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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