The Godfather Characters

Nazorine’s young daughter. She is in love with Enzo, the Italian prisoner of war.

Nazorine’s wife and Katherine’s mother.

An Italian prisoner of war paroled to work in New York City. He is Nazorine’s helper and Katherine’s boyfriend and eventual fiancé.

The son of a man Vito Corleone worked with as a youth in the railroad yards. He asks the Don for $500 to open up a pizzeria.

Sonny Corleone’s wife and the mother of his children.

Genco Abbandando’s elderly wife.

The wealthy doctor who tends to Genco Abbandando on his deathbed.

The powerful director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hoover is a friend of movie mogul Jack Woltz.

A powerful member the Hollywood labor unions who is connected to Don Vito Corleone. At the Don’s request, Goff instigates labor strikes to punish Jack Woltz. Later in the novel, Goff blocks Johnny Fontane’s plans to release his own films. As a result, Tom Hagen has Goff murdered.

Tom Hagen’s wife.

Johnny Fontane’s butler.

An aspiring actress from Greenwich Village, New York, who comes to Hollywood to audition for a part in a movie. She rejects Johnny Fontane’s sexual advances, which baffles him.

The estranged first wife of Johnny Fontane and the mother of his two daughters. Johnny divorces her to marry a young starlet named Margot Ashton, resulting in an bitter split in which Virginia receives a major settlement. After Johnny separates from Margot, he and Virginia reunite as platonic friends.

The public relations counsel for the Woltz International Film Corporation. He hosts a Hollywood Lonely Hearts Party at his lavish house.

An Academy Award-winning film starlet who performs oral sex on Nino Valenti at McElroy’s party.

A Hell’s Kitchen gangster who leads a criminal ring that specializes in extortion, armed robbery, and gambling.

A poor widow who comes to young Vito Corleone for help after her landlord, Mr. Roberto, evicts her from her apartment for keeping a dog.

Signora Columbo’s landlord who evicts her for keeping a dog. After Vito Corleone implores him to reconsider the eviction, he learns of Vito’s reputation and allows her to stay.

Manhattan's gambling chief following the repeal of Prohibition. He connects with Vito Corleone in a crime partnership.

The investigative partner of Detective John Philips.

A Baptist minister and Kay Adams’s father.

Kay Adams’s mother.

Two bookmakers who work under Carlo Rizzi.

The Sicilian boss of mob territory in the American South. He is based in Florida, where he controls gambling in Southern towns, as well as in Cuba.

The Don of Detroit’s Mafia Family. He opposes the Mafia’s involvement in drug trafficking.

Mafia Dons from the West Coast. Falcone controls the movie unions and gambling at the movie studios, as well as prostitution in the West. Molinari controls the San Francisco waterfronts, sports gambling, and ensures protection for Fredo Corleone when he moves to Las Vegas to work with Moe Greene.

The Don of Boston’s Mafia Family. The other Dons distrust him because his organization is chaotic and rife with violent disorder.

The Don from Cleveland who controls almost exclusively gambling. Other Mafia members refer to his Family as “the Jewish Family” because many of his advisors are Jewish men.

A Don who controls the New Jersey area and the shipping on the West Side docks of Manhattan. His is the least powerful of New York’s Five Families.

The Don of the Family that controls Upstate New York. He smuggles Italian immigrants from Canada and controls all upstate gambling and the state licensing of racing tracks.

The Don of the Tattaglia Family and the father of Bruno Tattaglia. He controls prostitution in New York and allies with Barzini in a war against the Corleone Family.

The son of Phillip Tattaglia. Bruno controls an exclusive nightclub, where he and Sollozzo murder Luca Brasi. Sonny Corleone retaliates for Brasi’s murder by killing Bruno.

A Los Angeles-based surgeon who performs the vaginal reconstruction surgery on Lucy Mancini.

The powerful Mafia Don in Sicily and ally of Don Vito Corleone. Don Tommasino looks after Michael when he hides in Sicily to flee murder charges.

Don Tommasino’s uncle.

One of Michael’s shepherd bodyguards in Sicily, the other being Fabrizzio.

A beautiful young Sicilian girl whom Michael marries during his exile in Sicily. She ultimately dies in a car bomb explosion intended for Michael.

Apollonia’s mother.

Apollonia’s father.

An elderly Sicilian midwife whom Michael encounters during his exile in Sicily. She maintains a deep hatred for Luca Brasi, who once forced her to murder his newborn child.

Al Neri’s estranged wife.

Al Neri’s nephew.

An African American pimp, dope-pusher, and strong-arm artist. Neri kills him in a fit of rage.

A cop on the Corleone Family payroll