• Ponyboy Curtis- The narrator and the main character of the story and is also 14 years old and parents were killed in a car accident.
• Sodapop Curtis- Ponyboy’s second oldest brother he is 16 years old works at the gas station and some would consider “movie-star” attractive.
• Darrel (Darry) Curtis- Ponyboy’s oldest brother who is 20 years old and Ponyboy and Sodapop’s guardian and would be in college if his life was different.
• Dallas (Dally) Winston- A greaser (in Ponyboy’s gang) who is from New York and is 17 years old tougher than most in Ponyboy’s gang and has already been to jail.
• Johnny Cade- The smallest of Ponyboy’s gang, he is 16 years old, and he gets physically and verbally abused at home.
• Keith (Two-bit)