Harry Potter: characters, places & organizations

A basic, browsable guide to Harry Potter's registered characters, places and organizations, part of this project's knowledge-graph pilot. Coverage follows a fixed selection rule (viewpoint characters, each series' protagonists and antagonists, and recurring named roles) rather than an attempt at completeness.

Characters

Albus Dumbledore principal (aka Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore; titles: Headmaster of Hogwarts, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards; human; dead)
Harry Potter principal (aka Harry James Potter, The Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One; human)
Hermione Granger principal (aka Hermione Jean Granger; human)
Lord Voldemort principal (aka Tom Marvolo Riddle, The Dark Lord, You-Know-Who / He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named; human; dead)
Ron Weasley principal (aka Ronald Bilius Weasley; human)
Severus Snape principal (aka The Half-Blood Prince; titles: Potions master and Head of Slytherin House, Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Headmaster of Hogwarts; human; dead)
Arthur Weasley major (aka Arthur Weasley; human)
Bellatrix Lestrange major (human; dead)
Cornelius Fudge major (titles: Minister for Magic; human)
Draco Malfoy major (aka Draco Lucius Malfoy; human)
Ginny Weasley major (aka Ginevra Molly Weasley; human)
Minerva McGonagall major (titles: Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, Headmistress of Hogwarts; human)
Molly Weasley major (aka Molly Prewett; human)
Neville Longbottom major (human)
Remus Lupin major (aka Moony; titles: Defence Against the Dark Arts professor; human; dead)
Rubeus Hagrid major (titles: Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, Care of Magical Creatures professor; human)
Sirius Black major (aka Padfoot; human; dead)
Alastor Moody supporting (aka Mad-Eye Moody; human; dead)
Bill Weasley supporting (aka William Arthur Weasley; human)
Cho Chang supporting (human)
Dobby supporting (house-elf; dead)
Dudley Dursley supporting (human (Muggle))
Fred Weasley supporting (human; dead)
George Weasley supporting (human)
Lucius Malfoy supporting (human)
Luna Lovegood supporting (human)
Percy Weasley supporting (aka Percy Ignatius Weasley; human)
Petunia Dursley supporting (aka Petunia Evans; human (Muggle))
Rita Skeeter supporting (human)
Vernon Dursley supporting (human (Muggle))
Argus Filch minor (human (Squib))
Peeves minor (poltergeist)

Places

12 Grimmauld Place structure (in London)
4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging structure
Azkaban structure
Diagon Alley landmark (in London)
Godric's Hollow town
Hogsmeade town
Hogwarts Castle structure
London city
Ministry of Magic headquarters structure (in London)
The Burrow structure

Organizations

Death Eaters military, other
Dumbledore's Army other
Gringotts Wizarding Bank business
Gryffindor House other
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry other
Ministry of Magic government
Order of the Phoenix order
Slytherin House other

Eras

Early wizarding history
Real-world Gregorian calendar: the novels never name a wizarding calendar of their own. Wikipedia anchors the main sequence to 1991-1998 via Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party (died 1492) in Chamber of Secrets.
First Wizarding War
Real-world Gregorian calendar: the novels never name a wizarding calendar of their own. Wikipedia anchors the main sequence to 1991-1998 via Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party (died 1492) in Chamber of Secrets.
Between the wars
Real-world Gregorian calendar: the novels never name a wizarding calendar of their own. Wikipedia anchors the main sequence to 1991-1998 via Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party (died 1492) in Chamber of Secrets.
Second Wizarding War
Real-world Gregorian calendar: the novels never name a wizarding calendar of their own. Wikipedia anchors the main sequence to 1991-1998 via Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday party (died 1492) in Chamber of Secrets.

Events

Attack at Godric's Hollow and Voldemort's first fall (31 October 1981)
Battle of Hogwarts (2 May 1998)
Battle of the Department of Mysteries (18 June 1996)
Death of Dumbledore on the Astronomy Tower (30 June 1997)
Fall of the Ministry of Magic (Summer 1997)
Founding of Hogwarts (Between the 9th and 10th century (Wikipedia))
Reopening of the Chamber of Secrets (1992-93 school year)
Return of Voldemort (1995, at the close of the Triwizard Tournament)

Concepts

Horcruxes object_artifact
'An object used to store part of a wizard's soul, which protects them from death'; creating one requires a murder, which 'rips the soul apart'. Destroyed only by severe magical damage: Basilisk venom, the Sword of Gryffindor (which carries that venom) or Fiendfyre.
House-elves species
'A type of short, skinny, intensely magical humanoid' bound in servitude to wizarding households, freed only by being given an item of clothing.
Muggles and blood status other
Muggles are non-magical humans; wizarding society sorts itself by blood status into pure-blood (no Muggle ancestry), half-blood and Muggle-born, with Squibs 'born to magical parents, but [with] no magical abilities'.
Parseltongue language
The language of serpents; a Parselmouth 'can converse with serpents'. Hereditary in Salazar Slytherin's line, the Gaunts, and so in Voldemort; Harry shares it through the soul fragment he carries.
Quidditch other
'A team sport played up in the air on broomsticks', contested between Hogwarts houses and at international level.
The Deathly Hallows object_artifact
Three legendary objects said together to make their holder 'master of death': the Elder Wand ('made of elder wood with a core of Thestral tail hair'), the Resurrection Stone (set in Gaunt's ring) and the Cloak of Invisibility, originally held by the three Peverell brothers Antioch, Cadmus and Ignotus.
The Patronus Charm other
Expecto Patronum conjures a guardian of positive energy, 'the only known means of defence against Dementors'; a fully formed Patronus takes an animal shape (Hermione's is an otter, Luna's a hare).
The Unforgivable Curses other
The three darkest spells: the Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra), the Cruciatus Curse (Crucio, inflicting intense pain) and the Imperius Curse (Imperio, mind control); use of any carries a life sentence in Azkaban.
Wand magic and spells magic_system
'Almost all intentional magic is performed with a wand', through wand movements and spoken incantations in modified Latin; spells are 'short bursts of magic used to accomplish a specialised task'.

How they connect

Alastor Moody is an ally of Harry Potter
Alastor Moody is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Albus Dumbledore is the mentor of Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore is the leader of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Albus Dumbledore founded Order of the Phoenix
Albus Dumbledore is the leader of Order of the Phoenix
Argus Filch is a member of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Argus Filch is an enemy of Peeves
Arthur Weasley is the father of Bill Weasley
Arthur Weasley is the father of Fred Weasley
Arthur Weasley is the father of George Weasley
Arthur Weasley is the father of Ginny Weasley
Arthur Weasley is a member of Ministry of Magic
Arthur Weasley is the spouse of Molly Weasley
Arthur Weasley is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Arthur Weasley is the father of Percy Weasley
Arthur Weasley is the father of Ron Weasley
Bellatrix Lestrange is a member of Death Eaters
Bellatrix Lestrange killed Dobby
Bellatrix Lestrange is related to Draco Malfoy
Bellatrix Lestrange is related to Sirius Black
Bellatrix Lestrange killed Sirius Black
Bill Weasley is a sibling of Fred Weasley
Bill Weasley is a sibling of George Weasley
Bill Weasley is a sibling of Ginny Weasley
Bill Weasley is a member of Gringotts Wizarding Bank
Bill Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
Bill Weasley is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Bill Weasley is a sibling of Percy Weasley
Bill Weasley is a sibling of Ron Weasley
Cho Chang is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Cornelius Fudge is the leader of Ministry of Magic
Dobby is an ally of Harry Potter
Draco Malfoy is a member of Death Eaters
Draco Malfoy is an enemy of Harry Potter
Draco Malfoy is a member of Slytherin House
Dudley Dursley is related to Harry Potter
Fred Weasley is a sibling of George Weasley
Fred Weasley is a sibling of Ginny Weasley
Fred Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
Fred Weasley is a sibling of Ron Weasley
George Weasley is a sibling of Ginny Weasley
George Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
George Weasley is a sibling of Ron Weasley
Ginny Weasley is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Ginny Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
Harry Potter is the lover of Cho Chang
Harry Potter is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Harry Potter is the spouse of Ginny Weasley
Harry Potter is a member of Gryffindor House
Hermione Granger is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Hermione Granger is a member of Gryffindor House
Hermione Granger is an ally of Harry Potter
Lord Voldemort killed Alastor Moody
Lord Voldemort is an enemy of Albus Dumbledore
Lord Voldemort founded Death Eaters
Lord Voldemort is the leader of Death Eaters
Lord Voldemort is an enemy of Harry Potter
Lucius Malfoy is related to Bellatrix Lestrange
Lucius Malfoy is a member of Death Eaters
Lucius Malfoy is the father of Draco Malfoy
Lucius Malfoy is an enemy of Harry Potter
Lucius Malfoy is a member of Slytherin House
Luna Lovegood is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Minerva McGonagall is the leader of Gryffindor House
Minerva McGonagall is the leader of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Minerva McGonagall is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Molly Weasley killed Bellatrix Lestrange
Molly Weasley is the mother of Bill Weasley
Molly Weasley is the mother of Fred Weasley
Molly Weasley is the mother of George Weasley
Molly Weasley is the mother of Ginny Weasley
Molly Weasley is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Molly Weasley is the mother of Percy Weasley
Molly Weasley is the mother of Ron Weasley
Neville Longbottom is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Neville Longbottom is the leader of Dumbledore's Army
Neville Longbottom is a member of Gryffindor House
Percy Weasley is a sibling of Fred Weasley
Percy Weasley is a sibling of George Weasley
Percy Weasley is a sibling of Ginny Weasley
Percy Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
Percy Weasley is a member of Ministry of Magic
Percy Weasley is a sibling of Ron Weasley
Petunia Dursley is the mother of Dudley Dursley
Petunia Dursley is the foster parent of Harry Potter
Petunia Dursley is related to Harry Potter
Remus Lupin is the mentor of Harry Potter
Remus Lupin is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Ron Weasley is a member of Dumbledore's Army
Ron Weasley is a sibling of Ginny Weasley
Ron Weasley is a member of Gryffindor House
Ron Weasley is an ally of Harry Potter
Ron Weasley is the spouse of Hermione Granger
Rubeus Hagrid is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape killed Albus Dumbledore
Severus Snape was succeeded by Albus Dumbledore
Severus Snape is a member of Death Eaters
Severus Snape is the leader of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Severus Snape is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Severus Snape is the leader of Slytherin House
Sirius Black is related to Harry Potter
Sirius Black is a member of Order of the Phoenix
Vernon Dursley is the father of Dudley Dursley
Vernon Dursley is the foster parent of Harry Potter
Vernon Dursley is the spouse of Petunia Dursley