Vanity of Duluoz - Character Key

Character Key

Kerouac often based his fictional characters on friends and family.

"Because of the objections of my early publishers I was not allowed to use the same personae names in each work."
Real-life person Character name
Jack Kerouac Jack Duluoz
Leo Kerouac Emil "Pop" Duluoz
Gabrielle Kerouac Ange
George "G.J." Apostolos G.J. Rigolopoulos
Aram "Al" Avakian Chuck Derounian
Henry "Scotty" Beaulieu Scotcho Boldieu
William S. Burroughs Will Hubbard
Joan Vollmer June
Mary Carney Maggie Cassidy
Lucien Carr Claude de Maubris
Billy Chandler Dickie Hampshire
Duke Chungas Telemachus Gringas
Margaret "Peggy" Coffey Pauline "Moe" Cole
Henri Cru Deni Bleu
Allen Ginsberg Irwin Garden
David Kammerer Franz Mueller
Johnny Koumentalis Johnny Kazarakis
Lou Little Lu Libble
Charles Morissette Charley Bissonnette
Robert Morissette Iddyboy Bissonnette
Jim O'Dea Timmy Clancy
Edie Parker Edna "Johnnie" Palmer
Sebastian "Sammy" Sampas Sabby Savakis
Stella Sampas Stavroula Savakis
Gary Snyder Gary Snyder
Seymour Wyse Lionel Smart

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