List of Peanuts characters

The Peanuts gang (From L-R): Franklin, Woodstock, Lucy van Pelt, Snoopy, Linus van Pelt, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty and Sally Brown.

This is a list of characters from the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. This list contains limited information on the characters; for more, visit their respective articles.

Main characters

Character	Date Introduced	Last appearance	Character traits
Charlie Brown	1950-10-02October 2, 1950	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	The main character, an everyman with ever-changing mood and grace; both befriended by all and ostracised by everyone; a loser-yet-leader who rises out of every downfall with shining hope and determination.
Patty	1950-10-02October 2, 1950	1985-11-22November 27, 1997	An early character who sometimes bullies the others; served as an early love interest of Charlie Brown.
Shermy	1950-10-02October 2, 1950	1969-06-15June 15, 1969	An early character, served as a love interest of Patty.
Snoopy	1950-10-04October 4, 1950	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Charlie Brown's pet dog.
Violet Gray	1951-02-07February 7, 1951	1985-11-22November 27, 1997	Lucy's and Patty's best friend; a mean and snobby girl; served as an early love interest of Charlie Brown
Schroeder	1951-05-30May 30, 1951	1999-09-12September 12, 1999	A piano-playing character; Lucy's love interest; admirer of Beethoven; Charlie Brown's second best friend after Linus.
Lucy van Pelt	1952-03-03March 3, 1952	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Linus' older sister; a bossy, crabby girl who sometimes torments Charlie Brown; has a crush on Schroeder.
Linus van Pelt	1952-09-19September 19, 1952	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Charlie Brown's blanket-toting best friend; Sally's love interest; the most insecure but the smartest out of all the characters, with the most intellectualism; a philosopher and theologian.
Pig-Pen	1954-07-13July 13, 1954	1999-09-08September 8, 1999	The character who attracts dust, making him very filthy. In one comic strip, Pig Pen is walking with Violet walking behind him. At the end of that strip, Violet says, "Pig Pen, you're the only person I know who can get dirty just by walking down the street."
Sally Brown	1959-08-23August 23, 1959	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Charlie Brown's younger sister who has a crush on Linus; often complains about or overreacts to situations.
Frieda	1961-03-06March 6, 1961	1985-11-22November 22, 1985	The girl who brags about her "naturally curly hair" and is quite obsessed about her beauty.
Woodstock	1966-03-17March 4, 1966	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Snoopy's best friend; a tiny yellow bird. Schulz did not give him a name until June 22, 1970.
Peppermint Patty	1966-08-22August 22, 1966	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	A freckle-faced tomboy who loves Charlie Brown; calls him 'Chuck'; leader of a baseball team and one of Charlie Brown's rival managers.
Franklin	1968-07-31July 31, 1968	1999-09-12November 5, 1999	The African-American child; was initially bemused by the strange things in Charlie Brown's neighborhood; has smarts comparable to Linus; manages a baseball team that has rivaled Charlie Brown's.
Marcie	1968-06-18July 20, 1971	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	A mild-mannered and bookish girl; Peppermint Patty's best friend despite their very different personalities; calls her "Sir"; secretly likes Charlie Brown
Rerun van Pelt	1973-03-26March 26, 1973	2000-02-13February 13, 2000	Younger brother of Linus and Lucy; frequently rides on the back of his mother's bicycle; often takes his siblings' places and roles.
Eudora	1978-06-13June 13, 1978	1987-06-13June 13, 1987	A girl Sally met at a camp who then moved down the street.
Peggy Jean	1990-07-23July 23, 1990	1999-07-11July 11, 1999	Charlie Brown's girlfriend in the 1990s after the Little Red-Haired Girl.

Minor characters

Main article: List of minor characters in Peanuts

A list of the minor characters.

• Roy: Friend of Peppermint Patty and Franklin; seen at camp with Charlie Brown.
• Charlotte Braun: An early, short-lived female version of Charlie Brown.
• Kite-Eating Tree: A large tree that eats kites; often depicted with large teeth and grins.
• Spike: A brother of Snoopy.
• Joe Agate: A marbles champion, who cheated Rerun and an unnamed girl. Charlie Brown then won all of Rerun's marbles back. Like Peppermint Patty, he calls Snoopy "that funny-looking kid".
• Ms. Othmar: The kids' teacher, whom Linus has a crush on.

Unseen characters

• Adults implied in the strip (but not seen) include: all of the characters' parents; Linus van Pelt's teacher Miss Othmar; Miss Halverson (Miss Othmar's replacement); Charlie Brown's baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik; and Linus's blanket-hating grandmother. Adults in most of the Peanuts animated cartoons are only heard by the unintelligible (to the audience) sounds of a trombone (wah-wah-wah).
• The Little Red-Haired Girl (Charlie Brown's crush), seen in many animated television specials where she was known as "Heather", but was never seen in the strip itself (except once in silhouette).
• The Great Pumpkin, a holiday figure whom Linus believes to appear in the most sincere pumpkin patch to deliver presents to good children, but never confirmed to be real and is likely a legendary creation of Linus's imagination.
• The Cat Next Door who often destroys Snoopy's house.
• The Red Baron, is the nemesis Snoopy fights while in the guise of a World War I Flying Ace complete with goggles, helmet and scarf. The battles occur while Snoopy is perched on his doghouse that becomes his Sopwith Camel plane through the power of his imagination. The battles between Snoopy and the Red Baron began in an October 10, 1965 Peanuts strip.