Magnon Friend of Mme. Thénardier. She bears two illegitimate boys, for whom M. Gillenormand, her former employer, pays all expenses. When the boys die, the Thénardiers gladly give her their two youngest sons in exchange for a share of the money.
M. Mabeuf An old horticulturist and bibliophile, now a churchwarden. He is instrumental in revealing to Marius the truth about his father. Later, driven by destitution, he dies a heroic death at the barricades.
Mother Plutarch Servant of M. Mabeuf; shares his poverty to the end.
Montparnasse, Claquesous, Gueulemer, and Babet The four chiefs of the Paris underworld, occasionally associated with Thénardier.
Enjolras An uncompromising political radical who dies courageously as the leader of a group of student insurrectionists.
Grantaire Enjolras' friend. He is a drunken cynic who redeems a useless existence by sharing Enjolras' death before a firing squad.
Combeferre Friend of Enjolras and second in command of the student insurrectionists.
Courfeyrac A student. With Enjolras and Combeferre, he helps incite and lead the insurrection.
Jean Prouvaire A friend of Enjolras and one of the group of revolutionaries. He is rich, sensitive, and intelligent.
Bahoral A law student and revolutionary. He is good-humored and capricious, and refuses to be serious in his studies.
Joly A student. A hypochondriac, he is nevertheless a spirited and happy companion.
Bossuet A student revolutionary. Although he signs his name "Lègle (de Meaux)," he is called Bossuet (Bald), Laigle (The Eagle), and occasionally Lesgle.
Feuilly A self-taught worker, and an ardent insurrectionist
Le Cabuc Shoots a porter during the insurrection and is executed by Enjolras. May actually have been Claquesous.
