- Volpone (the Sly Fox) – a greedy and rich childless Venetian magnifico
- Mosca (the Fly) – his servant
- Voltore (the Vulture) – a lawyer
- Corbaccio (the Raven) – an avaricious old miser
- Bonario – Corbaccio's son
- Corvino (the Carrion Crow) – a merchant
- Celia – Corvino's wife
- Sir Politic Would-Be – ridiculous Englishman and husband of Lady Would-Be
- Lady Would-Be (the parrot) – English lady and wife of Sir Politic-Would-Be
- Peregrine ("Pilgrim") – another, more sophisticated, English traveller
- Nano – a dwarf, companion of Volpone
- Androgyno – a hermaphrodite, companion of Volpone
- Castrone – a eunuch, companion of Volpone
- The Avocatori – the judges of Venice
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