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Book cover of Cryptonomicon
CryptonomiconNeal StephensonCriptonomicón, book 1

Characters in Cryptonomicon

10 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse

  • Bobby Shaftoe

    A U.S. Marine Raider sergeant whose World War II exploits and codename Cantabrigian run through the novel's wartime timeline.

  • Randy Waterhouse

Supporting characters

  • Douglas MacArthur

  • Enoch Root

  • Robert Shaftoe

  • Earl Comstock

  • Rudolf von Hacklheber

  • Alan Turing