Characters - Individuals (H-M)
Hagrid, Rubeus - Half-giant, "twice as tall, five times as wide as a normal man; long, bushy black hair; hands the size of garbage can lids; feet like baby dolphins." After being falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, as a student, Hagrid was expelled from the school. Dumbledore hires him as Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. (vol. 2, p. 247) Rescued Harry from his home and delivered him to the Dursleys, after Harry's parents were killed. (vol. 3, p. 206) (vol. 4, p. 429)
Half Blood Prince - Original owner of the Potions textbook that Harry borrowed from Prof. Slughorn; had written notes in it. Later, it was revealed that the prince was Severus Snape. (vol. 6, pp. 193, 604)
He Who Must Not Be Named - The evil Lord Voldemort. Also referred to as You-Know-Who.
Hengist of Woodcroft - Name of a wizard depicted on a wizard trading card.
Higgs, Terrence - Seeker on the Slytherin Quidditch team in Harry's first year.
Hit Wizard - Member of wizard police from the Magical Law Enforcement Squad, specially trained to deal with powerful criminals.
Hooper, Geoffrey - Member of Gryffindor's Quidditch team. (vol. 5, p. 276)
Hootch, Madam - Quidditch Instructor.
Hogwarts High Inquisitor - Dolores Umbridge. (vol. 5, p. 306 )
Hufflepuff, Helga - One of the four founders of Hogwarts. Hufflepuff House is named for her.
Jigger, Arsenius - Author of Magical Drafts and Potions.
Johnson, Angelina - Gryffindor chaser; becomes Gryffindor's Quidditch Captain. (vol. 5, p. 224)
Jones, Gwenog - Captain of the Holyhead Harpies, a Quidditch team. (vol. 6, p. 71)
Jones, Hestia - Pink cheeked, black-haired witch. One of the wizards who escorts Harry to Order of the Phoenix Headquarters. (vol. 5, p. 49)
Jordan, Lee - Pupil at Hogwarts. Has dreadlocks and is famed for his commentaries at Quidditch matches. He is in Gryffindor House in the same year as George and Fred Weasley and is best friends with them.
Jorkins, Bertha - Worked at the Ministry of Magic; Originally had an excellent memory, but after learning a dangerous secret about Barty Crouch, he memory charmed her and damaged her memory; no sense of direction; (vol. 4, p. 89) Captured by Wormtail and tortured for the information she possesed; killed by Lord Voldemort. (vol. 4, p. 10)
Karkaroff, Professor Igor - Head of Durmstrang. Tall and thin, short white hair and a goatee which finishes in a small curl. He smiles only with his mouth, not with his eyes. Former Death Eater. (vol. 4, pp. 247, 363, 417) Died in summer before Harry's sixth term at Hogwarts. (vol. 6, p. 107)
Karkas - Gurg, or chief, of the giants. (vol. 5, p. 427)
Keeper - Quidditch player who guards the goalposts.
Kettleburn, Professor - Care of Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts. Retired at the end of Harry's second year.
Kirke, Andrew - Beater replacement on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. (vol. 5, p. 453)
Krum, Viktor - Champion Bulgarian Seeker from Durmstrang School. Distinctly round-shouldered and slightly duck-footed. Competes in the Triwizard Tournament. (vol. 4, p. 115)
Lestrange, Bellatrix - Sent to Azkaban for using Cruciatus Curse on Neville Longbottom's parents causing them to go insane; cousin of Sirius Black. (vol. 5, pp. 505, 544, 545)
Lockhart, Gilderoy - Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Longbottom, Neville - Classmate of Harry. Short, fat and slightly daft. He is of pure wizard blood, but not a good student. He is almost a Squib. His parents were Aurors during Voldemort's reign of terror until they were caught by Death Eaters and went insane. He lives with his grandmother. Works harder than ever to overcome his shortcomings and makes a lot of progress. (vol. 5, p. 553)
Lovegood, Luna (Loony) - Student at Hogwarts, classmate of Ginny Weasley, in Ravenclaw House; Harry's friend; her father runs The Quibbler. (vol. 5 pp. 179, 186 & 262)
Lupin, Professor Remus J. - A young, shabby looking wizard who befriends Harry and tries to teach him how to repel the dementors. Teaches the Dark Arts. (vol 3, p. 74). He is also a werewolf. (vol. 3, p. 350) & (vol 5, p. 46) One of the wizards who escorted Harry to Order of the Phoenix headquarters. (vol. 5, p. 49)
Lynch, Aiden - A seeker from Ireland who plays in the Quidditch World Cup. (vol. 4, p. 108)
Macmillan, Ernie - Hogwarts student; a prefect. (vol. 5, pp. 188, 706)
Macnair, Walden - A Death Eater who was sent to kill Buckbeak; tried to persuade the giants to join Voldemort. (vol. 5, p. 431); Executioner of dangerous creatures for the Ministry of Magic.
Malfoy, Draco - Harry's archenemy at Hogwarts. Has a pale, pointed face that bears a sneering expression; believes himself to be superior to Harry and his friends; a resident of Slytherin House. From a wizard family that came back from the "Dark Side" after Lord Voldemort disappeared. (His family insisted they had been bewitched by Voldemorte.)
Malfoy, Narcissa - Draco's mother.
Marchbanks, Griselda - Head of Wizarding Examination Authority; a friend of Neville's grandmother; resigns in protest from the Wizengamot when the post of Inquisitor to Hogwarts School is announced. (vol. 5, pp. 308, 707)
Marge, Aunt - Uncle Vernon's sister.
Maxime, Madame Olympe - A giant woman with olive skin, black eyes and a beaky nose. Her hair is drawn into a bun at the base of her neck. In charge of students from Beauxbatons Academy. (vol. 4, pp. 243-244)
McGonagall, Minerva - Head of Gryffindor House and a professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts. Her hair is worn in a tight bun, and she wears square glasses and an emerald green cloak.
Mediwizards - Medics who take care of injuries at the Quidditch World Cup. (vol. 4, p. 114)
Merlin - Name of a wizard depicted on a wizard trading card.
Mimsey-Porpington, Sir Nicholas de - Resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower. Also known as Nearly-Headless Nick. (vol. 2, p. 133)
Moaning Myrtle - Ghost of a girl who was killed when the Chamber of Secrets was first opened 50 years ago. Her home is now a toilet at Hogwarts.
Mockridge, Cuthbert - Head of the Goblin Liaison Office. (vol. 4, p. 86)
Montague - Captain of Slytherin Quidditch team. (vol. 5, p. 627) Shoved into the Vanishing Cabinet by Fred and George Weasley for trying to deduct points from Gryffindor. (vol. 5, p. 639)
Moody, Alastor (Mad-Eye) - An Auror, a Dark Wizard catcher, with many enemies; brought out of retirement by Dumbledore to teach Defense of the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. (vol. 4, p. 162 & 280) Scarred skin, half of a nose, one small, dark beady eye. The other eye moves up and down and from side to side, ceaselessly without blinking, and sometimes rolls over completely, so only the white can be seen; (makes him capable of seeing what is behind him). The moving eye is electric blue and as large as a coin. He has one wooden leg that is carved and ends in a clawed foot; he limps and uses a long staff. He has long, grizzled, dark grey hair. (vol. 4, pp. 184-185) One of the wizards who escorted Harry to Order of the Phoenix Headquarters. (vol. 5, p. 49)
Moony - Professor Lupin's nickname at Hogwarts.
Morgana - name of a witch depicted on a wizard trading card.
Mostafa, Hassan - Chairwizard of the International Association of Quidditch from Egypt. (vol. 4, p. 106)
Mudblood - A really foul name for someone who is muggle-born (of non-magical parents).
Muggles - People without a drop of magical blood in their veins.
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