Friends and Family
- John Samuel Beckett (Scott Bakula) - Sam's father, a gruff but kind dairy farmer in Elk Ridge, Indiana. He was named after his grandfather, a Civil War officer.
- Thelma Louise Beckett (Caroline Kava) - Sam's mother. After her husband's death, she moved to Hawaii to live with her daughter and her second husband.
- Lt. Tom Beckett (David Newsom) - Sam's older brother who was killed in Vietnam on April 8, 1970 until Sam changed history and kept his brother alive.
- Katherine "Katie" Beckett (Olivia Burnette) - Sam's younger sister. To get away from trouble at home, she married an abusive alcoholic at a young age. Years later she divorced him and eventually remarried an Air Force officer, Lt. Jim Bonick.
- Beth Calavicci (Susan Diol) - Al's first wife and the only woman he ever truly loved.
- Sammy Jo Fuller - Sam's daughter due to his leaping. She is a child prodigy who grows up to work at Project Quantum Leap however she does not know that Sam is her father.
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