List of supporting Harry Potter characters

The following are minor characters in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling.

Bathilda Bagshot

Template:HP character Bathilda Bagshot is a fictional character in the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. She lived in Godric's Hollow and was an old family friend of Albus Dumbledore. She also wrote the book A History of Magic. Gellert Grindelwald was her great-nephew, which is why he came to live in Godric's Hollow (where he met Dumbledore) after being expelled from Durmstrang.

Bagshot was a major source of information for Rita Skeeter's biography of Albus Dumbledore, who extracted this information under the influence of Veritaserum; it is possible her memory was also modified following the "interview"; she was sent a copy of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore accompanied by a note: "Dear Batty, Thanks for your help. Here's a copy of the book, hope you like it. You said everything, even if you don't remember it. Rita."

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 a disguise for his snake, Nagini. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information.

Bane

Template:HP character Bane is a centaur who can read the stars and predict the future. He despises and distrusts humans.

Bane first appears in the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when he and Firenze foretell Harry Potter’s future by reading the stars: "Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have you not read what is to come in the movement of the planets?"

Bane is included in the centaur mobs that force Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid out of the Forbidden Forest after they visit Grawp; he is also present when the centaurs attack Umbridge. He was against Firenze going to teach at Hogwarts and was one that helped to make him an outcast in the forest.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Bane at first keeps the centaurs on the sidelines, but after Harry appears to have died, Hagrid berates Bane for his neutrality; when the fighting resumes, the centaurs join in the battle with a shower of arrows.

Mr. Borgin

Template:HP character Mr. Borgin is an owner of the shop Borgin and Burkes. He acts very politely towards Lucius Malfoy when in his presence, but treats him with disrespect when Malfoy can't hear him.

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Borgin buys several things connected to the Dark Arts which Lucius Malfoy was selling because he feared his house was to be searched.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Borgin sells the Vanishing Cabinet to Draco Malfoy (which Malfoy plans to use to create a passage for the Death Eaters into Hogwarts) and is very terrified when he learns that Draco is a Death Eater. He throws Hermione Granger out of his shop when she tries to ask him what Draco was buying.

Caractacus Burke

Template:HP character Caractacus Burke is an owner of the shop Borgin and Burkes. He is referred to as a small old man with a thatch of hair that completely covered his eyes.

He is known to have tricked Merope Gaunt into selling Salazar Slytherin's locket for only 10 Galleons. Albus Dumbledore once mentioned that Burke was not famed for his generosity.

Gabrielle Delacour

Template:HP character Gabrielle Delacour is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of books. She is the younger sister of Fleur Delacour. Like her sister Fleur, Gabrielle is partly non-human; their maternal grandmother was a Veela. Her age in The Goblet of Fire is estimated by Harry to be no more than eight years old, and this statement is reinforced when it is stated in The Deathly Hallows that she is eleven at the time of Bill and Fleur's wedding.

During the Triwizard Tournament, in which Fleur was the champion for Beauxbatons, Gabrielle was chosen along with Cho Chang, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, to be the underwater "bait" for the champions to rescue. Fleur did not manage to rescue Gabrielle in time because she was held back by Grindylows and was forced to return, but Harry went on to save her in addition to his own hostage.

Gabrielle is mentioned by Fleur in Half-Blood Prince when she welcomes Harry at the Burrow, where she spends a period with the Weasleys. From her tellings, Gabrielle (much like young Ginny Weasley) has taken a crush on Harry, since she "never stops talking" about him. Fleur also plans to have her (along with Ginny) as one of her bridemaids for her wedding.

Gabrielle and Ginny Weasley indeed serve as bridesmaids at Fleur's wedding to Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Her part-Veela heritage begins to develop as she matures; she is called a "Fleur in miniature". She still retains a crush on Harry, causing Ginny to clear her throat loudly in mild jealousy.

Angelica Mandy played the role in the film adaptation of book four, though the role is simply several non-speaking cameo appearances. It is unknown if she will reprise the role in the film adaptation of Deathly Hallows.

Fridwulfa

Template:HP character Fridwulfa was the giantess mother of Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid. She was married to Hagrid's human father for a time, but abandoned her human family when Hagrid was 3 years old. After she left her family she married another giant and gave birth to a son named Grawp.

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hagrid travels to the remaining Giants' camp, where he discovers that Fridwulfa had died a while ago.

Gregorovitch

Template:HP character Gregorovitch was a European wandmaker, first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire during Ollivander's inspection of Viktor Krum's wand.

During the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Gregorovitch is hunted down and interrogated under torture by Lord Voldemort regarding the whereabouts of the Elder Wand. Voldemort discovers, via Legilimency, that the wand was stolen by Gellert Grindelwald, and kills Gregorovitch. He is known for producing wands for Durmstrang students, as revealed in Deathly Hallows.

Augusta Longbottom

Augusta Longbottom is Neville's grandmother, and the one who raised him after the boy's parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom were incapacited after being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange and some other Death Eaters. Augusta is a very strict witch, especially towards Neville, and sometimes complained of his lack of talent. She even thought that the boy was a squib.

Unlike other purebloods, such as the Malfoys, Augusta is proud that her grandson is a friend of half-blood Harry Potter, and also admires Muggle-born Hermione Granger for helping Neville out in class. While initially concerned her grandson wasn't living up to his parent's legacy, his willingness to go into battle against Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries seemed to give her a new respect for her grandson. Possibly coupled with McGonagall writing to her about the grandson she had, and not the one she wanted, then bolstered by Neville's leadership in Dumbledore's Army during his seventh year (and subsequent role in both the Battle of Hogwarts and his willingness to defy Voldemort face-to-face) served to make her extremely proud of him. According to Neville, the Death Eaters targeted Augusta in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when Neville was acting up at school. The Ministry official Dawlish is sent to arrest her but does not succeed and winds up in hospital when she apparently fights back before going on the run. She is last seen at the Battle of Hogwarts running out of the Room of Requirement to assist her grandson. She asks where Neville is and Harry says that he's fighting Death Eaters. Her reply is "Naturally." Whether or not she survives the battle is unclear.

Xenophilius Lovegood

Template:HP character Xenophilius Lovegood is Luna Lovegood's father and the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, a magazine that, according to Luna, publishes "important stories he thinks the public needs to know." The stories are often wild conspiracy theories or research on probably non-existent creatures, but Luna believes them fervently. Xenophilius Lovegood is introduced as a friend of the Weasleys in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, when he attends the wedding of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley.

Xenophilius wears the symbol of the Deathly Hallows around his neck as a charm. Later in the story, he explains to Harry, Ron, and Hermione the significance of the Deathly Hallows, which they had previously mistaken to be merely the mark of Dark wizard Grindelwald. Although initially one of the staunchest supporters of the efforts of the anti-Voldemort movement through his magazine, Xeno later betrays the trio's location to the then-Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic in a bid to save his kidnapped daughter.

In Harry, Ron, and Hermione's ensuing battle with the Death Eaters, the Lovegood house is mostly destroyed, and they manage to escape. In the aftermath, the angry Death Eaters arrest Xenophilius, which saves his reputation, as he is mentioned on the clandestine "Potterwatch" radio broadcast as a persecuted anti-Voldemort dissident, and the new issue of "The Quibbler" in which he attacks Harry Potter is buried under the ruins and never distributed. Evidently, Harry, Ron, and Hermione never reveal his attempted betrayal, which was only motivated by concern for his daughter.

The name Xenophilius is loosely composed of the Greek words "Xeno" and "Philia", which together translate to "strange-loving" or "foreign-loving." See Xenophily.

Eloise Midgen

Eloise Midgen (sometimes spelled Eloise Midgeon) is a student at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is generally assumed that she is in Harry Potter's year, although her House is unclear. She has been spoken of most familiarly by members of Hufflepuff, though she was seen as a Gryffindor in the film version of Goblet of Fire during McGonagall's discussion of the Yule Ball.

Eloise suffers from severe acne, used as a running gag in the series. In a Herbology lesson in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Professor Sprout states that the use of diluted Bubotuber pus is an excellent way to treat the skin problem. Hannah Abbott then mentions that Eloise tried to curse her acne off. Apparently, the school nurse, Madam Pomfrey, managed to fix her nose back on in the end.

Later in the same book, when searching for dates for the Yule Ball, Ron says that he wouldn't want to end up going with someone like Eloise. Hermione demands to know what's wrong with her and he replies that "her nose is off-centre" — implying that maybe Madam Pomfrey didn't or couldn't fix it back perfectly. Not much is known about her, but Hermione insists that she is a very nice person.

The next reference to Eloise is in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione puts a jinx on the contract for Dumbledore's Army; if anyone signed it and then betrayed the organization, she says that the curse that would act upon them would make Eloise's acne look like "cute freckles" by comparison.

During Half-Blood Prince, the wizarding world is under daily threat of assault and murder from Voldemort's Death Eaters, and as the death toll rises, along with the number of attacks, several students are pulled out of school, although Hogwarts is still relatively safe. Eloise Midgen's father comes to school to collect her in October of her sixth year.

Auntie Muriel

Muriel is a great-aunt of the Weasley children, and is related to them through Molly as Molly mentions Muriel to be her aunt (as opposed to Arthur's). Harry first meets her in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows during Bill and Fleur's wedding. She loans her beautiful goblin-made tiara to Fleur to wear. During the wedding, she starts an argument with Elphias Doge about Dumbledore's past and Rita Skeeter's "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore". Later in the book, all the Weasleys hide in her house because they are targeted for being blood traitors. She is 107 years old when Harry meets her, thus she was born c.1890.

Antioch Peverell

Antioch Peverell was the eldest of the three Peverell brothers. According to The Tales of Beedle the Bard, he received the Elder Wand from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the wand himself. He was killed in his sleep after bragging about the wand's invincibility, and whoever killed him stole the Elder Wand, thus starting its bloody history. Unlike his brothers, he has no known descendants.

Cadmus Peverell

Cadmus was the middle of the three Peverell Brothers. According to The Tales of Beedle the Bard, he received the Resurrection Stone from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the stone himself. According to The Tales of Beedle the Bard, he, using the stone, resurrected the girl he had once hoped to marry, who untimely died. But though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Driven mad by this, he killed himself, to truly join her. He is also an ancestor of the Gaunt family and therefore an ancestor of Lord Voldemort, which makes him and Harry Potter, a descendant of Ignotus Peverell, distantly related.

Ignotus Peverell

Ignotus was the youngest of the three Peverell brothers and an ancestor of Harry Potter. Peverell's first and only appearance is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, where it is revealed that, according to legend, he received the Cloak of Invisibility from Death himself. Unlike his brothers, he successfully avoided death for many years wearing the cloak, lived a full and long life and greets Death as a friend after many years. However, Dumbledore believes it is more likely that he was just a skilled wizard, and created the cloak himself. His line continued through Harry's three children, James, Albus, and Lily.

The word "ignotus" translates from Latin as "unknown".

Hepzibah Smith

Template:HP character Hepzibah Smith is a minor character featured in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Hepzibah is introduced within Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, as part of a series of memories shown to Harry Potter by his headmaster. She is described as having been an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles.

In the memory, Hepzibah wears long robes and gowns of pink, and when sitting upon her throne-like chair, she is described as giving the impression of a large "melting iced cake". She wears a large, elaborate, ginger wig upon her head (most likely the colour of her hair before it greyed) and dabs her red cheeks with rouge. She is described as being immensely fat.

Tom Riddle, fresh out of Hogwarts and working for Borgin and Burkes, visits Hepzibah to make an offer for some goblin-made armour which she owns. He presents her with flowers, and charms and flatters her. Enamoured with Riddle, Hepzibah shows him her most prized possessions – a cup, owned by her ancestor Helga Hufflepuff, and a locket which once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, that she had purchased from Borgin and Burkes. Caractacus Burke had purchased the locket for a tiny sum from Riddle's mother.

Only a few days after the events of the memory occurred, Hepzibah died, and Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket were never found. Dumbledore theorizes that Riddle had killed Hepzibah and tampered with the memory of her house-elf, Hokey, so that she thought she had accidentally poisoned her mistress. Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket would go on, as presumed by Dumbledore, to become two of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Stan Shunpike

Template:HP character Stanley "Stan" Shunpike (born 1975) is the young, pimply conductor of the Knight Bus. He speaks with a Cockney accent, and converses with Harry as he travels to London in the first part of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He also appears briefly in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup, boasting to a group of Veela, the Bulgarian team's official mascot, about his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic and in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix he conducts the night bus when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, Lupin and Tonks take the night bus to return to Hogwarts after the Christmas holidays. He is glad to see Harry Potter, and mentions that he does not believe the media rumors about Harry being insane. Tonks scolds him for yelling out Harry's name.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Stan Shunpike is arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Harry and Dumbledore, however, believe this very unlikely and that he is almost certainly not guilty. Even so, Stan is kept in Azkaban in order for the Ministry of Magic to look like progress is being made in the capturing of Death Eaters. When the new Minister of Magic asks Harry to be a sort of mascot for the Ministry, Harry refuses on the grounds of the Ministry's actions at the time - namely holding Stan under arrest to look like they are making progress against Voldemort.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, a "strangely blank" looking Stan Shunpike was among the Death Eaters who pursued Harry during his escape from Privet Drive. Harry gave himself away to his attackers by attempting to only Disarm Stan as opposed to stunning him off his broom, as he is innocent and apparently under the influence of the Imperius curse. It is never completely confirmed whether Shunpike is under the Imperius curse. If he was Imperiused, he would have been released at Voldemort's downfall (as is stated near the end of the book).

Tom

Template:HP character Tom is the barman and inn-keeper of the Leaky Cauldron inn. He first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. He gave Harry Potter a room to stay in after Harry blew up his Aunt Marge like a balloon and took the Knight Bus to get to London. Tom is described in the books as a "bald, bent, toothless, full of wrinkles" and "soft, nut-like man".

He was played by Derek Deadman in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and by Jim Tavaré in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Wizards of the Month

On Rowling's official website she has posted a 'Wizard of the Month' for every month since May 2004. This is a partial list of witches and wizards featured as Wizard of the Month. Many of the Wizards of the Month do not appear in the books.

• Daisy Dodderidge (1467-1555) was the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron.
• Tarquin McTavish (b. 1955) was imprisoned for crimes against his Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish's kettle.
• Idris Oakby (1872–1985) was the founder of the Society for the support of Squibs.
• Urquhart Rackharrow(1612–1697) was the inventor of the Entrail-Expelling Curse. Mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
• Gaspard Shingleton (b. 1959) is the inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron. He was Wizard of the Month in September 2005.
• Felix Summerbee (1447–1508) was the inventor of the Cheering Charm.
• Bridget Wenlock (1202–1285) was a famous arithmancer and "the first to establish the magical properties of the number seven". Rowling has expressed the significance of the number seven throughout the series: Harry Potter was born in the 7th month, Voldemort wanted his soul split into 7 parts, there are 7 years in Hogwarts, 7 Weasley siblings, 7 players in a team for Quidditch, 7 protections on the Philosopher's Stone, and 7 books in the series. She was Witch of the Month in August 2005.
• Bowman Wright (1492–1560) was known for developing the golden snitch, which is used in Quidditch. This fact is confirmed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). Bowman Wright had previously been mentioned in Quidditch Through the Ages. Wright was a skilled metal charmer who lived in Godric's Hollow.

Bridget Wenlock, Felix Summerbee, Gaspard Shingleton and Crispin Conk are all on Famous Witches and Wizards Cards in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PC game.

See also

• List of characters in the Harry Potter books
• Minor characters associated with Quidditch
• Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter
• Minor Harry Potter beasts
• Minor Hogwarts teachers
• Minor Ministry officials in Harry Potter
• Minor Gryffindors
• Minor Hufflepuffs
• Minor Ravenclaws
• Minor Slytherins
• Minor Slug Club members
• Students in Harry Potter's year