List of Harry Potter characters

This is a list of characters in the Harry Potter series. They are all characters who have appeared in a Harry Potter-related book by J. K. Rowling.

## Characters by surname

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Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

### A

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* Abbott, Hannah – Hufflepuff student in Harry Potter's year.[1] Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army.[2] Married to Neville Longbottom.[1]

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* Bagman, Ludo – Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports at the Ministry of Magic.
* Bagshot, Bathilda – Author of A History of Magic, and the great-aunt of Gellert Grindelwald. Under the influence of Veritaserum, Bagshot was a major source of information for Rita Skeeter's biography of Albus Dumbledore. Bagshot is portrayed by Hazel Douglas in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010).
* Bell, Katie – Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She is one year above Harry and is a member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Binns, Cuthbert – Professor of History of Magic at Hogwarts and the only ghost professor at the school.
* Black, Phineas Nigellus – Great-great-grandfather of Sirius Black and former Hogwarts headmaster. His portrait hangs in the headmaster's office and assists the current headmaster.
* Black, Sirius – Harry's godfather and close friend of Harry's father James Potter. Escapee from Azkaban prison and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries by his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange.
* Black, Regulus – Death Eater and the younger brother of Sirius Black. Tried to destroy one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, but was killed by Inferi.
* Bones, Amelia – Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, and aunt of Susan Bones. Killed by Voldemort.
* Bones, Susan – Hufflepuff student in Harry's year and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Boot, Terry – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Brown, Lavender – Gryffindor student in Harry's year and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Bulstrode, Millicent – Slytherin student in Harry's year. Member of Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad.
* Burbage, Charity – Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts. Killed by Voldemort.
* Bryce, Frank – Muggle gardener for the Riddle family. Killed by Voldemort. Bryce is portrayed by Eric Sykes in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

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* Carrow, Alecto – Death Eater and sister of Amycus Carrow. Professor of Muggle Studies for one year, and Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts under Severus Snape.
* Carrow, Amycus – Death Eater and brother of Alecto Carrow. Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts for one year, and Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts under Snape.
* Cattermole, Reginald – Employee of the Magical Maintenance Department at the Ministry of Magic. Impersonated by Ron Weasley using Polyjuice Potion.
* Chang, Cho – Seeker for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team. One year above Harry, and his first love interest. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Clearwater, Penelope – Ravenclaw prefect and girlfriend of Percy Weasley.
* Crabbe – Death Eater and father of Vincent Crabbe.
* Crabbe, Vincent – Slytherin student in Harry's year and the son of a Death Eater. Beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team and member of the Inquisitorial Squad. Killed by his own Fiendfyre spell. Crabbe is portrayed by Jamie Waylett in the first six Harry Potter films.[3][4]
* Creevey, Colin – Muggle-born Gryffindor student one year below Harry. Older brother of Dennis Creevey, and member of Dumbledore's Army. Killed during the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Creevey, Dennis – Muggle-born Gryffindor student three years below Harry. Younger brother of Colin Creevey, and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Cresswell, Dirk – Muggle-born head of the Goblin Liaison Office. Goes on the run with Ted Tonks, Dean Thomas and the goblins Gornuk and Griphook. Killed by Snatchers.
* Crouch, Barty Sr – Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation. Killed by his son Barty Crouch Jr.
* Crouch, Barty Jr – Death Eater credited with facilitating the return of Voldemort. Impersonates Alastor Moody with Polyjuice Potion and receives a Dementor's Kiss. Crouch is portrayed by David Tennant in the films.

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* Dawlish, John – An Auror.
* Delacour, Fleur – Participant in the Triwizard Tournament as the champion from Beauxbatons. Married to Bill Weasley.
* Delacour, Gabrielle – Fleur's younger sister. Rescued by Harry during the Triwizard Tournament.
* Diggle, Dedalus – Member of the Order of the Phoenix who takes the Dursleys into hiding.
* Diggory, Amos – Father of Cedric Diggory. Employee of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
* Diggory, Cedric – Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team and prefect two years above Harry. Co-winner of the Triwizard Tournament with Harry. Killed by Peter Pettigrew on Voldemort's command.
* Dippet, Armando – Headmaster of Hogwarts before Albus Dumbledore. Expelled Rubeus Hagrid, who was framed for opening the Chamber of Secrets by Tom Riddle.
* Doge, Elphias – A school friend of Albus Dumbledore.
* Dolohov, Antonin – Death Eater who kills Fabian Prewett, Gideon Prewett, and Remus Lupin.
* Dumbledore, Aberforth – Brother of Albus and Ariana Dumbledore. Owner of the Hog's Head tavern.
* Dumbledore, Albus – Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts during Tom Riddle's school years, and headmaster during Harry's school years. Founder of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed by Severus Snape at Dumbledore's request.
* Dumbledore, Ariana – Sister of Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore. Killed during a three-way duel between Albus, Aberforth and Gellert Grindelwald.
* Dumbledore, Kendra – Wife of Percival Dumbledore. Mother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore.
* Dumbledore, Percival – Husband of Kendra Dumbledore. Father of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore.
* Dursley, Dudley – Son of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, and cousin of Harry. Dudley is portrayed by Harry Melling in the Harry Potter films.[5]
* Dursley, Marge – Sister of Vernon Dursley who is accidentally inflated by Harry. Marge is portrayed by Pam Ferris in the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
* Dursley, Petunia – Harry's aunt, Vernon's wife and Dudley's mother. In the films, Petunia is portrayed by Fiona Shaw (adult) and Ariella Paradise (child).
* Dursley, Vernon – Harry's uncle, Petunia's husband and Dudley's father. Vernon is portrayed by Richard Griffiths in the films.

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* Edgecombe, Marietta – Ravenclaw student one year above Harry. Member of Dumbledore's Army who betrays the group to Dolores Umbridge.

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* Figg, Arabella – Squib neighbour of the Dursleys. Member of the Order of the Phoenix.
* Filch, Argus – Squib caretaker of Hogwarts.
* Finch-Fletchley, Justin – Muggle-born Hufflepuff student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Finnigan, Seamus – Gryffindor student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Flamel, Nicolas – Creator of the Philosopher's Stone.
* Fletcher, Mundungus – Petty thief and shifty member of the Order of the Phoenix.
* Flitwick, Filius – Charms professor and the Head of Ravenclaw House at Hogwarts.
* Fudge, Cornelius – Minister for Magic in the first five novels. Removed from his position after denying Voldemort's return.

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* Gaunt, Marvolo – The pure-blood father of Merope and Morfin Gaunt, and the grandfather of Tom Riddle.
* Gaunt, Merope – Tom Riddle's mother who died in childbirth.
* Gaunt, Morfin – Marvolo's son and Merope's brother. Framed by his nephew Tom Riddle for killing Muggles, and died in Azkaban.
* Goldstein, Anthony – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Goyle – Death Eater and father of Gregory Goyle.
* Goyle, Gregory – Slytherin student in Harry's year. Beater for the Slytherin Quidditch team and member of the Inquisitorial Squad. Goyle is portrayed by Joshua Herdman in the Harry Potter films.
* Granger, Hermione – Muggle-born Gryffindor prefect in Harry's year, and one of his closest friends. Co-founder of Dumbledore's Army.
* Granger, Mr and Mrs – Hermione Granger's parents. During the Second Wizarding War, Hermione alters their memories to protect them from Voldemort, which causes them to believe they are Wendell and Monica Wilkins. She later restores their memories.[6]
* Greengrass, Astoria – Wife of Draco Malfoy who died in 2019 due to a blood curse.[7] She is portrayed by Jade Gordon in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
* Gregorovitch – Highly regarded Eastern European wandmaker.
* Greyback, Fenrir – Werewolf working for the Death Eaters.
* Grindelwald, Gellert – Dark wizard who was imprisoned after Albus Dumbledore defeated him in the 1940s. In the Fantastic Beasts film series, Grindelwald and Dumbledore are former lovers who made a blood pact in their youth to never harm each other. However, Grindelwald attempts to indirectly kill Dumbledore. In the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Grindelwald is portrayed by Jamie Campbell Bower (younger) and Michael Byrne (older). He is portrayed by Johnny Depp in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), and by Mads Mikkelsen in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).[8] Campbell Bower plays a teenage version of the character in a brief flashback scene in Crimes of Grindelwald.
* Grubbly-Plank, Wilhelmina – Substitute Care of Magical Creatures professor during Harry's fourth and fifth years.
* Gryffindor, Godric – One of the four founders of Hogwarts.

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* Rubeus Hagrid – Half-giant Hogwarts gamekeeper, and Care of Magical Creatures professor starting in Harry's third year. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. As a Hogwarts student, he was expelled in his third year.
* Rolanda Hooch – Hogwarts flying instructor and Quidditch referee.
* Mafalda Hopkirk – Witch who works in the Ministry of Magic. Impersonated by Hermione Granger.
* Helga Hufflepuff\- Founder of Hufflepuff House. Co-founder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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* Angelina Johnson – Gryffindor student two years above Harry. Quidditch Chaser and later team captain.
* Lee Jordan – Gryffindor student two years above Harry. Hogwarts Quidditch commentator and good friend of Fred and George Weasley.
* Bertha Jorkins – Ministry of Magic employee that worked under the Department of Magical Games and Sports. Killed by Voldemort in order to create Nagini as the last Horcrux.

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* Igor Karkaroff – Reformed Death Eater. Headmaster of wizarding school Durmstrang.
* Viktor Krum – Bulgarian Quidditch Seeker and Durmstrang student who participated in the Triwizard Tournament. Stanislav Ianevski portrayed Krum in the film adaptation of Goblet of Fire.
* Silvanus Kettleburn – Care of Magical Creatures teacher until Harry's third year.

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* Bellatrix Lestrange – Cousin of Sirius Black. Death Eater who tortured Neville Longbottom's parents Frank and Alice into insanity. Killed by Molly Weasley during the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Gilderoy Lockhart – Fraudulent celebrity author and Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Lost his memory after a memory charm backfired and resided in St. Mungo's afterwards.
* Alice and Frank Longbottom – Neville Longbottom's parents. Aurors and members of the original Order of the Phoenix. Tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange.
* Augusta Longbottom – Frank's mother and Neville's grandmother, who raises him after his parents are incapacitated. Augusta is portrayed by Leila Hoffman in the first film, appearing only in the background escorting Neville to the Hogwarts Express.
* Neville Longbottom – Gryffindor student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Luna Lovegood – Xenophilius Lovegood's daughter and Ravenclaw student one year below Harry. Member of Dumbledore's Army and wife of Newt Scamander's grandson Rolf.
* Xenophilius Lovegood – Luna's father. Editor of tabloid magazine The Quibbler. In Greek, his name means "one who likes that which is strange" (xeno meaning "strange" and philo meaning "liking" or "fondness").[9] Welsh actor and singer Rhys Ifans portrays Xenophilius in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1.
* Remus Lupin – Lycanthropic Gryffindor student before Harry's time who befriended Sirius Black and James Potter. Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts in Harry's third year, and member of the Order of the Phoenix. He and his wife Nymphadora Tonks gave birth to a son, Teddy, before dying in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Teddy Lupin – orphaned only son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks and godson of Harry Potter. He is named after Tonks' late father, Ted Tonks, and his own father, Remus. Teddy is a Metamorphmagus like his mother Nymphadora, and is not affected by his father's lycanthropy.[10][11] He is mentioned in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Harry, who says that Teddy "comes round to dinner about four times a week".

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* Walden Macnair – Death Eater and Committee of Disposal of Dangerous Creatures' executioner. Injured badly by Hagrid during the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Draco Malfoy – Slytherin student in Harry's year. Quidditch Seeker, prefect, and member of the Inquisitorial Squad.
* Lucius Malfoy – Draco's father and an influential Death Eater. Governor of Hogwarts early in the series.
* Narcissa Malfoy – Lucius' wife and Draco's mother. Sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks. Narcissa is portrayed by Helen McCrory in the film series. McCrory was initially cast as Bellatrix Lestrange, but withdrew due to pregnancy; the role of Bellatrix went to Helena Bonham Carter.
* Scorpius Malfoy – Son of Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass. Sorted into Slytherin. Friends with Albus Potter. He is a kind-hearted boy who likes sweets and does not discriminate against non-pure-blood wizards.[7]
* Madam Malkin – Clothing shop owner in Diagon Alley.
* Griselda Marchbanks – Governor of the Wizarding Examinations Authority which ran the O.W.L, N.E.W.T., and W.O.M.B.A.T. exams. Wizengamot elder.
* Olympe Maxime – Half-giantess. Headmistress of Beauxbatons. Frances de la Tour appeared as Madame Maxime in Goblet of Fire, and reprised the role in Deathly Hallows.[12]
* Ernie Macmillan – Hufflepuff student in Harry's year. Prefect and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Minerva McGonagall – Hogwarts Transfiguration professor, Head of Gryffindor House, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Assumes position of Hogwarts Headmaster for a time after Voldemort's death.
* Eloise Midgen – Gryffindor student that accidentally removed her nose trying to get rid of her acne. Known for her bad case of acne.
* Cormac McLaggen – Gryffindor student one year above Harry Potter. Quidditch Keeper and member of Horace Slughorn's Slug Club. Freddie Stroma played McLaggen in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
* Graham Montague – Slytherin Quidditch Chaser who became trapped inside a Vanishing Cabinet for a day.
* Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody – Retired Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Impersonated by Barty Crouch Jr. in his scheme to enter Harry into the Triwizard Tournament. Killed by Voldemort.

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* Theodore Nott – Slytherin student in the same year as Harry Potter, and son of a Death Eater.
* Nott Sr – Theodore Nott's father. Death Eater.

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* Bob Ogden – Leader of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Squad in the 1920s. Turned the Gaunt family over to the Wizengamot for using magic in front of a Muggle. Died before Harry Potter's sixth year.
* Garrick Ollivander – Wandmaker and owner of the Ollivanders wand shop. Kidnapped by the Malfoy family for several months until freed by Harry, Ron, and Hermione. British actor John Hurt appeared as Ollivander in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and reprised his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. His first name was revealed in Pottermore. It was also revealed that he is married and has a son and a daughter (the latter deceased). Some of the names of his wandmaker ancestors were also revealed: Geraint Ollivander (ancestor), Gerbold Octavius Ollivander (paternal grandfather), Gervaise Ollivander (father).

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* Pansy Parkinson – Slytherin student in Harry's year. Prefect and member of the Inquisitorial Squad. Rowling said the character was based on real-life girls who teased her during her school days.[13]
* Padma Patil – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year. Identical twin sister of Gryffindor student Parvati Patil, and a member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Parvati Patil – Gryffindor student in Harry's year and Padma's identical twin sister. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Peter Pettigrew – Death Eater and former school friend of James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Betrays Harry's parents James and Lily Potter to Voldemort, resulting in their deaths. Pettigrew is first introduced in the series as Ron Weasley's pet rat Scabbers. He is strangled to death by his own metal prosthetic hand after his loyalty towards Voldemort wavers upon Harry confronting him about having previously spared Pettigrew's life.
* Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus Peverell – Three brothers who were the original owners of the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak, respectively.
* Irma Pince – Hogwarts librarian.
* Sturgis Podmore – Member of the Order of the Phoenix.
* Poppy Pomfrey – Hogwarts school nurse.
* Harry Potter – The main character of the series. Orphaned son of James and Lily Potter. Gryffindor student at Hogwarts, and co-founder and first leader of Dumbledore's Army. The husband of Ginny Weasley, father of James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna Potter.
* James Potter – Harry Potter's father and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed along with his wife Lily by Lord Voldemort prior to the start of the series.
* Lily Potter – Harry Potter's mother and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed by Lord Voldemort.
* Albus Severus Potter – Second child of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.
* James Sirius Potter – Harry and Ginny's first child.
* Lily Luna Potter – Harry and Ginny's third child. Her name honours two women important to her parents—her paternal grandmother Lily Potter, and her parents' friend Luna Lovegood.[14] Lily is portrayed by Daphne de Beistegui in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
* Apollyon Pringle — a caretaker at Hogwarts.

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* Quirinus Quirrell – Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry Potter's first year. Possessed by Lord Voldemort.

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* Helena Ravenclaw/The Grey Lady – Daughter of house founder Rowena Ravenclaw. Stole and hid her mother's diadem, and became Ravenclaw's house ghost after being killed by the Bloody Baron.
* Rowena Ravenclaw – One of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and founder of the Ravenclaw house.
* Delphi Riddle – The main antagonist of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange who tries to bring Voldemort back to life by completing a prophecy. Currently imprisoned in Azkaban.
* Mary Riddle – Muggle wife of Thomas Riddle, mother of Tom Riddle Sr. and grandmother of Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort. Killed by her grandson, Lord Voldemort.
* Thomas Riddle – Muggle husband of Mary Riddle, father of Tom Riddle Sr. and grandfather of Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort. Killed by his grandson Lord Voldemort.
* Tom Riddle Sr. – Muggle son of Thomas and Mary Riddle, husband of Merope Gaunt and father of Tom Marvolo Riddle/Lord Voldemort Killed by his son, Lord Voldemort.
* Tom Marvolo Riddle – Slytherin student who became Lord Voldemort.
* Demelza Robins – Gryffindor student and Quidditch Chaser.
* Augustus Rookwood – Death Eater and spy working in the Department of Mysteries.
* Thorfinn Rowle – Death Eater.
* Albert Runcorn – Ministry of Magic employee whose chief function was as an investigator of alleged Muggle-borns.

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* Newt Scamander – Magizoologist and author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Main character in the Fantastic Beasts film series. Expelled Hogwarts student who excels in curing different sicknesses.
* Rufus Scrimgeour – Head of the Auror Office who replaces Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic. Killed by Death Eaters.
* Kingsley Shacklebolt – Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Replaces Pius Thicknesse as Minister for Magic.
* Stan Shunpike – Conductor of the triple-decker Knight Bus. Jailed in Azkaban on suspicions of being a Death Eater. Stan was portrayed by Lee Ingleby in the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban.
* Aurora Sinistra – Astronomy professor at Hogwarts.
* Rita Skeeter – Reporter and tabloid journalist for the Daily Prophet. It has been speculated that the fraught relationship between Rowling and the press was the inspiration for the author to develop the character. However, Rowling noted in 2000 that the character actually predates her rise to fame.[15] Rita was intended to be in Philosopher's Stone, as Rowling revealed in an interview: "you know when Harry walks into the Leaky Cauldron for the first time and everyone says, "Mr. Potter you're back!", I wanted to put a journalist in there. She wasn't called Rita then but she was a woman. And then I thought, as I looked at the plot overall, I thought, that's not really where she fits best, she fits best in Four when Harry's supposed to come to terms with his fame".[16] Miranda Richardson appeared as Rita in the film adaptation of Goblet of Fire as well as in Deathly Hallows.[17]
* Horace Slughorn – Former Hogwarts Potions professor and Head of Slytherin House, whose charges included Tom Riddle. Returned to Hogwarts to teach Potions in Harry's sixth year.
* Salazar Slytherin – One of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and founder of the Slytherin house.
* Zacharias Smith – Hufflepuff Quidditch Chaser in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Severus Snape – Potions and later Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. Head of Slytherin House, and member of both the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix as a double agent spying for Dumbledore.
* Alicia Spinnet – Gryffindor student two years above Harry. Quidditch Chaser and member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Pomona Sprout – Hogwarts Herbology professor and Head of Hufflepuff House.

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* Pius Thicknesse – Minister for Magic while under the Imperius Curse. Replaced by Kingsley Shacklebolt.
* Dean Thomas – Gryffindor student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army.
* Andromeda Tonks – Sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, and the mother of Nymphadora Tonks. Disowned by her family for marrying Muggle-born Ted Tonks.
* Nymphadora Tonks – Ted and Andromeda's daughter. Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix. She marries Remus Lupin and becomes the mother of a son, Teddy, before she and Remus are killed in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Ted Tonks – Andromeda's Muggle-born husband, and the father of Nymphadora Tonks. Killed by Snatchers.
* Sybill Trelawney – Hogwarts Divination professor. Predicted the prophecy that prompted Lord Voldemort to go after the Potters.
* Wilkie Twycross – Hogwarts Apparition instructor who works in the Department of Magical Transportation.

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* Dolores Umbridge – Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, Hogwarts High Inquisitor and temporary Headmistress of Hogwarts. She becomes Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry Potter's fifth year, and joins in the persecution of half-bloods and Muggle-borns under Voldemort. Sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban.

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* Emmeline Vance – Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed by Death Eaters.
* Romilda Vane – Gryffindor student who unsuccessfully tries to romance Harry.
* Septima Vector – Arithmancy professor at Hogwarts.
* Lord Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) – The villain of the series. Murderer of Harry Potter's parents and many others in his quest for immortality and absolute power.

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* Myrtle Warren/Moaning Myrtle[18] – Muggle-born Ravenclaw student during Tom Riddle's time at Hogwarts. Killed by the Basilisk in a girls' bathroom, which she continued to haunt after her death. Tom Riddle used her death to create his first Horcrux: his diary.[19] Rowling revealed on her website that Myrtle was in Ravenclaw House[20] and that her full name was Myrtle Elizabeth Warren.[21] She added that the inspiration for the character was "the frequent presence of a crying girl in communal bathrooms, especially at the parties and discos of my youth."[22] Shirley Henderson plays Myrtle in the film versions of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire. The character was omitted from Half-Blood Prince.
* Arthur Weasley – Muggle-obsessed Ministry of Magic employee, and member of the Order of the Phoenix. Husband of Molly Weasley, father of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny Weasley.
* Bill Weasley – Oldest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Gringotts employee. Marries Fleur Delacour.
* Charlie Weasley – Second son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Works with dragons in Romania.
* Fred Weasley – Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and identical twin brother of George Weasley. Gryffindor Quidditch Beater and member of Dumbledore's Army, later co-owner of joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Killed in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* George Weasley – Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and identical twin brother of Fred Weasley. Gryffindor Quidditch Beater and member of Dumbledore's Army. Co-owner of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Marries Angelina Johnson.
* Ginny Weasley – Only daughter and youngest child of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Gryffindor student one year below Harry, Quidditch Seeker and Chaser, and member of Dumbledore's Army. Married to Harry Potter.
* Hugo Granger-Weasley– Son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, brother of Rose Weasley. Hugo is portrayed by Ryan Turner in Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
* Molly Weasley – Wife of Arthur Weasley and mother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. Member of the Order of the Phoenix.
* Percy Weasley – Third son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Gryffindor prefect and Head Boy, then Ministry of Magic employee, during which he becomes estranged from his family before joining them in fighting the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Ron Weasley – Youngest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley who is best friends with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper, prefect, and co-founder of Dumbledore's Army.
* Oliver Wood – Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper and captain four years above Harry. Oliver Wood was portrayed by Sean Biggerstaff in the first two films and once again in the eighth film.
* Rose Granger-Weasley – Daughter of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Sister of Hugo Weasley. Rose is portrayed by Helena Barlow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. She also featured in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; she has been played in the West End production by Cherrelle Skeete and Helen Aluko.

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* Corban Yaxley – Death Eater. Head of Magical Law Enforcement under Voldemort's regime.

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* Blaise Zabini – Slytherin student in Harry's year.

## Characters with no or unknown surname

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Contents

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

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* Aragog – Giant spider raised by Rubeus Hagrid and lived in the Forbidden Forest.

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* Bane – Centaur, not very wizard-friendly.
* Beedle the Bard – Author of several wizarding fairy tales including The Tale of the Three Brothers.
* The Bloody Baron – Slytherin House ghost. Suitor of Helena Ravenclaw before killing her in a fit of blind rage, then commits suicide in remorse.
* Bogrod – Head goblin at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Put under the Imperius curse when Harry, Ron, and Hermione break into Gringotts.
* Buckbeak – Hippogriff belonging at various times to Hagrid, Sirius Black and Harry Potter.

### C

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* Sir Cadogan – Armored and somewhat mad knight occupying a painting in Hogwarts.
* Crookshanks – Intelligent cat belonging to Hermione Granger.

### D

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* Dobby – House-elf originally belonging to the Malfoy family until he is set free by Harry in Chamber of Secrets, killed by Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

### E

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* Errol – Owl belonging to the Weasley family.

### F

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* Fang – Hagrid's pet boarhound.
* The Fat Friar – Hufflepuff House ghost.
* The Fat Lady – Witch in the painting concealing the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.
* Fawkes – Phoenix belonging to Albus Dumbledore. Saved Harry Potter from the Basilisk inside the Chamber of Secrets.
* Firenze – Centaur and substitute Divination professor at Hogwarts during Harry's fifth year.
* Fluffy – Three-headed dog belonging to Hagrid and protector of the Philosopher's Stone.

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* Gornuk – Gringotts goblin who goes on the run from Death Eaters in Deathly Hallows along with fellow goblin Griphook, plus Dean Thomas, Ted Tonks, and Dirk Cresswell.
* Grawp – Giant and Hagrid's half-brother.
* Griphook – Gringotts Bank goblin who helps Harry and his friends steal Helga Hufflepuff's cup from within the Lestrange vault.

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* Hedwig – Harry Potter's pet owl. Killed during the Battle of the Seven Potters.
* Hokey – House-elf belonging to Hepzibah Smith.

### K

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* Kreacher – House-elf belonging to the Black family and later Harry Potter. Though at first preferring to serve the pureblood line (including Regulus Black, Narcissa Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Draco Malfoy), he eventually prefers serving under Harry as he treats him better.

### L

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* Leanne – Friend of Katie Bell and a member of Dumbledore's Army. Along with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, she is present when Katie touches a cursed necklace intended to be given to Dumbledore.

### M

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* Magorian – A centaur.
* Great Aunt Muriel – The Weasley children's great-aunt. Matyelok Gibbs appears as Muriel in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, but during the film she is never identified.[23]
* Muggle Prime Minister  \- The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, referred to as the Muggle Prime Minister by wizards, is aware of the existence of the wizarding world. Rowling intended to include the Prime Minister scene in earlier books, but she thought that it could not properly fit until the sixth book.[24] He is protected by an Auror, Kingsley Shacklebolt.

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* Nagini – Lord Voldemort's massive pet snake that does his bidding. She is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes who is ultimately slain by Neville Longbottom during the Battle of Hogwarts.
* Nearly Headless Nick – Gryffindor house ghost. Full name is Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington.
* Norbert – A baby dragon illegally owned by Hagrid who is relocated to a reserve in Romania by friends of Ron's older brother Charlie Weasley.

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* Peeves – Hogwarts poltergeist, a mischievous magical being.
* Pigwidgeon – A tiny mischievous owl belonging to Ron Weasley. Called "Pig" for short.

### R

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* Madam Rosmerta – Proprietor of The Three Broomsticks inn in Hogsmeade village. Julie Christie appeared as Madam Rosmerta in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
* Ronan – A centaur living in the Forbidden Forest.

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* Scabbers – Ron Weasley's pet rat in the first three stories who is revealed to be a wizard in animal form: Peter Pettigrew.
* Scabior – Snatcher who captures Harry, Ron and Hermione in Deathly Hallows.
* Hepzibah Smith – an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles; introduced within Dumbledore's Pensieve.

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* Tom - Bartender of the Leaky Cauldron.
* Travers – Wizard and Death Eater who escapes from Azkaban after Lord Voldemort's return.
* Trevor – Neville Longbottom's perpetually-misplaced pet toad.

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* The Weird Sisters – a wizarding rock band. They performed three songs (all composed by Cocker): "Do the Hippogriff", "This Is the Night" and "Magic Works".[25] A full music video of the band playing at the Yule Ball is included as an extended scene on the Goblet of Fire DVD. In 2005, Warner Bros., the international distributor of Goblet of Fire, was sued for trademark violations by members of a Canadian band named the Wyrd Sisters.[26][27] In the Goblet of Fire film, the band was played by the following musicians:

* Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp) as Myron Wagtail – vocals
* Jonny Greenwood (of Radiohead) as Kirley Duke – lead guitar
* Jason Buckle (of All Seeing I) as Heathcote Barbary – rhythm guitar
* Steve Mackey (of Pulp) as Donaghan Tremlett – bass
* Steven Claydon (of Add N to (X)) as Gideon Crumb – keyboards and bagpipes
* Philip Selway (of Radiohead) as Orsino Thruston – drums

* Winky – A female house-elf who belonged to Barty Crouch Sr until he sacked her, then worked in the Hogwarts kitchen.

## See also

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* Magical creatures in Harry Potter
* Hogwarts staff
* Dumbledore's Army
* Death Eater
* Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)
* List of Fantastic Beasts characters
* Ministry of Magic

## References

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3. ^ "Why Harry Potter's Crabbe was replaced in the last film". Cosmopolitan. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
4. ^ "Harry Potter actor jailed for 2 years over London riots". CNN. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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21. ^ Shepherd, Jack (12 May 2015). "Moaning Myrtle's full name sparks controversy after being revealed by JK Rowling on Twitter". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
22. ^ Rowling, J.K. "Hogwarts Ghosts". Pottermore. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
23. ^ sue (26 June 2009). "Deathly Hallows Casting Updates: Aunt Muriel Cast, Mafald Hopkirk Recast and Clemence Confirmed!". The Leaky Cauldron. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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25. ^ Young, Alex (18 November 2010). "Break Yo' TV: Harry Potter's The Weird Sisters - 'Do The Hippogriff'". Consequence. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
26. ^ "'Wyrd Sisters' cannot stop Harry Potter". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 November 2005. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007.
27. ^ Canadian Group Sues Radiohead, Warner Bros. Over Use Of Name In 'Harry Potter' Flick Long-running folk group claims trademark infringement

## External links

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* J.K. Rowling...A Day in the Life documentary from ITV
* The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on the Dursley family

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* The Philosopher's Stone
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* The Prisoner of Azkaban
* The Goblet of Fire
* The Order of the Phoenix
* The Half-Blood Prince
* The Deathly Hallows

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Spin-offs|

* Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
* Quidditch Through the Ages
* The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Short stories|

* Prequel
* Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
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Other works|

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* Lego Creator: Harry Potter
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