List of characters in The Beatles songs

The following is a (hopefully) complete list of fictional and real characters referenced by the musical group The Beatles in their songs. If adding a name, make sure that the character isn't already listed and that you are putting him/her in the correct section (e.g. Julia from the song of that name is Julia Lennon, and Lucy from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is most likely Lucy O'Donnell, a classmate of Julian Lennon; likewise the entire cast of Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! is believed to be real).

Fictional: A

 * Anna (from the song Anna (Go to Him))

Fictional: B

 * Bungalow Bill (from the song The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill)

Fictional: C

 * Chuck (from the song When I'm Sixty-four)
 * Clarabella (from the song Clarabella)

Fictional: D

 * Daniel (a.k.a Dan or Danny Boy) (from the song Rocky Raccoon)
 * Dave (from the song When I'm Sixty-four)
 * Dennis O’Dell (from the song You Know My Name (Look Up the Number))
 * The Doctor (from Rocky Raccoon)
 * Doris (from the song Two of Us)

Fictional: E

 * Maxwell Edison (from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer)
 * The Eggman/Eggmen (from I Am the Walrus) (given the context, almost certainly nursery-rhyme character Humpty Dumpty)

Fictional: F

 * The Fool (from the songs The Fool on the Hill and Glass Onion)

Fictional: H

 * Her Majesty (from the song Her Majesty) (Almost certainly fictional, as the identity of the character is unclear)

Fictional: J

 * Joan (from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer)
 * Jojo (from the song Get Back)
 * Mr. Jones (in the song Yer Blues, referencing a character in a Bob Dylan song)
 * Desmond Jones (from the song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da)
 * Molly Jones (from the song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da)
 * Junior (in the song Bad Boy)

Fictional: K

 * Father McKenzie (from the song Eleanor Rigby)
 * Duchess of Kircaldy (from the song Cry Baby Cry)
 * The Duke (from the context, clearly the Duke of Kircaldy) (from Cry Baby Cry)

Fictional: L

 * Miss Lizzy (in the song Dizzy Miss Lizzy)

Fictional: M

 * Lady Madonna (from the song Lady Madonna)
 * King of Marigold (from the song Cry Baby Cry)
 * Queen of Marigold (from the song Cry Baby Cry)
 * Loretta Martin (from the song Get Back)
 * Captain Marvel (in the song The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill)
 * Martha (from the song Martha My Dear)
 * Mary Jane (from the song What's the New Mary Jane)
 * Mother Mary (from the song Let It Be)
 * Michelle (from the song Michelle)
 * Mr. Mustard (from the song Mean Mr. Mustard)

Fictional: N

 * Nancy (a.k.a. McGill or Lil) (from the song Rocky Raccoon)
 * Nowhere Man (from the song Nowhere Man)

Fictional: P

 * Sergeant Pepper (from the song Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the movie Yellow Submarine)
 * PC 31 (as in "Police Constable 31" from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer)
 * Polythene Pam (from the songs Mean Mr. Mustard and Polythene Pam)

Fictional: R

 * Eleanor Rigby (from the song Eleanor Rigby)
 * Rita (from the song Lovely Rita)
 * Rocky Raccoon (from the song Rocky Raccoon)
 * Rose (from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer)

Fictional: S

 * Sally (in the song Long Tall Sally)
 * Sexy Sadie (from the song Sexy Sadie)
 * Billy Shears (from the song Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

Fictional: V

 * Valerie (from the song Maxwell's Silver Hammer)
 * Vera (from the song When I'm Sixty-four)

Fictional: W

 * The Walrus (in I Am the Walrus and Glass Onion)
 * Georgie Wood (from the song Dig It) (likely a nickname for George Harrison)

Real characters
Beatles members and associates:
 * Jane Asher (alluded to in many early Paul McCartney songs, such as Here, There and Everywhere)
 * Peter Brown (in the song The Ballad of John and Yoko)
 * Paul McCartney (in the song Glass Onion)
 * George Harrison (in the song Honey Don't)
 * Julia (Julia Lennon)(from the song Julia &mdash; although this song also alludes to Yoko Ono, whose name is Japanese for ocean child)
 * Jude (Julian Lennon) (from the song Hey Jude)
 * John Lennon (in the song The Ballad of John and Yoko)
 * Yoko Ono (in the song The Ballad of John and Yoko, and alluded to in Julia)
 * Ringo Starr (in the song You Know My Name (Look Up the Number))
 * Maureen Starkey (a.k.a. Mo) (in the song Get Back)

Historical figures and other famous people:

Real: B

 * Ludwig van Beethoven (in the song Roll Over Beethoven)
 * Tara Browne (alluded to in A Day in the Life)
 * Matt Busby (in the song Dig It)

Real: D

 * Doris Day (in the song Dig It)
 * Bob Dylan (in the song Yer Blues)

Real: F

 * Pablo Fanque (from the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!)

Real: G

 * Gideon (publisher and provider of motel-room Bibles) (from the song Rocky Raccoon)

Real: H

 * Charles Hawtrey (in the song Two of Us)
 * Edward Heath (in the song Taxman)
 * The Hendersons (acrobatic troupe) (from the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!)
 * Henry The Horse (from the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!)

Real: J

 * Elmore James (in the song For You Blue)

Real: K

 * BB King (in the song Dig It)
 * Mr. Kite (from the song Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!)

Real: L

 * Timothy Leary (alluded to as the "he" of Come Together; the song Think for Yourself may have been inspired by one of his catchphrases)
 * Lucy [O'Donnell] (from the songs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and I Am the Walrus)

Real: M

 * Chairman Mao (in the songs Revolution and Revolution 1)

Real: P

 * "Semolina Pilchard" (Det. Sgt. Norman Pilcher)(in the song I Am the Walrus)
 * Edgar Allan Poe (in the song I Am the Walrus)
 * Prudence [Farrow] (from the song Dear Prudence)

Real: R

 * Sir Walter Raleigh (in the song I'm So Tired)
 * Doctor Robert (from the song Doctor Robert)

Real: S

 * Jennifer Saunders, an Apple Scruff (in She Came in Through the Bathroom Window)

Real: T

 * Tchaikovsky (from the song Roll Over Beethoven)

Real: U

 * Unnamed teenage girl (in She's Leaving Home)

Real: W

 * Harold Wilson (in the song Taxman)

Unclear: M

 * Maggie May (from the song Maggie May) (as this is a folk song, the subject may have been a real person)

Unclear: Q

 * The Queen (from Mean Mr. Mustard) (it is not clear whether this is Queen Elizabeth II, or a fictional queen)