John F. Kennedy—President of the United States

Lee Harvey Oswald—clerk at the Texas School Book Depository who was accused of killing Kennedy

Jack Ruby—Dallas nightclub owner who shot Oswald

Officer J.D. Tippit—a Dallas patrolman who was shot less than an hour after Kennedy was shot. Oswald was accused of the murder.

Abraham Zapruder—bystander on the grassy knoll who was filming the motorcade as it passed in front of Dealey Plaza

Earl Warren—Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and head of the Warren Commission which was established to report on the assassination.

Little Lynn—the Fort Worth stripper to whom Ruby reportedly sent a moneygram shortly before he shot Oswald.

Johnny Brewer—a shoe salesman at Hardy Shoe Store who led police to Oswald in the Texas Theater.

Lee Bowers—a worker in the rail yard behind the grassy knoll. Claimed he saw a "puff of smoke" near the picket fence after Kennedy was shot.