American Horror Story/Season One Characters

Season one of American Horror Story centers around the contemporary Harmon family, as they move into a large, 1920s Los Angeles house, without realizing that it's haunted. This page lists all characters appearing in at least two episodes, as well as every non-recurring ghost character.

The characters are listed by number of appearances, including all 12 episodes of the season.

Total tally

Including all ghosts appearing on the show, and all recurring humans.

45 characters 13 alive 31 ghosts 1 deceased

The Harmons

Including the Harmon family.

5 characters 1 alive 4 ghosts

Character	Actor	#	Status
Ben Harmon	Dylan McDermott	12	Ghost
Vivien Harmon	Connie Britton	12	Ghost
Violet Harmon	Taissa Farmiga	11	Ghost
Jeffery Harmon	unidentified	2	Ghost
Michael Langdon	Asher Gian Starita	2	Alive

Murder House ghosts

Including all known additional ghosts having haunted the house from 1926 to 2011.

22 characters 22 ghosts

Additional humans

Including all other recurring, non-ghost, characters.

13 characters 12 alive 1 deceased

Westfield High Massacre ghosts

Including all known ghosts of the victims of the 1994 Westfield High Massacre.

5 characters 5 ghosts