Characters in Gaudy Night
- Lord Peter Wimsey – protagonist, an aristocratic amateur detective
- Harriet Vane – protagonist, a mystery writer
- Letitia Martin – Dean of Shrewsbury College
- Helen de Vine – A new Research Fellow at Shrewsbury College
- Miss Lydgate – Harriet's former tutor
- Dr Baring – Warden of Shrewsbury College
- Miss Hillyard – A history don at Shrewsbury College
- Phoebe Tucker – Harriet's old college friend
- Lord Saint-George – Lord Peter's nephew, an undergraduate at The House
- Reggie Pomfret – An undergraduate at Queen's College
- Miss Burrows – The college librarian
- Annie Wilson – A scout at Shrewsbury College
- Padgett – The Head Porter at Shrewsbury College
- Mervyn Bunter – Lord Peter's valet
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