Characters in The Thirty-Nine Steps
- Richard Hannay – an expatriate Scot recently returned from Southern Africa, protagonist and narrator
- Franklin P. Scudder – freelance spy
- Karolides – Greek Premier under threat of assassination. He never appears and is alluded to only.
- Sir Harry – a Scottish landowner and would-be politician
- Sir Walter Bullivant – Sir Harry's relation at the Foreign Office
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