Atlas Shrugged characters

Dagny Taggart

One of the mysterious personages in the story. A commitment to extremes and maximalism characterizes the heroine's temperament. Sometimes the choice made by her is quite hard to explain with rational arguments. She is guided by emotions and knows how to appear at a party or a dinner effectively...

John Galt

Protagonist and the main query of the novel, answer to which readers are looking for in a long plot. His temper is surrounded by numerous legends about the fountain of youth or the underwater country. John belongs to the gray cardinals, pulling strings for the sake of the evolution of the...

Hank Rearden

Hank Rearden embodies the romantic hero in love with Dagny Taggart. His fate is extremely unhappy because he is married to an unloved woman. His true sympathy suddenly disappears from the city, causing a storm of negative assumptions. When Dagny appears with a new guy, Hank is forced to come to...

Francisco d'Anconia

Francisco d'Anconia embodies a personage surrounded by a halo of mystery. He resembles a charade, which must be put into a single puzzle from separate fragments of his biography. His temper is distinguished by passion, energy and a huge stock of charm. The hero is handsome and witty, which...

James Taggart

James Taggart is a true friend of the novel, spending most of his time in planning intrigues and spreading dirty gossip. Of course, he does not call the masses for revolution and havoc of fundamentals. He unconsciously loses control of his emotions, denying the deeds committed. James is both a...

Ragnar Danneskjöld

One of the strangest personages in the novel. His temper inspires fear and doubt, so people in business do not want to have affairs with him. His biography is decorated with exorcisms and terrible gossip, retelling his predatory raids. In fact, he is a pirate of the new time with the principles of...

Lillian Rearden

Lillian Rearden is one of the minor personages in the novel, distinguished by the senselessness of many deeds. She suffers from boredom, which explains her constant desire to annoy her husband Hank. Trying to cause him suffering, the girl demonstrates true monotony in the choice of methods of...