OLIVER TWIST: hero of the story
MR. BUMBLE: a beadle
NOAH CLAYPOLE (later known as MORRIS BOLTER): a charity boy who is a
servant of the Sowerberrys
JACK DAWKINS (DODGER): a boy Oliver meets who introduces him to Mr. Fagin
MR. FAGIN: a Jewish man that oversees a bunch of pickpockets
CHARLEY BATES: one of Fagin’s pickpockets, cheerful person
NANCY: a girl that is in with Fagin's group
MR. BROWNLOW: a kindly gentleman who first accuses Oliver of stealing his
handkerchief
MR. WILLIAM (BILL) SIKES: an associate of Fagin’s.
MONKS (EDWARD LEEFORD): a mysterious man who is interested in Oliver, but it isn’t in Oliver’s best interest
MRS. MAYLIE: elderly woman who owns house Sikes’ group tried to rob
MISS ROSE: a young girl who is the niece of Mrs. Maylie
MR. LOSBERNE: a kindly doctor who tends to Oliver when he is wounded
MRS. MANN: Oliver’s guardian until he is eight years old
SUSAN: a girl that works for Mrs. Mann
MR. SOWERBERRY: an undertaker who becomes Oliver’s first master
MRS. SOWERBERRY: the undertaker’s shrewish wife
CHARLOTTE: servant of the Sowerberrys who likes Noah
DICK: Oliver’s friend from Miss Mann’s
BET: a girl that is in with Fagin's group
MRS. BEDWIN: a kind woman that takes care of Oliver when he falls ill
MR. GRIMWIG: a cantankerous friend of Mr. Brownlow’s
BARNEY: a Jewish man that is under Fagin’s control but in Sikes’ employ
TOM CHITLING: an associate of Fagin’s
TOBY CRACKIT: an associate of Sikes’
MRS. CORNEY (LATER MRS. BUMBLE): a woman who tends to the ill at a
workhouse
OLD SALLY: a woman who had nursed Oliver’s mother
MR. GILES: butler and steward of house that Sikes group tries to rob
BRITTLES: lad of all work who works at the house Sikes group tries to rob
BLATHERS: Senior Bow Street officer
EDWIN LEEFORD: Oliver and Monks’ father
HARRY MAYLIE: the son of Mrs. Maylie who loves Rose
AGNES FLEMING: Oliver’s mother and Rose’s elder sister
DUFF: unfriendly junior partner of Blathers