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 years below Harry 3 years below Harry 2 years below Harry 1 year below Harry Harry's year 1 year above Harry 2 years above Harry 4 years above Harry Unknown year
Euan Abercrombie Dennis Creevey Romilda Vane Ginny Weasley Harry Potter Katie Bell Fred Weasley Percy Ignatius Weasley Ritchie Coote
Jimmy Peakes Colin Creevey Ron Weasley Cormac McLaggen George Weasley Oliver Wood Andrew Kirke
Natalie McDonald Hermione 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
    • Euan Abercrombie has only been seen at the Sorting.
    • Vicky Frobisher has only appeared at Quidditch tryouts in book five.
    • Geoffrey Hooper has only appeared at Quidditch tryouts in book five.
    • Kenneth Towler was a roommate of Fred, George, and Lee; a victim of one of their pranks.
Ravenclaw
Younger than Harry Harry's year Older than Harry Year unknown
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 Year unknown
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
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
  • Notes
Spoilers end here.
Slytherin
Younger than Harry Harry's year Older than Harry Year unknown
Malcolm Baddock Draco Malfoy Miles Bletchley Montague
Graham Pritchard Vincent Crabbe Bole Urquhart
Harper Gregory Goyle Derrick
Vaisey Pansy Parkinson Terence Higgs
Millicent Bulstrode Marcus Flint
Daphne Greengrass Adrian Pucey
Theodore Nott C. Warrington
Blaise Zabini
Tracey Davis

[edit] Hogwarts students, house unknown

  • Harry's Year
    • Moon (known only from The Sorting Hat)
    • Sally-Anne Perks (known only from The Sorting Hat) May have left Hogwarts before year 5 as her name was not mentioned when called in for exams as she would have been in Harry's group due to the same first letter of her last name.
    • Morag MacDougal (known only from The Sorting Hat)
  • 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] Other Students Organisations

[edit] Hogwarts employees

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Hogwarts Headmasters and Headmistresses

  • Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Headmaster December 1956-1997; killed by Severus Snape)
  • Dolores Umbridge (Hogwarts Headmistress in 1996 (the latter half of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix); dismissed after reinstatement of Albus Dumbledore)
  • Minerva McGonagall (acting Hogwarts headmistress for a short period in Spring and Summer 1993 (the latter part of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), and from Summer 1997 (the end of Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince); Gryffindor)
  • Dilys Derwent (Hogwarts Headmistress 1741-1768)
  • Armando Dippet (Hogwarts Headmaster until 1956)
  • Everard Proudfoot (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time)
  • Fortescue (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time)
  • Phineas Nigellus Black (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time; 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: Professor 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 Peeves the Poltergeist.
  • Year 6: Severus Snape – Fled Hogwarts after killing Dumbledore.

[edit] Other Hogwarts professors

[edit] Other Hogwarts employees

  • Apollyon PringleGF Ch. 31 (past caretaker)
  • Argus Filch (current caretaker)
  • Ogg (past gamekeeper)
  • Rubeus Hagrid (current gamekeeper, Keeper of Keys and Grounds, teacher of Care of Magical Creatures)
  • Irma Pince (librarian)
  • Poppy Pomfrey (nurse)

[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

Lord Voldemort (leader)

[edit] Death Eaters

[edit] Other Dark Wizards

[edit] Ministry of Magic

[edit] Ministers for Magic

[edit] Ministry workers

  • Bob (Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
  • Dirk Cresswell (Head of Goblin Liaison Office)
  • Croaker (Unspeakable)
  • 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)
  • Walden Macnair (Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Magical Creatures, known Death Eater)
  • Cuthbert Mockridge (Goblin Liaison Office)
  • Arnold Peasegood (Obliviator)
  • Perkins (Misuse of Muggle Artefacts office)
  • Dolores Umbridge (Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic)
  • 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)
  • Rufus Scrimgeour (former Head of Auror Division, now Minister)
  • 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] Former Ministry workers

  • Ludo Bagman (former Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports)
  • Bob Ogden (official of Department of Magical Law Enforcement 50 years ago)
  • Broderick Bode (former Unspeakable)
  • Amelia Bones (former Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement)
  • Bartemius Crouch, Sr (former Head of the Department of International Cooperation)
  • Bertha Jorkins (former official of Department of Magical Games and Sports, Department of International Cooperation)
  • Newt Scamander (former official of Department of Magical Creatures, Beast Division)
  • Mnemone Radford (First Known Obliviator)

[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)
  • Holyhead Harpies
    • Gwenog Jones (Captain of the Holyhead Harpies)
    • Gwendolyn Morgan, Keeper for the Holyhead Harpies
    • Glynnis Griffiths, Seeker for the Holyhead Harpies
  • Heidelsburg Harriers
    • Rudolf Brand, Seeker for the Heidelsburg Harriers
  • Falmouth Falcons
    • Karl Broadmoore, Beater for the Falmouth Falcons
    • Kevin Broadmoore, Beater for the Falmouth Falcons
    • Basil Horton, Player for the Falmouth Falcons, position unknown
    • Randolph Keitch, Player for the Falmouth Falcons, position unknown
  • Other
    • Ludo Bagman (former beater for the Wimbourne Wasps)
    • Oliver Wood (On reserve for Puddlemere United)
    • Catriona MacCormack
    • Roderick Plumpton
    • Meaghen MacCormack, Daughter of Catriona MacCormack
    • 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
    • Josef Wronski, namesake of the Wronski Feint

[edit] Other

  • Hassan Mostafa, referee of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup final.
  • 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] Dark wizards' relatives


[edit] Hogwarts students relatives

[edit] Order of Phoenixs members' relatives

[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

  • Agnes (Patient in the Janus Thickey ward)
  • 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
  • Colonel Fubster (watches Aunt Marge's dogs while she is away)

[edit] Non-magical characters

[edit] Squibs

[edit] Muggles

[edit] Appeared at Little Whinging

  • The Dursleys
  • Dudley's Gang
    • Piers Polkiss - Dudley's best friend who goes on the birthday trip to the zoo in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where Harry first learns he can communicate with snakes.
    • Gordon
    • Malcolm
    • Dennis
  • Miscellaneous
    • Mrs Polkiss (Piers' mother)
    • "Mrs Number 7" (hears Mungdungus Fletcher disapparate in Privet Drive)
    • "Mrs Next Door", an unnamed woman living next to the Dursleys
    • Ted, newsreader on the evening news
    • Mr and Mrs Mason
    • Mark Evans
    • Mr Prentice

[edit] Appeared at Little Hangleton


[edit] Young Tom Marvolo Riddle related

  • Mrs. Cole
  • Hetty Bayliss
  • Amy Benson
  • Dennis Bishop
  • Billy Stubbs
  • Cecilia

[edit] Other

  • 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.)
  • A President in the muggle world who intends to phone the prime minister of United Kingdom that night he met Rufus Scrimgeour
  • Mr and Mrs Granger
  • Mr Payne
  • Angus Fleet
  • Herbert Chorley - a junior minister, possibly victim of a failed Imperious Curse
  • Jim McGuffin
  • Mr and Mrs Roberts and their two children
  • Owner of the Railview Hotel
  • Toothless man with rowboat to the hut-on-the-sea

[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
  • Historical
    • Elfric the Eager
    • Emeric the Evil
    • Uric the Oddball
    • Eargit the Ugly
    • Alguff the Awful
    • Ug the Unreliable
    • Urg the Unclean
    • Gringott

[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.
    • 3 injured giants hid in a cave
  • Half-Giant
    • Rubeus Hagrid
    • Olympe Maxime (suspected of being half-giant,however, despite being large she's offended when Hagrid asks her about her heritage, remarking that she has "big bones")

[edit] Centaurs

[edit] Werewolves

  • Fenrir Greyback
  • Remus Lupin
  • An unnamed character who was in the same ward as Arthur Weasley in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
  • Bill Weasley, not full werewolf but might have some wolfish traits (since the end of Book 6).

[edit] Animagi

[edit] Veela

  • Full Veela
    • The veela involved in the performance during the Quidditch World Cup
    • Grandmother of Fleur Delacour; one of her hairs is the core of Fleur's wand
  • Quarter-Veela

[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] Snake or Serpents

  • Unnamed - Boa Constrictor released when Harry goes to the zoo for Dudley's birthday in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Last seen heading back to its native Brazil.
  • Nagini (Lord Voldemort's snake)
  • Basilisk appeared in the Chamber of Secrets
  • The snake created by Draco Malfoy during the duel between Harry and Draco in the Dueling Club.

[edit] Dragons

[edit] Other pets and beasts


[edit] Additional Minor Harry Potter characters

Main article: Minor Harry Potter characters

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