The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Baudoyer, Isidore
Berthier (Parisian notary)
Berthier, Madame
Bixiou, Jean-Jacques
- The Purse
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- The Government Clerks
- Modeste Mignon
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
- The Firm of Nucingen
- The Muse of the Department
- Cousin Betty
- The Member for Arcis
- Beatrix
- A Man of Business
- Gaudissart II.
- The Unconscious Humorists
Braulard
Brisetout, Heloise
Camusot
- A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- The Muse of the Department
- Cesar Birotteau
- At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Camusot de Marville
- Jealousies of a Country Town
- The Commission in Lunacy
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Camusot de Marville, Madame
- The Vendetta
- Cesar Birotteau
- Jealousies of a Country Town
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Cardot (Parisian notary)
- The Muse of the Department
- A Man of Business
- Jealousies of a Country Town
- Pierre Grassou
- The Middle Classes
Chanor
Crevel, Celestin
Crottat, Alexandre
Desplein
- The Atheist's Mass
- Lost Illusions
- The Thirteen
- The Government Clerks
- Pierrette
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- The Seamy Side of History
- Modeste Mignon
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
- Honorine
Florent
Fontaine, Madame
Gaudissart, Felix
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
- Cesar Birotteau
- Honorine
- Gaudissart the Great
Godeschal, Francois-Claude-Marie
- Colonel Chabert
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- A Start in Life
- The Commission in Lunacy
- The Middle Classes
Godeschal, Marie
Gouraud, General, Baron
Graff, Wolfgang
Granville, Vicomte de (later Comte)
- The Gondreville Mystery
- Honorine
- A Second Home
- Farewell (Adieu)
- Cesar Birotteau
- Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
- A Daughter of Eve
Grassou, Pierre
Hannequin, Leopold
Haudry (doctor)
- Cesar Birotteau
- The Thirteen
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- The Seamy Side of History
Lebrun (physician)
Louchard
Madeleine
Magus, Elie
- The Vendetta
- A Marriage Settlement
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- Pierre Grassou
Matifat (wealthy druggist)
- Cesar Birotteau
- A Bachelor's Establishment
- Lost Illusions
- A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
- The Firm of Nucingen
Minard, Prudence
Pillerault, Claude-Joseph
Popinot, Anselme
- Cesar Birotteau
- Gaudissart the Great
- Cousin Betty
Popinot, Madame Anselme
Popinot, Vicomte
Rivet, Achille
Schmucke, Wilhelm
Stevens, Dinah
- A Marriage Settlement
Stidmann
- Modeste Mignon
- Beatrix
- The Member for Arcis
- Cousin Betty
- The Unconscious Humorists
Thouvenin
Vinet
- Pierrette
- The Member for Arcis
- The Middle Classes
Vinet, Olivier
- The Member for Arcis
- The Middle Classes
Vivet, Madeleine