITUTE HOLDEN CALLS WHEN HE FIRST COMES TO NEW YORK CITY |
| ERNEST MORROW | HOLDEN DOES NOT TELL HIS MOTHER HE CONSIDERS ERNEST TO BE "ONE OF THE BIGGEST BASTARDS AT PENCEY" |
| MRS. MORROW | MEETS HOLDEN ON THE TRAI TO NEW YORK CITY; HOLDEN BELIEVES SHE IS "SLIGHTLY INSANE" |
| JAMES CASTLE | COMMITTED SUICIDE AT ELKTON HILLS RATHER THAN TAKE BACK A COMMENT |