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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Hannah Abbott – Hufflepuff student in Harry Potter's year, prefect of Hufflepuff house in fifth year, member of Dumbledore's Army.

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Marietta Edgecombe – Ravenclaw student one year above Harry, member of Dumbledore's Army's and also betrays Dumbledore's Army to Dolores Umbridge.

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Arabella Figg – Squib neighbour of the Dursleys', member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Argus Filch – Squib caretaker of Hogwarts.

Justin Finch-Fletchley – Muggle-born Hufflepuff student in Harry's year, a member of Dumbledore's Army.

Seamus Finnigan – Irish Gryffindor student in Harry's year, a member of Dumbledore's Army, best friend of Dean Thomas.

Marcus Flint – Slytherin sixth year Quidditch captain.

Mundungus Fletcher – Common thief and shifty member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Filius Flitwick – Charms professor at Hogwarts and Head of Ravenclaw.

Florean Fortescue – Ice cream vendor at Diagon Alley.

Cornelius Fudge – Minister for Magic in the first five books, sacked when he denied Lord Voldemort's return for a year.

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Rubeus Hagrid – Half-giant Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, Care of Magical Creatures professor starting from Harry's third year, a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Once a Hogwarts student, Hagrid was expelled in his third year.

Rolanda Hooch – Hogwarts flying instructor, Quidditch referee.

Mafalda Hopkirk – Witch who works in the Ministry of Magic, impersonated by Hermione Granger in Deathly Hallows.





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Angelina Johnson – Gryffindor student two years above Harry, Quidditch Chaser and later captain.

Lee Jordan – Gryffindor student two years above Harry, Hogwarts Quidditch commentator, good friend of Fred and George Weasley at Hogwarts.

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Igor Karkaroff – Reformed Death Eater, Headmaster of Durmstrang.

Viktor Krum – Bulgarian Quidditch seeker and Durmstrang student who participated in the Triwizard Tournament, dated Hermione for several months.

Silvanus Kettleburn - Care of Magical Creature teacher until Harry's third year.

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Theodore Nott – A Slytherin student in the same year as Harry Potter. Theodore Nott is one of the few students who can see Thestrals, suggesting that he has witnessed a death at some point. His father is a Death Eater and described as an elderly widower.

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Bob Ogden – Wizard in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, led the Magical Law Enforcement Squad in the 1920s. He went to the Gaunts' home after Morfin Gaunt used magic in front of a muggle and subsequently turned the Gaunts over to the Wizengamot.

Garrick Ollivander – Wandmaker, owner of the Ollivanders shop, kidnapped by the Malfoys for several months and later released by Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

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Pansy Parkinson – Slytherin student in Harry's year, school prefect,

Padma Patil – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year, identical twin sister of Gryffindor Parvati Patil, a member of Dumbledore's Army.

Parvati Patil – Gryffindor student in Harry's year, identical twin sister of Ravenclaw Padma Patil, a member of Dumbledore's Army.

Peter Pettigrew – Former school friend of James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Betrays James and Lily Potter. Death Eater, an unregistered animagus, Pettigrew is first introduced as a rat known as Scabbers. He was later strangled to death by his own metal hand after his loyalty towards Voldemort briefly wavered when Harry confronted him about saving Pettigrew's life.

Antioch Peverell – Original owner of the Elder Wand in The Tale of the Three Brothers

Cadmus Peverell – Original owner of the Resurrection Stone in The Tale of the Three Brothers

Ignotus Peverell – Original owner of the Invisibility Cloak in The Tale of the Three Brothers

Irma Pince – Hogwarts librarian.

Sturgis Podmore – Member of the Order of the Phoenix; sentenced to six months in Azkaban for committing a break-in.

Poppy Pomfrey – Hogwarts school nurse.

Harry Potter – The main character of the series, orphaned son of James and Lily Potter and student at Hogwarts.

James Potter – Harry Potter's father, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, murdered by Lord Voldemort before the series begins.

Lily Potter (née Evans) – Harry Potter's mother, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, murdered by Lord Voldemort before the series begins.

Albus Severus Potter - Son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.

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Quirinus Quirrell – Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Harry's first year, possessed by Lord Voldemort, and was killed in Philosopher's Stone.

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Helena Ravenclaw/The Grey Lady – Daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw, stole her mother's diadem and hid it, killed by the Bloody Baron and became Ravenclaw's house ghost.

Tom Marvolo Riddle – Slytherin who became Lord Voldemort.

Demelza Robins – a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sorted into Gryffindor House. She was a Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and was noted to be particularly skilled at dodging Bludgers.

Augustus Rookwood – Death Eater, spy working in the Department of Mysteries.

Thorfinn Rowle – Death Eater.

Albert Runcorn – was a Ministry of Magic employee of high rank during the administration under Pius Thicknesse. His chief function was as an investigator of alleged Muggle-borns.

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Pius Thicknesse – Minister for Magic while under the Imperius Curse, later replaced by Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Dean Thomas – Gryffindor student in Harry's year, a member of Dumbledore's Army, briefly Ginny Weasley's boyfriend, Gryffindor Quidditch Chaser.

Andromeda Tonks (née Black) – Sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, disowned by her family for marrying Muggle-born Ted Tonks, mother of Nymphadora Tonks.

Nymphadora Tonks – Daughter of Ted and Andromeda Tonks, Auror and member of the Order of the Phoenix. She marries Remus Lupin, and becomes the mother of Teddy Lupin.

Ted Tonks – Muggle-born husband of Andromeda and father of Nymphadora Tonks.

Travers – was a wizard and a Death Eater. Escaped from Azkaban after Lord Voldemort's return.

Sybill Trelawney – Hogwarts Divination professor, predicted the prophecy that prompted Lord Voldemort to go after the Potters.

Wilkie Twycross – The apparition instructor in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Works in the Department of Magical Transportation.

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Dolores Jane Umbridge – Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Hogwarts High Inquisitor, Headmistress of Hogwarts, who enthusiastically joins in the persecution of half-bloods under Voldemort.

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Emmeline Vance – a member of the party that brings Harry to Grimmauld Place, a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Described as "A stately looking witch in an emerald green shawl".

Romilda Vane – Hogwarts student who tried to romance Harry with Chocolate Cauldrons containing a love potion from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

Septima Vector – Arithmancy professor at Hogwarts.

Lord Voldemort (born Tom Marvolo Riddle) – the villain of the series, murderer of Harry Potter's parents and of many others in his quest for immortality and absolute power.

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Myrtle Warren/Moaning Myrtle – Muggle-born Ravenclaw student during Tom Marvolo Riddle's time at Hogwarts, killed by the Basilisk in a girl's bathroom, which she continues to haunt.

Arthur Weasley – Muggle-obsessed Ministry of Magic employee. Husband of Molly Weasley, father of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny Weasley, member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Bill Weasley – Oldest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley, Gringotts employee, marries Fleur Delacour.

Charlie Weasley – Second son of Arthur and Molly Weasley, and a 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, a member of Dumbledore's Army, Gryffindor Quidditch Beater, co-owner of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

George Weasley – Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and identical twin brother of Fred Weasley, member of Dumbledore's Army, Gryffindor Quidditch Beater, co-owner of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

Ginny Weasley – Only daughter and youngest child of Arthur and Molly Weasley, Gryffindor student one year below Harry, Gryffindor Quidditch Seeker and Chaser, a member of Dumbledore's Army.

Molly Weasley (née Prewett) – Wife of Arthur Weasley, mother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny Weasley, a 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, long estranged from his family before joining them against the Death Eaters in Deathly Hallows .

. Ron Weasley – Best friends with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, youngest Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley, Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper, school prefect, a member of Dumbledore's Army.

Oliver Wood – Hogwarts student, Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper and captain.

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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, friends with Draco Malfoy.

Characters with no or unknown surname

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Aragog – Giant spider raised by Rubeus Hagrid, 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 and killer of Helena Ravenclaw, killed himself in remorse.

Bogrod – Goblin, Head goblin at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Put under the Imperius curse when Harry, Ron, and Hermione broke into Gringotts.

Buckbeak (a.k.a. Witherwings) – Hippogriff belonging at various times to Rubeus Hagrid, Sirius Black and Harry Potter.

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Sir Cadogan – Armoured and somewhat mad knight occupying a painting in Hogwarts.

Crookshanks – Intelligent cat belonging to Hermione Granger.

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Dobby – House-elf originally belonging to the Malfoy family, which Harry helps set free in Chamber of Secrets. He becomes the only paid house-elf at Hogwarts.

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Errol – Owl belonging to the Weasley family.

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Gornuk – A goblin like Griphook who worked at Gringotts and later teamed up with Griphook, Dean Thomas, Ted Tonks, and Dirk Cresswell to hide away during Deathly Hallows .

. Grawp – Giant, half-brother of Rubeus Hagrid.

Griphook – Goblin, works at Gringotts Bank which he helps Harry and his friends steal the cup from within the Lestrange vault.

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Hedwig – Harry Potter's pet owl.

Hokey – House-elf belonging to Hepzibah Smith.

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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 likes serving under Harry as he treats him better.

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Magorian – Centaur.

Great Aunt Muriel – Great aunt of the Weasley children.

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Nagini – Lord Voldemort's giant pet snake, which does his bidding. She is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Nearly Headless Nick – Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, the Gryffindor House ghost.

Norbert/Norberta – Dragon belonging to Rubeus Hagrid, later secretly moved to the Dragon Reserve in Romania by friends of Charlie Weasley.

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Peeves – Hogwarts poltergeist, a mischievous magical being.

Pigwidgeon ("Pig") – Named by Ginny Weasley, a tiny mischievous owl belonging to Ron Weasley.

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Madam Rosmerta – Proprietor of the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade.

Ronan – Centaur living in the Forbidden Forest.

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Scabbers – Ron Weasley's pet rat in the first three stories. He is revealed at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban to be a wizard in animal form: Peter Pettigrew.

to be a wizard in animal form: Peter Pettigrew. Scabior – Snatcher who captures Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in Deathly Hallows.

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Travers – was a wizard and a Death Eater who escaped from Azkaban after Lord Voldemort's return.

Trevor – The toad belonging to Neville Longbottom that always gets lost.

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