Main Characters

Albus Dumbledore	Headmaster of Hogwarts. He was tall, lean, and elderly. He had silver in his lengthy hair and beard.
Draco Malfoy	A Pale boy, Harry Potter’s enemy.
Dudley Dursley	Vernon and Petunia Dursley’s son, Harry’s cousin. He’s a fat, blond hair boy who was very spoiled.
Harry Potter	Small and skinny. He had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and green eyes. He wore round glasses and had a lightning shape scar on his forehead. His parents are Lily and James Potter.
Hermione Granger	Harry and Ron’s friend. She comes from a non-magic family. She has bushy brown hair and large front teeth.
Hedwig	Harry’s snowy owl.
Petunia Dursley	Married to Vernon Dursley, Lily Potter’s sister and aunt to Harry. She was thin and had blond hair and had a long neck.
Ron Weasley	Harry’s best friend. He was tall, thin, had freckles, a long nose, and red hair.
Rubeus Hagrid	Half giant and half wizard, he had long snarls of shaggy black hair and beard. Keeper of keys and grounds at Hogwarts.
Sirius Black	Harry’s godfather.
Vernon Dursley	Director of a firm called Grunnings. He was a big heavy man with hardly any neck. He was Harry’s uncle.
Voldemort	A very powerful, evil wizard who vanished after he tried to kill Harry when he was at the age of one.

Year 1 Characters

Alberic Grunnion	A wizard on a chocolate frog card.
Alicia Spinnet	Gryffindor’s chaser in books one through three.
Adalbert Waffling	Author of Magical Theory.
Adrian Pucey	Slytherin Chaser.
Angelina Johnson	Gryffindor’s Chaser in books one through three.
Argus Filch	Hogwarts’ caretaker.
Aunt Marge	Vernon Dursley’s sister.
Bathilda Bagshot	Author of A History of Magic.
Bill Weasley	Ron’s older brother. He lives in Africa working for Gringotts.
Binns	Professor at Hogwarts. The only ghost teacher who teaches History of Magic.
Blaise Zabini	A Slytherin.
Bloody Baron	The Slytherin ghost.
Bones	A witch and wizard family who was murdered by Voldemort.
Charlie Weasley	Ron’s older brother. He lives in Romania studying dragons.
Circe	A wizard on a chocolate frog card.
Cliodna	A druidess on a chocolate frog card.
Cornelius Fudge	Minister of Magic.
Crabbe	Malfoy’s friend.
Dean Thomas	A boy in Gryffindor.
Dedalus Diggle	A wizard from Kent. Harry meets him in the Leaky Cauldron the first time he goes there.
Dennis	Part of Dudley’s Gang.
Doris Crockford	A witch Harry meets in the Leaky Cauldron the first time he goes there.
Emeric Switch	Author of A Beginners’ Guide to Transfiguration.
Fang	Hagrid’s three headed dog.
Figg, Mrs.	Old lady who lived two streets away from the Dursley’s who took care of Harry once a year on Dudley’s birthday.
Firenze	A centaur with white-blonde hair.
Flitwick	A professor at Hogwarts, teaches charm.
Fred Weasley	Ron’s older brother and George’s twin brother.
George Weasley	Ron’s older brother and Fred’s twin brother.
Ginny Weasley	Ron’s younger sister.
Gordon	Part of Dudley’s gang.
Goyle	Malfoy’s friend.
Gregory the Smarmy	A statue at Hogwarts.
Grindelwald	A dark wizard Dumbledore defeated in 1945.
Griphook	A goblin at Gringotts.
Hannah Abbott	A pink-faced girl with blonde pink tails who’s in hufflepuff.
Hengist of Woodcroft	A wizard on a chocolate frog card.
James Potter	Harry’s father who was murdered by Voldemort.
Jim McGuffin	The weatherman on the news.
Justin Finch-Fletchley	A boy in Hufflepuff.
Katie Bell	Gryffindor’s chaser.
Lavender Brown	A girl in Gryffindor.
Lee Jordon	A boy with dreadlocks. The weasley twins’ friend.
Lily Potter	Harry’s mother, murdered by Voldemort.
Lisa Turpin	A girl in Ravenclaw.
Madam Hooch	Teaches students how to fly a broomstick.
Madam Malkin	A witch who owns Robes for all Occasions.
Madam Pince	Hogwart’s librarian.
Madam Pomfrey	The school nurse.
Malcom	part of Dudley’s gang.
Mandy Brocklehurst	A girl in Ravenclaw.
Marcus Flint	Slytherin’s captain.
McKinnons	Witch and Wizard family who was murdered by Voldemort.
Merlin	A wizard on a chocolate frog card.
Millicent Bulstrode	A girl in Slytherin.
Minerva McGonagall	She can transform into a tabby cat. She was severe-looking woman who wore square spectacles. Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts.
Miranda Goshawk	Author of The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1).
Molly Weasley	Married to Arthur Weasley, and Ron’s mother. A plump woman with red hair.
Morgana	A witch on a chocolate frog card.
Mrs. Norris	A scrawny, dust-colored cat with bulging eyes who’s owned by Filch.
Neville Longbottom	A boy in Gryffindor who is very clumsy.
Newt Scamander	Author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Nicolas Flamel	Dumbledore’s partner on the studies of alchemy.
Norbert	Hagrid’s pet Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon.
Oliver Wood	Captain of the Gryffindor Quiditch team.
Ollivander	Owns Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C.
Pansy Parkinson	A hard-faced Slytherin girl.
Paracelsus	A wizard on a chocolate frog card.
Parvati Patil	A girl in Gryffindor.
Peeves	A Poltergeist. A little man with dark eyes and a wide mouth.
Percy Weasley	Ron’s older brother. He was a prefect for Harry’s first year at Hogwarts.
Perenelle	Nicolas Flamel’s wife.
Phyllida Spore	Author of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.
Pier Polkiss	Dudley’s best friend. He was a skinny boy with a face like a rat.
Prewetts	Witch and Wizard family murdered by Voldemort.
Quentin Trimble	Author of The Dark Force: A Guide to Self-Protection.
Quirrel	Professor at Hogwarts who taught Defense Against the Dark Arts for Harry’s first year.
Ronan	A centaur. He has the body of a man to his waist with red hair and beard, and his waist and down a horse’s body.
Scabbers	Ron’s rat.
Seamus Finnigan	A boy in Gryffindor.
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington	His nickname is Nearly Headless Nick. Resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower.
Snape	Proffessor at Hogwarts in Potions. He had greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and pale skin. Head of Slytherin House.
Sprout	Proffessor and Hogwarts who teaches Herbology.
Susan Bones	A girl in Hufflepuff.
Terence Higgs	The Slytherin seeker.
Terry Boot	A boy in Ravenclaw.
Tom	Bartender at the Leaky Cauldron.
Vindictus Viridian	Author of Curses and Countercurses.
Yvonne	Aunt Petunia’s friend.