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The following is a list of characters from the Harry Potter series. Each character appears in at least one Harry Potter–related book or story by J. K. Rowling. These books and stories include the seven original Harry Potter novels (1997–2007), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001), Quidditch Through the Ages (2001), The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2016), Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (2016), Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (2016), Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (2016) and the Harry Potter prequel (2008).

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Hufflepuff prefect in the same year as Harry Potter.<ref name="Abbott" /><ref name="AbbottPrefect2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Member of Dumbledore's Army.<ref name="AbbottPrefect2"/> Hannah leaves Hogwarts in Half-Blood Prince after her mother is murdered by Death Eaters, but returns in Deathly Hallows to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts. As an adult, Hannah becomes the owner of The Leaky Cauldron and marries Neville Longbottom.<ref name="Abbott" /> She is portrayed by Charlotte Skeoch in the Harry Potter films.<ref name="Skeoch" />

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  • Carrow, Alecto – Death Eater and sister of Amycus Carrow. Professor of Muggle Studies and Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts under Severus Snape.<ref name="HBP1">Rowling, J. K. (2005). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Bloomsbury Publishing. Chapter 27: Alecto Carrow is introduced as a Death Eater.</ref><ref name="DH1">Rowling, J. K. (2007). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury Publishing. Chapter 12: Alecto Carrow becomes Professor of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts under Voldemort's regime.</ref>
  • Carrow, Amycus – Death Eater and brother of Alecto Carrow. Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts and Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts under Severus Snape.<ref name="HBP12">Rowling, J. K. (2005). Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Bloomsbury Publishing. Chapter 27: Amycus Carrow is introduced as a Death Eater.</ref><ref name="DH12">Rowling, J. K. (2007). Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Bloomsbury Publishing. Chapter 12: Amycus Carrow becomes Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts under Voldemort's regime.</ref>
  • Cattermole, Reginald – Employee of the Magical Maintenance Department at the Ministry of Magic. Impersonated by Ron Weasley using Polyjuice Potion.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Ravenclaw Quidditch Seeker and member of Dumbledore's Army. One year above Harry, and his first love interest. Cho is one of the first students to believe Harry's declaration of Voldemort's return. In the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix, Cho exposes Dumbledore's Army to Dolores Umbridge while under the influence of a truth potion, whereas in the novel it is her friend Marietta Edgecombe who willfully betrays the group. In Harry's fifth year, Cho kisses him and goes on a date with him, but Harry eventually ends their relationship. Cho is portrayed by Katie Leung in the Harry Potter films.<ref name=":03">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • Template:Visible anchor – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year and member of Dumbledore's Army. In Goblet of Fire, he begins a romance with Ginny Weasley, but she eventually ends the relationship. In Deathly Hallows, Michael is tortured by the Carrows for trying to free a student from imprisonment.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Slytherin student in Harry's year and the son of a Death Eater. Beater for the Slytherin Quidditch team and member of Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad. Killed by his own Fiendfyre spell. Crabbe is portrayed by Jamie Waylett in the Harry Potter films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – 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. Colin is portrayed by Hugh Mitchell in the film adaptation of Chamber of Secrets.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Diggory, Amos – Father of Cedric Diggory. Employee of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team (Prisoner of Azkaban) and prefect two years above Harry. He competes in the Triwizard Tournament (Goblet of Fire) and is killed on Voldemort's orders after winning the event with Harry. In the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Cedric becomes a Death Eater in an alternate timeline.Template:Efn Cedric is portrayed by Robert Pattinson in the film adaptation of Goblet of Fire and by Joe Livermore in Prisoner of Azkaban.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Anchor Dursley, Vernon – Harry's uncle, Petunia's husband and Dudley's father. Vernon is portrayed by Richard Griffiths in the Harry Potter films.<ref name=":03"/>

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  • Template:Visible anchor – An elderly Squib enlisted by Dumbledore to watch over Harry during his childhood from her nearby home. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Crossbreeder of cats and Kneazles.<ref name="Squibs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Muggle-born Hufflepuff student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army. Portrayed by Edward Randell in the film adaptation of Chamber of Secrets.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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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.
  • Goyle – Death Eater and father of Gregory Goyle.
  • Template:Visible anchor – 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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • Granger, Hermione – Muggle-born Gryffindor prefect in Harry's year, and one of his closest friends. Co-founder of Dumbledore's Army. Wife of Ron Weasley and mother of Hugo Granger-Weasley and Rose Granger-Weasley.
  • Template:Visible anchor – 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and later team captain. She is two years above Harry. She is married to George Weasley. She returns to the school to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts. Angelina is portrayed by Danielle Tabor in the first three Harry Potter films, and by Tiana Benjamin in Goblet of Fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Lestrange, Bellatrix – Death Eater who tortured Neville Longbottom's parents into insanity. Killed her cousin Sirius Black. Killed by Molly Weasley during the Battle of Hogwarts.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and fraudulent celebrity author. Loses his memory after a spell backfires. According to Rowling, Lockhart is the only Harry Potter character based on a real-life person. He was inspired by an acquaintance of Rowling who was, in her words, "even more objectionable than his fictional counterpart" and "used to tell whopping great fibs about his past life, all of them designed to demonstrate what a wonderful, brave and brilliant person he was."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – One of the four founders of Hogwarts, and the founder of Ravenclaw House. She was noted for her cleverness and creativity, and prized intelligence in her students. Her wisdom was attributed to her diadem, which was stolen by her daughter Helena Ravenclaw (who later became the Grey Lady). The diadem later became a Horcrux.
  • Riddle, Delphi – Daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange who tries to bring Voldemort back to life by fulfilling a prophecy. Incarcerated in the wizard prison Azkaban.
  • Riddle, Tom Marvolo – Slytherin student who became Voldemort.
  • Runcorn, Albert – Ministry of Magic investigator of alleged Muggle-borns. Impersonated by Harry using Polyjuice Potion.

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  • Thicknesse, Pius – Minister for Magic while under the Imperius Curse. Replaced by Kingsley Shacklebolt.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Gryffindor student in Harry's year. Member of Dumbledore's Army. Rowling omitted his physical description ("a black boy taller than Ron") from the British edition of Philosopher's Stone following her editor's request to reduce the length of a chapter, but his description was included in the American edition.<ref name=":04">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Deathly Hallows, he is captured by Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor along with Harry, Ron and Hermione. They are all rescued by the house-elf Dobby, and Dean later participates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Alfred Enoch portrays Dean in the Harry Potter films and voices him in the Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows – Part 1 video games.

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  • Twycross, Wilkie – Hogwarts Apparition instructor who works in the Department of Magical Transportation.

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  • Umbridge, Dolores – Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic, Hogwarts High Inquisitor and temporary headmistress of Hogwarts. She teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts during Harry's fifth year, and persecutes half-bloods and Muggle-borns under Voldemort. Sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban.

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Killed by Death Eaters. Portrayed by Brigette Millar in the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix.
  • Voldemort – Slytherin student whose given name is Tom Marvolo Riddle. Killed many of his own family members and countless other wizards and Muggles. Killed Harry's parents but failed to kill Harry. Returns to power following Harry's fourth year and begins reign of terror. Also known as Lord Voldemort and the Dark Lord.

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Husband of Molly Weasley and father of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny Weasley. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Works in the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office at the Ministry of Magic. Participates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Portrayed by Mark Williams in the Harry Potter films.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Eldest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and husband of Fleur Delacour. Curse-breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank, member of the Order of the Phoenix and participant in the Battle of Hogwarts. Bill is portrayed by Richard Fish in the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban, and by Domhnall Gleeson in Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
  • Template:Visible anchor – Second son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Works with dragons in Romania. Member of the Order of the Phoenix and participant in the Battle of Hogwarts. Charlie is portrayed by Alex Crockford in the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and identical twin brother of George Weasley. Beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, member of Dumbledore's Army, and co-owner of the joke shop Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Killed in the Battle of Hogwarts. Fred is portrayed by James Phelps in the Harry Potter films.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Son of Arthur and Molly Weasley and identical twin brother of Fred Weasley. Beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, member of Dumbledore's Army, and co-owner of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Married to Angelina Johnson. George is portrayed by Oliver Phelps in the Harry Potter films.<ref name=":1" />
  • Weasley, Ginny – Youngest child and only daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Gryffindor student one year below Harry. Seeker and Chaser for the Quidditch team and member of Dumbledore's Army. Married to Harry.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Wife of Arthur Weasley and mother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny Weasley. Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Kills Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts. Molly is portrayed by Julie Walters in the Harry Potter films.<ref name=":03"/> In 2011, Courtney Crowder of The Chicago Tribune called Molly Weasley her favourite mother character in literature.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Weasley, Percy – Third son of Arthur and Molly. Gryffindor prefect and Head Boy, then Ministry of Magic employee. He becomes estranged from his family but fights alongside them in the Battle of Hogwarts.
  • Weasley, Ron – Youngest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Gryffindor prefect, co-founder of Dumbledore's Army and Quidditch Keeper. Close friend of Harry, husband of Hermione Granger, and father of Hugo Granger-Weasley and Rose Granger-Weasley.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Gryffindor Quidditch Keeper and captain who is four years above Harry. Wood is portrayed by Sean Biggerstaff in the Harry Potter films.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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  • Yaxley, Corban – Death Eater. Head of Magical Law Enforcement under Voldemort.

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Cat belonging to Hermione Granger. He is introduced in Prisoner of Azkaban and is described as orange and fluffy. According to Rowling, he is half-Kneazle.<ref name="Rowling">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is able to communicate with Sirius Black while Black is in his animagus form.

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  • Template:Visible anchor – House-elf belonging to the Malfoy family. In Chamber of Secrets, he tries to discourage Harry from returning to Hogwarts. Harry later tricks Lucius Malfoy into setting Dobby free, which earns Harry the elf's undying loyalty. In Goblet of Fire, Dobby works at Hogwarts and helps Harry with the second task of the Triwizard Tournament. When Harry and his friends are captured by Death Eaters in Deathly Hallows, Dobby rescues them. During the escape, he is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange. The entertainment website IGN described Dobby's death as one of the most emotional moments in the film series.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – The ghost of Hufflepuff House. He is cheerful and helpful towards students. He is portrayed by Simon Fisher-Becker in the film adaptation of Philosopher's Stone.
  • The Fat Lady – Witch who occupies the painting concealing the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.
  • Template:Visible anchor – Phoenix belonging to Albus Dumbledore. Fawkes saves Harry from the Basilisk inside the Chamber of Secrets. In Order of the Phoenix, Fawkes saves Dumbledore's life by swallowing a killing curse from Voldemort. He then bursts into flame and is reborn from the ashes. The wands of both Harry and Voldemort contain a feather from Fawkes's tail. The phoenix is named after the 17th-century conspirator Guy Fawkes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – Centaur who becomes a professor of Divination in Order of the Phoenix. The character is based on Steve Eddy, Rowling's former English teacher, who attempted to discourage her from writing fantasy stories.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Template:Visible anchor – House-elf who belongs to Sirius Black, but wishes to serve Bellatrix Lestrange and the Malfoys. Kreacher lures Sirius and Harry into a trap at the Department of Mysteries, which results in Sirius's death. Harry then inherits ownership of Kreacher. In Deathly Hallows, Harry and his friends send Kreacher to retrieve a locket which is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Kreacher rallies the Hogwarts house-elves against the Death Eaters. Kreacher is voiced by Timothy Bateson in the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix. The film's producers wanted to cut the character from the film, but Rowling advised them to keep him in.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Muggle Prime Minister – The unnamed sitting Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the events of the novels. He is referred to as the Muggle Prime Minister by wizards. He is aware of the wizarding world and is protected by an Auror.

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  • Template:Visible anchor – A mischievous Hogwarts poltergeist. Rowling has explained that Peeves is not a ghost, but rather an "indestructible spirit of chaos".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Throughout the series, Peeves only listens to a select few individuals: Albus Dumbledore, the Bloody Baron, Nearly Headless Nick and Fred and George Weasley. The Hogwarts caretaker, Argus Filch, repeatedly tries to remove him from the castle. However, Rowling stated in an interview that not even Dumbledore would be able to remove Peeves from Hogwarts forever.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Peeves was portrayed by Rik Mayall in the film adaptation of Philosopher's Stone, but his scenes were cut from the finished film.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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