จูลี - Marjane's 18 year old friend who eventually becomes her roommate. Her sexual promiscuity amazes Marjane at first.
โมโม - Marjane's 16 year old friend, a nihilist who only hangs out with her because she has known death and war.
โอลิวิเยร์ กับ ธิเอร์รี - Swissorphans who deal recreational drugs in between classes.
อินกริด - Marjane's friend who teaches her the art of meditation.
คุณนายดร. เฮลเลอร์ - One of Marjane's landlords in Austria, a crackpot psychiatrist (in Marjane's estimation) who accuses her of stealing her brooch and thinks she is being a prostitute when she sees her leave the house, dressed to party.
Svetlana - the Yugoslavian chef at the Cafe Sole where Marjane works for a while. When a customer pinches Marjane's behind, Svetlana spits into his food in revenge.
เพื่อนชาย
เอ็นริก - A Spaniard/Austrian who turns out to be gay.
ฌอง-โปล - Only likes Marjane as a friend
มาร์คัส - the Viennese love of Marjane's life and her first real boyfriend, who slept with her and who breaks her heart after two years of dating, when Marjane finds him in bed with another girl on her birthday.
เรซา - Marjane's Iranian boyfriend who eventually becomes her husband. After three years of marriage, they divorce.
