Los personajes

Sal Paradise	Jack Kerouac
Dean Moriarty	Neal Cassady
Chad King	Haldon "Hal" Chase
Carlo Marx	Allen Ginsberg
Marylou	Luanne Henderson
Tim Gray	Ed White
Ed Wall	Ed Uhl
La tía	Gabrielle Kerouac (madre del autor)
Old Bull Lee	William S. Burroughs
Elmer Hassel	Herbert Huncke
Jane Lee	Joan Vollmer Adams Burroughs
Tommy Snark	Jim Holmes
Roy Johnson	Bill Tomson
Ed Dunkel	Al Hinkle
Rocco	Paul Blake (cuñado del autor)
Remi Boncœur	Henri Cru
Lee Ann	Dianne Orin
Ray Rawlins	Bob Burford
Babe Rawlins	Beverly Burford
Mary Bettencourt	Ruth Gullion
Rita Bettencourt	Helen Gullion
Roland Major	Allan Temko
William Holmes “Big Slim” Hazard	William Holmes “Big Slim” Hubbard
Betty Gray	Joanie White (esposa de Ed White)
Camille	Carolyn Cassady (nacida Robinson)
Denver D. Doll	Justin Brierly
Old Dean Moriarty	Neal Cassady padre
Mr. Snow	?
“The famous director”	Gregory La Cava
Terry	Bea Franco
Peaches	Ginger Chase
Dorie, “Tall redhead”	Vicki Russell
Amy Moriarty	Catherine Cassady
Galatea Dunkel	Helen Hinkle
Lucille	Pauline
Tom Saybrook	Ed Stringham
Ian MacArthur	John Clellon Holmes
Damion	Lucien Carr
Mona	Rhoda
Rollo Greb	Alan Ansen
Dodie Lee	Julie Burroughs
Ray Lee	William S. Burroughs Jr.
Dale	Kells Elvins
Hal Hingham	Alan Harrington
Marie	Lorraine
Dorothy Johnson	Helen Tomson
Sam Brady	(primo de Neal Cassady)
Inez	Diana Hansen
Angel Luz García	José García Villa
Walter Evans	Walter Adams
Victor Villanueva	Victor Tejeira
Jinny Jones	Jinny Baker Lehrman
Gene Dexter	Gene Pippin
Stan Shepard	Frank Jeffries
Victor	Gregorio
Laura	Joan Kerouac (nacida Haverty)
Joanie Moriarty	Jami Cassady