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 aliases and their real-life 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.

Rheinhold Cacoethes - Kenneth Rexroth
Frank Carmody - William Burroughs
Warren Coughlin - Philip Whalen
David D'Angeli - Philip Lamantia
Francis DaPavia - Philip Lamantia
Will Dennison - William Burroughs
Geoffrey Donald - Robert Duncan
Jack Duluoz - Jack Kerouac
Ben Fagan - Philip Whalen
Alex Fairbrother - John Montgomery
Irwin Garden - Allen Ginsberg
Yuri Gligoric - Gregory Corso
Alvah Goldbrook - Allen Ginsberg
Elmer Hassel - Herbert Huncke
Bull Hubbard - William Burroughs
Will Hubbard - William Burroughs
Huck - Herbert Huncke
Junky - Herbert Huncke
Arial Lavalina - Gore Vidal
Old Bull Lee - William Burroughs
Leon Levinsky - Allen Ginsberg
Balliol MacJones - John Clellon Holmes
George Martin - Leo Kerouac
Marge Martin - Gabrielle Kerouac
Peter Martin - Jack Kerouac
Carlo Marx - Allen Ginsberg
Pat / Patrick McLear - Michael McClure
Waldo Meister - David Kammerer
Adam Moorad - Allen Ginsberg
Lorenzo Montsanto - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Dean Moriarty - Neal Cassady
Henry Morley - John Montgomery
Larry O'Hara - Jerry Newman
Ike O'Shay - Michael McClure
Sal Paradise - Jack Kerouac
Leo Percepied - Jack Kerouac
Cody Pomeray - Neal Cassady
Varnum Random - Randall Jarrell
Danny Richman - Jerry Newman
Japhy Ryder - Gary Snyder
Tom Saybrook - John Clellon Holmes
Ray Smith - Jack Kerouac
Rol Sturleson - Will Petersen
Romana Swartz - Lenore Kandel
Raphael Urso - Gregory Corso
Jarry Wagner - Gary Snyder
David Wain - Lew Welch
Ed Wall - Ed Uhl
James Watson - John Clellon Holmes
Ed Wehle - Ed Uhl
Wilson - John Clellon Holmes
Kenneth Wood - Lucien Carr

Jack Kerouac Character Key -Alphabetically

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