Characters in Inferno

Robert Langdon

Harvard professor of symbology who wakes in Florence with no memory of the previous two days.

Also in Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Origin, The Secret of Secrets

Bertrand Zobrist

Transhumanist geneticist obsessed with human overpopulation, whose creation drives the plot.

Elizabeth Sinskey

Director-General of the World Health Organization, hunting Zobrist's creation.

Marta Alvarez

Pregnant Palazzo Vecchio administrator who admits Langdon to Dante's death mask.

Ignazio Busoni

Director of Florence's Il Duomo, who helps Langdon before dying of a heart attack.