Propaganda figure depicted on a massive poster that watches Winston as he moves.

Introduced as a 39‑year‑old man with a varicose ulcer who lives in Victory Mansions and works under the Party regime. Physically recovers, gains strength, adopts Party doctrine, practices crimestop, writes slogans, experiences hallucination of Julia, confronted by O'Brien and ordered to love Big Brother and go to Room 101 Winston endures the rat torture, experiences overwhelming panic, and screams for Julia to be sacrificed instead of him.

Party member who briefly makes eye contact with Winston during the Two Minutes Hate, suggesting shared dissent. Winston recalls O'Brien’s cryptic promise from a dream: “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.” Provides Winston with his secret home address via a notebook and mentions possession of advance copies of the tenth edition Newspeak Dictionary, indicating active recruitment. O'Brien visits Winston in the Ministry of Love and beats him with a truncheon. revealed as Winston's interrogator and torturer in Ministry of Love, delivers philosophical indoctrination and controls pain via dial Enters Winston's cell, evaluates his physical and emotional state, demands Winston to love Big Brother, directs him to Room 101 O'Brien conducts Winston's Room 101 torture with rats, explaining the worst thing in the world and operating the rat cage.

Mrs. Parsons, wife of neighbor Tom Parsons, asks Winston to fix her clogged sink and is exposed to his aggressive children.

Tom Parsons is mentioned as the husband of Mrs. Parsons, a Ministry of Truth employee known for being handy with repairs.

Poet in the Records Department who rewrites ideologically offensive poems. Ampleforth appears in the Ministry of Love as a prisoner, speaks about his crime of altering a Kipling poem.

Fictitious war hero created by Winston to replace a false newspaper article.

Inner‑Party member mentioned in a falsified article, now an unperson.

Dark‑skinned coworker in the Records Department who works at a speakwrite opposite Winston.

Winston’s acquaintance, a philologist in the Research Department working on the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary Syme is discovered missing from work and erased from the Chess Committee list, confirming his unpersoning by the Party.

Winston's wife, introduced through his memories of marriage and its failure

Girl from the Fiction Department who gives Winston a love note and arranges a secret meeting at Victory Square. Julia’s true name is revealed and her background as a Junior Anti‑Sex League troop‑leader, spy, and black‑market dealer is disclosed. Provided extensive background: age 26, lives in a hostel with 30 girls, works on novel‑writing machines in the Fiction Department, participated in Pornosec, active in Junior Anti‑Sex League, detailed personal attitudes toward the Party and sexuality. O'Brien says she has been 'converted' and her rebellious traits burned out

Blond‑headed coworker who forces Winston to sit with him at the canteen.

Mr Charrington is described as the elderly, ghostlike proprietor of the junk shop above which Winston and Julia keep their secret room, noted for his collection of odd trinkets and an ancient gramophone. revealed as member of the Thought Police, physical appearance altered

A Jewish woman seen on a news film who tried to shield a boy from bullets before being killed.

Winston's mother is a weary, resigned caretaker who disappears after a traumatic incident, possibly sent to a forced‑labour camp.

Winston's younger sister is a frail child who suffers alongside him, later disappears after their mother vanishes.

Leader of the underground Brotherhood, confirmed alive by O'Brien but location unknown.

Servant to O'Brien, white‑jacketed, dark‑haired, expressionless, provides wine and assists O'Brien during the meeting with Winston and Julia.

Bumstead is a guard who violently intervenes when a prisoner offers bread.