Sirius is one of James Potters best friends from Hogwarts and godfather to James and Lilys son, Harry. On the night Lily and James were killed, Sirius was accused of giving Voldemort the secret of where they were hiding, although he was innoce...
Ronald Weasley, is the second youngest child and youngest boy in the Weasley family. He has 5 older brothers (Bill, Charlie, Percy, George & Fred) and a younger sister (Ginny). He is best friends with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. He is in Gryffindor...
Petunia Dursley is the sister of Lily Potter, and is a muggle, A.K.A. a non-magical person. She has always hated her sister for being "different" because her parents LOVED Lily. She treats Harry nicer than Vernon, but still hates his guts.more...
Vernon Dursley is married to Petunia, and they have a child named Dudley. They "took Harry in" when he arrived on their doorstep the night Harrys parents died. Vernon always treats Harry like dirt since he is a wizard. Until Harry was 11, he never l...
Dudley is Harrys annoying cousin who is about the same age of Harry. Dudley is also a Muggle. He likes eating, watching TV, killing aliens on his PlayStation and hitting Harry.more...
Severus Snape was the potions teacher at Hogwarts until the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He originally wanted to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but didnt get the job. James Potter, his arch-enemy, frequently teased a...
Rubeus Hagrid is the half-giant gamekeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was expelled from Hogwarts in his third year for opening the Chamber of Secrets and killing Moaning Myrtle, but he was innocent. In Harrys third year he bec...
Tom Marvolo Riddle was born to a pureblood mother and a muggle father in an orphanage in England, and his mother died shortly afterward. He uses his magical powers (including being a parseltongue) to torture the other children in the orphanage. When he is...
Minerva McGonagall teaches Transfiguration at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and acts as Deputy Head....
Neville Longbottom is a fellow Gryffindor of Harry Potter, and has an affinity for Herbology. In the films he is played by Matthew Lewis....
Fred Weasley was a son of Arthur and Molly Weasley He has 3 older brothers (Bill, Charlie, Percy), a twin (George), a younger brother (Ron) and a younger sister (Ginny). Fred was a prankster and inventor with George. During his time at Hogwarts Fred was i...
George Weasley is Fred Weasleys twin and the brother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Ron and Ginny. He loses an ear in the Battle over Little Whinging, courtesy of Severus Snape.more...
Percy Weasley is the brother of Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny. In Ron and Harrys first year, Percy is a prefect, and in their third year he is also Head Boy. He originally supports the mystery, but later changes his allegiance.m...
Ginny is the youngest member of the Weasley family, the seventh child, and the only girl.She appears only fleetingly in the first book but makes much more of an impact in the second where her disastrous first year at Hogwarts is the focus of the story, al...
Colin Creevey is a Gryffindor student the year below Harry and Ron. He gets petrified when the Chamber of Secrets is opened, but doesnt die because he saw the Basilisk through his camera. He loves Harry and tries to get a signed photo.more...
Filius Flitwick is the dwarf Charms teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....
Gilderoy Lockhart was the professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts in Harry and Rons second year. He tried to remove Harry and Rons memories but it ended up backfiring and he lost his own memories instead.more...
Lucius Malfoy is the father of Draco Malfoy, and the husband of Narcissa Black, making him a relation of Sirius Black. He is a pure-blood wizard and a Death Eater....
Pomona Sprout is the professor of Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and also the Head of Hufflepuff house....
Arthur Weasley is the husband of Molly Weasley and the father of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny. He lives at The Burrow with his family and works at the Ministry of Magic....
Molly Weasley is the wife of Arthur Weasley and the mother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny....
Cho Chang was Cedric Diggorys girlfriend in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but then became a love interest of Harrys, and was his first kiss.more...
Cornelius Fudge was the Minister for Magic until he was ousted after Voldemort came into the open....
Remus Lupin is a werewolf and during Harrys third year was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts. He was a close friend of Sirius Black and James Potter, and was a member of the Order of the Phoenix. He was married to Nymphadora To...
Sybil Trelawney was the professor of Divination at Hogwarts, a Seer. She was the one who made the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort....
Stan Shunpike is the conductor on the Knight Bus. He later is accused of Death Eater activity....
Bellatrix Lestrange, née Black, is a Death Eater, and works for Voldemort as his most faithful lieutenant. She also used the Cruciatus Curse on Neville Longbottoms parents, well-known Aurors, effectively making them insane. She killed Sirius Black a...
Alastor Moody was an Auror (Dark Wizard Catcher) at the Ministry and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. He died in the Battle over Little Whinging....
Rita Skeeter was a journalist for the Daily Prophet during the Triwizard Tournament. Shes an animagus and can turn into a beetle.more...
Luna Lovegood is a Ravenclaw in Ginnys year. She fights with Harry at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and is played in the films by Evanna Lynch.more...
Tonks is an Auror (Dark Wizard Catcher) at the Ministry, and married to Remus Lupin. They had a son, Teddy, and died together in the Battle of Hogwarts....
Dolores Umbridge was the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts during Harrys fifth year. She punished Harry repetitively for telling the truth about Voldemort, and was carried into the Forbidden Forest by the Centaur herd. She later wo...
Dobby is a house-elf who worked for the Malfoy family. He tried to warn Harry about the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets and Harry set him free. Dobby died in the escape from Malfoy Manor, saving Harry and his friends....
Kingsley Shacklebolt is an Auror (Dark Wizard Catcher) at the Ministry and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. He was in charge of the hunt for Sirius Black after his escape from Azkaban. After the fall of Voldemort in Deathly Hallows he is announced as...
Padma Patil is a Ravenclaw student in Harrys year at Hogwarts. She goes as Rons date to the Yule Ball, and is the twin of Parvati Patil.more...
Parvati Patil is a Ravenclaw student in Harrys year at Hogwarts. She goes as Harrys date to the Yule Ball, and is the twin of Padma Patil.more...
Kreacher is the house-elf belonging to the Black family. He lied to Harry which led to Siriuss death, and eventually led Harry, Ron and Hermione to find the locket Horcrux.more...
Dean Thomas is a boy in Harrys year. Its possible that he was a Muggle-Born.more...
Seamus Finnigan is a school friend of Harry and Ron, but he turns against Harry in their fifth year, when Harry says that Voldemort has returned....
Draco Malfoy, from an ancient, rich, pureblood wizarding family is an antagonist in the Harry Potter series. He is a constant enemy of Harry Potters, and becomes a Death Eater in the sixth book but is basically used as Voldemorts pawn to punis...
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts for the first six books of the Harry Potter series, though he is killed at the end of the sixth. He knew Voldemort as Tom Riddle when Riddle was a student at Hogwarts, and calls him Tom...
Harry James Potter is the title character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter fantasy series. The books cover seven years in the life of the lonely orphan who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. He attends Hogwarts ...
Hermione is a muggle-born Gryffindor student and the best friend of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. The daughter of two dentists, she is an overachiever who shows considerable academic progress when compared to her friends and classmates, and she is describ...
Lavender Brown is a girl in Harry, Ron and Hermiones year. In their sixth year, Lavender begins a relationship with Ron Weasley, much to Hermiones dismay.more...