List of characters in the Harry Potter books

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This is a list of characters in the Harry Potter books. They are all fictional characters that have appeared in one or more Harry Potter-related book.

Contents

[edit] Students

[edit] Students by House

Gryffindor
4 yrs below Harry 3 yrs below Harry 2 yrs below Harry 1 yr below Harry Harry's year 1 yr above Harry 2 years above Harry 4 years above Harry Unknown year
Euan Abercrombie Dennis Creevey Romilda Vane Ginny Weasley Harry James Potter Katie Bell Fred Weasley Percy Weasley Ritchie Coote
Jimmy Peakes Colin Creevey Ronald Bilius Weasley Cormac McLaggen George Weasley Oliver Wood Andrew Kirke
Natalie McDonald Hermione Jane Granger Lee Jordan Demelza Robins
Neville Longbottom Alicia Spinnet Jack Sloper
Dean Thomas Angelina Johnson Vicky Frobisher
Parvati Patil Kenneth Towler Geoffrey Hooper
Seamus Finnigan
Lavender Brown
  • Notes
    • Kenneth Towler (roommate of Fred, George, and Lee; a victim of one of their pranks.)
    • Euan Abercrombie (sorting hat)
    • Vicky Frobisher (Book 5 Quidditch tryouts)
    • Geoffrey Hooper (Book 5 Quidditch tryouts)
Ravenclaw
younger than Harry Harry's year older than Harry Unknown year
Luna Lovegood Terry Boot Eddie Carmichael S. Fawcett
Stewart Ackerley Mandy Brocklehurst Cho Chang Bradley
Orla Quirke Anthony Goldstein Penelope Clearwater Chambers
Padma Patil Roger Davies
Lisa Turpin Marietta Edgecombe
Michael Corner Marcus Belby
Hufflepuff
younger than Harry Harry's year older than Harry Unknown year
Eleanor Branstone Hannah Abbott Cedric Diggory Summerby
Owen Cauldwell Susan Bones Cadwallader
Laura Madley Justin Finch-Fletchley Zacharias Smith
Kevin Whitby Ernie Macmillan
Rose Zeller
  • Notes
    • Cedric Diggory (killed in Book 4)
Slytherin
younger than Harry Harry's year older than Harry Unknown year
Malcolm Baddock Draco Malfoy Miles Bletchley Montague
Graham Pritchard Vincent Crabbe Lucian Bole Urquhart
Harper Gregory Goyle Peregrin Derrick Vaisey
Pansy Parkinson Terence Higgs C. Warrington
Millicent Bulstrode Marcus Flint
Daphne Greengrass Adrian Pucey
Theodore Nott
Blaise Zabini

[edit] Hogwarts students, house unknown

  • Harry's Year
  • Different year from Harry's
    • Derek (a first-year who attended the Christmas feast in Harry's third year and was offered some chipolatas by Dumbledore himself)
    • Harold DingleOP Ch.31
    • Emma Dobbs (known only from The Sorting Hat; three years younger than Harry)
    • Patricia Stimpson (student in Fred and George's year)
  • Year unknown
    • Eloise Midgen (student with a severe acne problem; referred to several times in conversations, but never actually seen)
    • Leanne (friend of Katie Bell)

[edit] Other students mentioned in J. K. Rowling's character notes

During a 2001 TV special called Harry Potter and Me, J.K. Rowling showed the camera an early notebook page listing some of the students in Harry's year. Each student's name was given, along with her/his gender, house, and "blood status". These notes are not considered canon, as many of the characters have undergone significant changes from the notes to the books. For instance, Michael Corner and Anthony Goldstein are listed as Hufflepuffs in the notebook, but when they are introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, both of them are Ravenclaws; indeed, Anthony Goldstein is one of the Ravenclaw prefects.

There are several students from Harry's year who are mentioned in the notebook, but have not yet been introduced in the actual books. They are listed below for the sake of completeness, but some of their names and houses may change if/when they appear in the series properly.

  • Stephen Cornfoot (Ravenclaw)
  • Tracey Davis (Slytherin)
  • Kevin Entwhistle (Ravenclaw)
  • Wayne Hopkins (Hufflepuff)
  • Megan Jones (Hufflepuff)
  • Su Li (Ravenclaw)
  • Isabel MacDougal (Ravenclaw, possibly an earlier version of Morag MacDougal)
  • Malone (Unknown)
  • Rivers (Unknown)
  • Roper (Unknown)
  • Runcorn (Unknown)
  • Spinks (Unknown)

[edit] Past students

[edit] Other schools

[edit] Hogwarts employees

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Hogwarts Headmasters and Headmistresses

  • Albus Dumbledore (headmaster 1955-1997 (book 6), Gryffindor, killed by Severus Snape)
  • Dolores Umbridge (acting Hogwarts headmistress in book 5 (1995-1996))
  • Minerva McGonagall (acting Hogwarts headmistress for a short period at the end of 1993 [end of book 2], and from 1997 [end of book 6]; Gryffindor)
  • Dilys Derwent (former Hogwarts headmistress 1741-1768)
  • Armando Dippet (former Hogwarts headmaster until 1955)
  • Everard Proudfoot (former Hogwarts headmaster)
  • Fortescue (former Hogwarts headmaster)
  • Phineas Nigellus (former Hogwarts headmaster; Slytherin)

[edit] Heads of Houses

[edit] Defence Against the Dark Arts professors

(during Harry's time in school, in order, each served one year)

  • Year 1: Quirinus Quirrell – Was a host to Voldemort's soul, died when Voldemort left him after battling Harry Potter.
  • Year 2: Gilderoy Lockhart – Inadvertently wiped his own memory and is now in St. Mungo's.
  • Year 3: Remus Lupin – Resigned after being revealed as a werewolf.
  • Year 4: Alastor Moody – Trapped and impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr. for the entire year; Barty Crouch Jr. received the Dementor's Kiss.
  • Year 5: Dolores Umbridge – Power crave, eventually becomes headmistress, driven out and traumatised by Centaurs, for calling them "filthy half-breeds"; tried to leave quietly afterwards, ended up getting chased out by the students
  • Year 6: Severus Snape – Fled Hogwarts after killing Dumbledore.

[edit] Other Hogwarts professors

[edit] Other Hogwarts employees

[edit] O.W.L. (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) Examiners

[edit] Other schools

[edit] Other professors

[edit] Ghosts and poltergeists

[edit] Portraits

[edit] Order of the Phoenix

[edit] Surviving members

[edit] Died in First War

[edit] Permanently incapacitated in First War

[edit] Died in Second War

[edit] Double agents

[edit] Dark wizards and witches

[edit] Lord Voldemort and Death Eaters

[edit] Other Dark Wizards

[edit] Ministry of Magic

[edit] Minister for Magic

[edit] Ministry workers

  • Ludo Bagman (former Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports)
  • Bob (Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
  • Broderick Bode (former Unspeakable)
  • Amelia Bones (former Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement)
  • Dirk Cresswell (Head of Goblin Liaison Office)
  • Croaker (Unspeakable)
  • Bartemius Crouch, Sr. (former Head of the Department of International Cooperation)
  • Amos Diggory (Department of the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
  • Madam Edgecombe (Department of Magical Transportation, Floo Network Office)
  • Mafalda Hopkirk (Improper Use of Magic Office)
  • Bertha Jorkins (former official of Department of Magical Games and Sports, Department of International Cooperation)
  • Walden Macnair (Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Magical Creatures, Death Eater)
  • Cuthbert Mockridge (Goblin Liaison Office)
  • Bob Ogden (official of Department of Magical Law Enforcement 50 years ago)
  • Arnold Peasegood (Obliviator)
  • Perkins (Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office)
  • Newt Scamander (former official of Department of Magical Creatures, Beast Division) (retired)
  • Dolores Umbridge (Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic)
  • Rufus Scrimgeour (former Head of Auror Division, now Minister)
  • Wilkie Twycross (Official Ministry Apparition Instructor)
  • Arthur Weasley (Former Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department, now Head of Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects)
  • Percy Weasley (Junior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic)
  • Gilbert Wimple (Committee on Experimental Charms)
  • Tiberius McLaggen (Uncle of Cormac McLaggen)

[edit] Aurors

[edit] Members of the Wizengamot

[edit] Other Ministry workers

  • Basil (Transportation)
  • Eric Munch (security guard in the Atrium)

[edit] Quidditch-related characters

[edit] Hogwarts Quidditch Players

See: Hogwarts Quidditch teams

[edit] International Quidditch players

  • Irish Players
    • Connolly (beater)
    • Aidan Lynch (seeker)
    • Mullet (chaser)
    • Moran (chaser)
    • Quigley (beater)
    • Barry Ryan (keeper)
    • Troy (chaser)
  • Bulgarian Players
    • Dimitrov (chaser)
    • Ivanova (chaser)
    • Viktor Krum (seeker)
    • Levski (chaser)
    • Volkov (beater)
    • Vulchanov (beater)
    • Zograf (keeper)
  • Other
    • Gwenog Jones (Captain of the Holyhead Harpies)
    • Ludo Bagman (former beater for the Wisborn Wasp)
    • Oliver Wood (On reserve for Puddlemere United)
    • Catriona MacCormack
    • Rudolf Brand, Seeker for the Heidelsburg Harriers
    • Gwendolyn Morgan, Keeper for the Holyhead Harpies
    • Glynnis Griffiths, Seeker for the Holyhead Harpies
    • Roderick Plumpton
    • Barry Ryan, Beater for the Irish Quidditch team
    • Meaghen MacCormack, Daughter of Catriona MacCormack
    • Karl Broadmoore, Beater for the Falmouth Falcons
    • Kevin Broadmoore, Beater for the Falmouth Falcons
    • Darren O'Hare
    • "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn, player for the Caerphilly Catapults, eaten by a Chimaera on his vacation in Mykonos, Greece; a "serious bites" ward in St. Mungo's is named for him
    • Basil Horton, Player for the Falmouth Falcons, position unknown
    • Randolph Keitch, Player for the Falmouth Falcons, position unknown
    • Josef Wronski, namesake of the Wronski Feint

[edit] Other

  • Hassan Mostafa, referee of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup
  • Archie (Known to have accidentally worn a woman's robe when trying to dress like a Muggle at the Quidditch World Cup) (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

[edit] Historical witches and wizards

[edit] Chocolate Frog Characters

[edit] Hogwarts Founders

[edit] Other Historical Witches and Wizards

[edit] Minor relatives of major characters

[edit] Other wizards and witches

[edit] Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley, and Hogsmeade-related

[edit] Healers

[edit] Authors

[edit] Musicians

  • Stubby Boardman, lead singer of the band the Hobgoblins, former bass player for the Weird Sisters, rumoured in The Quibbler to be the alias of Sirius Black
  • Celestina Warbeck, singer
  • The Weird Sisters, a band

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • R.A.B.[HP6] (found one of Voldemort's horcruxes - thought maybe to be Regulus Black or another "Black" with an ungiven first or middle name, or possibly the initials for a nickname)
  • Doris Crockford
  • Barnabas Cuffe (editor of the Daily Prophet)
  • Ambrosius Flume
  • Gladys Gudgeon
  • Ciceron Harkiss
  • Madam Marsh
  • Tiberius Ogden
  • Ernie Prang
  • Doris Purkiss
  • Sanguini (vampire)
  • Stan Shunpike
  • Rita Skeeter
  • Veronica Smethley
  • Hepzibah Smith
  • Felix Summerbee
  • Willy Widdershins
  • Hambledon Quince

[edit] Non-magical characters

[edit] Squibs

[edit] Muggles

  • The Dursleys
  • Dudley's Gang
    • Dennis
    • Gordon
    • Malcolm
    • Piers Polkiss
  • Miscellaneous
    • The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Possibly John Major, although Tony Blair is a more likely candidate, since the Prime Minister in the book's predecessor is specified to be male, and John Major was preceded as Prime Minister by Margaret Thatcher. See historical problems within the timeline of the series.)
    • Hetty Bayliss
    • Amy Benson
    • Dennis Bishop
    • Frank Bryce
    • Cecilia
    • Herbert Chorley
    • Mrs Cole
    • Mary Dorkins
    • Dot (resident of Little Hangleton who gossips about the murder of the Riddles)
    • Mark Evans (Due to his surname, many readers assumed he must be related to Harry's mother and aunt. Rowling has since announced that there is no relation, and that the repetition of the surname was merely a coincidence.)
    • Angus Fleet
    • Colonel Fubster
    • Jim McGuffin
    • Mr and Mrs Granger
    • Mr and Mrs Mason
    • Mr Payne
    • Mrs Polkiss (Piers' mother)
    • Mr Prentice
    • Tom Riddle Sr and his parents
    • Mr and Mrs Roberts and their two children
    • Billy Stubbs
    • Ted, newsreader on the evening news
    • "Mrs Next Door", an unnamed woman living next to the Dursleys
    • Owner of the Railview Hotel
    • Toothless man with rowboat to the hut-on-the-sea
    • "Mrs Number 7" (hears Mungdungus Fletcher disapparate in OotP)

[edit] Other characters

[edit] House-elves

  • Dobby (house-elf worker, originally belonging to the Malfoy family) - Harry caused Lucius Malfoy to liberate him, and he now works in Hogwarts and receives payment.
  • Hokey (house-elf of Hepzibah Smith)
  • Kreacher (house-elf Harry inherited from Sirius Black) - Harry ordered him to work with the other house-elves in Hogwarts.
  • Winky (house-elf worker, originally belonging to the Crouch family)

[edit] Goblins

  • Modern
    • Griphook
    • Ragnok
  • Historical
    • Elfric the Eager
    • Emeric the Evil
    • Uric the Oddball

[edit] Giants

  • Full Giant
    • Fridwulfa, Hagrid's mother
    • Grawp, Hagrid's half-brother
    • Karkus, the former Gurg - was willing to accept Hagrid's proposal and join Dumbledore, decapitated by Golgomath.
    • Golgomath, the new Gurg - was persuaded by Walden Macnair to join forces with Voldemort.
  • Half-Giant
    • Rubeus Hagrid
    • Olympe Maxime (suspected of being half-giant, despite being large she's offended when Hagrid asks her about her heritage)

[edit] Centaurs

[edit] Werewolves

[edit] Known Animagi

  • Registered
    • Minerva McGonagall (cat)
  • Unregistered
    • James Poter (stag)
    • Sirius Black (dog)
    • Peter Pettigrew (rat)
    • Rita Skeeter (beetle)

[edit] Veela

  • Quarter-Veela
    • Fleur Delacour
    • Gabrielle Delacour

[edit] Non-human characters

Also see magical beasts. Please note that even "normal" creatures/pets, that is, animals from the real word, usually have magical powers in the wizarding world.PA Ch.4

[edit] Owls

[edit] Cats

[edit] Dogs

[edit] Other pets and beasts

[edit] Marauders (Marauder's Map)

[edit] Additional Minor Harry Potter characters

[edit] External links

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