Dracula

Jonathan Harker

Also known as Jonathan Harker · Mr. Harker · Harker

An English solicitor and Mina’s husband who escaped Dracula’s castle. He helps lead the hunt for Dracula and, with Quincey Morris, destroys him; Jonathan survives the final confrontation.

Mina Murray

Also known as Mina · Wilhelmina Murray · Mina Harker · Wilhelmina Harker · Mrs. Harker

Jonathan’s wife, an assistant schoolmistress who keeps the group’s records. Dracula’s attack leaves her under his influence, but she retains her soul, helps Van Helsing follow Dracula, and is freed from the curse when Dracula is destroyed.

Count Dracula

Also known as Dracula · the Count · the Master · the man himself · Count de Ville · Mr. de Ville

A Transylvanian nobleman and vampire who tried to establish himself in London. Jonathan and Quincey destroy him by stabbing his heart and cutting his throat before sunset, and his body crumbles to dust.

Golden Krone landlady

Also known as the old lady · the elderly woman

The elderly woman who receives Harker at the Golden Krone Hotel in Bistritz. Fearing for his safety, she warns him about St. George’s Eve and gives him a crucifix.

Golden Krone landlord

Also known as the elderly man · Harker’s landlord

The hotelkeeper in Bistritz who arranges Harker’s coach place on Count Dracula’s instructions and refuses to discuss the Count.

Diligence driver

Also known as the coach driver · the driver

The driver who takes Harker from Bistritz toward the Borgo Pass.

Fellow passenger

Also known as Harker’s fellow passenger

An unnamed passenger on the diligence who explains to Harker that the travelers’ gestures ward off the evil eye.

Dracula’s coachman

Also known as the strange driver · the calèche driver

A tall, powerful man who collects Harker at the Borgo Pass and drives him to the castle. Harker suspects he is Dracula in disguise.

Peter Hawkins

Also known as Mr. Hawkins · the old man

Harker’s employer, a solicitor in Exeter who entrusted him with business for Dracula. He welcomes Jonathan and Mina, makes Jonathan a partner, leaves them his estate, and dies suddenly.

Samuel F. Billington

Also known as Mr. S. F. Billington

A Whitby solicitor whose firm receives the Demeter’s consignment of boxes and arranges their delivery to Carfax.

Herr Leutner

A person in Varna to whom Dracula addresses a letter; the text gives no further information about him.

Three vampire women

Also known as the three women · the weird sisters · the three ghostly women

Three supernatural women living in Dracula’s castle who try to feed on Harker and later invite Mina to join them. Van Helsing destroys them, freeing their souls.

Fair vampire woman

Also known as the fair girl · the fair woman

The blonde, blue-eyed member of the three vampire women who approaches Harker and is driven back by Dracula. Van Helsing later finds and destroys her in her tomb.

Dark vampire woman

Also known as one of the dark women

One of the two dark-haired vampire women in Dracula’s castle who urge the fair woman to approach Harker. Van Helsing later finds and destroys her in her tomb.

Second dark vampire woman

Also known as the other dark woman

One of the two dark-haired vampire women in Dracula’s castle who urge the fair woman to approach Harker. Van Helsing later finds and destroys her in her tomb.

Szgany leader

Also known as the hetman of the Szgany

The leader of the Szgany encamped at Dracula’s castle. He leads the party transporting Dracula’s final earth-box and directs his men to resist the pursuers.

Szgany

Also known as gipsies

A group encamped at Dracula’s castle who carry letters for Harker, unload boxes of earth, and later transport Dracula’s last box. They flee after Dracula is destroyed.

Slovak carters

Also known as the Slovaks

The men who drive the leiter-wagons to Dracula’s castle and unload the large boxes of earth.

Woman seeking her child

Also known as the distressed woman

An unnamed woman who comes to Dracula’s castle crying, “Monster, give me my child!” Dracula summons wolves, which kill her.

Lucy Westenra

Also known as Lucy

Mina’s close friend and Arthur Holmwood’s fiancée. Dracula’s attacks kill her and turn her into an Un-Dead vampire who preys on children, until Arthur destroys the vampire and frees her soul.

Arthur Holmwood

Also known as Arthur · Art · Mr. Holmwood · the Hon. Arthur Holmwood · Lord Godalming

Lucy Westenra’s fiancé and the only son of Lord Godalming; he inherits Lucy’s mother’s estate and succeeds to his father’s title. With Van Helsing’s help, he frees Lucy’s soul, then joins the effort to destroy Dracula.

Dr. John Seward

Also known as John Seward · Jack Seward · Dr. Seward

A doctor who runs a lunatic asylum and keeps a phonograph diary. He loved Lucy, who declined his proposal, and joins Van Helsing, Arthur, and Quincey in investigating Dracula; he later marries.

Quincey P. Morris

Also known as Quincey Morris · Mr. Morris

An American from Texas and a friend of Arthur Holmwood and John Seward. He loved Lucy and gave her a blood transfusion; he helps destroy Dracula but dies from wounds received in the fight.

R. M. Renfield

Also known as Renfield · the zoöphagous maniac · the homicidal maniac · the poor mad friend · our man · the patient

A patient in Seward’s asylum who collects and eats living creatures, treating them as a source of life. Fixated on Dracula, he resists the Count’s attempt to drain Mina and is fatally injured by Dracula.

Whitby old man

Also known as Mr. Swales · Swales

An elderly former sailor Mina meets in Whitby’s churchyard. A sceptic with a forceful manner, he later apologizes for his remarks about the dead and is found dead with a look of fear.

Whitby old man’s granddaughter

Also known as the old man’s granddaughter

The granddaughter of Mr. Swales, who expects him home for tea.

Edward Spencelagh

A master mariner named on a Whitby tombstone as having been murdered by pirates off the coast of Andres. Mr. Swales says his body was never brought home.

Braithwaite Lowrey

A man named on a Whitby tombstone; Mr. Swales says he was lost at sea aboard the Lively in 1820.

Andrew Woodhouse

A man named on a Whitby tombstone; Mr. Swales says he drowned in Greenland waters in 1777.

John Paxton

A man named on a Whitby tombstone; Mr. Swales says he drowned off Cape Farewell in 1778.

John Rawlings

Also known as old John Rawlings

A man named on a Whitby tombstone; Mr. Swales says he drowned in the Gulf of Finland in 1850.

George Canon

Also known as Geordie

A man commemorated on a tombstone as having fallen from the rocks at Kettleness. Mr. Swales claims he died by suicide to prevent his mother from collecting insurance on his life.

Lucy’s mother

Also known as Mrs. Westenra

Lucy’s mother, who has a dangerously weak heart. Unaware of the cause of Lucy’s illness, she removes the protective garlic flowers and dies of fright when a wolf enters Lucy’s room.

Lucy’s father

Also known as Mr. Westenra

Lucy’s deceased father, mentioned by Mrs. Westenra as having also sleepwalked and gone outside at night.

Lord Godalming

Also known as Arthur’s father

Arthur Holmwood’s seriously ill father, whose condition keeps Arthur from being with Lucy. He dies during Lucy’s final illness.

Coastguard

Also known as the coastguard on duty

A Whitby coastguard who watches the strange schooner during the storm and is first to board it after it reaches the harbour.

Dailygraph correspondent

Also known as your correspondent

The unnamed newspaper correspondent who reports the Demeter’s arrival in Whitby, the dead captain, and the ship’s log.

The dead captain of the Demeter

Also known as the captain · the dead steersman

The Demeter’s captain, who records the crew’s disappearances and the strange presence aboard. He ties himself to the wheel with a crucifix and beads and dies at his post; Whitby buries him as a hero.

The Demeter’s first mate

Also known as the mate

The Demeter’s Roumanian first mate, who dismisses the crew’s fears before becoming convinced a supernatural presence is aboard. He throws himself into the sea during the voyage.

Petrofsky

A crewman aboard the Demeter who disappears during the voyage.

Abramoff

A crewman aboard the Demeter who relieves Petrofsky on watch before Petrofsky disappears.

Olgaren

A crewman aboard the Demeter who tells the captain he saw a strange, tall, thin man aboard the ship.

Demeter’s second mate

Also known as the second mate

An unnamed officer aboard the Demeter who volunteers to steer and keep watch so the exhausted crew can sleep. He later disappears.

Demeter’s crew

Also known as the hands

The Demeter’s crew, whose members disappear one by one during the voyage from Varna to Whitby.

Russian consul

Also known as the consul

The Russian consul who acts for the Demeter’s charter-party and formally takes possession of the ship.

Surgeon J. M. Caffyn

Also known as J. M. Caffyn

A doctor of 33 East Elliot Place who examines the Demeter’s dead captain and estimates that he had been dead for about two days.

Sister Agatha

Also known as the good Sister

A nurse at the Hospital of St. Joseph and Ste. Mary in Buda-Pesth who cares for Jonathan during his brain fever. She writes to Mina and helps arrange Mina and Jonathan’s wedding.

Hospital chaplain

Also known as the chaplain of the English mission church

The unnamed chaplain at the English mission church in Buda-Pesth who performs Jonathan and Mina’s wedding.

Asylum attendant

Also known as the attendant

An unnamed attendant at Seward’s asylum who observes Renfield, reports his escapes, and helps Seward pursue and recapture him.

Lucy’s dog

Also known as the dog

A quiet dog that becomes terrified and howls during the Demeter captain’s funeral, refusing to approach its master near the churchyard seat.

The great dog from the Demeter

Also known as the immense dog · the strange dog

A fierce dog that leaps from the Demeter onto the shore after the schooner crashes at Tate Hill Pier and disappears into the darkness.

Coal merchant’s mastiff

Also known as the half-bred mastiff

A large dog belonging to a coal merchant near Tate Hill Pier, found dead after a fight with a savage opponent.

Coastguard’s dog

Also known as the dog belonging to a man who looked for the boats

A dog that accompanies a quiet man who often comes to look for the boats. During the captain’s funeral it becomes agitated near the churchyard seat and cowers in terror on a tombstone.

Lucy’s young curate

Also known as the young curate

An unnamed curate who visits the Westenras’ house and stays for supper despite Mina and Lucy’s fatigue.

Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Also known as Abraham Van Helsing · Van Helsing · the Professor

An Amsterdam physician, philosopher, and specialist in obscure diseases, and Seward’s former teacher and friend. He leads the campaign against Dracula, protects Mina with a sacred circle, destroys the vampire women at the castle, and records the final events for Seward.

Thomas Bilder

Also known as Mr. Bilder · the keeper

The keeper of the wolf section at the Zoological Gardens. He recounts the escape and return of Bersicker and describes a strange, tall, thin man with red eyes who visited the wolves.

Mrs. Thomas Bilder

Also known as Mrs. Tom · the old lady · Bilder’s wife

Thomas Bilder’s hospitable wife, who lives with him in the Zoological Gardens enclosure and joins in his account of the escaped wolf.

The Pall Mall Gazette interviewer

Also known as the interviewer · the correspondent

An unnamed newspaper reporter who interviews Thomas Bilder about the wolf’s escape for the Pall Mall Gazette.

Bersicker

Also known as the escaped wolf · the wolf

A grey wolf at the Zoological Gardens who escapes after a visit from a strange man and later returns with cuts from broken glass. He behaves tamely around Bilder.

The wolf section gardener

Also known as the gardener

An unnamed gardener at the Zoological Gardens who says he saw a large grey animal running north from the Gardens after Bersicker escaped.

Lucy’s maid

Also known as her maid · the maid

An unnamed maid in the Westenra household who attends Lucy and prepares her for bed.

Lucy’s four maids

Also known as the maids · the servant-women · the sleeping servants

The four women servants at Hillingham, including a young maid who is more deeply affected by laudanum. They are drugged and found unconscious after Lucy’s mother dies.

Lucy’s young maid

Also known as the young girl · the fourth maid

The youngest of Lucy’s four maids, who is affected most strongly by laudanum and remains asleep while the others are roused.

Gentleman with Arthur’s message

Also known as the gentleman

An unnamed man who comes to Hillingham with a message from Arthur Holmwood while Seward and Van Helsing are treating Lucy.

Jack Smollet

Also known as Jack Smollet

A carrier employed by Harris & Sons who helps move wooden boxes to the empty house beside Seward’s asylum. Renfield attacks him and his fellow carrier.

Thomas Snelling

Also known as Thomas Snelling

A carrier employed by Harris & Sons who helps move wooden boxes to the empty house beside Seward’s asylum. Jonathan later learns Snelling was an assistant to the responsible carrier, Smollet.

Patrick Hennessey

Also known as Dr. Hennessey

A doctor temporarily overseeing Renfield at Seward’s asylum. He reports Renfield’s attack on two carriers delivering boxes to the nearby empty house.

Hardy

Also known as the attendant Hardy

An attendant at Seward’s asylum whose finger is broken while helping restrain Renfield.

Two carriers

Also known as the carrier’s men · the two men

Two unnamed moving-company workers delivering heavy wooden boxes to the empty house next to Seward’s asylum. Renfield attacks them, believing they intend to rob or murder him.

Harris & Sons

Also known as Harris & Sons, Moving and Shipment Company

The moving and shipment company employing Jack Smollet and Thomas Snelling, who deliver wooden boxes to the empty house beside Seward’s asylum.

Mr. Marquand

Also known as the solicitor

A solicitor at Wholeman, Sons, Marquand & Lidderdale who handles Mrs. Westenra’s estate and explains that she left it to Arthur Holmwood.

Wholeman, Sons, Marquand & Lidderdale

The law firm representing Mrs. Westenra’s estate, whose solicitor Mr. Marquand visits Seward and Van Helsing.

Mrs. Westenra’s doctor

Also known as the doctor who attended her

An unnamed doctor who had attended Lucy’s mother and knew she had heart disease.

Woman who performs last offices

Also known as the woman

An unnamed woman who prepares Lucy’s body for burial and remarks on her beauty.

Undertaker

Also known as the urbane undertaker

The unnamed undertaker who arranges Lucy and Mrs. Westenra’s funeral and prepares Lucy’s body and coffin.

Undertaker’s men

Also known as the undertaker’s staff

The undertaker’s unnamed staff, who assist with the funeral preparations and coffin.

Mrs. Westenra’s solicitor

Also known as the solicitor for the late Mrs. Westenra

An unnamed solicitor whose name and address Seward finds among Mrs. Westenra’s papers; Mr. Marquand later handles her estate.

Arthur’s messenger

Also known as the gentleman who had come with a message

An unnamed man who arrives at Hillingham with a message from Arthur Holmwood while Lucy is being treated.

Sir John Paxton

Also known as the President of the Incorporated Law Society

The president of the Incorporated Law Society, represented at Peter Hawkins’s funeral by a gentleman.

London agent

Also known as his London agent

An unnamed agent of Peter Hawkins who attends Hawkins’s funeral.

Old friends of Peter Hawkins

Also known as one or two old friends of his from Exeter

One or two unnamed friends from Exeter who attend Peter Hawkins’s funeral.

Bloofer lady

Also known as the “bloofer lady”

A mysterious woman whom young children in Hampstead say lures them away for walks. She is Lucy Westenra in her Un-Dead state, preying on children and leaving small wounds on their throats.

Hampstead children

Also known as the children · the little ones · tiny tots

Young children in Hampstead who go missing after playing on the Heath and say they were lured away by a “bloofer lady.” Some are found weak with small wounds on their throats.

Ellen Terry

A person mentioned by a Westminster Gazette correspondent as a comparison for the children’s performances of the “bloofer lady”; she does not appear directly.

Westminster Gazette correspondent

Also known as a correspondent

An unnamed correspondent who writes about the children missing in Hampstead and their “bloofer lady” stories.

Westminster Gazette reporter

Also known as the newspaper reporter

An unnamed reporter who files the extra special report about another child injured on Hampstead Heath.

Mary

An unnamed household servant who opens the door and announces Dr. Van Helsing when he visits Mina.

Jonathan’s friend on The Exeter News

An unnamed friend of Jonathan who works for The Exeter News and tells him that accurate memory is essential for interviewing.

Dr. Vincent

Also known as Vincent

A physician at the North Hospital and a friend of Van Helsing and Seward. He treats the Hampstead child with throat wounds and attributes them to an animal bite, likely a bat.

Hampstead child found by Van Helsing and Seward

Also known as the child · the tiny child · the fair-haired child

An unnamed child whom Lucy, in her Un-Dead state, carries through the churchyard. Van Helsing and Seward find the child unharmed and leave it where a policeman will discover it.

Kingstead sexton

Also known as the sexton

The unnamed sexton who locks the churchyard gate after visitors and mourners have left.

Kingstead gravediggers

Also known as the gravediggers

Unnamed workers who complete a funeral at Kingstead before Van Helsing and his companions enter the churchyard.

Arminius

Also known as Van Helsing’s friend Arminius · Arminus

Van Helsing’s friend at Buda-Pesth University who researches and records Dracula’s history. His findings identify Dracula as likely the Voivode who fought the Turks and describe the history of the Dracula family.

Billington junior

Also known as Mr. Billington’s son

The son of Whitby solicitor Samuel F. Billington, who meets Jonathan at the station and brings him to his father’s home.

Carter Paterson carriers

Also known as the carriers’ men · the men who did the teaming

Unnamed workers who transported the boxes to Carfax and tell Jonathan about the dusty, neglected house and chapel.

Three terriers

Also known as the dogs

Lord Godalming’s three terriers, summoned by his whistle to attack and disperse the rats in Dracula’s chapel at Carfax.

Thomas Snelling’s wife

Also known as Snelling’s wife · his wife

An unnamed woman who tells Jonathan that Thomas Snelling was only the assistant to Smollet, the responsible carrier.

Joseph Smollet

Also known as Mr. Joseph Smollet · Mr. Smollet · Smollet

A carrier who remembers moving boxes from Carfax to two London addresses and provides Jonathan with a lead to Sam Bloxam. He was the responsible carrier, with Thomas Snelling as his assistant.

Children in the Smollet household

Also known as one of the children

An unnamed child in Joseph Smollet’s household who fetches an envelope and paper at Jonathan’s request.

Sam Bloxam

Also known as Mr. Bloxam

A carrier who tells Jonathan he moved nine boxes from Carfax to a house in Piccadilly. He describes the strong old man who met him at both houses.

Corcoran’s deputy

Also known as the depity · the man who came to the door

An unnamed deputy at Corcoran’s lodging-house who tells Jonathan that Sam Bloxam left for work in Poplar.

Coffee-shop workman

Also known as one of the workmen

An unnamed workman in Poplar who points Jonathan toward the new cold-storage building on Cross Angel Street.

Other coffee-shop workmen

Also known as some workmen

Unnamed workers having lunch at a Poplar coffee-shop when Jonathan asks about a new warehouse.

Cross Angel Street gatekeeper

Also known as the gatekeeper

An unnamed gatekeeper at the new cold-storage building who helps Jonathan find Sam Bloxam after being paid.

Cross Angel Street foreman

Also known as the foreman

An unnamed foreman at the new cold-storage building who sends for Sam Bloxam after Jonathan pays him.

Three Piccadilly helpers

Also known as the three loafers

Three unnamed men who help carry the boxes up the steps at the Piccadilly house and demand extra payment.

Piccadilly mews groom

Also known as one of the grooms · one of them

An unnamed groom or helper near the Piccadilly house who tells Jonathan the house was recently taken and suggests contacting Mitchell, Sons, & Candy.

Other Piccadilly mews workers

Also known as one or two of the grooms and helpers

Unnamed workers in the Piccadilly mews whom Jonathan asks about the empty house.

Mitchell, Sons & Candy agent

Also known as the gentleman who saw me

An unnamed representative of the house agency who initially refuses to disclose the buyer of 347 Piccadilly, then agrees to seek permission to share the information with Lord Godalming.

Mitchell, Sons & Candy

Also known as Mitchell, Sons, & Candy

The house agency that handled the sale of 347 Piccadilly and reports that the purchaser was Count de Ville.

Archibald Winter-Suffield

Also known as the late Mr. Archibald Winter-Suffield

The deceased former owner of 347 Piccadilly; his executors sold the house to Count de Ville.

Enoch

A biblical figure whom Renfield cites as someone who “walked with God” when explaining his supposed spiritual position to Seward.

American interviewer

Also known as the American interviewer

An unnamed interviewer mentioned by Seward for using the word “story”; the passage gives no further identifying information.

Simmons

Also known as the man on duty · the attendant

An asylum attendant who reports Renfield’s injury and helps watch over him. Seward sends him to fetch Van Helsing.

Telegraph boy

Also known as the telegraph messenger

An unnamed boy who brings Mina’s telegram warning the group that Dracula has left Carfax and is heading south.

Piccadilly locksmith

Also known as the locksmith · the workman · the smith

An unnamed locksmith hired by Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris to open the Piccadilly house. He opens the door without attracting attention and gives Godalming a key.

Piccadilly policeman

Also known as the policeman

An unnamed policeman who sees the locksmith at work and allows him to continue.

Doolittle’s Wharf office man

Also known as the man in an office of wood · the merchant

An unnamed clerk at Doolittle’s Wharf who helps Van Helsing’s party trace the Czarina Catherine’s voyage after Quincey pays him.

Czarina Catherine’s captain

Also known as the captain

The captain of the ship carrying Dracula’s last earth-box toward Varna. He negotiates with Dracula, complains about the delay and fog, and sails when the tide allows.

Czarina Catherine’s mate

Also known as the mate

An unnamed officer who accompanies Dracula below deck to inspect the stowed box.

Czarina Catherine’s owner

Also known as the owner of the ship · the ship’s owner

The shipowner who shows Van Helsing’s party the Czarina Catherine’s invoices and papers, confirming the box is to be landed at Varna.

Ristics

Also known as the agent at Varna · one Ristics

An agent in Varna named in the ship’s arrangements, who is to present credentials and receive Dracula’s box. He is mentioned but does not appear directly.

Rufus Smith

A Lloyd’s representative in London who sends Lord Godalming telegrams reporting the Czarina Catherine’s progress, including its arrival at the Dardanelles and Galatz.

Captain Donelson

Also known as Donelson · the skipper

The captain of the Czarina Catherine, whose unusually fast voyage and fog-shrouded route bring Dracula’s box to Galatz. He gives Harker’s party the receipt identifying Immanuel Hildesheim as the man who collected it.

Mackenzie & Steinkoff

Also known as Messrs. Mackenzie & Steinkoff

Agents in Galatz for the London firm of Hapgood. They take Harker, Van Helsing, and Seward aboard the Czarina Catherine.

Hapgood

Also known as the London firm of Hapgood

The London firm represented in Galatz by Mackenzie & Steinkoff; the passage gives no further identifying details.

Immanuel Hildesheim

Also known as Hildesheim

A Galatz officeholder who accepts payment to receive Dracula’s box from the Czarina Catherine and hand it to Petrof Skinsky. He identifies Skinsky’s role and the arrangements for moving the box upriver.

Petrof Skinsky

Also known as Skinsky

A Galatz agent who deals with Slovak river traders and receives Dracula’s box from Immanuel Hildesheim. He is later found murdered, with his throat torn open, and his body is attributed locally to a Slovak.

Skinsky’s neighbour

Also known as one of his neighbours

An unnamed neighbour of Petrof Skinsky who tells Harker’s party that Skinsky had left town.

Skinsky’s landlord

Also known as his landlord

An unnamed landlord who confirms that Skinsky had left and had returned his house key and rent by messenger.

Galatz shipping agent’s clerk

Also known as the clerk

An unnamed clerk handling routine work at the Galatz consulate while the Consul is away and the Vice-Consul is sick. He offers help to Mina’s party.

Mina’s party’s messenger

Also known as a special messenger

An unnamed messenger arranged by the group’s officials to notify them as soon as the Czarina Catherine was sighted.

The boy of Jonathan and Mina Harker

Also known as Quincey

Jonathan and Mina’s son, born after the events of the hunt. His birthday coincides with the day Quincey Morris died, and his name honors their friend and the other men of the group.