The following is a partial list of characters from Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series as first introduced, beginning with the 1991 novel Outlander. The story focuses on 20th century nurse Claire Randall, who time travels to 18th-century Scotland and finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser. A mix of several genres, the series features elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure, mystery and science fiction/fantasy. In August 2014, the US-based cable channel Starz debuted a TV series adaptation based on the novels.
Main characters
CharacterDescriptionFirst AppearanceNovelTelevisionActorClaire FraserPractical and independent nurse from the 1940s who finds herself in the Scottish Highlands in the 1740s. Already married to Frank Randall, she falls in love with Jamie Fraser and becomes his wife in the past. She is a gifted natural physician and an amateur botanist, skills that can appear to be witchcraft in the 18th century.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Caitriona BalfeSeason 1 Elizabeth Bowie Outlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Mae and Tuesday Roberts James "Jamie" MacKenzie Fraser ( Jamie MacTavish)A young Scottish redhead with a complicated past and a disarming sense of humor, Jamie is intelligent, principled, and, by 18th-century standards, educated and worldly. He falls in love with Claire. He has the title Laird of Broch Tuarach, James' family's home. His wife, Claire Fraser, is accorded the title Lady Broch Tuarach.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Sam HeughanSeason 5 Ethan Thorn Frank RandallClaire's husband in the 20th century is a history professor with a deep interest in his genealogy and heritage. He worked for MI6 during World War II.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Tobias MenziesJonathan Wolverton Randall (a.k.a. Black Jack Randall)Frank Randall's ancestor, a British army officer. According to Jamie Fraser the "Black" refers to the color of his corrupt soul. He bears a strong resemblance to his descendant, Frank Randall.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Tobias MenziesMurtagh Fitzgibbons FraserJamie's godfather, albeit taciturn, is very loyal to Jamie and Claire and is one of only a few people from the past to know the truth about Claire.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Duncan LacroixOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Rory Alexander Colum MacKenzieThe Laird of Leoch, Colum is a chief of the MacKenzie clan, and Jamie's maternal uncle. Colum shelters Jamie and Claire from the English. He has Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Gary LewisOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Séamus McLean Ross Dougal MacKenzieColum's younger Jacobite brother, who leads the clan in battle because his older brother is physically disabled. He is the biological father of Colum's son, Hamish, and took Jamie as foster son for a year as a teen. He has four daughters, and later a son with Geillis Duncan.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Graham McTavishOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Sam Retford Geillis Duncan (a.k.a. Gillian Edgars)The wife of the procurator fiscal who possesses knowledge of the use of herbs and plants for healing. Having an affair with Dougal MacKenzie, she is pregnant with his child when imprisoned for witchcraft. Her pregnancy wins a brief reprieve on her death sentence. Claire learns that Geillis is a time traveller from the 1960s. In 1968, Geillis (whose 20th-century name is Gillian Edgars) murders her husband, Greg Edgars, in a ritual to travel back through the stones.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Lotte VerbeekRoger MacKenzieThe adopted son of Reverend Wakefield, directly descended from Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan. As an adult, he meets, falls in love and marries Brianna Fraser, Claire and Jamie's daughter, later they have three children : Jeremiah, Amanda and David.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Rory Burns Season 2 Richard RankinFergus FraserFrench orphan named Claudel whom Claire and Jamie take in and rename Fergus. He loses his hand, and later marries Laoghaire's daughter, MarsaliDragonfly in Amber (1992)Season 2 Romann Berrux Season 3 César DomboyLord John GreySixteen-year-old English soldier who chances upon Jamie and Claire on the eve of the Battle of Prestonpans. Jamie spares his life, and this debt is repaid later as Grey's elder brother, the Earl of Melton, spares Jamie from execution after the Battle of Culloden. Years later, an adult Lord John becomes the governor of Ardsmuir Prison, where he and prisoner Jamie begin an unlikely but complicated friendship.Dragonfly in Amber (1992)Season 2 Oscar Kennedy Season 3 David BerryBrianna MacKenzieClaire and Jamie's daughter, raised in 20th-century Boston as Frank's child for the first two decades of her life. Upon learning the truth about her biological father, Jamie, she follows her mother back through the stones. As an adult, she meets, falls in love and marries Roger MacKenzie, later they have three children : Jeremiah, Amanda and David.Dragonfly in Amber (1992)Season 2 Niamh Elwell Season 2 Sophie SkeltonSeason 3 Gemma Fray Ian Fraser Murray ("Young Ian")Youngest son of Ian Murray and Jenny Fraser.Voyager (1993)Season 3 John BellMarsali MacKimmie FraserLaoghaire MacKenzie's elder daughter by Simon MacKimmie.Voyager (1993)Season 3 Lauren LyleWilliam Ransom, 9th Earl of EllesmereSon and heir of Lord Ellesmere and Geneva Dunsany; actually fathered by Jamie Fraser.Voyager (1993)Season 3 Clark ButlerSeason 4 Oliver FinneganSeason 7 Charles VandervaartStephen BonnetIrish smuggler and pirate that Jamie and Claire encounter.Drums of Autumn (1996)Season 4 Edward SpeleersJocasta MacKenzie CameronJamie Fraser's aunt, the youngest sister of Ellen, Colum, and Dougal MacKenzie.Drums of Autumn (1996)Season 4 Maria Doyle KennedyOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Sadhbh Malin
Supporting characters
+ 20th centuryCharacterDescriptionFirst AppearanceNovelTelevisionActorRev. Dr. Reginald WakefieldA vicar in Inverness and amateur historian and genealogist. He adopts young Roger.Outlander (1991)Season 1 James FleetOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 2 Tom Ashley Mrs. BairdThe nosy proprietor of an Inverness bed and breakfast; she hosts Claire and Frank on their second honeymoon after World War II.Outlander (1991)Season 1 Kathryn HowdenOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 1 Anita Vettesse Mrs. GrahamReverend Wakefield's druid housekeeper, she predicts Claire's "love of two men".Outlander (1991)Season 1 Tracey WilkinsonOutlander: Blood of My Blood season 2 Emma Hartley-Miller Fiona GrahamMrs. Graham's granddaughter.Dragonfly in Amber (1992)Season 2 Iona ClaireGreg EdgarsHusband of Gillian Edgars (Geillis Duncan) in 1968.Dragonfly in Amber (1992)Season 2 James RobinsonMillie NelsonA married woman whom Claire befriends after returning to modern times.Season 3 Kimberley NixonJoe AbernathyClaire's friend from medical school.Voyager (1993)Season 3 Wil JohnsonSandy TraversFrank's longtime mistress, a Harvard professor and one of his former students.Season 3 Sarah MacRaeGayleBrianna's best friend and college roommate.Drums of Autumn (1996)Season 4 Simona BrownRob CameronColleague of Brianna MacKenzie at the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.An Echo in the Bone (2009)Season 7 Chris Fulton
Introduced in Outlander (1991)