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Book cover of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestKen Kesey

Characters in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

12 characters, main characters first.

Antagonists

  • Nurse Ratched

Supporting characters

  • Dale Harding

    College-educated, voluntarily committed Acute patient and informal leader of the ward before McMurphy's arrival.

  • William "Billy" Bibbit

  • Charles Cheswick

  • Doctor Spivey

  • Bruce Fredrickson

  • James "Jim" Sefelt

  • Scanlon

  • Martini