Characters of El Filibusterismo

• Simoun is Crisóstomo Ibarra reincarnated as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a revolution.
• Basilio is Sisa's son, now an aspiring doctor.
• Isagani is Basilio's best friend; portrayed as emotional and reactive; Paulita Gómez' boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Peláez.
• Kabesang Tales is Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) who resurfaced as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin (Tagalog for Hawkeye); his father, Old Man Selo.
• Don Custodio or Custodio de Salazar y Sánchez de Monteredondo is a famous journalist who was asked by the students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano.
• Paulita Gómez is the girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina, the old India who passes herself off as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadaña.
• Father Florentino is Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose the priesthood instead.
• Huli or Juliana de Dios is the girlfriend of Basilio and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales.
• Ben Zayb or Abraham Ibañez is his real name; a journalist who thinks he is the only one thinking in the Philippines.
• Placido Penitente is a student of the University of Santo Tomas who is always miserable, and therefore controls his temper.
• Quiroga is a Chinese businessman who dreamt of being a consul of a Consulate of China in the Philippines; hid Simoun's weapons inside his house.
• Old Man Selo is the father of Kabesang Tales; raised the sick and young Basilio after his mother Sisa had died.
• Father Fernandez is the priest-friend of Isagani; promised to Isagani that he and the other priests will give in to the students' demands.
• Attorney Pasta is one of the great lawyers of mid-Hispanic Manila.
• Captain-General is the powerful highest official of the Philippines.
• Padre Sibyla or Hernando de la Sibyla, a Filipino friar and now vice-rector of the University of Santo Tomas (U.S.T.).