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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cowper | Mrs. Cowper | |
| Hawkins | Mr. Hawkins - fellow of Magdalen College | |
| Hayward | Mr. Hayward - innkeeper at the Black Lion, Water Lane | |
| Morris | Mr. Morris | |
| Mackay | Mrs. James Douglas - nee Mackay | |
| Hesse (Prince of) | Prince of Hesse | |
| Boetzelaer | Boetzelaer | |
| van Tuyll (General) | General van Tuyll | |
| Bottestein (Mademoiselles) | Mademoiselles Bottestein | |
| des Essar | des Essar | |
| Scott (Colonel) | Colonel Scott | |
| Mayne (Mr.) | Mr. Mayne from Scotland | |
| Scott (Captain) | Captain Scott | |
| Aschersleben | Mr. Aschersleben | |
| Rufin | Rufin - Innkeeper in Berlin | |
| O'Grady (Captain) | Captain O'Grady | |
| Aarnoud Joost | van der Duyn | Aarnoud Joost van der Duyn - Baron Maasdam |
| Abraham | Gronovius | Abraham Gronovius - Professor of Classical Philology |
| Adam | Gordon | Lord Adam Gordon |
| Adam | Craufurd | Adam Craufurd of Dalleagles and Polquhairn |
| Adolf Heinrich | von Neitschütz | Adolf Heinrich von Neitschütz |
| Agatha | Drummond | Agatha Drummond - Lady Kames |
| Agnes | Agnew | Agnes Agnew |
| Albrecht Friedrich | Albrecht Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Alexander | Donaldson | Alexander Donaldson |
| Alexander | Boswell | Alexander Boswell - Lord Auchinleck - Father of the great biographer James |
| Alexander | Montgomerie | Alexander Montgomerie - 10th Earl of Eglinton |
| Alexander | Macdonald | Alexander Macdonald - Surgeon |
| Alexander | Wedderburn | Alexander Wedderburn - Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn |
| Alexander | Stewart | Alexander Stewart - 6th Earl of Galloway |
| Alexander | Agnew | Alexander Agnew of Dalreagle |
| Alexander | Webster | Alexander Webster - Minister at Tolbooth Church |
| Alexander | Fordyce | Alexander Fordyce - The Macaroni Gambler |
| Alexander | Gordon | Alexander Gordon - Lord Rockville |
| Alexander | Bruce | Alexander Bruce - 2nd Earl of Kincardine |
| Alexander | Sweder | Alexander Sweder - Baron von Spaen |
| Alexander | Burnett | Alexander Burnett - 4th Laird of Kemnay |
| Andrei | Shuvalov | Andrei Shuvalov - Chamberlain to Catherine II the Great |
| Andrew | Erskine | Andrew Erskine |
| Andrew | Douglas | Andrew Douglas |
| Andrew | Stuart | Andrew Stuart - Writer to the Signet |
| Andrew | Mitchell | Andrew Mitchell - British Ambassador to Prussia |
| Andrew | Crosbie | Andrew Crosbie of Holm |
| Anna | Williams | Anna Williams - Dr. Johnson's Blind Companion |
| Anna Margaretha | van Sommelsdijk | Anna Margaretha van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk |
| Anna Susanne | Hasselaer | Anna Susanna Hasselaer - Madame Amerongen |
| Anna Wilhelmine | Anna Wilhelmine, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Anne | Erskine | Anne Erskine |
| Archibald | Erskine | Archibald Erskine - 7th Earl of Kellie |
| Archibald | Douglas | Archibald Douglas |
