Character Analysis
Frank Poole
The other non-hibernating astronaut on Discovery. He is indistinguishable from Bowman in most respects, except that he's the one who gets killed.
Whitehead, Kaminski, & Hunter
The three astronauts in hibernation on the Discovery.
Nick Miller
An American security officer on the space station orbiting earth.
Dmitri Moisevitch
A Russian scientist, friends with Heywood Floyd.
Ralph Halverson
An administrator on the moon.
Diana Halverson
Ralph's moon-born four-year-old daughter (see Symbols: Diana Halverson).
Roy Michaels
Chief Scientist on the moon.
One-Ear
The leader of the Others, the man-ape tribe that screams at Moon-Watcher's tribe across the river. One-Ear's tribe isn't helped by the slab, so One-Ear gets killed. Which doesn't seem fair, really.