The Great Gatsby Characters
Every major character in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, with a portrait, who they are and the chapters they appear in.
Nick CarrawayNarrator · 9 chaptersYale-educated Midwesterner and bond salesman who narrates, observes, and judges the events around Jay Gatsby in West and East Egg.
Tom BuchananAntagonist · 8 chaptersDomineering scion of old money; Daisy’s husband who uses wealth and force to protect his social position.
Daisy BuchananMajor character · 7 chaptersOld-money East Egg socialite, Nick’s cousin and Tom’s wife, the object of Gatsby’s idealized longing and the pivot of tragic events.
Jay GatsbyProtagonist · 7 chaptersEnigmatic, self-made West Egg millionaire who throws lavish parties to reclaim a lost love, Daisy Buchanan.
Jordan BakerMajor character · 7 chaptersA professional golfer and Daisy’s cool, modern friend who draws Nick into the Buchanans’ social world.
Dan CodyMinor character · 5 chaptersA fabulously wealthy yachtsman whose patronage of young James Gatz initiates Gatsby’s self-invention.
Meyer WolfsheimMinor character · 5 chaptersA shady, well‑connected gambler and business associate of Gatsby, reputed to have fixed the 1919 World Series.
Ewing KlipspringerMinor character · 4 chaptersA parasitic bohemian who effectively lives at Gatsby’s mansion, known as “the boarder,” and plays the piano during Gatsby’s gathering.
George WilsonMajor character · 4 chaptersMeek, exhausted garage owner in the valley of ashes; husband of Myrtle whose loss drives the story's violent climax.
Myrtle WilsonMinor character · 4 chaptersThe dissatisfied wife of George Wilson who seeks escape from poverty through an affair with Tom Buchanan and social climbing.
Owl EyesMinor character · 4 chaptersA tipsy, spectacled observer at Gatsby’s parties who sees through façades and later attends Gatsby’s sparse funeral.
CatherineMinor character · 3 chaptersMyrtle Wilson’s urbane, gossiping sister who appears at the New York apartment party and later testifies after Myrtle’s death.
MichaelisMinor character · 3 chaptersa neighbor and Greek immigrant who tends to George Wilson in the garage after Myrtle’s death; a steady, practical witness
Henry GatzMinor character · 2 chaptersGatsby’s modest, proud Midwestern father who arrives to mourn and reveal his son’s humble origins.
Pammy BuchananMinor character · 2 chaptersA Buchanan child whose presence is not recorded in the provided chapter notes.
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