Gobseck, Esther Van
  Gobseck
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life

Grandet, Victor-Ange-Guillaume
  Eugenie Grandet

Grandet, Charles
  Eugenie Grandet

Matifat (wealthy druggist)
  Cesar Birotteau
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Cousin Pons

Matifat, Madame
  Cesar Birotteau

Matifat, Mademoiselle
  Pierrette

Minard, Auguste-Jean-Francois
  The Government Clerks
  The Middle Classes

Nucingen, Baron Frederic de
  Father Goriot
  Pierrette
  Cesar Birotteau
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  Another Study of Woman
  The Secrets of a Princess
  A Man of Business
  Cousin Betty
  The Muse of the Department
  The Unconscious Humorists

Nucingen, Baronne Delphine de
  Father Goriot
  The Thirteen
  Eugenie Grandet
  Cesar Birotteau
  Melmoth Reconciled
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  The Commission in Lunacy
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  Modeste Mignon
  Another Study of Woman
  A Daughter of Eve
  The Member for Arcis

Palma (banker)
  Cesar Birotteau
  Gobseck
  Lost Illusions
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  The Ball at Sceaux

Rastignac, Eugene de
  Father Goriot
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life
  The Ball at Sceaux
  The Interdiction
  A Study of Woman
  Another Study of Woman
  The Magic Skin
  The Secrets of a Princess
  A Daughter of Eve
  The Gondreville Mystery
  Cousin Betty
  The Member for Arcis
  The Unconscious Humorists

Taillefer, Jean-Frederic
  Father Goriot
  The Magic Skin
  The Red Inn

Tillet, Ferdinand du
  Cesar Birotteau
  The Middle Classes
  A Bachelor’s Establishment
  Pierrette
  Melmoth Reconciled
  A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
  The Secrets of a Princess
  A Daughter of Eve
  The Member for Arcis
  Cousin Betty
  The Unconscious Humorists

Toby (Joby, Paddy)
  The Secrets of a Princess

Werbrust
  Cesar Birotteau