Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters

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The Trio
The three most prominently featured protagonists in the series; often referred to as "the Trio".


 * Harry Potter
 * Ron Weasley
 * Hermione Granger

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Regular occupants and students of Hogwarts.

Staff

 * Professor Binns
 * History of Magic professor


 * Charity Burbage
 * Muggle Studies professor (Harry's 1st - 6th Years)


 * Alecto Carrow
 * Muggle Studies professor (Harry's 7th Year)


 * Amycus Carrow
 * Dark Arts professor (Harry's 7th Year)


 * Albus Dumbledore
 * Headmaster (Harry's 1st - 6th Years)


 * Argus Filch
 * Caretaker


 * Firenze
 * Divination professor (Harry's 5th - 7th Years)


 * Filius Flitwick
 * Ravenclaw Head of House
 * Charms professor


 * Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank
 * Care of Magical Creatures substitute professor


 * Rubeus Hagrid
 * Care of Magical Creatures professor (Harry's 3rd - 7th Years)
 * Gamekeeper


 * Rolanda Hooch
 * Flying instructor
 * Quidditch referee


 * Silvanus Kettleburn
 * Care of Magical Creatures professor (Harry's 1st and 2nd Years) Retired


 * Gilderoy Lockhart
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 2nd Year)


 * Remus Lupin
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 3rd Year)


 * Minerva McGonagall
 * Deputy-Headmistress
 * Gryffindor Head of House
 * Transfiguration professor


 * Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 4th Year) but see note below spoiler warning (bottom of page)


 * Irma Pince
 * Librarian


 * Poppy Pomfrey
 * Nurse


 * Professor Quirrell
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 1st Year)


 * Professor Sinistra
 * Astronomy professor


 * Horace Slughorn
 * Potions professor (Harry's 6th - 7th Years)
 * Slytherin Head of House (Harry's 7th Year)


 * Severus Snape
 * Slytherin Head of House (Harry's 1st - 6th Years)
 * Potions professor (Harry's 1st - 5th Years)
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 6th Year)
 * Headmaster (Harry's 7th Year)


 * Pomona Sprout
 * Hufflepuff Head of House
 * Herbology professor


 * Sybill Trelawney
 * Divination professor


 * Wilkie Twycross
 * Apparition instructor from the Ministry of Magic for 6th year students


 * Dolores Umbridge
 * Headmistress (Harry's 5th Year)
 * High Inquisitor (Harry's 5th Year)
 * Defence Against the Dark Arts professor (Harry's 5th Year)


 * Professor Vector
 * Arithmancy professor

Students
Hogwarts students arranged into houses by the Sorting Hat: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin.

Current (during novels)

 * Euan Abercrombie
 * Katie Bell
 * Lavender Brown
 * Ritchie Coote
 * Colin Creevey
 * Dennis Creevey
 * Seamus Finnigan
 * Hermione Granger
 * Angelina Johnson
 * Graduates after Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 
 * Lee Jordan
 * Graduates after Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 
 * Andrew Kirke
 * Neville Longbottom
 * Natalie McDonald
 * Mary Macdonald
 * Cormac McLaggen
 * Parvati Patil
 * Jimmy Peakes
 * Harry Potter
 * Demelza Robins
 * Jack Sloper
 * Alicia Spinnet
 * Dean Thomas
 * Romilda Vane
 * Fred Weasley
 * Leaves in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * George Weasley
 * Leaves in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Ginny Weasley
 * Percy Weasley
 * Graduates after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Ron Weasley
 * Oliver Wood
 * Graduates after Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Past House members

 * Sirius Black
 * Albus Dumbledore
 * Rubeus Hagrid
 * Expelled because he was suspected of opening the Chamber of Secrets
 * Remus Lupin
 * Minerva McGonagall
 * Peter Pettigrew
 * James Potter
 * Lily Potter (née Evans)
 * Bill Weasley
 * Charlie Weasley
 * Arthur Weasley
 * Molly Weasley (née Prewett)

Hufflepuff House

 * Hannah Abbott
 * Susan Bones
 * Eleanor Branstone
 * Cadwallader
 * Owen Cauldwell
 * Cedric Diggory (dies in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
 * Justin Finch-Fletchley
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Laura Madley
 * Eloise Midgeon
 * Zacharias Smith
 * Pomona Sprout
 * Stebbins
 * Summerby
 * Summers
 * Nymphadora Tonks
 * Kevin Whitby
 * Rose Zeller

Ravenclaw House

 * Stewart Ackerley
 * Marcus Belby
 * Terry Boot
 * Mandy Brocklehurst
 * Cho Chang
 * Eddie Carmichael
 * Penelope Clearwater
 * Michael Corner
 * Roger Davies
 * Marietta Edgecombe
 * Fawcett
 * Filius Flitwick
 * Anthony Goldstein
 * Luna Lovegood
 * Padma Patil
 * Orla Quirke
 * Lisa Turpin

Slytherin House

 * Avery
 * Malcolm Baddock
 * Regulus Black
 * Miles Bletchley
 * Bole
 * Millicent Bullstrode
 * Vincent Crabbe
 * Derrick
 * Marcus Flint
 * Gregory Goyle
 * Harper
 * Terence Higgs
 * Bellatrix Lestrange (nee. Black)
 * Rabastan Lestrange
 * Rodolphus Lestrange
 * Abraxas Malfoy
 * Draco Malfoy
 * Lucius Malfoy
 * Narcissa Malfoy (nee. Black)
 * Montague
 * Theodore Nott
 * Pansy Parkinson
 * Graham Pritchard
 * Adrian Pucey
 * Tom Marvolo Riddle
 * Horace Slughorn
 * Severus Snape
 * Vaisey
 * Urquhart
 * Warrington
 * Blaise Zabini

Other Residents

 * The Sorting Hat
 * Peeves

Ghosts

 * The Bloody Baron
 * The Fat Friar
 * The Grey Lady
 * Moaning Myrtle
 * Nearly Headless Nick
 * Professor Binns

Portraits

 * Phineas Nigellus Black
 * Sir Cadogan
 * Dilys Derwent
 * Armando Dippet
 * Everard
 * The Fat Lady
 * Dexter Fortescue
 * Albus Dumbledore

Founders

 * Godric Gryffindor
 * Helga Hufflepuff
 * Rowena Ravenclaw
 * Salazar Slytherin

Other Schools
We note that the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in North America is mentioned in the recent film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. For reasons outlined here, this film is not canon for the Muggles' Guide, and so this school will not be included here.

Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

 * Fleur Delacour
 * Gabrielle Delacour
 * Olympe Maxime

Durmstrang Institute

 * Igor Karkaroff
 * Viktor Krum
 * Gellert Grindelwald
 * Poliakoff

Families
Characters arranged by family.

Black Family
See also: Black Family


 * Orion Black
 * Phineas Nigellus Black
 * Regulus Black
 * Sirius Black
 * Walburga Black
 * Andromeda Tonks (née Black)
 * Nymphadora Tonks
 * Narcissa Malfoy (née Black)
 * Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black)
 * Alphard Black
 * Elladora Black
 * Araminta Meliflua Black

Dumbledore Family

 * Albus Dumbledore
 * Aberforth Dumbledore
 * Ariana Dumbledore
 * Kendra Dumbledore
 * Percival Dumbledore

Dursley Family

 * Dudley Dursley
 * Marge Dursley
 * Petunia Dursley (nee. Evans)
 * Vernon Dursley

Gaunt Family
See also: Gaunt Family
 * Merope Riddle (née Gaunt)
 * Morfin Gaunt
 * Marvolo Gaunt

Malfoy Family

 * Draco Malfoy
 * Lucius Malfoy
 * Narcissa Malfoy (nee. Black)
 * Abraxas Malfoy

Potter Family

 * Harry Potter
 * James Potter
 * Lily Potter (nee. Evans)

Snape Family

 * Severus Snape
 * Tobias Snape
 * Eileen Snape

Weasley Family
See also: Weasley Family
 * Ginny Weasley
 * Ron Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * Fred Weasley
 * Percy Weasley
 * Bill Weasley
 * Charlie Weasley
 * Arthur Weasley
 * Molly Weasley (nee. Prewett)
 * Muriel Weasley

Peverell Family

 * Antioch
 * Cadmus
 * Ignotus

Other Major Characters

 * Ollivander
 * Peeves
 * Rita Skeeter
 * Lord Voldemort

Death Eaters
See also: Death Eaters


 * Avery
 * Regulus Black
 * Alecto Carrow
 * Amycus Carrow
 * Crabbe, Sr.
 * Barty Crouch Jr.
 * Antonin Dolohov
 * Gibbon
 * Goyle, Sr.
 * Fenrir Greyback
 * Jugson
 * Igor Karkaroff
 * Bellatrix Lestrange (nee. Black)
 * Rabastan Lestrange
 * Rodolphus Lestrange
 * Walden Macnair
 * Draco Malfoy
 * Lucius Malfoy
 * Narcissa Malfoy (nee. Black)
 * Mulciber
 * Nott
 * Peter Pettigrew
 * Augustus Rookwood
 * Evan Rosier
 * Thorfinn Rowle
 * Selwyn
 * Stan Shunpike
 * Severus Snape
 * Pius Thicknesse
 * Travers
 * Wilkes
 * Yaxley

Dumbledore's Army
See also: Dumbledore's Army


 * Hannah Abbott
 * Lavender Brown
 * Katie Bell
 * Susan Bones
 * Terry Boot
 * Cho Chang
 * Michael Corner
 * Colin Creevey
 * Dennis Creevey
 * Marietta Edgecombe
 * Justin Finch-Fletchley
 * Seamus Finnigan
 * Anthony Goldstein
 * Hermione Granger
 * Angelina Johnson
 * Lee Jordan
 * Neville Longbottom
 * Luna Lovegood
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Padma Patil
 * Parvati Patil
 * Harry Potter
 * Zacharias Smith
 * Alicia Spinnet
 * Dean Thomas
 * Fred Weasley
 * George Weasley
 * Ginny Weasley
 * Ron Weasley

Inquisitorial Squad
'A select group of students who are supportive of the Ministry of Magic, hand-picked by Professor Umbridge. Members have the power to dock points.' (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)


 * Millicent Bullstrode
 * Vincent Crabbe
 * Gregory Goyle
 * Draco Malfoy
 * Montague
 * Pansy Parkinson
 * Warrington

Marauders
See also: Marauders


 * Sirius Black (Padfoot)
 * Remus Lupin (Moony)
 * Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail)
 * James Potter (Prongs)

Ministry of Magic
See also: Ministry of Magic


 * Ludovic Bagman
 * Broderick Bode
 * Amelia Bones
 * Dirk Cresswell
 * Bartemius Crouch Sr.
 * Dawlish
 * Amos Diggory
 * Cornelius Fudge
 * Mafalda Hopkirk
 * Bertha Jorkins
 * Eric Munch
 * Bob Ogden
 * Gawain Robards
 * Albert Runcorn
 * Rufus Scrimgeour
 * Kingsley Shacklebolt
 * Pius Thicknesse
 * Nymphadora Tonks
 * Wilkie Twycross
 * Dolores Umbridge
 * Arthur Weasley
 * Percy Weasley
 * Williamson

Order of the Phoenix
Present and past members of the Order of the Phoenix listed.


 * Sirius Black
 * Edgar Bones
 * Caradoc Dearborn
 * Dedalus Diggle
 * Elphias Doge
 * Aberforth Dumbledore
 * Albus Dumbledore
 * Benjy Fenwick
 * Arabella Figg
 * Mundungus Fletcher
 * Filius Flitwick
 * Rubeus Hagrid
 * Hestia Jones
 * Alice Longbottom
 * Frank Longbottom
 * Remus Lupin
 * Dorcas Meadowes
 * Minerva McGonagall
 * Marlene McKinnon
 * Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
 * Peter Pettigrew
 * Sturgis Podmore
 * James Potter
 * Lily Potter (née Evans)
 * Fabian Prewett
 * Gideon Prewett
 * Kingsley Shacklebolt
 * Severus Snape
 * Nymphadora Tonks
 * Emmeline Vance
 * Arthur Weasley
 * Bill Weasley
 * Charlie Weasley
 * Molly Weasley (née Prewett)

Other Minor Characters

 * Borgin
 * Caractacus Burke
 * Florean Fortescue
 * Gregorovitch
 * Gellert Grindelwald
 * Augusta Longbottom
 * Griselda Marchbanks
 * Xenophilius Lovegood
 * Hassan Mostafa
 * Hepzibah Smith
 * Miriam Strout
 * Professor Tofty
 * Andromeda Tonks
 * Wilkie Twycross
 * Tiberius Ogden
 * Willy Widdershins

Hogsmeade

 * Aberforth Dumbledore
 * Ambrosius Flume
 * Madam Rosmerta

Knight Bus

 * Ernie Prang
 * Stan Shunpike

Muggles

 * Frank Bryce
 * Cecilia
 * Mr. Mason
 * Mrs. Mason
 * Piers Polkiss
 * Tom Riddle

Non-Human

 * Aragog
 * Buckbeak / Witherwings
 * Grawp
 * Merpeople
 * Nagini

Centaurs
See also: Centaurs


 * Bane
 * Firenze
 * Magorian
 * Ronan

House Elves
See also: House Elves


 * Dobby
 * Hokey
 * Kreacher
 * Winky

Goblins
See also: Goblins


 * Bogrod
 * Gornuk
 * Griphook

Pets

 * Aragog
 * Arnold
 * Buckbeak / Witherwings
 * Crookshanks
 * Errol
 * Fang
 * Fawkes
 * Fluffy
 * Hedwig
 * Hermes
 * Mrs. Norris
 * Norbert
 * Pigwidgeon
 * Scabbers
 * Trevor

Greater Picture
There are a few characters who are not what they seem, but who and what they actually are is a significant part of the story and should not be revealed, as it is something of a spoiler in some cases. A classic example of this is Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, who teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts in Harry's fourth year. A key point in the story is that Moody is, in fact, not Moody, but is Barty Crouch Jr., a Dark wizard, Death Eater, and escapee from Azkaban. Partly to avoid the spoiler, we list Harry's fourth year teacher as Moody; but we also note that Barty is at great pains, probably literal in the morning as he recasts himself in Moody's image once the Polyjuice Potion has worn off, to act like Alastor Moody. With very few exceptions, the class is taught as Moody would have taught it, which would also partially justify listing Moody rather than Barty as the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.