Jürgen Schwarz and Olaf Spiegel are fellow school boys who are examined by Herr Heckenstaller. Stephan Schneider is Hans’ sergeant during World War I. Boris Schipper is an Air Raid Special Unit sergeant during World War I. He makes fun of her for not being able to read, and Liesel beats him up. Ludwig Schmeikl is a student in Liesel’s class. Andy Schmeikl is Ludwig’s older brother and also a member of the group of thieves. The children taunt him and he taunts them back. Pfiffikus is an old man who likes to whistle. Frau Olendrich is Liesel and Rudy’s teacher. He has chronic ear infections, twitches a lot and is not athletically inclined. Tommy Müller is Liesel and Rudy’s classmate whom Liesel beats up after misunderstanding his reaction to her being teased. Harald Mollenhauer is a neighborhood boy and a leader in the Himmel street soccer games. Her husband was taken away for being a communist and Paula awaits the same fate. Paula Meminger is Liesel’s mother, who gives her up into foster care. Thomas Mamer is a grocer who calls for police when Rudy steals the largest potato. Walter helps Max hide from the Nazis before he goes to the Hubermann home. Walter Kugler is Max Vandenberg’s friend, with whom he used to fight in his youth. Joel Kleinmann is a Jewish shopkeeper whose store door is defaced, then repainted by Hans Hubermann. The Jensons are a family that use the Fielders’ basement during air raids. She is a live-in housemaid for a wealthy Munich family. Trudy Hubermann is the Hubermanns’ grown daughter. He is a Nazi Party member who believes his father is a coward for not supporting Hitler. Robert Holtzapfel is Michael’s brother. Michael Holtzapfel is Frau Holtzapfel’s son who returns from the war injured. She spits on their door every time she walks past. Frau Holtzapfel is the Hubermanns’ hostile neighbor. Her son, Johannes Hermann, was killed in World War I and she mourns his death with her silence. Ilsa Hermann is the wife of the mayor of Molching. Heinz Hermann is the mayor of the town of Molching. Frau Heinrich is the woman from the foster care agency who brings Liesel to the Hubermann home. Herr Heckenstaller is a supervising teacher who oversees the humiliating medical examination of Rudy and other boys who are being considered for elite Nazi schools. Fritz Hammer is an older neighborhood boy who introduces Liesel and Rudy to the gang of thieves. Wenzel Gruber is the first boy Max fought with as a child. Rolf Fischer is a Nazi who sees Hans painting Joel Kleinman’s door. Their basement serves as a bomb shelter during air raids. The Fielders are a family that lives six houses down from the Memingers. Wolfgang Edel is a Nazi Party acquaintance of Hans. One must say “Heil Hitler” in order to be served in her shop. Frau Diller is the owner of the corner shop and a fervent Nazi sympathizer. 
Franz Deutscher is Rudy’s sadistic Hitler Youth leader.Viktor Chemmel is Arthur Berg’s successor as leader of the group of thieves.He shows kindness to Liesel and Rudy, and proves to be fair. Arthur Berg is the leader of a group of young thieves who steal food.Liesel runs into him on purpose during a game of soccer. (listed in alphabetical order by last name) Death’s duty is to carry the souls of the dead away.
Death is the sympathetic narrator of Liesel’s story.Max Vandenburg is a young Jewish man who changes the Hubermanns’ lives.He is one of six children and is obsessed with American track athlete Jesse Owens. Rudy Steiner is Liesel’s neighbor and eventual best friend.She washes and irons clothing for the wealthy people of Molching. Rosa Hubermann is Liesel’s foster mother.Once a reluctant soldier during World War I, he is a house painter and accordionist. Hans Hubermann is Liesel’s foster father.She is 9 years old at the beginning of the story, when after the death of her brother she is taken in by the Hubermann family.
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