This is a list of characters in the fiction of Robert A. Heinlein:
A Allucquere (a.k.a. "Mary") – The Puppet Masters Security Chief Juan Alvarez – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Richard Ames (a.k.a. Colin Campbell) – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Sam Anderson – Starman Jones Anne (Fair Witness) – Stranger in a Strange Land Major Ardmore – Sixth Column Pallas Athene, intelligent computer, came to life after the original personality (Minerva) transferred to become a human woman – Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset
B Dr. Hartley M. Baldwin (a.k.a. Gregory "Kettle Belly" Baldwin, "Mr. Two-Canes", "Doc") – Gulf, Friday, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Logic of Empire Col. Richard Baslim (a.k.a. "Baslim the Cripple") – Citizen of the Galaxy Thorby Baslim (a.k.a. Thor B. Rudbek, "Rudbek of Rudbek at Rudbek") – Citizen of the Galaxy Gillian Boardman (Jill) – Stranger in a Strange Land Joseph Bonforte – Double Star Eunice Branca – I Will Fear No Evil Jacob Burroughs – The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Hilda Burroughs (nee Hilda "Sharpie" Corners) – The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Thomas and Patrick Bartlett – Time for the Stars
C Colonel Colin Campbell (a.k.a. Richard Ames) – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter – The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Zebadiah John Carter – The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Ben Caxton – Stranger in a Strange Land Eldreth Coburn – Starman Jones Grace Cormet – We Also Walk Dogs Hilda Corners – see Hilda Burroughs Ed Cowen – The Star Beast Cynthia Craig – The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Cuddlepup – The Star Beast
D John "Johnny" Ezra Dahlquist – "The Long Watch". Referred to as Ezra Dahlquist in Space Cadet. Daniel Boone Davis – The Door into Summer Hazel Meade Davis (Sadie Lipschitz) (Gwendolyn Novak) The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (see also Hazel Stone below) Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis (Mannie) – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Doctor-Livingston-I-Presume (cat) – Farnham's Freehold Matt Dodson – Space Cadet Dora (computer) – Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Dora Smith (Adorable Dora) (Dorable) – Time Enough for Love Dorcas – Stranger in a Strange Land Dr. Archibald Douglas – Let There Be Light Chief Dreiser – The Star Beast
F Duke Farnham – Farnham's Freehold Grace Farnham – Farnham's Freehold Hugh Farnham – Farnham's Freehold Karen Farnham – Farnham's Freehold Justin Foote – Methuselah's Children Justin Foote 45th – Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Friday a.k.a. Marjorie Baldwin – Friday Clark Fries – Podkayne of Mars Podkayne Fries – Podkayne of Mars Dr. Ftaeml – The Star Beast Fuzzy Britches (flat cat) – The Rolling Stones
G Larry Gaines – The Roads Must Roll Galahad – Time Enough for Love Gay Deceiver – The Number of the Beast, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Gekko – Red Planet Frederica "Ricky" Gentry – The Door into Summer Alec Graham / Alex Hergensheimer – Job: A Comedy of Justice Joe Green – Gulf Sergei Greenberg – The Star Beast Joe-Jim Gregory – Orphans of the Sky Oscar Gordon – Glory Road (also appears briefly in The Number of the Beast)
H Delos D. Harriman – The Man Who Sold the Moon, Requiem, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Jubal Harshaw – Stranger in a Strange Land, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Citizen of the Galaxy (as James J. Garsh) Don Harvey – Between Planets Gretchen Henderson, daughter of Ingrid and Jinx Henderson – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Ingrid Henderson Jinx Henderson's wife, direct descendant of Hazel Stone – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Jinx Henderson, born John Black Eagle, took Ingrid Henderson's surname when he married her – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Wolf Henderson, Ingrid and Jinx Henderson's son – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Alex Hergensheimer / Alec Graham – Job: A Comedy of Justice Mortimer "Mort the Wart" Hobart – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Mycroft "Mike" Holmes (a.k.a. Adam Selene, Mychelle Holmes) – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Myra Holtz – The Star Beast Ira Howard – Methuselah's Children Jonathan Hoag – The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag Hugh Hoyland – Orphans of the Sky
J William 'Tex' Jarman – Space Cadet Oscar Jensen – Space Cadet Maureen Johnson – see Maureen Johnson Smith, below Joseph – Farnham's Freehold Max Jones – Starman Jones Zebadiah Jones – If This Goes On—
K Karen – Gulf Henry Gladstone Kiku – The Star Beast Wyoming "Wyoh" Knott – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
L Stuart Rene LaJoie – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Andrew Jackson Libby, later Elizabeth A. J. Libby Long – Misfit, Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls. Also known as "Slipstick" Libby, and in Misfit, has the nickname "Pinky". The Number of the Beast Elizabeth Andrew Jackson Libby Long (originally Andrew Jackson Libby) – The Number of the Beast a.k.a. "Pinky" and "Slipstick" Maureen Johnson Smith Long – see Maureen Johnson Smith, below Lapis Lazuli Long – Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast Llita – Time Enough for Love Lazarus Long (a.k.a. Woodrow Wilson Smith) – Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Lorelei Lee Long – Time Enough for Love, The Number of the Beast Lummox – The Star Beast John Lyle – If This Goes On—
M Mr. MacClure – The Star Beast Dr. Mahmoud (a.k.a. "Stinky") – Stranger in a Strange Land Margrethe – Job: A Comedy of Justice Jim Marlowe – Red Planet Dr. Mary Lou Martin – Let There Be Light Mary (a.k.a. "Allucquere") – The Puppet Masters Helen Mayberry – Time Enough for Love Gloria McNye – "Delilah and the Space Rigger" Memtok – Farnham's Freehold Minerva – intelligent computer used to run the planet Secundus, later transformed into a human woman – Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Miriam – Stranger in a Strange Land Frank Mitsui – Sixth Column Mycroft – see Mycroft "Mike" Holmes, above, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Mother Thing – Have Space Suit—Will Travel
N Nehemiah Scudder – Logic of Empire Andrew Nivens, a.k.a. "The Old Man" – The Puppet Masters (his name is not mentioned, only inferred – the President calls him Andrew and his son's last name is Nivens) Elihu Nivens, a.k.a. Sam Cavanaugh – The Puppet Masters Gwen Novak – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Dr. Sven Nelson – Stranger in a Strange Land
O Judge O'Farrell – The Star Beast
P Bernardo de la Paz (Prof) – The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Patty Paiwonski – Stranger in a Strange Land Penny – Double Star Petronius The Arbiter a.k.a. Pete (cat) – The Door into Summer Peewee – Have Space Suit—Will Travel Longcourt Phyllis – Beyond This Horizon Hugo Pinero – Life-Line Pixel (cat) – The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset Ponse, The Lord Protector – Farnham's Freehold Pug – Glory Road
R Random Numbers (Cat) – To Sail Beyond the Sunset Rhysling, "Blind singer of the spaceways" – The Green Hills of Earth, Time Enough for Love Juan Rico – Starship Troopers Wes Robbins – The Star Beast Rufo – Glory Road, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Clifford "Kip" Russell – Have Space Suit—Will Travel
S Nehemiah Scudder – If This Goes On— Johann Sebastian Bach Smith (later Joan Eunice Smith Solomon) – I Will Fear No Evil Sister Maggie – If This Goes On— Maureen Johnson Smith – Time Enough for Love, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, The Number of the Beast Valentine Michael Smith – Stranger in a Strange Land Woodrow Wilson Smith – birth name of Lazarus Long (see above) Lawrence Smythe (The Great Lorenzo) – Double Star Jacob Moshe Solomon – I Will Fear No Evil Betty Sorenson – The Star Beast Mary Sperling – Methuselah's Children, Time Enough for Love Star, a.k.a. Her Wisdom – Glory Road, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Lowell "Buster" Stone – The Rolling Stones, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (inferred; "Hazel's youngest grandson" is the doctor treating Richard) Castor Stone – The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Edith Stone – The Rolling Stones Hazel Stone – The Rolling Stones, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (see also Hazel Meade Davis, above) Meade Stone – The Rolling Stones Pollux Stone – The Rolling Stones, The Number of the Beast, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Roger Stone - The Rolling Stones John Thomas Stuart – The Star Beast
T John Thomas – The Star Beast Dejah Thoris – see Dejah Carter, above Colonel Towers – The Long Watch
V Becky Vesey (a.k.a. Madame Alexandra Vesant) – Stranger in a Strange Land "Shorty" Van Kleeck – The Roads Must Roll
W Rod Walker – Tunnel in the Sky Ira Weatheral – Time Enough for Love Barbara Wells – Farnham's Freehold Willis (Bouncer) – Red Planet Wingate – Logic of Empire
Z Charles Zim – Starship Troopers
External links A Heinlein Concordance, The Heinlein Society