Jack Kerouac Characters
Real names and their aliases, alphabetically
Jack Kerouac used different names to refer to his friends in his books, varying the aliases from book to book. Here's a list of some of the people, and their fictional counterparts. You can click on any of the real names for a short biography of that person. There are links to more Kerouac / Beat resources at the bottom of the page.
Book of Dreams - Irwin Swenson
On the Road - Rollo Greb
The Subterraneans - Austin Bromberg
Book of Dreams - Bull Hubbard
Desolation Angels - Bull Hubbard
On the Road - Old Bull Lee
The Subterraneans - Frank Carmody
The Town and the City - Will Dennison
Vanity of Duluoz - Will Hubbard
Visions of Cody - Finistra
The Town and the City - Kenneth Wood
Big Sur - Cody Pomeray
Book of Dreams - Cody Pomeray
Desolation Angels - Cody Pomeray
The Dharma Bums - Cody Pomeray
On the Road - Dean Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Cody Pomeray
On the Road - Camille
Visions of Cody - Evelyn
On the Road - Amy Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Emily Pomeray
On the Road - Joanie Moriarty
Visions of Cody - Gaby Pomeray
Big Sur - Timmy John Pomeray
Visions of Cody - Timmy Pomeray
On the Road - Chad King
Visions of Cody - Val Hayes
Book of Dreams - Raphael Urso
Desolation Angels - Raphael Urso
The Subterraneans - Yuri Gligoric
Desolation Angels - Barbara Lipp
Desolation Angels - Deni Bleu
Lonesome Traveler - Deni Bleu
On the Road - Remi Boncoeur
Visions of Cody - Deni Bleu
Vanity of Duluoz - Deni Bleu
Robert Duncan
Desolation Angels - Geoffrey Donald
Big Sur - Lorenzo Monsanto
William Gaddis
The Subterraneans - Harold Sand
Desolation Angels - Old Bull Gaines
Tristessa - Old Bull Gaines
Visions of Cody - Harper
Big Sur - Irwin Garden
Book of Dreams - Irwin Garden
Desolation Angels - Irwin Garden
The Dharma Bums - Alvah Goldbrook
On the Road - Carlo Marx
The Subterraneans - Adam Moorad
The Town and the City - Leon Levinsky
The Vanity of Duluoz - Irwin Garden
Visions of Cody - Irwin Garden
Desolation Angels - Harry Garden
Desolation Angels - Alyce Newman
On the Road - Inez
Visions of Cody - Diane
On the Road - Laura
On the Road - Mary Lou
The Subterraneans - Annie
Visions of Cody - Joanna Dawson
Book of Dreams - Ed Buckle
On the Road - Ed Dunkel
Visions of Cody - Slim Buckle
On the Road - Galatea Dunkel
Visions of Cody - Helen Buckle
Book of Dreams - James Watson
On the Road - Tom Saybrook
The Subterraneans - Balliol MacJones
Visions of Cody - Wilson
Book of Dreams - Huck
On the Road - Elmer Hassel
The Town and the City - Junky
Book of Dreams - Rosemarie
The Dharma Bums - Rosie Buchanan
Randall Jarrell
Desolation Angels - Varnum Random
On the Road - Stan Shepard
Visions of Cody - Dave Sherman
The Town and the City - Waldo Meister
Big Sur - Romana Swartz
Big Sur - Jack Duluoz
Book of Dreams - Jack Duluoz
Desolation Angels - Jack Duluoz
The Dharma Bums - Ray Smith
Maggie Cassidy - Jack Duluoz
On the Road - Sal Paradise
Satori in Paris - Jack Duluoz
The Subterraneans - Leo Percepied
The Town and the City - Peter Martin
Tristessa - Jack Duluoz
The Vanity of Duluoz - Jack Duluoz
Visions of Cody - Jack Duluoz
Visions of Gerard - Jack Duluoz
Doctor Sax - Emil "Pop" Duluoz
Maggie Cassidy - Emil "Pop" Duluoz
The Town and the City - George Martin
Vanity of Duluoz - Emil "Pop" Duluoz
Visions of Gerard - Emil "Pop" Duluoz
Doctor Sax - Ange
On the Road - Sal's Aunt
The Town and the City - Marguerite Martin
Vanity of Duluoz - Ange
Doctor Sax - Gerard Duluoz
The Town and the City - Julian Martin
Visions of Gerard - Gerard Duluoz
The Dharma Bums - Nin
Doctor Sax - Catherine "Nin" Duluoz
Maggie Cassidy - Nin
Philip Lamantia
Desolation Angels - David D'Angeli
The Dharma Bums - Francis DaPavia
Tristessa - Francis DaPavia
Big Sur - Robert Browning
Desolation Angels - Levesque
Norman Mailer
Desolation Angels - Harvey Marker
Big Sur - Pat McLear
Desolation Angels - Patrick McLear
The Dharma Bums - Ike O'Shay
Desolation Angels - Kevin McLoch
The Dharma Bums - Sean Monahan
James Merrill
Desolation Angels - Merrill Randall
Desolation Angels - Alex Fairbrother
The Dharma Bums - Henry Morley
Book of Dreams - Danny Richman
The Subterraneans - Larry O'Hara
Visions of Cody - Danny Richman
Book of Dreams - Simon Darlovsky
Desolation Angels - Simon Darlovsky
The Dharma Bums - George
The Town and the City - Judie Smith
Visions of Cody - Elly
Vanity of Duluoz - Edna "Johnnie" Palmer
The Dharma Bums - Rol Sturleson
The Dharma Bums - Rheinhold Cacoethes
Big Sur - Jarry Wagner
The Dharma Bums - Japhy Ryder
Book of Dreams - Irving Minko
On the Road - Roland Major
Visions of Cody - Allen Minko
Gore Vidal
The Subterraneans - Arial Lavalina
Tristessa - Tristessa
On the Road - Jane
The Subterraneans - Jane
The Town and the City - Mary Dennison
Vanity of Duluoz - June
On the Road - Ed Wall
Visions of Cody - Ed Wehle
Big Sur - Arthur Wayne
Desolation Angels - Alex Aums
Big Sur - David Wain
Big Sur - Ben Fagan
The Dharma Bums - Warren Coughlin
William Carlos Williams
Desolation Angels - Dr. Williams
See Also:
Jack Kerouac books for sale
Aliases & their real-life counterparts, alphabetically
Kerouac's books - a brief bibliography, ordered by publication date
Kerouac's books - a brief bibliography, ordered by date written
Kerouac's books - the Duluoz legend
