A list of characters from Final Fantasy VII and associated works. For tropes applying to them as they appear in Final Fantasy VII Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, see here.
- Final Fantasy VII: Playable Characters note Cloud Strife, Barret Wallace, Tifa Lockhart, Aerith Gainsborough, Red XIII, Yuffie Kisaragi, Cait Sith, Vincent Valentine, Cid Highwind, Zack Fair
- Final Fantasy VII: Shinra Inc. note Rufus Shinra, The Turks, Hojo, President Shinra, Heidegger, Scarlet, Palmer, Reeve Tuesti, Hollander, Gast Faramis, Lucrecia Crescent
- Final Fantasy VII: SOLDIER note Genesis Rhapsodos, Angeal Hewley, Lazard Deusericus, Kunsel, Glenn Lodbrok, Lucia Lin, Matt Winsord
- Final Fantasy VII: Deepground note Weiss, Nero, Azul, Rosso, Shelke, Argento
- Final Fantasy VII: Other Antagonists note Jenova, Don Corneo, Dyne, the remnants of Sephiroth, members of AVALANCHE, Zirconiade
- Final Fantasy VII: Other Characters note Marlene Wallace, Denzel, Moogle Girl, Biggs, Jessie, Wedge, Elmyra Gainsborough, Zangan, Bugenhagen, Cloud's Mother, Tifa's Father, Godo Kisaragi, Shera, Johnny, Ifalna, Shalua Rui, The Weapons, and Minerva
- Final Fantasy VII Bosses note Guard Scorpion, Air Buster, Aps, Sample: H0512, Hundred Gunner & Heli-gunner, Motor Ball, Bottomswell, Gi Nattack, Lost Number, Materia Keeper, Red Dragon, Demon’s Gate, Schizo, Carry Armor, Proud Clod