Character Histories
Below is a list of all the major and minor characters in the book, in order of appearance, with plot detail.
- Elijah “Lije” Baley A plain-clothes police officer who works on Earth. He is called to solve the murder.
- Vince Barrett A young man whose job was taken over by R. Sammy.
- R. Sammy A robot assigned to the Police Department
- Julius Enderby New York City’s Commissioner of Police, who assigns Baley to the murder case.
- Jezebel “Jessie” Navodny Baley’s wife.
- Roj Nemennuh Sarton A spacer roboticist murdered with a blaster. Baley is assigned to investigate his death.
- R. Daneel Olivaw Baley’s partner, a humaniform robot created in Sarton's likeness.
- Bentley Baley Baley’s son.
- Han Fastolfe A roboticist from Aurora, a Spacer world, who believes Spacers and Earth dwellers must work together to colonize the galaxy and survive in the future.
- Dr. Anthony Gerrigel A roboticist at Washington whom Baley called.
- Francis Clousarr A New Yorker who was arrested for inciting a riot against robots two years ago. He was one of the men who was at the shoe store incident and in the crowd who chased Baley and Daneel.
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