2. Golde - Tevye's wife
3. Tzeitel - Tevye's eldest daughter
4. Hodel - Tevye's second daughter
5. Chava - Tevye's youngest daughter
6. Perchik - A radical political activist and Tevye's intellectual son-in-law
7. Motel Kamzoil - A tailor and Tzeitel's husband
8. Fyedka - A Russian gentile and Hodel's husband
9. Sasha - A Russian revolutionary who befriends Perchik
10. Lazar Wolf - A wealthy butcher who proposes marriage to Tzeitel
11. Yente the Matchmaker - A nosy matchmaker
12. Rabbi - The spiritual leader of the Jewish community
13. Avram and Nachum - Tevye's deceased first and second wives
14. Grandma Tzeitel - Tevye's mother-in-law