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Davies, Roger
Ravenclaw, c .1990s Q. captain
went with Fleur Delacour to the Yule Ball (GF 
 
 
 
 

Delacour, Fleur
part Veela, Beauxbatons champion in the Triwizard Tournament (GF)
Fleur is somewhat snooty; she makes disparaging comments about Hogwarts in a voice loud enough to be heard by everyone around (GF
Fleur is very atttractive to boys and knows it; this is at least in part because of her Veela heritage
She found Bill Weasley attractive (GF
Fleur attended the Yule Ball with Roger Davies of Ravenclaw (GF
"Fleur Delacour" means "flower of the court," according to JKR. (AOL)

Delacour, Gabrielle 
Fleur's younger sister (GF26)

Derek
Hogwarts student 92-99
stayed over Christmas holidays December 1993

Derrick
Slytherin early 1990s
Q. Beater

Diggle, Dedalus
A wizard who was in the Leaky Cauldron when Hagrid brought Harry in on July 31, 1991. Diggle once bowed to Harry in a shop (SS5), much to Aunt Petunia's horror. He lives in Kent and, according to McGonangall, has never had any sense (SS1).

Diggory, Amos
Cedric's father, works for Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (GF

Diggory, Cedric
Hufflepuff 89-died 95
Q. Seeker
good-looking
Triwizard Champion
killed  by Wormtail at Voldemort's command, June 24, 1995 (GF)
Posibly a nod to one of the main characters in C. S. Lewis's Narnia tales, Diggory Kirke. JKR has stated that she likes the Narnia books and admires Lewis as a writer.

Diggory, Mrs.
mother of Cedric (GF)

Dimitrov
Bulgarian Chaser (GF8)

Dippet, Armando
former headmaster of Hogwarts (c. 1940s), nearly bald, somewhat feeble (CS
"dip" U.S. slang for someone who is rather inept and silly

Dobbs, Emma
Hogwarts student 94-01

Dorny, J.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
checked Quidditch Through The Ages out of the school library (QA)

Dumbledore, Aberforth
Dumbledore's slightly odd brother who may or may not be able to read (GF24)

Dumbledore, Albus
Headmaster, Hogwarts
"albus" - L. "white"
"dumbledore" - Old Eng. "bumblebee"
 
 

Dunstan, B.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
checked Quidditch Through The Ages out of the school library (QA)
 

E

Egg, Professor Mordicus
Author of The Philosophy of the Mundane: Why Muggles Prefer Not to Know.

Elfric the Eager
was responsible for an uprising, therefore he was possibly a goblin (SS16)

Elphick, Wilfred
1112-1199
Famous for being the first to be gored by an Erumpent. (fw21)

Ethelred the Ever-Ready
Medieval wizard who is known for being easily offended. He frequently cursed innocent bystanders. Ethelred died in prison. (fw7)

Emeric the Evil
wizard from history (SS8)

Evans, Lily
see Potter, Lily

F

Fat Lady, The
Inhabitant of a portrait which covers and guards the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. She gets a bit irritable occasionally. She is friends with Violet whose portrait hangs in an antechamber adjacent to the Great Hall. She has hung over the entrance to Gryffindor tower for many years, dating at least as far back as Molly and Arthur Weasley's time at Hogwarts.

Fawcett family
family living near Ottery St. Catchpole (GF6) (cf. Miss Fawcett)

Fawcett, Miss S.
Ravenclaw (CS11, GF16, 23)
possibly part of the Fawcett family of Ottery St. Catchpole? (q.v.)
attended the Yule Ball (GF

Figg, Arabella
one of the "old crowd" (GF) 
the same person as Mrs. Figg (SS

Filch, Argus
caretaker at Hogwarts c. 1990s
"Argus" - beast in Greek mythology, a watchman with a thousand eyes
"filch" - Eng. "steal"

Fitch-Fletchley, Justin
Hufflepuff 91-98
Muggle-born, was up for Eton until he got the letter from Hogwarts
Petrified by the Basilisk December 18, 1992
the snake from Harry's wand moved toward Justin until Harry called it off (CS
curly hair
Justin's name is sometimes given as "Finch-Fletchley"

Fingal the Fearless
legendary Irish wizard who is alleged to have been an Aingingein champion (QA)

Finnigan, Mrs.
Seamus' mother. He introduced her to Harry, Ron, and Hermione at the Quidditch World Cup (GF7). She is a witch, but his father is a Muggle who didn't find out until after they were married that she had magic powers.

Finnigan, Seamus
Gryffindor, 91-98
Irish, sandy hair
takes the Sorting Hat almost a whole minute to decide his House (SS
good friends with Dean Thomas
father is a Muggle, mom didn't tell dad she was a witch until after they were married, which was a "(b)it of a nasty shock for him."
camped out in the Irish section of the campground at the Quidditch World Cup in a tent covered with live shamrocks (GF7)
is most afraid of Banshees (PA
In the film, Seamus has an ongoing problem with his spells blowing up in his face. In one of the deleted scenes, he offers to undo the Leg-Locker Curse which had been cast on Neville, but is turned down. This offends Seamus, who announces that his eyebrows have completely grown back, then walks away to reveal that a patch of hair is missing on the back of his head. This running gag was entirely invented by Steve Kloves, the scriptwriter, from a single reference in SS when Seamus ignites a feather in Charms class. Indeed, in the books it's Neville who melts cauldrons and has all the accidents with magic, not Seamus (SS/f)

Flamel, Nicholas
alchemist, born c. 1326, still alive as of 1991
famous for creating the Philosopher's Stone
Dumbledore did some work with him, although not the creation of the stone, since that must have happened six hundred years ago for Flamel to still be alive in 1992. (SS17)
"According to history, Flamel died in 1410, a few years after his wife, Perenelle..." (pp.71-73)
web link about the real Nicolas Flamel
essay by Brian Dorband about Flamel and the Stone
notes about using the real Flamel's birthdate as a basis for dating the Harry Potter series

Flamel, Perenelle
Nicolas's wife, born c.1333 (SS17)

Fletcher, Mundungus
a bit crotchety, it seems, one of the "old crowd" (CS3, GF10, 36)
after the fracas at the World Cup, Fletcher turned in a request to the Ministry for reimbursement for a 12-room tent with en suite jacuzzi, but he had actually been sleeping under a pancho propped up on sticks. (GF10)
Mundungus appears in Order of the Phoenix (NR2)
"mundungus" reported to be the name of a particularly smelly variety of tobacco

Flint, Marcus
Slytherin, 86-94 (repeated a year)
Q. Keeper and captain

From Sch1 interview:
Q: In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain was sixth year Marcus 
Flint. If there are only seven years of Hogwarts, why is he in the third book?
A: He had to do a year again! :-)
"flint" is a mineral known for its hardness. Arrowheads were made out of flint.

Flitwick, Professor Filius
Charms teacher, Hogwarts staff

Florence
Probably a student at Hogwarts, a contemporary of Bertha Jorkins, who she spied on and saw being kissed by some unidentified boy. She complained to Dumbledore, the Headmaster, when she was hexed as a result:

"He put a hex on me, Professor Dumbledore, and I was only teasing him, sir, I only said I'd seen him kissing Florence behind the greenhouses last Thursday..." (GF30)

Fudge, Cornelius
Minister of Magic (CS, PA, GF)
"fudge" Eng. to cheat or behave dishonestly; to fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Fulbert the Fearful
1014-1097
So cowardly that he never went out of his house. He died when his roof collapsed as a result of a Defensive Charm that backfired. (fw20)
 

G

Goshawk, Miranda
author of Standard Book of Spells series
"goshawk" Old Eng. A large, short-winged hawk once used in falconry
"miranda" L. worthy of wonder

Goyle, Gregory
Slytherin, same year as Harry. Goyle acts as something of a bodyguard for Draco Malfoy. He had his finger bitten by Scabbers once. Goyle has short, bristly hair and long, gorilla-ish arms. He is notoriously dim. He wears green dress robes and resembles, to Harry's eyes, a large moss covered boulder when he arrives without a date at the Yule Ball.
from "gargoyle" stone demons carved into the exterior of Gothic buildings as rain spouts
 
 

Goyle (Death Eater)
A large, somewhat oafish Death Eater who stands with another similar man named Crabbe. It is possible that he is the father of Gregory Goyle (GF

Granger, Hermione
Gryffindor 91-98
the cleverest witch of her age
used a Time Turner during the 93-4 school year to take extra classes
has actually read Hogwarts, A History
bushy, brown hair
front teeth were a bit large until an incident during the 1994-5 school year involving a couple of stray curses...
parents are Muggle dentists
 
 

Gregorovitch
European wand maker
made Krum's wand (GF18)

Gregory the Smarmy
Gregory was a medieval wizard who invented Gregory's UnctuousUnction, a potion that made a person drinking it think whoever gave it to them was their best friend. Gregory appears on Famous Wizard card number 9 (CS/g). There is a secret passage out of the school located behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy. George and Fred found it in their first week at Hogwarts. (SS)
"smarmy" Eng. "revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness" (Merriam Webster dictionary online)

Griffiths, Glynnis
Seeker for the Holyhead Harpies in 1953

Grindelwald
the dark wizard that Dumbledore defeated in 1945 (SS6 & 13)
Because of the year of Grindelwald's defeat, which is staed on the Chocolate Frog card about Dumbledore, some have speculated that Grindelwald and Hitler were the same person or that Grindelwald was somehow related to the events of World War II. 

Grubbly-Plank, Professor
An elderly witch with closely cropped gray hair and a very prominent chin; she was the substitute teacher who covered for Hagrid when he was indisposed after Christmas break (January, 1995); Grubbly-Plank knew a lot about unicorns and seemed to Lavender Brown and others of Harry's year like a particularly good teacher compared to Hagrid, who devoted most their class time looking after Skrewts (GF24)

Grunnion, Alberic
famous wizard, face on a Chocolate Frog trading card (SS6)

guard, Platform Nine and Three Quarters
A wizened old guard sits by the ticket barrier that marks the magical entrance to the platform to ensure that too many people don't go through it at once and frighten the Muggles on the other side. (SS17)

Gudgeon, Davy
foolhardy student at Hogwarts c. 1970's, tried to get past the Whomping Willow and nearly lost an eye (PA
"gudgeon" (from L. gobion, variant of gobius, from Middle English gudyon via Old French goujon) something used as bait; a gullible person

Gudgeon, Gladys
wrote fan mail to Lockhart (CS7)
"gudgeon" means "a gullible person" (see reference for Davy Gudgeon above)

Gwenog
Visited with Gertie Keddle (c. 1000s), had a cup of nettle tea, and asked Gertie to come out and watch the game going on in the marsh. When Gwenog mentioned that she played the game herself, Gertie went home in disgust. (QA)