One of the amazing things about Boswell's journals is the sheer amount of persons that he met and described. Some are still famous, some forgotten and some have never been known to the public outside of their own narrow circles. This is an evolving catalogue of those people.
Until now, more than 90% of the persons encountered in Journal of my Jaunt, Boswell's London Journal and Boswell in Holland are included, and work is under way for the journal of his German and Swiss travels.
| First name |
Last name |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Augustus | Edward Augustus, Duke of York and Albany | |
| George Augustus | George Augustus - Prince of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
| William V of Orange | William V of Orange | |
| Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand | Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand - Duke of Brunswick | |
| Charles I | Charles I of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Wolfenbüttel | |
| Ferdinand | Ferdinand - Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
| Augusta Frederika of Wales | Augusta Frederika - Princess of Wales | |
| Frederick William II of Prussia | Frederick William II of Prussia | |
| Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern | Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern, Queen of Prussia | |
| Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
| Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Albrecht Friedrich | Albrecht Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Johann Georg | Johann Georg von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Henriette Katharina Agnes | Henriette Katharina Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Maria Leopoldine | Maria Leopoldine von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Kasimire | Kasimire von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Diederic | Diederic of Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Anna Wilhelmine | Anna Wilhelmine, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Karl Christian Joseph | Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony - Duke of Courland | |
| Frederick Henry Eugen | Frederick Henry Eugen, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Franz Xavier | Franz Xavier, Prince of Saxony | |
| Frederick Augustus | Frederick Augustus I of Saxony | |
| Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
| Luise Dorothea | Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen - Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Aldenburg | |
| Ernst II Ludwig | Ernst II Ludwig of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
| August | August, Prince of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
| Friderike Luise | Friederike Luise, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
| Karl Friedrich | Abel | Karl Friedrich Abel |
| John Vans | Agnew | John Vans Agnew - Laird of Sheuchan |
| Alexander | Agnew | Alexander Agnew of Dalreagle |
| Agnes | Agnew | Agnes Agnew |
| François-Marie | Arouet | François-Marie Arouet - Voltaire |
| Aschersleben | Mr. Aschersleben | |
| Charles | Asgill | Charles Asgill - 1st Baronet Asgill |
| Hugh | Barron | Hugh Barron - Painter - Student of Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| John | Beard | John Beard - Actor and Singer at Covent Garden |
| Friedrich Ehrenreich | Behmer | Friedrich Ehrenreich Behmer |
| Karl Andreas | Bel | Karl Andreas Bel - Professor |
| Thomas | Benson | Thomas Benson |
| Christian Frederick Anthony | Bentinck | Christian Frederick Anthony Bentick |
| John | Blair | John Blair of Dunskey |
| Hugh | Blair | Hugh Blair - Preacher - Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres |
| Johan Mikael | Blanc | Johan Mikael Blanc |
| James | Blinshall | James Blinshall - Minister of Dundee and Amsterdam |
| Boetzelaer | Boetzelaer | |
| Gijsbertus | Bonnet | Gijsbertus Bonnet - Theologian |
| William | Bosville | William Bosville |
| Alexander | Boswell | Alexander Boswell - Lord Auchinleck - Father of the great biographer James |
| John | Boswell | John Boswell - brother of the great biographer |
| John | Boswell | John Boswell - Uncle of James Boswell |
