Red Dead Redemption 2’s story revolves around the Van Der Linde Gang and their last days in the wild west. While the gang members were just a bunch of dangerous outlaws, this group acted like a family, caring for each other and even following a moral code.
At the end of the game, most of the gang is either dead or turned into a darker version of themselves. A few managed to turn their lives around and became more than just someone living outside society’s rules. Nevertheless, keeping up with every gang member can be challenging, so here you have all of the Van Der L inde Gang members’ details and back-story.
23 Dutch Van Der Linde
If you can’t already tell, Dutch is the leader of the Van Der Linde Gang. The man who started it all. While he is the main antagonist in RDR, Dutch wasn’t always a bad guy, yes he was the leader of a bunch of outlaws, but he had principles and ideals. During the events of RDR2, fans truly get to know this character and see how Dutch slowly loses his sanity and becomes a villain in the story.
Age: 44 in RDR2 and 56 in RDR
Birthday: isn’t specified, but he was born in 1855
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Dutch is believed to be 6 feet
22 Hosea Matthews
Hosea is Dutch’s right hand and the oldest member in the gang, which is why all the other members look up to him and seek out his advice. Hosea met Dutch when they were both trying to rob each other at a campfire. After that, they quickly became friends, and the rest is history.
Age: 55
Birthday: He was born in 1844
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but he is believed to be 5'10
21 Arthur Morgan
Arthur speaks like an older man, but he is only in his late thirty. Arthur’s life has been full of tragedy. He lost his son, Isaac, by the hand of some robbers, the love of his life, Mary, wouldn’t stay with him due to his chosen lifestyle, and he had to witness how the band he considers family slowly disintegrates. Still, Arthur has a good heart and even acts as a father figure to John.
Age: 36
Birthday: Born circa 1863
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but he is believed to be 6'2
20 John Marston
John is probably one of the best-known characters in the Red Dead games. After all, he is the protagonist in the first game and acts like a central character in Red Dead Redemption 2; you can even play as him in the end-game. John is not a saint, but he changes his ways; players can see his character growing from a lonely gang member into a family man throughout the games.
Age: 26 in RDR2 and 38 in RDR
Birthday: Born in 1873
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but John is believed to be 6'0
19 Bill Williamson
A former member of the army, Bill is a tough guy who found a purpose in Dutch’s gang, making him super loyal to Dutch even after he goes insane by the end of the game. He is a skilled rifleman and is in charge of the explosives. While he was an almost decent man, by the time he left the gang, he had become amoral, ruthless, and a darker person overall.
Age: 33
Birthday: Born in 1866
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Bill is believed to be 6'1
18 Micah Bell
If there were an award for the most hated character in a video game, Micah would be there in the top spots. Still, some Reddit users with very unpopular opinions think he wasn’t that bad. Nevertheless, the facts remain that Micah is considered to be a wild and unpredictable person and was the one who sold the band to the Pinkertons.
Age: 39
Birthday: Born circa 1860
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Micah is believed to be 5'10
17 Charles Smith
When the game starts, Charles is the newest addition to the gang. He is, without a doubt, the character with the highest honor in the entire gang. You can see this in Charles’s selfless actions, like returning to bury Arthur and Mrs. Grimshaw’s bodies.
Age: 27
Birthday:
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Charles is believed to be 6'4
16 Lenny Summers
Aside from John’s son, Lenny is the youngest member of the gang. Despite his age, Lenny is quite capable, even getting to the point where Hosea and Arthur think of him as one of the gang’s best men. He is a confident man and loyal to the gang until his last breath.
Age: 19
Birthday: Born circa 1880
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Lenny is believed to be 5'11
15 Sadie Adler
Sadie is among the fan-favorite characters in the game; she is Arthur’s true friend and is loyal to him even after his death. Sadie started as the underdog, the widow the gang had just rescued, and eventually, Sadie turned into her own person, a more than capable woman who won’t take crap from anyone.
Age: 25
Birthday: not stated
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Sadie is believed to be 5'6
14 Karen Jones
Don’t get fooled by her pretty face, Karen knows very well what kind of life she’s living and likes it. She is a somewhat skilled actress who uses her talent during the gang’s robberies and scams. However, after Sean’s death, Karen becomes a darker person, turning into alcohol to soothe her pain.
Age: in her mid-20s
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Karen is believed to be 5'8
13 Uncle
Uncle is a man that already lived his life; all he has left now is alcohol, a nasty case of lumbago, and the gang. Usually, Uncle comes off as lazy, but during the epilogue, he helps John out during the process of building Beecher’s Hope and later on stays in the ranch with the Marston family.
Age: 50
Birthday: Born in 1849
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Uncle is believed to be 5'11
12 Abigail Roberts
A former prostitute, Abigail is John’s on and off love interest and the mother of Jack. She often fights with John because he does not want to take responsibility for the family they have. Eventually, John settles down, and the three of them move to a ranch to try a new lifestyle, leaving behind their past as outlaws.
Age: 22
Birthday: born in 1877
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Abigail is believed to be 5'7
11 Jack Marston
Jack is John’s and Abigail’s son. Since he is a child in the second game, not much is known about his personality. One thing is for sure. Jack is brilliant. He spends most of his time reading, which furthers his knowledge but also made him shy. After the events of Red Dead Redemption, he is the last known gang member to be alive.
Age: 4 in RDR2 and 16 in RDR
Birthday: born in 1895
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Jack is believed to be 3'8
10 Simon Pearson
A former sailor in the United States Navy, Pearson was the one in charge of feeding the gang, acting as the butcher and cook. Simon is one of the few gang members that got a somewhat happy ending. Just before everything went south, he left the gang to open a general store in Rhodes.
Age: 48
Birthday: born in 1851
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Simon is believed to be 6'0
9 Leopold Strauss
Strauss is the brains of the whole operation, as he is responsible for the group’s finances. Eventually, he got into the sharking loan business, dooming Arthur’s health as a consequence.
Age: 53
Birthday: born in 1846
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Strauss is believed to be 5'7
8 Javier Escuella
An outlaw and a Mexican revolutionary, Javier was born to fight against the status quo. Like what happened with Hosea, Dutch met Javier when they both were trying to steal some chicken; after that, he offered Javier a spot in the gang. Escuella is another character that appears in both games, though in different circumstances. He is a significant character in RDR2 but a secondary antagonist in RDR.
Age: never stated
Birthday: never stated
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Javier is believed to be 5'9
7 Sean MacGuire
Sean comes from a long line of criminals, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that he ended up in Dutch’s gang. This Irish man is described as a cheerful person but overconfident in his abilities. Like many others before him, Sean was killed during one of the gang’s shenanigans, breaking the group’s spirit even more.
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Sean is believed to be 5'10
6 Mary-Beth Gaskill
Mary-Beth is one of the sweetest gang members who genuinely see the rest of the group as her family. Players often see her in the camp reading romance novels, which foreshadows her future as she, later on, becomes a novelist under a pen name.
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Mary-Beth is believed to be 5'5
5 Josiah Trelawny
Josiah is a peculiar character; he seems like a proper gentleman, but under that suit and top hat lies a skilled criminal and trickster. He isn’t always present in the group’s life, coming and going as he pleases, leaving the gang for good when everything starts to fall apart.
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Josiah is believed to be 5'9
4 Molly O’Shea
Although Molly was born in a wealthy family back in Dublin, she ended up in America as a gang member and Dutch’s love interest. She never quite fitted with the rest of the girls, mainly due to Molly thinking she didn’t have to participate in the camp’s chores. In the end, she was killed by Susan due to everyone thinking Molly was the rat.
Height: isn’t stated in the game or the Wikia, but Molly is believed to be 5'5
