Catcher in the Rye Characters

Holden Caulfield- Main character and narrator

D.B. Caulfield- Holden's older brother, a writer.

Selma Thurmer- Daughter of Pencey's headmaster

Robert Tichner & Paul Campbell- Holden's friends

Mr. Zambesi- Teacher at Pencey.

Mr. Spencer- Holden's History teacher

Mrs. Spencer- Mr. Spencer's wife

Mr. & Mrs. Caulfield- Holden's parents

Mr. Haas- Headmaster at the Elkton School

Mr. Thurmer- Pencey Headmaster

Ossenburger- Pency alumnus

Edgar Marsalla- Holden's friend at Pencey.

Robert Ackley- Roomed next to Holden at Pencey

Walt Stradlater- Holden's roommate at Pencey

Mr. Hartzell- Holden’s English teacher

Howie Coyle- Pencey basketball player

Jane Gallagher- Holden's childhood friend

Mal Brossard- Pencey wrestler

Allie Caulfield- Holden's younger brother who died three years earlier of leukemia

Ed Banky- Pencey basketball coach

Ely- Ackley's absent roommate

Frederick Woodruff - Pencey student who buys Holden's typewriter for twenty dollars

Mrs. Morrow- Ernest Morrow's mother

Ernest Morrow- A classmate of Holden's

Rudolph Schmidt

The janitor of Holden's dorm

Phoebe Caulfield- Holden's ten-year-old sister

Carl Luce- Classmate of Holden's at the Whooton School

First Cabbie- Takes Holden to the Edmont Hotel

Edmont Bellboy

Depressing, very old guy who combed his hair in a sweep to cover his baldness. (61).

Edmont Hotel Perverts

The transvestite dressing up in front of the mirror (61).

The girl who was getting water squirtted all over her face (62).

Ann Louise Sherman

A girl that Holden once necked with all night even though she was a big phoney (63).

Faith Cavendish

A former burlesque stripper or something. Holden calls her from the Edmont to try to set up a date. But it's too late. She

calls him "Mr. Cawffle" (64).

Eddie Birdsell

A Princeton guy that Holden met at a party. He gave Holden Faith Cavindish's...