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 in "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 (in "Anna (Go to Him)")

Fictional: B

 * Bungalow Bill (in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill")

Fictional: C

 * Chuck (in "When I'm Sixty-four")
 * Clarabella (in "Clarabella")

Fictional: D

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

Fictional: E

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

Fictional: F

 * The Fool (in "The Fool on the Hill" and "Glass Onion")

Fictional: H

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

Fictional: J

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

Fictional: K

 * Father McKenzie (in "Eleanor Rigby")
 * Duchess of Kirkcaldy (in "Cry Baby Cry")
 * The Duke (from the context, clearly the Duke of Kirkcaldy) (in "Cry Baby Cry")
 * Madmoiselle Kitty (in the Wings song "Rock Show")

Fictional: L

 * Miss Lizzy (in "Dizzy Miss Lizzy")

Fictional: M

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

Fictional: N

 * Nancy (a.k.a. McGill or Lil) (in "Rocky Raccoon")
 * Nowhere Man (in "Nowhere Man")

Fictional: P

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

Fictional: R

 * Eleanor Rigby has been moved to Unclear. See the reference for that entry for the reason.


 * Rita (in "Lovely Rita")
 * Rocky Raccoon (in "Rocky Raccoon")
 * Rose (in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer")

Fictional: S

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

Fictional: V

 * Valerie (in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer")
 * Vera (in "When I'm Sixty-four")

Fictional: W

 * The Walrus (in "I am the Walrus" and "Glass Onion")

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 Ballad of John and Yoko")
 * Paul McCartney (in "Glass Onion")
 * George Harrison (in "Honey Don't")
 * Julia (Julia Lennon)(in "Julia" &mdash; although this song also alludes to Yoko Ono, whose name is Japanese for "ocean child")
 * Jude (Julian Lennon) (in "Hey Jude")
 * John Lennon (in "The Ballad of John and Yoko")
 * Yoko Ono (in "The Ballad of John and Yoko", and alluded to in "Julia")
 * Ringo Starr (in "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)")
 * Maureen Starkey (a.k.a. Mo) (in "Get Back")

Historical figures and other famous people:

Real: B

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

Real: D

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

Real: F

 * Pablo Fanque (in "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!")

Real: G

 * Gideon (publisher and provider of motel-room Bibles) (in "Rocky Raccoon")

Real: H

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

Real: J

 * Elmore James (in "For You Blue")

Real: K

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

Real: L

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

Real: M

 * Chairman Mao (in "Revolution" and "Revolution 1")
 * Mother Mary (in "Let It Be")

Real: P

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

Real: R

 * Sir Walter Raleigh (in "I'm So Tired")
 * Doctor Robert (in "Doctor Robert")

Real: S

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

Real: T

 * Tchaikovsky (in "Roll Over Beethoven")

Real: U

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

Real: W

 * Harold Wilson (in "Taxman")
 * Georgie Wood (in "Dig It")

Unclear: D

 * The Devil (in "Devil in Her Heart" and the George Harrison song "Devil's Radio")

Unclear: L

 * "A man named Lear" (in "Paperback Writer"; this could be a reference to Edward Lear, although he wasn't a novelist)

Unclear: M

 * Maggie May (in "Maggie May") (as this is a folk song, the subject may have been a real person)
 * An unnamed Mother Superior (in "Happiness Is a Warm Gun")

Unclear: Q

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

Unclear: R

 * Eleanor Rigby (in "Eleanor Rigby")