List of Harry Potter characters

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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.

Main characters

Secondary characters

Students

Students by House

Gryffindor

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 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

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
	Henry Blackwood

Hufflepuff

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

Notes
- Cedric Diggory was killed in book four.
- Hannah Abbott was taken out of a Herbology lesson in book six to be told her mother died; it is assumed Hannah thereafter left Hogwarts for the remainder of the year. She is seen fighting with the school in "The Deathly Hallows."
- Zacharias Smith

Slytherin

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

Hogwarts students, house unknown

Harry's Year
- Moon is 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 Dingle

- 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 in any scenes.)
- Leanne (friend of Katie Bell, assumed to be in Katie's year)

Past students

Unspecified Time (earlier than Tom Riddle)
- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Gryffindor)
- Aberforth Dumbledore (Unknown)
- Elphias Doge (House Unknown)
- Minerva McGonagall (Gryffindor)
- Filius Flitwick (Ravenclaw)
- Pomona Sprout (Hufflepuff)

Tom Riddle's time (September 1938–July 1945)
- Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) (Slytherin)
- Father(?) of Avery (Slytherin)
- Rubeus Hagrid (Gryffindor)
- "Moaning Myrtle" (Ravenclaw, killed by the Basilisk in 1943, her ghost haunts a girls' bathroom)
- Olive Hornby - Teased Myrtle about her glasses, causing Myrtle to hide in the girls bathroom where she was killed by the Basilisk.
- Father(?) of Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange (Slytherin)
Between Tom Riddle's time and James Potter's time
- Arthur Weasley (Gryffindor)
- Molly Prewett (Gryffindor)
James Potter's time (c. September 1971–July 1978)
- Bertram Aubrey
- Sirius Black (Gryffindor)
- Regulus Black (Slytherin)
- Lily Potter (née Evans) (Gryffindor)
- Davey Gudgeon (tried to get past the Whomping Willow; nearly lost an eye)
- Remus Lupin (Gryffindor)
- Peter Pettigrew (Gryffindor)
- James Potter (Gryffindor)
- Evan Rosier (Slytherin)
- Lucius Malfoy, father of Draco Malfoy (Slytherin)
- Severus Snape (Slytherin)
- Narcissa Black, later Malfoy (Slytherin)
- Bellatrix Black, later Lestrange (Slytherin)
- Andromeda Black, later Tonks (Slytherin)
- Bertha Jorkins
- Wilkes
- Avery (Slytherin) - friend of Snape
- Mulciber (Slytherin) - friend of Snape
- Stebbins
- Mary Macdonald, mentioned twice by Lily Potter.
- Florence, mentioned as being kissed behind the greenhouses in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Unspecified last name, or person she was with. Witnessed by Bertha Jorkins.
Between James' Time and Harry's Time
- Charlie Weasley (Gryffindor and was Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team; September 1984 - June 1991)
- Bill Weasley (Gryffindor and was Head Boy; September 1982 - June 1989)
- Nymphadora Tonks (Hufflepuff, September 1984-June 1991)

Future students

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows epilogue, set September 1, 2017

Teddy Remus Lupin - Son of Nymphadora Tonks and (named after) Remus Lupin, godson of Harry Potter - presumably September 2009 - June 2016
Victoire Weasley - Eldest child and daughter of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour - dates unknown; presumably year 6 or 7 in September 2017
James Potter - Named after James Potter - Son of Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter - dates unknown, but at least a second year as of September 2017; Gryffindor
Albus Severus Potter - Named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape - first year as of September 2017
Rose Weasley - Daughter of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley - first year as of September 2017
Scorpius Malfoy - Son of Draco Malfoy, first year as of September 2017
Lily Potter - Named after Lily Potter (Harry's mother) - first year in September 2019
Hugo Weasley - Son of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley - dates unknown; presumably first year in September 2019

Other schools

Fleur Delacour (Beauxbatons)
Gabrielle Delacour (Beauxbatons)
Viktor Krum (Durmstrang)
Poliakoff (Durmstrang) - a minor character mentioned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, notable as a sloppy eater.
Gellert Grindelwald (Durmstrang) (Was later expelled)

Other students organizations

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 sex, 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.

Listed below, there are several students from Harry's year who are mentioned in the notebook, but were not introduced in the actual books.

Stephen Cornfoot (Ravenclaw)
Tracey Davis (Slytherin)
Kevin Entwhistle (Ravenclaw)
Wayne Hopkins (Hufflepuff)
Megan Jones (Hufflepuff)
Su Li (Ravenclaw, possibly evolves to be Cho Chang)
Isabel MacDougal (Ravenclaw, possibly an earlier version of Morag MacDougal)
Malone (Unknown)
River (Unknown, who becomes the pseudonym of Lee Jordan of Book 7)
Rapier (Unknown, who becomes the pseudonym of Fred Weasley of Book 7)
Runcorn (Unknown - could be related to Albert Runcorn, a wizard impersonated by Harry using Polyjuice Potion who has this surname)
Spinks (Unknown, possibly an earlier name for Draco Malfoy)

Hogwarts employees

Hogwarts Headmasters and Headmistresses

Unnamed Headmaster of Hogwarts, after the end of the series, and possibly continuing at the time of the Epilogue. According to a recent interview with JK Rowling, Minerva McGonagall was 'getting on a bit', and so was not reappointed headmistress after the conclusion of the Battle of Hogwarts.
Severus Snape (Headmaster during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
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)
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Headmaster c.December 1956–1997)
Dolores Umbridge (Hogwarts Headmistress in 1996 (the latter half of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix); was never considered a true headmaster due to the fact that she was not allowed in the headmaster's office; dismissed after reinstatement of Albus Dumbledore)
Armando Dippet (Hogwarts Headmaster ending in 1956)
Phineas Nigellus Black (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time, c. the early 20th century; Slytherin)
Dilys Derwent (Hogwarts Headmistress 1741–1768)
Professor Everard (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time)
Dexter Fortescue (Hogwarts Headmaster at unspecified time) (Possibly related to Florean Fortescue)

Heads of Houses

Filius Flitwick (Charms) - Head of Ravenclaw House
Minerva McGonagall (Transfiguration) - Head of Gryffindor House
Horace Slughorn (Potions) - Head of Slytherin House until 1981; Acting Head of Slytherin House from 1997
Severus Snape (Potions/Defence Against the Dark Arts) - Head of Slytherin House 1981–1997
Pomona Sprout (Herbology) - Head of Hufflepuff House

Defense 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 modified his own memory and is now in St. Mungo's with no recollection of being a professor or of anything else, for that matter.
Year 3: Remus Lupin – Although regarded by the students as the best DADA professor was forced to resign after being revealed as a werewolf by Severus Snape.
Year 4: Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody – Trapped and impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr for the entire year; Barty Crouch Jr received the Dementor's Kiss.
Year 5: Dolores Jane Umbridge – Power craver, eventually becomes headmistress, driven out and traumatised by Centaurs for calling them "filthy half-breeds"; She was led into the forest by Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, and led to the centaurs. Because of her ignorance, and hatred for half-humans, the centaurs maul her, and she suffers permanent damage. Left Hogwarts, chased by Peeves the Poltergeist.
Year 6: Severus Snape – Fled Hogwarts after killing Dumbledore, revealed in Book 7 to be a plan of Dumbledore's.
Year 7: Amycus Carrow - Appointed by Lord Voldemort, current fate unknown. (The class was changed to simply Dark Arts)

Other Hogwarts professors

Past
- Albus Dumbledore - Transfiguration, known to be teaching in 1943
- Professor Kettleburn - Care of Magical Creatures until Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1993)
- Galatea Merrythought - Defense Against the Dark Arts, known to be teaching c.1940s
- Horace Slughorn - Potions Master, known to be teaching c.1940s
Current
- Albus Dumbledore -Headmaster until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1997)
- Minerva McGonagall -Transfiguration (Headmistress from the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1997)
- Severus Snape - Potions until the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1996), Defense Against the Dark Arts until the end of the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (1997), Headmaster in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(1997-1998)
- Filius Flitwick - Charms
- Pomona Sprout - Herbology
- Cuthbert Binns -History of Magic (the school's only ghost teacher)
- Firenze - Divination since Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (1996)
- Rubeus Hagrid - Care of Magical Creatures from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1993)
- Madam Hooch - Flying, Quidditch referee
- Aurora Sinistra - Astronomy
- Sybill Patricia Trelawney - Divination, supposedly possesses the "inner eye" and can accurately predict on rare occasions
- Septima Vector - Arithmancy
- Bathsheda Babbling - Ancient Runes
- Charity Burbage - Muggle Studies, murdered by Voldemort during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Horace Slughorn - Potions - had retired, but was convinced to return in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (1996)
- Alecto Carrow - Muggle Studies
- Amycus Carrow - Defence Against the Dark Arts
Substitute teacher
- Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank - Care of Magical Creatures
Future
- Neville Longbottom- Herbology
- Unnamed permanent Professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts

Other Hogwarts employees

Apollyon PringleTemplate:GF (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 (matron)

Ordinary Wizarding Level Examiners

Griselda Marchbanks
Professor Tofty
Wilkie Twycross

Other schools

Igor Karkaroff (Durmstrang headmaster) - killed
Olympe Maxime (Beauxbatons headmistress)

Other professors

Wilkie Twycross - (MOM apparition/disapparition teacher)

Ghosts and poltergeists

Hogwarts house ghosts
- Nearly Headless Nick, (Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington) Gryffindor
- The Bloody Baron, Slytherin
- The Fat Friar, Hufflepuff
- The Grey Lady, (Helena Ravenclaw) Ravenclaw
Other
- Professor Binns
- Moaning Myrtle
- Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore
- Peeves (poltergeist)
- The Headless Hunt (visits sometimes)

Portraits

Portraits at Hogwarts headmaster's office
- Dilys Derwent (Linked to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
- Everard Proudfoot (Linked to the Ministry of Magic)
- Fortescue
- Phineas Nigellus Black (Linked to Number 12, Grimmauld Place)
- Armando Dippet
- Albus Dumbledore (since death in 1997)
- All previous headmasters
Other portraits at Hogwarts
- The Fat Lady
- Violet (Friend of the Fat Lady ~ Linked to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
- Sir Cadogan
- The Mermaid in the Prefects' Bathroom watches Harry when he is in there in Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire (is a stained-glass window in the film)
Portraits Elsewhere
- Elfrida Clagg (Ministry of Magic)
- Walburga Black (Number 12, Grimmauld Place)
- Portrait in the Minister's office ("froglike little man wearing a long silver wig")
- Portrait of medieval healer in St Mungo's stairwell

Order of the Phoenix

Surviving members

Dedalus Diggle
Elphias Doge
Aberforth Dumbledore
Arabella Figg (Squib)
Mundungus Fletcher
Hermione Granger - Gryffindor
Rubeus Hagrid - Gryffindor
Hestia Jones
Minerva McGonagall - Gryffindor
Sturgis Podmore
Harry Potter - Gryffindor
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Arthur Weasley - Gryffindor
Bill Weasley - Gryffindor
Charlie Weasley - Gryffindor
Fleur Isabelle Delacour Weasley - Beauxbatons Academy of Magic
George Weasley - Gryffindor
Ron Weasley - Griffindor
Molly Weasley - Gryffindor

Died in First War

Edgar Bones - killed by Death Eaters
Caradoc Dearborn - presumably killed by Death Eaters, body not found
Benjy Fenwick - presumably blasted to bits by Death Eaters
Marlene McKinnon - killed by Travers and other Death Eaters
Dorcas Meadowes - killed by Voldemort
James Potter - killed by Voldemort - Gryffindor
Lily Potter - killed by Voldemort - Gryffindor
Gideon Prewett - brother of Molly Weasley, killed by Death Eaters
Fabian Prewett - brother of Molly Weasley, killed by Death Eaters

Permanently incapacitated in First War

Frank and Alice Longbottom (tortured to insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange, with the help of Rudolphus Lestrange and Barty Crouch Jr.) - Gryffindor

Died in Second War

Sirius Black (died in June 1996)
Emmeline Vance (died in July 1996)
Albus Dumbledore (leader of Order; died in June 1997)
Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody (killed by Voldermort by the Avada Kedavra curse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Fred Weasley (killed during The Battle Of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Remus Lupin (killed during The Battle Of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Nymphadora Tonks (killed during The Battle Of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Severus Snape (killed by Nagini on Voldemort's orders in the Shrieking Shack in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

Double agents

Peter Pettigrew (until 1981, now known Death Eater)
Severus Snape - Slytherin (became a double agent for Dumbledore when Voldemort threatened Lily Potter)

Other Second Wizards War Deaths (Non-Order Members)

Cedric Diggory- murdered by Wormtail during the Tri-Wizard Tournament (June 1995).
Igor Karkaroff- killed in 1996 after over a year in hiding.
Bertha Jorkins- Ministry of Magic employee killed by Lord Voldemort.
Barty Crouch Sr.- murdered by Barty Crouch Jr. who at the time was disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, to silence him after he recognized Barty Jr. by his identifiying behaviorism.
Professor Charity Burbage- Muggle Studies teacher, murdered by Voldemort at the Malfoy's Mansion.
Rufus Scrimgeour- succeeded Fudge after he resigns as Minister of Magic. Scrimgeour was tortured and murdered by Lord Voldemort shortly after the Death Eaters took over the Ministry of Magic because he refused to divulge the whereabouts of Harry.
Ted Tonks - Muggle-born Father of Nymphadora Tonks, hunted down by snatchers.
Bathilda Bagshot- an old family friend of Albus Dumbledore, who authored the book A History of Magic. She died prior to Harry's arrival in Godric's Hollow, possibly at the hand of Lord Voldemort, and Voldemort enchanted her decaying body to use as disguise for his snake, Nagini.
Gregorovitch- evetually killed by Lord Voldemort after being interrogated regarding the whereabouts of the Elder Wand.
Peter Pettigrew- killed by his own (Voldemort regenerated) hand after hesitating to kill Harry.
Vincent Crabbe- dies in the flames of the the Fiendfyre killing curse he summons.
Dobby (house-elf, originally belonging to the Malfoy family) - Harry caused Lucius Malfoy to liberate him, (killed by Bellatrix Lestrange).
Colin Creevey- killed by Death Eaters.
Bellatrix Lestrange- lost the duel with Mrs. Weasley.
Lord Voldemort- dies when the Elder Wand he used to cast the killing curse backfires.

Dark wizards and witches

Death Eaters

Lord Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) (former-leader)

Surviving - Presumed Imprisoned/Dead
- Alecto Carrow
- Amycus Carrow
- Avery
- Crabbe Sr (father of Vincent Crabbe)
- Walden Macnair
- Rick Astley
- Goyle Sr (father of Gregory Goyle)
- Jugson
- Rabastan Lestrange
- Rodolphus Lestrange
- Draco Malfoy (presumably)
- Lucius Malfoy
- Mulciber
- Nott Sr (father of Theodore Nott)
- Augustus Rookwood
- Travers
- Yaxley "Brutal Faced Death Eater"
- Thorfinn Rowle ("Large Blonde Death Eater")
Dead or Without Soul
- Lord Voldemort
- Barty Crouch Jr
- Bellatrix Lestrange (killed by Molly Weasley at the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998)
- Antonin Dolohov (killed by Filius Flitwick at the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998)
- Peter Pettigrew
- Professor Quirrell
- Evan Rosier
- Vincent Crabbe
- Wilkes
- Gibbon
Traitors to the Death Eaters
- Igor Karkaroff (killed in 1996 after over a year in hiding)
- Regulus Black (sacrificed his life by drinking the potion protecting the Slytherin's locket Horcrux, in 1979)
- Narcissa Malfoy (considered the safety of her son more important than her loyalty to Lord Voldemort).
- Severus Snape (killed by Voldemort, though his disloyalty to the Death Eaters was not known by Voldemort at the time)
Other Members
- Fenrir Greyback (Werewolf, was allowed to wear Death Eater robes, but was not branded with the Dark Mark)
- Pius Thicknesse (believed to be under the Imperius Curse in Book 7, used as puppet Minister for Magic)
- Stan Shunpike (believed to be under the Imperius Curse in Book 7)

Other Dark Wizards

Ministry of Magic

Ministers of Magic

Artemisia Lufkin (1600s, first female Minister of Magic)
Grogan Stump (appointed 1811)
Millicent Bagnold (retired 1990)
Cornelius Oswald Fudge (1990-1996)
Rufus Scrimgeour (1996-1997)
Pius Thicknesse (1997-1998) (Installed by Lord Voldemort while under the Imperius Curse)
Kingsley Shacklebolt (1998-Unknown)

Ministry workers

Bob (Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures)
Dirk Cresswell (Head of Goblin Liaison Office, killed with Ted Tonks, Muggle-born)
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 Artifacts office)
Dolores Jane Umbridge (Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. Sent to Hogwarts to work as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher and High Inquisitor by Cornelius Fudge, soon to be Headmistress of the school for the rest of the school year. and gives Harry Potter detention, in that she makes Harry write words in his hands)
Wilkie Twycross (Official Ministry Apparition Instructor)
Arthur Weasley (Former Misuse of Muggle Artifacts department, now Head of Detection, due to being promoted, and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects)
Rufus Scrimgeour (former Head of Auror Division, former Minister, now dead)
Percy Weasley (Junior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic)
Gilbert Wimple (Committee on Experimental Charms)
Tiberius McLaggen (Uncle of Cormac McLaggen)
Reginald "Reg" Cattermole (Magical Maintenance)
Pius Thicknesse (Former Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, now Minister of Magic under Imperius Curse)
Lucius Malfoy (Visits the Ministry often, makes donations)
Hermione Granger (Lawyer in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, confirmed by JK Rowling in interview)

Aurors

John Dawlish
Alice Longbottom (incapacitated)
Frank Longbottom (incapacitated)
Alastor 'Mad-Eye' Moody (dead)
Gawain Robards (current Head of Aurors)
Savage
Proudfoot
Kingsley Shacklebolt (was in charge of the hunt for Sirius; most recently has been planted as a secretary for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to protect him, also declared temporary Minister of Magic at end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Nymphadora Tonks (dead)
Williamson
Rufus Scrimgeour (former Head of Auror Division and Minister of Magic, now dead)
Harry Potter (confirmed by JK Rowling in interview, later becomes the Head of Auror Division, and together with Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger, is credited for totally revolutionalising the workings of the Ministry)
Ronald Weasley (confirmed by JK Rowling in interview)

Members of the Wizengamot

Albus Dumbledore (former Chief Warlock) (died in 1997)
Griselda Marchbanks (Elder)
Tiberius Ogden (Elder)
Amelia Bones (killed in 1996 by Voldemort)

Former Ministry workers

Ludovic 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)
Barty Crouch (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)

Other Ministry workers

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

Quidditch-related characters

Hogwarts Quidditch Players

See: Hogwarts Quidditch teams

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
Heidelberg Harriers
- Rudolf Brand, Seeker for the Heidelburg 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
- Ludovic 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

Other

Hassan Mostafa, referee of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup final. (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
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)

Historical witches and wizards

Chocolate Frog Characters

Agrippa
Circe
Cliodna
Albus Dumbledore
Alberic Grunnion
Hengist of Woodcroft
Merlin
Morgana
Paracelsus
Ptolemy
Harry Potter (from the Chocolate Frog Characters in the Sorceror's Stone Video Game)

Hogwarts Founders

Other historical witches and wizards

Nicolas Flamel
Perenelle Flamel
Urquhart Rackharrow
Wendelin the Weird
Bowman Wright (Famous for developing the Golden Snitch)
Crispin Cronk

Minor relatives of major characters

Dark wizards' relatives

Morfin Gaunt - Uncle of Lord Voldemort
Merope Gaunt - Mother of Lord Voldemort
Marvolo Gaunt - Grandfather of Lord Voldemort
Tom Riddle Sr - Muggle father of Lord Voldemort
Mr and Mrs Riddle - Muggle grandparents of Lord Voldemort (in Goblet of Fire movie shown as Mary and Thomas Riddle on the tombstone)
Andromeda Tonks - Mother of Nymphadora Tonks, sister of Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange, and favourite cousin of Sirius Black
Abraxas Malfoy - Grandfather of Draco Malfoy, father of Lucius Malfoy
Narcissa Malfoy - Wife of Lucius Malfoy, mother of Draco Malfoy, cousin of Sirius Black (not dark wizard), sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks (not dark wizard), aunt to Nymphadora Tonks (not dark wizard).
Bathilda Bagshot - Aunt of Gellert Grindelwald

Hogwarts students relatives

Edgar Bones - Uncle of Susan Bones
Amelia Bones - Aunt of Susan Bones (died 1996)
Fergus - Older cousin of Seamus Finnigan, apparates behind Seamus to scare him. ^[1]
Mrs Finnigan - Mother of Seamus Finnigan (seen at the Quidditch World Cup; once described as a stupid woman by Harry for not believing him and Dumbledore about Voldemort's return)
Algie Longbottom - Great Uncle of Neville Longbottom
Augusta Longbottom - Grandmother of Neville Longbottom
Enid Longbottom - Great Aunt of Neville Longbottom
Alice Longbottom - Mother of Neville Longbottom
Frank Longbottom - Father of Neville Longbottom
Xenophilius Lovegood – father of Luna Lovegood, editor of The Quibbler
Mrs Zabini - Blaise Zabini's mother
James Potter - Father to Harry Potter
Lily Potter - Mother to Harry Potter

Order of Phoenix members' relatives

Ariana Dumbledore - Sister of Albus Dumbledore
Percival Dumbledore - Father of Albus Dumbledore
Kendra Dumbledore - Mother of Albus Dumbledore
Alphard Black - Uncle of Sirius Black
Elladora Black - Aunt of Sirius Black
Orion Black - Father of Sirius Black
Walburga Black - Mother of Sirius Black
Eileen Prince - Mother of Severus Snape
Tobias Snape - Muggle father of Severus Snape
"Mr Hagrid" - Wizard father of Rubeus Hagrid
Fridwulfa - Giant mother of Rubeus Hagrid
Grawp – giant half-brother of Rubeus Hagrid
Araminta Meliflua - Cousin of Sirius Black's mother
Ted Tonks - Muggle-born Father of Nymphadora Tonks
Cassandra Trelawney - Great Great Grandmother of Sybill Trelawney
Molly Weasley's accountant cousin
Great Auntie Muriel - relative of the Weasleys, presumably Ron and Ginny's great aunt.
Teddy Remus Lupin - son of Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin, Harry Potter's Godson

Future children

James Potter - eldest son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley
Albus Severus Potter - second son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley
Lily Potter - daughter and youngest child of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley
Rose Weasley - daughter of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
Hugo Weasley - son of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
Victoire Weasley - daughter of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (implied since the name is French for victory and James called her his cousin). Romantically involved with Teddy Lupin.
Scorpius Malfoy - son of Draco Malfoy and his unnamed wife

Other wizards and witches

Diagon Alley
- Tom, bartender of the The Leaky Cauldron
- Daisy Dodderidge, the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron
- Fred Weasley
- George Weasley
- Verity, assistant of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
- An assistant of Magical Menagerie wearing heavy black spectacles
- Griphook, Gringotts Goblin
- Ragnok
- Florean Fortescue
- Mr Ollivander
- Unnamed bookstore manager and assistant of Flourish & Blotts
- Mr Augustus Worme, employee of Obscurus Books
- Madam Malkin, shop keeper of Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions

Knockturn Alley
- Borgin
- Caractacus Burke
- Tom Marvolo Riddle, the former employee of Borgin and Burkes.

Hogsmeade
- Aberforth Dumbledore, the bartender of Hog's Head
- Ambrosius Flume and his wife
- Madam Rosmerta
- Madam Puddifoot, shopkeeper of her tea shop.
- Dervish and Banges, shopkeeper of a shop that sells and repairs magical equipment with their names as the shop's name.

Healers

Dilys Derwent
Augustus Pye
Hippocrates Smethwyck
Miriam Strout
Poppy Pomfrey
Urquhart Rackharrow lived from 1612 to 1697 and was the inventor of the Entrail-Expelling Curse.

Authors

Gilderoy Lockhart
Newt Scamander
Kennilworthy Whisp
Bathilda Bagshot
Libatius Borage
Miranda Goshawk
Inigo Imago
Arsenius Jigger
Wilbert Slinkhard
Phyllida Spore
Emeric Switch
Quentin Trimble
Cassandra Vablatsky
Adalbert Waffling
Eldred Worple

Musicians

Stubby Boardman, lead singer of the band the Hobgoblins.
Celestina Warbeck, singer.
The Weird Sisters, a band.
Lorcan d'Eath, part vampire singer.

Miscellaneous

Name Unknown - Dean Thomas's father (editorial cut; killed by Death Eaters because he refused to join them)
Agnes (Patient in the Janus Thickey ward)
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 (The conductor of the Knight Bus)
Rita Skeeter - Reporter for the Daily Prophet as well as the author of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore and Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?
Veronica Smethley
Hepzibah Smith
Felix Summerbee
Willy Widdershins
Hambledon Quince
Gregorovitch (retired wandmaker from the area of Durmstrang)

Non-magical characters

Squibs

Arabella Figg
Marius Black, great-uncle of Sirius Black. Known only from the Black Family Tree.
Argus Filch, caretaker at Hogwarts

Muggles

Appeared at Little Whinging

The Dursleys
- Dudley Dursley
- Marjorie Dursley (Aunt Marge)
- Petunia Dursley
- Vernon Dursley
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
- Mr and Mrs Mason
- Mark Evans - after a great number of fan theories [1] about his relationship with Harry's mother, who was born Lily Evans, J.K. Rowling admitted that there is none and his surname was an accident. [2]
- Mr Prentice
- Mr Next door - when the newsman said there was a drought Uncle Vernon said: "I hope he's listening next door! Him with his sprinklers on at three in the morning!"
- The Dursleys' neighbour with the lawnmower in Deathly Hallows

Appeared at Little Hangleton

Tom Riddle Sr and his parents
Frank Bryce
Dot (resident of Little Hangleton who gossips about the murder of the Riddles)

Young Tom Marvolo Riddle related

Mrs Cole
Hetty Bayliss
Amy Benson
Dennis Bishop
Billy Stubbs
Cecilia (Inclined to think that Tom Riddle Senior loves her until Merope Gaunt uses magic to make him love her)

Other

Tobias Snape
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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 - Dentists
Mr Payne (a campground manager at the Quidditch World Cup)
Angus Fleet (Saw Harry and Ron flying the car to Hogwarts in their second year)
Herbert Chorley - a junior minister, possibly victim of a failed Imperius Curse
Jim McGuffin, weatherman^[2]
Ted, the news reader^[3]
Mr and Mrs Roberts and their two children
Owner of the Railview Hotel
Toothless man with rowboat to the hut-on-the-sea
Colonel Fubster (watches Aunt Marge's dogs while she is away)
Yvonne - a friend of Petunia Dursley's who is mentioned as being on vacation in Majorca and cannot keep Harry for Dudley's trip to the zoo (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
The 3 muggle boys that see Ariana Dumbledore performing magic and torture her to insanity.

Other characters

House-elves

Dobby (house-elf, originally belonging to the Malfoy family) - Harry caused Lucius Malfoy to liberate him, (killed by Bellatrix Lestrange during the Second Wizards War, 1998)
Hokey (house-elf of Hepzibah Smith)(Harry Potter 6)
Kreacher (house-elf Harry inherited from Sirius Black) - Harry ordered him to work with the other house-elves in Hogwarts until he was called back to number 12 by Harry.
Winky (house-elf, originally belonging to the Crouch family, is unhappy with freedom and as a result frequently drowns her sorrows in butterbeer.)

Goblins

Modern
- Griphook
- Ragnok
- Bogrod
- Gornuk
Historical
- Elfric the Eager
- Emeric the Evil
- Uric the Oddball
- Eargit the Ugly
- Alguff the Awful
- Ug the Unreliable
- Urg the Unclean
- Ragnuk the First (Goblins say he owned the sword which was taken by Godric Gryffindor)

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

Centaurs

Bane
Firenze - helped Harry in the first book. Was banished by his herd in Book 5 when he agreed to teach Divination at Hogwarts.
Magorian – leader of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest
Ronan

Werewolves

Fenrir Greyback
Remus Lupin (Killed at Hogwarts in 1998 during the Second Battle of Hogwarts by Antonin Dolohov)
Unnamed character who was in the same ward as Arthur Weasley in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
The Wagga Wagga Werewolf taught about by Gilderoy Lockhart during his time as Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts

Animagi

Registered
- Minerva McGonagall (cat)
Unregistered
- James Potter (stag, aka Prongs)
- Sirius Black (dog, aka Padfoot, Snuffles)
- Peter Pettigrew (rat, aka Wormtail, Scabbers)
- Rita Skeeter (beetle)

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
Half Veela
- Apolline Delacour
Quarter-Veela
- Fleur Delacour
- Gabrielle Delacour
One-Eighth Veela
- Victoire Weasley

Non-human characters

Also see magical beasts. Please note that even "normal" creatures/pets, that is, animals from the Muggle world, usually have magical powers in the wizarding world.(Personal attack removed)

Owls

Errol (Weasley family's Great Grey owl)
Hedwig (Harry Potter's Snowy owl) (killed by stray curse in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)
Hermes (Percy Weasley's owl)
Pigwidgeon (Ron Weasley's Scops owl, once used by Sirius Black)
The Malfoy family's Eagle owl (name unknown)
Unnamed school owl in owlery

Cats

Crookshanks (Hermione Granger's cat/kneazle)
Millicent Bulstrode's cat (name unknown)
Mrs Norris (Argus Filch's cat)
Mr Paws, Snowy, Tibbles and Tufty (owned by Arabella Figg)
Minerva McGonagall (cat Animagus)

Dogs

Fang (Hagrid's Boarhound)
Fluffy (Hagrid's three-headed dog--only in Book 1)
Ripper (Aunt Marge's bulldog)
Sirius Black (dog animagus) aka Snuffles / Padfoot

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) Beheaded by Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Basilisk (appeared in the Chamber of Secrets)
The snake created by Draco Malfoy during the duel between Harry and Draco in the Dueling Club

Dragons

Swedish Short-Snout met by Cedric in the Triwizard Tournament
Common Welsh Green met by Fleur in the Triwizard Tournament
Chinese Fireball met by Viktor in the Triwizard Tournament
Hungarian Horntail met by Harry in the Triwizard Tournament
Norbert 7th book 'Norberta' (Hagrid's Norwegian Ridgeback baby dragon, sent to Romania with Charlie Weasley's friends - later revealed to be a female, and hence name Norberta)
Antipodean Opaleye-The native dragon of New Zealand
Hebridean Black- Another British dragon more aggressive than the Common Welsh Green
Peruvian Vipertooth-The smallest of the Dragons, has a liking for feeding on humans
Romanian Longhorn-The horn of this dragon when powdered is a highly valued potion ingredient
Ukrainian Ironbelly-The largest breed of dragon, under constant observation of the Ukrainian Wizarding authorities due to an incident in which one picked up an empty sailing boat
Unknown dragon in Gringotts used by Harry, Ron, and Hermione to break out in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Other pets and beasts

Aragog (Hagrid's Acromantula, lived in the Forbidden Forest, died in Book 6)
Arnold (Ginny Weasley's purple Pygmy Puff)
Binky (Lavender Brown's baby rabbit, killed by a fox in HP3, as presumably predicted by Sybill Trelawny)
Fawkes (Albus Dumbledore's phoenix)
Giant Squid living in the lake below Hogwarts
Scabbers (Ron Weasley's rat, actually Animagus Peter Pettigrew also known as Wormtail)
Trevor (Neville Longbottom's toad)
Buckbeak (aka Witherwings, a hippogriff belonging first to Hagrid, then Sirius Black, then Harry and in the care of Hagrid)
Tenebrus, a thestral that belongs to Hagrid.
Unnamed - Gerbil transfigured from teacup by Fudge in prime minister's office, given by the minister to his niece.

Children mentioned only in epilogue of Deathly Hallows

Albus Severus Potter (son of Harry and Ginny Potter , named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape)
James Potter (son of Harry and Ginny Potter - named after Harry's father)
Lily Potter (daughter of Harry and Ginny Potter - named after Harry's mother)
Teddy Remus Lupin (son of Remus and Nymphadora Lupin )
Scorpius Malfoy (son of Draco Malfoy)
Rose Weasley (Daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger)
Hugo Weasley (Son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger)
Victoire Weasley (Eldest child and daughter of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour)

Additional Minor Harry Potter characters

External links

Wizards and Witches A to Z from the Harry Potter Lexicon (fansite)
The LEGO version (minifigures) of various Harry Potter characters:
- http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=lego/system/harrypotter
- http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&catString=227&catType=M
The Warner Brothers version (actors and actresses) of various Harry Potter characters:
- http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/main/homepage/home.html
- http://www.table76.demon.co.uk/Hogwarts/pupils.html
^[1] Info about all Harry potter characters from the ultimate harry potter fansite

^ Rowling, JK, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17
^ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Boy Who Lived. J.K. Rowling. pg.12. ISBN 1-55192-700-4
^ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Boy Who Lived. J.K. Rowling. pg.12. ISBN 1-55192-700-4

[1] Rowling, JK, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17

[2] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Boy Who Lived. J.K. Rowling. pg.12. ISBN 1-55192-700-4

[3] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Boy Who Lived. J.K. Rowling. pg.12. ISBN 1-55192-700-4

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