List of characters in War and Peace

This is an incomplete list of characters in the Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.

A

* Marya Dmitriyevna Akhrosimova, relative of Count Rostov and matchmaker
* Tsar Alexander I of Russia
* Joseph Alexeevich
* Yakov Alpatych
* Count Arakcheyev

B

* Bagovut
* Prince Bagration
* Barclay de Tolly
* Barthélemy - The second envoy unsuccessfully sent by Napoléon to negotiate peace with Emperor Alexander.
* Osip Alexeyevich Bazdeyev - Pierre's benefactor, i.e. he who introduced him to freemasonry.
* Count Bennigsen
* Lieutenant Berg - German husband of Vera Rostova
* Berthier
* Count Kirill Bezukhov - Pierre's father and very wealthy aristocrat who served in Catherine II's court.
* Pierre Bezukhov - The illegitimate son of Count Bezukhov. A freethinking, sometimes reckless, man capable of decisive action and great displays of willpower when circumstances demand it. Inherits Count Bezukhov's fortune, later becomes a Freemason and attempts to assassinate Napoleon.
* Bilibin - Russian diplomat to Austria. Appears in Vol I, Part II, Chapter 10. Entertains Prince Andrey Bolkonosky during the Prince's stay in Brno to inform the Austrian government of Russian victories.
* Bolhovitinov
* Prince Andrey Nikolayevich Bolkonsky - Son of Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky. A brave soldier who becomes cynical in the Napoleonic Wars. Counterpart to Pierre.
* Lise Bolkonskaya - Wife of Andrey Bolkonsky. Also called Liza Meinen.
* Princess Marya Bolkonskaya - A woman who struggles between the obligations of her religion and the desires of her heart. Also called Maria.
* Prince Nikolay Bolkonsky
* Napoléon Bonaparte - The Great Man, ruined by great blunders.
* Mademoiselle Bourienne - reader and companion in the Bolkonsky household.
* Broussier

C

* General Campan
* Caulaincourt
* Prince Adam Czartoryski - Minister of Foreign Affairs.

D

* Danilo
* General Davoust
* Vassily Denisov - Russian military officer, friend to Nikolai Rostov.
* Monsieur Dessalles
* Prince Dolgorukov
* Dokhturov - One of the characters used as a mouthpiece by Tolstoy to express his disillusionment with the tendency of historians to attribute the course of events to the will of certain iconic, often heroic figures despite the fact that more obscure but perhaps equally influential characters contributed to the eventual outcome.
* Dolokhov
* Dron
* Princess Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya
* Boris Drubetskoy - ambitious son of Princess Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya.
* Dunyasha

F

* Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
* Maria Feodorovna
* Emperor Francis I of Austria

G

* Gerasim
* Gervais
* Major-General Grekov

I

* Ilyin
* Mihail Ivanich

K

* Julie Karagina - wealthy heiress.
* Platon Karataev - peasant who influences Pierre Bezukhov during his time as a prisoner of war.
* Archduke Karl of Austria
* Piotr Petrovich Konovnitsyn - Like Dokhturov, a character Tolstoy expresses his admiration of in order to reconcile the user to the fact that the successful defense of Russia could not be achieved by those recognised by history alone.
* Prince Kozlovsky
* Anatole Kuragin - son of Vasili Kuragin.
* Helene Kuragina - daughter of Vasili Kuragin. Later Countess Bezukhov (wife of Pierre Bezukhov).
* Hippolyte Kuragin - son of Vasili Kuragin.
* Vasili Kuragin
* Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov - Russian general throughout the book. His diligence and modesty eventually save Russia from the Great Man.
* Mavra Kuzminishna

L

* Langeron
* Lauriston - The first of two envoys sent to Emperor Alexander by Napoléon in an attempt to negotiate peace.
* Lavrushka
* Lazarev

M

* General Mack - Austrian general.
* Magnitsky
* Anna Ignatyevna Malvintsev - Princess Maria's aunt on her Mother's side, whose matchmaking abilities bring Nikolai Rostov and Maria together after she meets the prospective suitor at a soirée in Voronezh.
* Michaud
* Miloradovich
* Mitenka
* Mitka
* Mortemart
* General Mouton - The first Frenchman of consequence to explicitly accept that the best policy is to flee Russia.
* Joachim Murat

N

* Nastasya Ivanovna - Cross-dressing "old buffoon" who lives with the Rostovs at their estate at Otradnoe.
* Prince Nesvitsky
* Michel Ney

O

* Count Orlov-Denisov
* "'Count Osterman-Tolstoy

P

* Maria Ignatyevna Peronsky
* Katerina Petrovna
* Pfuhl
* Platov

R

* Raevsky
* Count Rostopchin - Governor-General of Moscow.
* Count Ilya Rostov
* Countess Natalya Rostova
* Natasha Rostova - Initially, a romantic young girl, she evolves through trial and suffering and eventually finds happiness with Pierre Bezukhov.
* Nikolai Rostov - The eldest Rostov son, who joins the Russian military in 1805. He eventually marries Princess Maria.
* Sonya Rostova - The 'sterile flower'. Orphaned cousin of Vera, Nikolai, Natasha, and Petya Rostov. Engaged to Nikolai throughout most of the book, toward the end, she releases him to marry Princess Maria.
* Petya Rostov - The youngest Rostov son.
* Vera Rostova - The oldest Rostov daughter.

S

* Anna Pavlovna Scherer - A wealthy St. Petersburg socialite.
* Schmidt
* Shapovalov - The Cossack who stumbled upon the left flank of Murat's army on October 2nd while pursuing a hare and the inactivity he witnessed was sufficient evidence to support the Battle of Tarutino.
* Shcherbinin
* Shinshin - relative of Countess Natalya Rostova.
* Smolyaninov - Freemason rhetor.
* Speranski - liberal advisor to the Tsar.
* Stolypin

T

* Semeon Tchekmar
* Lieutenant Telyanin
* Tikhon
* Timohin
* Toll
* Captain Tushin
* Tutolmin

U

* Uncle - Distant relative of the Rostovs who lives near their estate at Otradnoe and is only referred to as "Uncle."

V

* Vereshchagin
* Sergei Kuzmich Vyazmitinov

W

* Weierother
* Willarski - Pierre's sponsor, who delivers the formal invitation for him to join the Fraternity of Freemasons.
* General Wintzingerode
* Wolzogen

Y

* Captain Yakovlev
* Yermolov

Z

* Zdrzhinsky
* Zherkov
* Count Zhilinsky