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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah | Mills | Sarah Mills |
| Siegmund Carl | von Thüngen | Siegmund Carl von Thüngen - Court Marshal of Saxe-Gotha |
| Joseph | Yorke | Sir Joseph Yorke - Lord Dover |
| Thomas Alexander | Erskine | Thomas Alexander Erskine - 6th Earl of Kellie |
| Thomas | Benson | Thomas Benson |
| Thomas | Coutts | Thomas Coutts - Banker |
| Thomas David | Boswell | Thomas David Boswell |
| Thomas | Davies | Thomas Davies - Actor and Bookseller |
| Thomas | Jefferys | Thomas Jefferys - Sword-cutter |
| Thomas | Kennedy | Thomas Kennedy of Culzean - 9th Earl of Cassilis |
| Thomas | Miller | Thomas Miller - Lord Advocate - 1st Baronet of Glenlee |
| Thomas | Robinson | Thomas Robinson - 1st Baronet of Rokeby |
| Thomas | Sheridan | Thomas Sheridan - Actor and Teacher of Elocution |
| Thomas | Terrie | Thomas Terrie - Boswell's landlord |
| Veronica | van Sommelsdyck | Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck |
| Vincent Maximiliaan | van Serooskerken | Vincent Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken |
| Walter | Macfarlane | Walter Macfarlane - 19th of Arrochar, 20th Chief of Clan Macfarlane |
| Walter | Urie | Walter Urie |
| Werner | von der Schulenburg | Werner von der Schulenburg |
| West | Digges | West Digges - Actor and Theatre Manager |
| Wilhelm Kaspar | Wegely | Wilhelm Kaspar Wegely |
| Wilhelmine | von Anhalt | Wilhelmine von Anhalt |
| William Weller | Pepys | Wiliam Weller Pepys - a Later Pepys |
| Willem Bentinck | van Rhoon | Willem Bentinck van Rhoon |
| William Augustus | Fawkener | William Augustus Fawkener |
| William | Bosville | William Bosville |
| William | Cochrane | William Cochrane - Judge Advocate of Scotland |
| William | Cochrane | William Cochrane of Muirfield - Banker |
| William | Cullen | William Cullen - Materia Medica |
| William | Currie | William Currie - Laird of Brydekirk |
| William | Dance | William Dance |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas - 4th Baronet of Kelhead |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas - Old Q - 4th Duke of Queensberry |
| William | Eden | WIlliam Eden - 1st Baron Auckland |
| William | Flexney | William Flexney - publisher |
| William | Forbes | William Forbes - 6th Baronet of Pitsligo |
| William | Garioch | William Garioch - Physician |
| William | Gordon | William Gordon - 9th Viscount Kenmure |
| William | Havard | William Havard - Actor and Playwright |
| William Johnson | Temple | William Johnson Temple - Boswell's Closest Friend |
| William | Logan | William Logan of Camlarg |
| William | Mackenzie | William Mackenzie - 5th of Balmaduthie |
| William | Mackenzie | William Mackenzie - prior at Würzburg |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell - 3rd Baronet of Monreith |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell - 3rd Baronet of Springkell |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell of Dalswinton |
| William | McGhie | William McGhie of Balmaghie |
| William | McQuhar | William McQuhae - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
| William | Nairne | William Nairne - 5th Bart of Dunsinnan |
