Henry ("Buster") Broadax Sofia's boyfriend; he is tall and stocky, built like a prizefighter.
Squeak (Mary Agnes) Harpo's girlfriend; she is a scatterbrained woman who begins to make a name for herself as a blues singer after she leaves Harpo.
The Mayor An arrogant, power-wielding white man; he is responsible for putting Sofia in prison.
Miss Millie The mayor's wife; a dithery white woman who fancies herself a champion of black people.
Bubber Hodges The prison warden; Squeak's uncle who rapes her.
Miss Beasley Nettie and Celie's teacher.
Corrine Reverend Samuel's wife. She and her husband buy Celie's babies from Fonso.
Samuel A missionary who takes Nettie with him and his family to Africa; after his wife, Corrine, dies, he marries Nettie.
Olivia Celie's daughter; she is reared in Africa by Samuel and Corrine.
Adam Celie's son; he is also reared in Africa by the missionaries. He marries Tashi.
Joseph The short, fat spokesman for the Olinka village; he meets Nettie's ship.
Billy Miss Millie's little boy; he steps on a rusty nail.
Eleanor Jane Miss Millie's daughter; after she is grown, she does baking and odd jobs for Sofia.
Grady Shug marries him; he is a "skinny big toof man wearing suspenders," according to Celie.
May Ellen The woman Fonso marries after Celie's mother dies.
Daisy The woman Fonso marries after May Ellen leaves him.
