The Guide

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The Book Guide

An introduction and guide to all the significant people in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series. Not necessarily human people!

Hannah Abbott ~ Student in Harry's year; sorted to Hufflepuff. [1,7]

Alecto ~ A death eater, sister of Amycus [6,27]

Amycus ~ A death eater, brother of Alecto [6,27]

Aragog ~ An acromanutula (a species of giant, venomous spider), and leader of a spider group in the Forbidden Forest. [2,15]

Avery ~ A Death eater. [4,27]

Ludovic "Ludo" Bagman ~ Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports at the Ministry of Magic. [4,5]

Millicent Bagnold ~ Minister for Magic before Fudge. [5,5]

Bathilda Bagshot ~ Author of A History of Magic. [1,5]

Bane ~ A centaur. [1,15]

The Bloody Baron ~ The Slytherin ghost. [1,7]

Humphrey Belcher ~ Premature inventor of the Cheese Cauldron. [6,10]

Katie Bell ~ Chaser for Gryffindor's Quidditch team. [1,11]

Professor Binns ~ A ghost, and teacher of the History of Magic. [1,8]

Mrs. Black ~ Sirius' mother; deceased, but carrying on as usual from her picture. [5,4]

Regulus Arcturus Black ~ Sirius's younger brother; joined the death-eaters, but later repented and was murdered by Lord Voldemort. [5,6]

Sirius Black ~ Wizard; Harry Potter's Godfather, a close friend of James Potter. [1,1]

Broderick Bode ~ Wizard with long-term spell injury at St Mungo's. [5,23]

Bones ~ Wizarding family that had been attacked during Voldemort's reign of terror. [1,4]

Amelia Susan Bones ~ Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry; murdered by Lord Voldemort or his Death Eaters. [5,7]

Susan Bones ~ A Hufflepuff student at Hogwarts. Her aunt works at the Ministry of Magic. [1,7]

Terry Boot ~ Student in Harry's year; sorted to Ravenclaw. [1,7]

Libatius Borage ~ Author of Advanced Potion Making. [6,9]

Bozo ~ Rita Skeeter's photographer. [4,24]

Betty Braithwaite ~ Journalist with the Daily Prophet. [7,2]

Mandy Brocklehurst ~ Student in Harry's year; sorted to Ravenclaw. [1,7]

Lavender Brown ~ Student in Harry's year; sorted to Gryffindor. [1,7]

Frank Bryce ~ The Riddles' gardener, accused of their murder. [4,1]

Buckbeak ~ A hippogriff, later renamed Witherwings. [3,6]

Millicent Bullstrode ~ Student in Harry's year; sorted to Slytherin. [1,7]

Professor Charity Burbage ~ Teacher of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts [7,1]

Caractus Burke ~ Partner in Borgin & Burke's [6,12]

Sir Cadogan ~ A Knight in a Hogwarts picture. [3,6]

Alecto Carrow ~ Death Eater and teacher of muggle studies at Hogwarts. Sister of Amycus [7,12]

Amycus Carrow ~ Death Eater and professor of defence against the dark arts at Hogwarts. Brother of Alecto [7,12]

Reg Cattermole ~ Magical maintenance man at the ministry of magic. [7,12]

Cho Chang ~ Ravenclaw seeker; a year ahead of Harry at Hogwarts, and thought to be extremely pretty. [3,13]

Herbert Chorley ~ Muggle Junior Minister (UK) chrmed by a Death Eater; currently living under the misapprehension that he is a duck. [6,1]

Mrs. Cole ~ Matron of Tom Riddle's orphanage. [6,13]

Vincent Crabbe ~ Thickset and mean, one of Draco Malfoy's Slytherin sidekicks. [1,6]

Crabbe ~ Death Eater; father of Vincent (Slytherin student and friend of Malfoy). [4,33]

Colin Creevey ~ Amateur photographer and student in Ginny Weasley's year. [2,6]

Dennis Creevey ~ Younger brother of Colin. [4,12]

Dirk Cresswell ~ Head of the Goblin Liaison Office. [6,4]

Doris Crockford ~ Greeted Harry on his first visit to the Leaky Cauldron. [1,5]

Crookshanks ~ A bow-legged, perceptive ginger cat. [3,4]

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch ~ Percy Weasley's boss at the Department of International Magical Co-operation, at the Ministry of Magic. [4,5]

Bartemius "Barty" Crouch ~ Son of Percy Weasley's boss at the Ministry of Magic. [4,30]

Barnabus Cuffe ~ Editor of the Daily Prophet. [6,4]

Roger Davies ~ Ravenclaw quidditch captain. [5,25]

Dawlish ~ Auror, loyal to Minister Fudge. [5,27]

Fleur Delacour ~ Beauxbaton's part-Veela champion. Sometimes nicknamed Phlegm. [4,16] Full name: Fluer Isabelle [7,8]

Gabrielle Delacour ~ Fleur's younger sister. [4,26]

Dilys Derwent ~ Healer at St Mungo's (1722-41) and Headmistress at Hogwarts (1741 - 68). [5,22]

Dedalus Diggle ~ Excitable wizard, member of the order of the Phoenix. [1,1]

Amos Diggory ~ Cedric's father; works at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, at the Ministry of Magic. [4,6]

Cedric Diggory ~ 'Tall, good looking' Hufflepuff seeker. [3,9]

Ivor Dillonsby ~ Wizard who claims to have described eight uses for dragon's blood. [7,2]

Professor Armando Dippet ~ A previous headmaster at Hogwarts. [2,13]

Dobby ~ A house-elf. [2,2]

Elphias Doge ~ Special advisor to the Wizengamot and member of the order of the Phoenix. [5,3]

Antonin Dolohov ~ Death Eater, active in Voldemort's day's of glory; torturor of muggles, apprehended and imprisoned for the murders of Gideon and Fabian Prewett. [4,30]

Aberforth Dumbledore ~ Brother of Albus

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore ~ Wizard, Headmaster at Hogwarts, sometime Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. [1,1]

Ariana Dumbledore ~ Sister to Albus and Aberforth. [7,2]

Kendra Dumbledore ~ Albus' mother [7,2]

Percival Dumbledore ~ Father of Albus; convicted for attacking muggles and died in Azkaban. [7,2]

Dursley ~ The family from 4 Privet drive who 'looked after' Harry Potter [1,1]

Dudley Dursley ~ Harry's cousin and tormenter. [1,1]

Auntie Marge Dursley ~ Marjorie, Vernon Dursley's sister. [1,2]

Petunia Dursley ~ Harry Potter's aunt. [1,1]

Vernon Dursley ~ a Director of Grunnings, Drill Makers. And Harry Potter's uncle. [1,1]

Marietta Edgecombe ~ Cho Chang's friend. [5,16]

Madam Edgecombe ~ Works in the Floo Network Office, at the Ministry's Department of Magical Transportation. Marietta's mother. [5,27]

Errol ~ Owl of the Weasleys. [2,3]