Harry Potter characters

1. AUTHOR & BOOKS

2. AUTHOR
J. K. ROWLING
• She is the writer of the 7 Harry Potter
fantasy books.
• She is from Yate, England (The UK).
She was born on July 31st, 1965. So, she is 51.
• She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland (The UK)
with her husband, Dr. Neil Murray. They’ve got
2 children together, a son called David (who is
13 years old) and a daughter called
Mackenzie (who is 11).
• She has got other daughter, Jessica, who is 23
years old, from her previous marriage with
Portuguese journalist Jorge Arantes.

3. CHARACTERSHARRY POTTER
• He has no parents, so that he’s orphan. He lives with his uncle, auntie
and cousin (The Dursleys). They don’t love Harry because he can
perform magic.
• He is a half-blood wizard, since his grandparents were muggles.
• He studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and belongs
to Gryffindor House.
• He has got 2 best friends, Ron and Hermione, and an owl called
Hedwig.
• He is one of the most famous and powerful wizards of modern times.
• He can speak to snakes.
• Lord Voldemort wants to kill him. He tried it when Harry was a baby, but
he couldn’t.

4. CHARACTERS
HERMIONE
GRANGER
• She lives in London with her parents, who are
dentists, but she hasn’t got any brothers or
sisters, so that she is an only child.
• Her parents are muggles*.
• She studies at Hogwarts School and belongs to
Gryffindor House.
• She is very smart (intelligent) and the best
student of the academic year.
• She loves reading books.
• She’s got a cat called Crookshanks.
*Muggles are people who lack any sort of magical ability
and were not born in a magical family.

5. CHARACTERS
RON WEASLEY
• He is Harry’s best friend. He’s funny.
• He’s a pure blood wizard.
• He’s the sixth son of Arthur and Molly Weasly. He
is also the younger brother of Bill, Charlie, Pearcy,
Fred and George, and the elder brother of Ginny.
So that, he has got 5 brothers and 1 sister.
• He studies at Hogwarts School and belongs to
Gryffindor House.
• He’s got a rat called Scabbers.
• He loves playing Quidditch.

6. CHARACTERS
ALBUS
DUMBLEDORE
• He is a fantastic wizard.
• He’s the headmaster of Hogwarts
School.
• He loves Harry Potter very much
and always tries to help him.
• When Harry’s parents died, he
took care of him and left him with
the Dursleys (his only family).
• He’s got a phoenix (bird) called
Fawkes which is very intelligent
and immortal (cannot die).

7. CHARACTERS
MINERVA
MCGONAGALL
• She is an amazing witch.
• She is the transfiguration professor and,
sometimes, deputy headmistress and
headmistress of Hogwarts School.
• She’s the head of Gryffindor House.
• She can become a cat.
• She’s very strict, but nice and fair.

8. CHARACTERSHAGRID
• He is a half-giant.
• He’ s a professor at Hogwarts School.
• He looks after the land around Hogwarts School.
• He’s a good friend of Harry’s, Hermione’s and
Ron’s.
• He loves animals, specially the dangerous ones, like
dragons, giant spiders and 3 headed dogs.
• He gave Harry an owl, Hedwig, when he turned 11
years old.

9. CHARACTERS
DOBBY
• He is a house elf.
• He’s a friend of Harry’s.
• Dobby helps Harry and tries to
protect him.
• He belongs to Malfoy’s, but Harry
helps him to get his freedom.

10. CHARACTERS
THE DURSLEYS
• They are Harry’s only remaining
family.
• They are Vernon, Harry’s uncle;
Petunia, Harry’s auntie; and
Dudley, Harry’s cousin.
• They want to know nothing about
magic.
• They are Muggles (can’t do
magic).
• They treat Harry very badly.

11. CHARACTERS
SIRIUS BLACK
• He is Harry’s godfather.
• He was Harry’s dad’s best friend.
• He has no family.
• Mistakenly, he was sent to Azkaban prison,
when Harry was a baby.
• He can become a dog.
• He belonged to Gryffindor House when he was
a child.

12. CHARACTERS
DRACO MALFOY
• He is Harry’s enemy at Hogwarts School.
• He’s an only child.
• He and his dad (Lucius Malfoy) are very
powerful.
• He belongs to Slytherin House.
• He plays Quidditch.
• His best friends are Goyle and Crabbe.

13. CHARACTERS
LORD VOLDEMORT
• He is the most powerful wizard of all
time.
• He’s very evil.
• He wanted to kill Harry Potter when he
was a baby, but he failed.
• He tries to be more and more powerful
to murder Harry and control everything.
• He can speak to snakes.

14. CHARACTERSSEVERUS SNAPE
• He is a professor at Hogwarts
School.
• He’s the head of Slytherin
House.
• He hates (doesn’t like) Harry
Potter and he always tries to
make Gryffindor House lose.
• He’s very serious and strict.

15. CHARACTERS
NEVILLE
LONGBOTTOM
• He lives with his grandma.
• His friends are Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny
and Luna.
• He studies at Hogwarts School and belongs
to Gryffindor House.
• He’s a little clumsy and hopeless at doing
spells.
• He’s got a toad called Trevor.

16. CHARACTERS
GINNY WEASLEY
• She is Ron’s little sister.
• She studies at Hogwarts School too and
belongs to Gryffindor House.
• She’s very good at playing Quidditch.
• She’s in love with Harry, but he doesn’t
know it.

17. CHARACTERS
GEORGE AND FRED WEASLEY
• They are Ron’s twin brothers.
• They study at Hogwarts School and belong
to Gryffindor House.
• They play at Hogwarts Quidditch team.
• They are very naughty and they are always
in trouble.

18. CHARACTERS
ARTHUR AND MOLLY
WEASLEY
• They are Ron’s parents. They have got 7
children, 6 sons and 1 daughter.
• They both are wizard and witch.
• They live in a small house in the country.
• They love Harry very much and treat him
like he was one of their children.
• They belonged to Gryffindor House.

19. CHARACTERS
LUNA LOVEGOOD
• She studies at Hogwarts School and
belongs to Ravenclaw House.
• Her friends are Harry, Ginny, Neville, Ron
and Hermione.
• She’s a pure blood witch.
• She hasn’t got many friends because they
think she’s crazy.

20. VOCABULARY
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
HOUSE ELF
BROOMSTICK(MAGIC) WAND
(SORTING) HAT

21. VOCABULARY
GOLDEN SNITCH
3 HEADED DOG
DRAGON
QUIDDITCH
BUCKBEAK
(WITHERWINGS) OWL - HEDWIG

22. VOCABULARY
INVISIBILITY CLOAK
EVERY FLAVOUR
BEANS(HOUSE) CUP
(DO) A SPELL

23. VOCABULARY
POTION
TIE
CAULDRON
ROBE