# Ulysses — Character guide

> Key figures in Ulysses by James Joyce.

- [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/stephen_dedalus.md): A young intellectual and aspiring writer, protagonist of the early chapters.
- [Leopold Bloom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/leopold_bloom.md): A Jewish advertising canvasser, the central protagonist of the novel.
- [Molly Bloom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/molly_bloom.md): Leopold Bloom's wife, a singer whose thoughts conclude the novel.
- [Buck Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/buck_mulligan.md): A brash medical student and Stephen's housemate at the Martello tower.
- [Simon Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/simon_dedalus.md): Stephen's father, a witty and often drunken singer.
- [Blazes Boylan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/blazes_boylan.md): A flashy music promoter and Molly Bloom's lover.
- [Mrs Breen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_breen.md): An old friend of Molly Bloom, married to the eccentric Denis Breen.
- [Denis Breen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/denis_breen.md): A paranoid man who is suing someone over a postcard.
- [Haines](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/haines.md): An English student staying with Stephen and Mulligan at the tower.
- [John Eglinton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/john_eglinton.md): A librarian and literary figure at the National Library.
- [Myles Crawford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/myles_crawford.md): The editor of the Evening Telegraph newspaper.
- [Lenehan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/lenahan.md): A loquacious and roving hanger-on around Dublin pubs.
- [M'Coy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mccoy.md): An acquaintance of Bloom, often borrowing things.
- [Paddy Dignam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/paddy_dignam.md): A deceased friend of Bloom whose funeral is a major set piece.
- [Martin Cunningham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/martin_cunningham.md): A kind and sensible man who helps organize Dignam's funeral.
- [Jack Power](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/jack_power.md): A friend of Bloom who rides in the funeral carriage.
- [John Henry Menton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/john_henry_menton.md): A solicitor who once competed for Molly Bloom's affections.
- [Joe Hynes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/joe_hynes.md): A journalist who writes about the funeral.
- [Ned Lambert](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/ned_lambert.md): A seed merchant and friend of the Dedalus family.
- [Tom Kernan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/tom_kernan.md): A tea merchant and former commercial traveler.
- [Corny Kelleher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/corny_kelleher.md): A funeral undertaker and occasional informant.
- [Father Conmee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/father_conmee.md): A Jesuit priest who walks through Dublin on a charitable errand.
- [Miss Kennedy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/miss_kennedy.md): A barmaid at the Ormond Hotel, colleague of Miss Douce.
- [Ben Dollard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/ben_dollard.md): A large, bass-voiced singer and friend of Simon Dedalus.
- [Bob Doran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/bob_doran.md): A drunken former friend of the Dedalus family.
- [The Citizen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/the_citizen.md): A fierce Irish nationalist who confronts Bloom at Barney Kiernan's pub.
- [Barney Kiernan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/barney_kiernan.md): The owner of the pub where the Citizen holds court.
- [John Wyse Nolan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/john_wyse_nolan.md): A friend of Bloom and a regular at Kiernan's pub.
- [Nosey Flynn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/nosey_flynn.md): A gossipy pub regular who knows everyone's business.
- [Davy Byrne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/davy_byrne.md): The owner of a popular pub where Bloom eats lunch.
- [Bantam Lyons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/bantam_lyons.md): A small, excitable man who misinterprets Bloom's tip on a horse.
- [Mrs Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_dedalus.md): Stephen's deceased mother, who appears in his memories.
- [Dilly Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/dilly_dedalus.md): Stephen's younger sister, struggling at home.
- [Milly Bloom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/milly_bloom.md): Leopold and Molly's daughter, working in Mullingar.
- [Rudy Bloom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/rudy_bloom.md): Leopold and Molly's infant son who died shortly after birth.
- [Mrs Riordan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_riordan.md): A former housekeeper for the Dedalus family, now deceased.
- [Kevin Egan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/hugh_egan.md): An Irish revolutionary exile living in Paris, known to Stephen.
- [Malachi Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mulligan_malachi.md): Buck Mulligan's full name; a medical student and wit.
- [Bella Cohen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/bella_cohen.md): The madam of the brothel Bloom and Stephen visit.
- [Lynch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/lynch.md): A medical student and friend of Stephen who accompanies him to the brothel.
- [Private Carr](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/private_carr.md): A British soldier who confronts Stephen outside the brothel.
- [Cissy Caffrey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/cissy_caffrey.md): A young woman from Sandymount who interacts with the soldiers.
- [Edy Boardman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/edy_boardman.md): A friend of Cissy Caffrey on Sandymount strand.
- [Gerty MacDowell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/gerty_macdowell.md): A young woman on Sandymount strand who has a silent encounter with Bloom.
- [Tommy Caffrey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/tommy_caffrey.md): A young boy on Sandymount strand, brother of Jacky.
- [Jacky Caffrey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/jacky_caffrey.md): A young boy on Sandymount strand, twin of Tommy.
- [Mrs Purefoy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_purefoy.md): A woman in prolonged labor at the maternity hospital.
- [Dr Horne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/dr_horne.md): The master of the maternity hospital where Mrs Purefoy is in labor.
- [Punch Costello](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/punch_costello.md): A drunken medical student at the maternity hospital.
- [Dixon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/dixon.md): A medical student and friend of Bloom's.
- [Dr Mulligan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mulligan_dr.md): Buck Mulligan in his capacity as a medical student at the hospital.
- [Alec Bannon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/alec_bannon.md): A medical student who is involved with Milly Bloom.
- [Vincent Lynch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/vincent_lynch.md): A medical student and friend of Stephen's.
- [Martha Clifford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/martha_clifford.md): Bloom's secret correspondent under the pseudonym Henry Flower.
- [Henry Flower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/henry_flower.md): Bloom's pseudonym used in his correspondence with Martha Clifford.
- [Mrs Clifford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_clifford.md): Martha Clifford's full name; Bloom's secret correspondent.
- [J. J. O'Molloy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/j_j_omolloy.md): A down-on-his-luck lawyer and friend of the newspapermen.
- [Professor MacHugh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/professor_machugh.md): A classics professor who frequents the newspaper office.
- [Mr Deasy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mr_deasy.md): The headmaster of the school where Stephen teaches.
- [Almidano Artifoni](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/artifoni.md): An Italian singing teacher who knows Stephen.
- [Mrs Yelverton Barry](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_yelverton_barry.md): A woman who accuses Bloom in the brothel fantasy sequence.
- [Mrs Bellingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_bellingham.md): A woman who accuses Bloom in the brothel fantasy sequence.
- [The Honourable Mrs Talboys](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/the_honourable_mrs_talboys.md): A woman who accuses Bloom in the brothel fantasy sequence.
- [John Howard Parnell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/john_howard_parnell.md): Charles Stewart Parnell's brother, a minor public figure.
- [Arthur Griffith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/arthur_griffith.md): A nationalist politician and founder of Sinn Féin.
- [Daniel O'Connell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/daniel_oconnell.md): The Liberator, a historical figure referenced in the novel.
- [Charles Stewart Parnell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/charles_stewart_parnell.md): The uncrowned king of Ireland, a major historical reference.
- [Mrs Mervyn Talboys](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_mervyn_talboys.md): A woman who accuses Bloom in the brothel fantasy.
- [Bello](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/bello.md): Bella Cohen's male persona in Bloom's fantasy.
- [Virag](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/virag.md): Bloom's grandfather, who appears as a ghostly figure.
- [Rudolph Bloom](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/rudolph_bloom.md): Bloom's deceased father, who committed suicide.
- [Mrs Sinico](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_sinico.md): A woman from a story by James Joyce, referenced in the novel.
- [Major Tweedy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/captain_tweedy.md): Molly Bloom's father, a British army officer.
- [Mrs Breen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ulysses_se/characters/mrs_breen_mr_bloom.md): An old friend of Molly Bloom, married to Denis Breen.

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