Gabriel John Utterson
The loyal lawyer whose patient investigation organizes the mystery.
Dr. Henry Jekyll
A respected physician who tries to separate his socially acceptable self from forbidden desire.
Edward Hyde
Jekyll's transformed identity, initially smaller but increasingly powerful through repeated indulgence.
Dr. Hastie Lanyon
Jekyll's former friend, a conventional scientist destroyed by witnessing the transformation.
Richard Enfield
Utterson's kinsman, whose story of the trampled child first brings Hyde into view.
Poole
Jekyll's butler, whose observations force the final entry into the laboratory.
Sir Danvers Carew
The courteous public figure murdered by Hyde.