- Master Thomas "Tom" Jones, a bastard and Squire Allworthy's ward
- Miss Sophia "Sophy" Western /ˌsoʊˈfaɪə/, Western's only daughter, the model of virtue, beauty and all good qualities. It is widely accepted that the model for Sophia is Charlotte Cradock, Henry Fielding's wife.[9]
- Master William Blifil /ˈblɪfəl/, the son of Captain Blifil and Bridget; a hypocrite and Tom Jones's rival
- Squire Allworthy, the wealthy squire of an estate in Somerset and Tom's guardian; of irreproachable character and good nature
- Squire Western, a wealthy squire and huntsman who owns an estate bordering on Squire Allworthy's; a simpleton who wants to marry his daughter Sophia to Allworthy's heir (first Blifil and then Jones)
- Miss Bridget Allworthy (later Mrs Blifil), Allworthy's sister
- Lady Bellaston, Tom's lover and a leading figure in London society, who tries to force Sophia into marriage to a lord by having her raped by him, so that she can have Jones to herself
- Mrs Honour Blackmore, Sophia's maid; egotistical and inconstant to her employer
- Dr Blifil, Captain Blifil's brother; dies of a broken heart at his brother's rejection
- Captain John Blifil, a captain in the army and Bridget Allworthy's husband; with Methodist tendencies
- Lawyer Dowling, a lawyer
- Lord Fellamar, a peer and socialite; unsuccessfully conspires with Lady Bellaston to rape Sophia so as to force her into marriage
- Brian Fitzpatrick, an Irishman who abuses his wife, Harriet Fitzpatrick
- Harriet Fitzpatrick, Mrs Western's former ward and Fitzpatrick's wife; a cousin and friend of Sophia, but lacking her virtue
- Miss Jenny Jones (later Mrs Waters), the Partridges' servant, a very intelligent woman who is believed to be Tom's mother
- Mrs Miller, mother of Nancy and Betty Miller
- Miss Betty Miller, pre-adolescent daughter of Mrs Miller
- Miss Nancy Miller (later Nightingale), a good-natured girl who is imposed on by Mr Nightingale and is ruined by him, together with her family, by lack of constancy in virtue
- Mr Nightingale, a young gentleman of leisure; saved from ruining his first true love by Jones's entreaties
- Mr Benjamin "Little Benjamin" Partridge, a teacher, barber, and surgeon, suspected to be Tom Jones's father
- Mrs Partridge, Partridge's extremely ill-natured first wife
- Mr George "Black George" Seagrim, Allworthy and later Western's gamekeeper; a poor man and the object of Tom's charity
- Miss Molly "Moll" Seagrim, Black George's second daughter and Tom Jones's first lover; has a bastard son, possibly not by Tom
- Mr Thomas Square, a humanist philosopher and tutor to Tom and Master Blifil; a hypocrite who hates Jones and favors Blifil, but eventually repents
- The Rev. Mr Roger Thwackum, tutor to Tom and Master Blifil, a hypocrite who hates Tom Jones, favors Master Blifil and conspires with the latter against the former
- Miss Western, Squire Western's unmarried sister, who wrongly believes herself to "know the World" (both international and national politics and social mores)
- Mrs Deborah Wilkins, Bridget's servant
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