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Abbott, Hannah
b. 1980
Hufflepuff, 1991 - 1998, prefect 1995 - 1998
A pink-faced blonde who wears her hair in pigtails (SS7), Hannah is a close friend of Ernie Macmillan (CS11, 15), who shares her hobby of collecting chocolate frog cards (GF19). Both Hannah and Ernie became prefects in August of 1995 (OP10) and joined Dumbledore's Army that October (OP16). [more]

Abercrombie, Euan
b. 1984
Gryffindor, 1995 - 2002
A small boy with prominent ears; it's implied that at the beginning of his first year, he believed the Daily Prophet's smear campaign against Harry (OP11).

Ackerley, Stuart
b. 1983
Ravenclaw, 1994 - 2001 (GF12)

Aesalon,Falco
Ancient Greek
The first recorded example of an animagus, he could transform himself into a falcon. (fw)

Agrippa, Cornelius
1486 - 1535
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim; in the Muggle version of history, a German mystic and alchemist (see web link). Cornelius Agrippa in the 16th century argued, in De Occulta Philosophia, against the persecution of witches. Agrippa appears on a Chocolate Frog trading card, which reads "celebrated wizard imprisoned by Muggles for his writing, because they thought his books were evil" (fw33 SS6, CF).
Could it be that Rowling includes Agrippa in part because of the fact that he was condemned by some for writing "about magic and wizards" just like she is?

Alderton, Archibald
1568 - 1623
Famous for blowing up the hamlet of Little Dropping in Hampshire while attempting to magically mix a birthday cake. (fw40)

Archie
Old wizard with a penchant for flowered nightgowns; Archie refused to wear trousers at the World Cup campground, saying that he liked "a healthy breeze around his privates" (GF7).

Avery
Slytherin, c. 1970s (GF27)
A Death Eater (see), "wormed his way out of trouble by saying he acted under the Imperius Curse (GF27)," was punished by Voldemort with the Cruciatus Curse (GF33).

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Baddock, Malcolm
b. 1983
Slytherin, 1994 - 2001 (GF12)

Bagman, Ludovic ("Ludo")
Celebrated Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps c. 1980, later head of the Dept. of Games and Sports until his somewhat informal departure from the Ministry in late June 1995. [more]
"ludo" - L.: "play"
"bagman" - Eng. slang: "one who collects money, as for racketeers."

Bagman, Otto
Got into trouble with the Muggle Artifacts Office because of an unusual lawnmower, but Arthur Weasley straightened things out for him. Out of gratitude, Otto's brother Ludo then arranged the Weasleys' tickets to the World Cup (GF5).

Bagman (Sr.)
Father of Ludo and Otto, friend of Augustus Rookwood (GF30).

Bagnold, Millicent
Minister of Magic before Cornelius Fudge. She retired c. 1990.

Bagshott, Bathilda
author: A History of Magic (SS5)

Barbary, Heathcote
1974 - present
Plays rhythm guitar with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters. (fw95)

Barkwith, Musidora
1520-1666
Barkwith was a famous composer whose "Wizarding Suite" featured an exploding tuba. This unfinished work is now banned, ever since a performance in 1902 blew the roof our of the Town Hall of Ackerly (fw/36).
"musidora" from "music"
"bark" might be connected to the somewhat cartoonish idea that dogs bark when they hear music being played or sung extremely poorly

Barnabas the Barmy
A moving tapestry of this wizard, depicting his foolish attempt to train trolls for the ballet, hangs on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle, opposite the entrance to the Room of Requirement (OP18).
"barmy" Brit. slang for "crazy"

Baruffio (wizard)
Wizard who mispronounced a charm and suffered for it (SS10). Lent his name to some patent medicine of dubious value called Baruffio's Brain Elixir (OP31).

Bashir, Ali
Ali is a flying carpet merchant who was very interested in importing flying carpets into Britain. Arthur Weasley wouldn't allow it, so he tried to smuggle carpets in. (GF7)

Basil
Ministry wizard, wears a kilt and a poncho, works at the Portkey terminus at the Quidditch World Cup (GF7).

Beamish, Oswald
1850 - 1932
Pioneer of goblin rights. (fw66)

Belby, Flavius
1715-1791
Survived a Lethifold attack while in Papua New Guinea in 1782. He wrote about the experience, revealing for the first time the existence of this terrible creature and also the fact that a Patronus Charm will drive the Lethifold away. Belby had at one time been voted the president of the local Gobstones Club. (FB) Belby appears on a Famous Wizard card (fw/51)

Bell, Katie
b. 1978
Gryffindor, 1989 - 1996, Q. Chaser
(SS11, CS6, PA8, PA13, PA15, GF17, OP13, OP17, OP18, OP19, OP31)
One of the three Chasers on the Gryffindor team during most of Harry's years at Hogwarts. Oliver Wood considered her to be a superb Chaser (PA8), along with Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, who are a year older than Katie (OP26). As a member of the team, Katie has taken her share of rough play, including a time when Montague of Slytherin intentionally grabber her head instead of the Quaffle, nearly unseating her. (PA15) Katie, along with Alicia and Angelina, joined the DA (OP17) She had a bit of a run-in with Peeves in a spare classroom where students were taking their break; he pelted her with ink pellets and eventually emptied an entire inkwell over her head. (OP18) During his first practice as Gryffindor Keeper, Ron out of nerves passed her the Quaffle so hard that she missed the catch and was hit in the face, causing a nosebleed. Fred then accidentally what seems to have been the wrong end of a Nosebleed Nougat - the one that causes nosebleeds rather than arresting them - so that eventually practice had to be called off when Katie didn't stop losing blood (OP14).

Binns (wizard)
History of Magic professor (ghost). See Hogwarts staff.
Another name which is really a subtle bit of wordplay is Professor Binns. I imagine him wearing very thick lenses - "bins" (from binoculars) is a slang term for spectacles. --Morag Traynor

Black Family

Black, Andromeda
See Tonks, Andromeda Black.

Black, Bellatrix
See Lestrange, Bellatrix Black.

Black, Mrs.
? - c. 1985
Mother of Sirius and Regulus, either very old (especially when you consider that her children were so much younger) or unnaturally aged. Mrs. Black believed in purity of wizard blood and on that basis favored her younger son, Regulus, who shared that philosophy and even became a Death Eater. Mrs. Black died c. 1985 and now survives only as a horrible, life-sized portait hanging in the entrance hall on the ground floor of 12 Grimmauld Place, her old home. The portrait, hung behind moldy curtains, shows a screaming, unpleasant-looking old woman in a black cap, drooling, eyes rolling, yellowing skin. She screeches terrible epithets at anyone who disturbs her (OP4, 6) Kreacher worships her.

Black, Narcissa
See Malfoy, Narcissa Black.

Black, Regulus
(c. 1961? - c. 1980?)
Younger brother of Sirius, favored by his parents as he shared their pureblood prejudices, to the point that he joined the Death Eaters (see). Voldemort saw to it that Regulus, for one, didn't have a chance to 'pull a Pettigrew', and that he did indeed die before betraying his cause (OP6).
Regulus = 'the little king'; a star in Leo (Remember Sirius' comment that his family thought that to be a Black meant you were practically royal.)

Black, Sirius
c. 1960 - June 1996
See detailed entry.
Sirius = 'searing, scorching'; the Dog Star, brightest star in Earth's night sky
Blane, Balfour
1566 - 1629
Wizard who established the Committee on Experimental Charms. He appears on a Famous Wizards card (fw/39).
Bletchley, Miles
Slytherin, c. 1989 - 1996, Q. Keeper
Hit Alicia Spinnet from behind with a jinx in the library prior to the autumn 1995 Gryffindor-Slytherin match, but Snape refused to believe the fourteen eyewitnesses (OP19).
Since Bletchley was at least a second year when Harry started at Hogwarts, and since he's still at Hogwarts in the 1995-6 school year, he must be either one or more likely two years older than Harry.

Bloxam, Beatrix
1794-1810
Author of the Toadstool Tales series of children's books. These books have been banned because they cause nausea and vomiting. Bloxam appears on a Famous Wizard card. (fw/59)
Very possibly this is a reference to Beatrix Potter, the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and other children's stories.

Boardman, Stubby
Lead singer of the Hobgoblins, who retired 'nearly 15 years ago' (c. 1980) after being hit in the ear by a turnip at a concert in Little Norton Church Hall. In the summer of 1995, The Quibbler printed an interview with Doris Purkis, who claimed that 'Sirius Black' was really Stubby Boardman (OP10).

Bode, Broderick
c.1946 - 1996
Sallow-skinned wizard with a mournful face who works for the Department of Mysteries (GF7, OP8) Injured late in 1995 in an attack by Death Eaters, Bode lost the power of speech. He was regaining it while at St. Mungo's (OP23) when he was assassinated; a plant sent to him as a Christmas gift strangled him to death. (OP23, 19)
"To bode" is to portend or be an omen for something. It has a somewhat sinister connotation, although it can mean either good fortune or bad.
It's ironic that this 'Unspeakable' was rendered incapable of speech by his injuries.

Bole (wizard)
b. 1977
Slytherin, 1989 - 1995, Q. Beater (PA15, OP19)
Deliberately fouled Alicia Spinnet in the 1993 - 94 Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch final, hitting her with a club, then claiming he'd thought she was a Bludger (PA15). Then again, given the usual standard of Slytherin Beater brainpower, maybe it was an accident...
bole = the trunk of a tree, an apt name given the build of a typical Slytherin Beater

Bonaccord, Pierre
First Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, a position currently held by none other than Albus Dumbledore. Bonaccord wanted to ban troll-hunting and grant trolls rights, possibly full "being" status, but since a tribe of Mountain Trolls had been causing a lot of trouble in Liechtenstein, their wizarding community contested Bonaccord's appointment, and refused to join the Confederation as a result (OP31).
"bon" Fr. "good" + "accord" harmony or reconciliation

Bones family

Bones, Amelia Susan
Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Madam Bones presided over Harry's disciplinary hearing on Aug 12, 1995; she later told her niece Susan some of the details. A broad, square-jawed witch with very short gray hair and thick eyebrows, Madam Bones wears a monocle. According to Tonks, Amelia is fair and honest.

Bones, Edgar
Brother of Amelia Susan Bones, uncle of Susan Bones, and member of the Order of the Phoenix in the 1970s (see); Moody said 'he was a great wizard'. Killed, with his wife and children, by a Death Eater before Voldemort fell (OP9).

Bones, Mrs.
Grandmother of Susan Bones (BN), killed by Death Eaters (SS4).
This may be a reference to Edgar and his family. When asked in an interview if the Boneses who were killed were related to Susan, JKR said "They were her grandparents." She may have changed the relationship when she wrote book five.

Bones, Susan
b. 1980
Hufflepuff, 1991 - 1998 (SS7)
Susan wears her hair in a long plait down her back. Joined the DA in October 1995 (OP16). Acquired a gruesome notoriety when the Death Eater who killed her uncle Edgar and his family escaped Azkaban in January 1996, after which she condoled with Harry, saying she now knew what he'd had to go through (OP25). One of the DA members who helped Harry cope with Malfoy in the ambush on the Hogwarts Express (OP38). Susan is most likely named after her Aunt Amelia, whose middle name is Susan (OP8).
Susan Bones was played in the first two films by the director's daughter, Eleanor Columbus (SS/f, CS/f).

Bonham, Mungo
1560-1659
A healer who founded St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Ailments and Injuries. He appears on a Famous Wizard card. (fw/38)

Boot, Terry
b. 1980
Ravenclaw, 1991 - 1998 (SS7)
Checked out Quidditch Through the Ages 21 August (QA). Joined the DA October 1995, apparently having heard about it as a friend of Michael Corner (OP16). One of the DA members who helped Harry cope with Malfoy in the ambush on the Hogwarts Express (OP38).

Boothby, Gladys
Created the Moontrimmer broomstick in 1901.

Borgin, Mister
Proprietor of Borgin and Burkes of Knockturn Alley; an oily, smooth-talking fellow who fawns on Lucius Malfoy (CS4).

Bott, Bertie
Inventor
1935 - present
While experimenting with ways to create tasty candies from food, Bott accidentally included a pair of dirty socks in one of his trials, and created the first of the many surprises found in Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.

Bozo
A paunchy man working as a photographer for the Daily Prophet, Bozo was Rita Skeeter's co-conspirator during their coverage of the Triwizard Tournament (GF18,19,24).

c.f. photographer for the Daily Prophet (CS4)

Bradley
Ravenclaw Chaser, 1990s (OP30, OP31)

Bragge, Barberus
Chief of the Wizards' Council in 1262, attended a Quidditch match and offered 150 galleons to whomever caught a Golden Snidget which he released onto the pitch. (At that time, 150 Galleons was the equivalent of over a million Galleons today.) Madam Modesty Rabnott of Kent took to the field in protest at the abuse of the small, defenseless bird; she caught the Snidget with a Summoning Charm and was fined 10 galleons. This incident began the practice of catching a live Golden Snidget as part of the game of Quidditch (QA). Bragge appears on a Famous Wizard card because his actions changed the game of Quidditch forever (fw).
"Barberus" is similar to "barbarian" and "brag" means to boast about oneself. Each of these words suggest his character, which is bullying and crude.

Brand, Rudolf
Captain of the Heidelberg Harriers who, at the end of a famous match with the Holyhead Harpies, proposed marriage to the Harpies' team captain, Gwendolyn Morgan; she whacked him over the head with her broom (QA).

Brankovitch, Maximus, III
Seeker for the Fitchburg Finches from Massachusetts, USA, who also captained the USA in several recent World Cups. (QA)

Branstone, Eleanor
b. 1983
Hufflepuff, 1994 - 2001 (GF12)

Broadmoor, Karl
Broadmoor, Kevin
World-famous Beaters for the Falmouth Falcons from 1958 to 1969. The Broadmoor brothers were notorious for their hard and rough style of play (QA)
The brother's brutal style of Quidditch play is particularly apt, as Broadmoor is an English high-security prison for mentally insecure criminals. (Thanks to Ross Gillson)

Brocklehurst, Mandy
b. 1980
Ravenclaw, 1991 - 1998 (SS7)

Brown, Lavender
b. 1980
Gryffindor, 1991 - 1998
The best friend of Parvati Patil, Lavender tends to squeal and giggle a lot, and generally gives the impression of being silly; she's keen on Divination, for instance, having been convinced of Trelawney's powers after a vague prediction on the first day of class turned out (from one point of view) to have predicted the death of her pet rabbit, Binky (PA8). (Note that she didn't bring Binky to Hogwarts with her, although the rule about cats, owls, and toads only isn't mentioned.) In their 5th year, Lavender initially believed the Daily Prophet's insinuations about Harry, but Hermione shut her up (OP12).

Lavender attended the Yule Ball with Seamus Finnegan (GF22, OP11).

Lavender's saving grace is that she had the courage to be chosen for Gryffindor; during Hagrid's disastrous experiment to determine whether Blast-Ended Skrewts hibernate or not, Lavender, far from fleeing with the Slytherins, stayed to help and got burned (GF22). Unlike Seamus, Lavender joined Dumbledore's Army when it first formed (OP16).
"lavender" - one possible derivation is from L. "lavare" to wash (because the plant lavender is used to perfume things by being washed with them), another is from L. word for "bluish", again referring to the plant. As well as the plant itself and the color, 'lavender' through association can imply several things, including: affection in the language of flowers; cleansing; or concealment (something packed away can be said to be 'in lavender').

Bulstrode, Millicent
b. 1980
Slytherin, 1991 - 1998 (SS7)
Member of Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad in her fifth year (OP32). In her second year, Millicent partnered Hermione at the Dueling Club at Snape's direction, resorting to a headlock despite the standard "no contact" rule of wizard dueling, leaving some black hair on Hermione's robes in the process...which the quick-witted Hermione saved for use in her Polyjuice potion. Unfortunately, the hair was not Millicent's own; apparently she owns a cat (CS11,12).

An "M. Bulstrode" checked out Quidditch Through the Ages (6 February). (QA)

Black-haired (or Hermione wouldn't have made her mistake), with a square build and heavy jaw, Millicent was "no pixie" in her second year (referring to her size and build); by their fifth year she was still able to physically overpower Hermione. Both Ron and Harry consider Millicent ugly; she reminds Harry in particular of a hag (CS11, OP32).

Bundy, K.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
Checked Quidditch Through The Ages out of the school library (QA).

Burke
Presumably one of the founders of Borgin and Burkes, a shop in Knockturn Alley. The man behind the counter when Lucius Malfoy comes in, however, is Mr. Borgin.
"burke" - Eng. (From the name of a 19th century murderer in Edinburgh who killed his victims by suffocation and strangulation in order to sell the bodies for dissection; the oldest sense of the word is to murder someone in this way.) In the more common, figurative sense, "to burke" something is to avoid a problem, usually by stifling it or hushing it up [NSOED]. There are other senses of similar-sounding English words (mostly to do with foolishness), but this sense seems the best fit for this character.

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Cadogan, Sir
A knight in full armor, inhabitant (along with a fat grey pony) of a painting on a lonely seventh floor landing. Sir Cadogan is something of a blowhard, but he is unquestionably brave (PA, GF, OP). When he volunteered to take over for the Fat Lady in guarding the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, he liked to think up bizarre passwords and change them constantly.
A cadogan is a kind of lidless teapot, after William Cadogan, 1st Earl of Cadogan (1675-1726), who was said to be the first Englishman to own such a pot. The name is fitting for a fellow who is covered head to toe with plate armor. Cadogan is most likely derived from the surname Cadwagan, which means ''glory in battle''.

Capper, S.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
Checked Quidditch Through The Ages out of the school library (QA).

Carmichael, Eddie
b. 1979
Ravenclaw, 1990 - 1997 (OP31)
Earned nine "Outstanding" O.W.L.s the year before Harry, Ron, and Hermione took theirs. He assured Harry and Ron that the credit belonged solely to Baruffio's Brain Elixir, but Hermione confiscated it before the boys could buy any - quite possibly saving them a trip to the Hospital Wing in the process, considering the general quality of brain stimulants circulating that year.

Catchlove, Greta
1960 - present
Author of Charm Your Own Cheese (CS3, fw).
On Rowling's website, in an advertisement on the Rumors page, the author of the book is listed as Gerta Curd. Apparently this author uses a penname which is more chesse related. (JKR)

Cauldwell, Owen
b. 1983
Hufflepuff, 1994 - 2001 (GF12)

Chambers
1990s
Ravenclaw Chaser whose attempt at goal in the Quidditch final was deflected by Ron (OP31)

Chang, Cho
b. 1979
Ravenclaw, 1990 - 1997, Q. Seeker since 1993 but initially had problems with injuries
Extremely pretty with long black hair, about a head shorter than Harry during his 3rd year, and very popular. Harry had a crush on her, and they dated for some time during Harry's fifth year, but it didn't work out (PA, GF, OP). Cho began dating Michael Corner instead sometime after the 1995-96 Gryffindor-Ravenclaw match (OP31). (See also detailed entry.)

Chittock, Glenda
1964 - present
Popular presenter of the W.W.N. (Wizarding Wireless Network) program Witching Hour. (fw89)
Glenda appeared as the Wizard of the Month on JKR's website for October, 2004.

Chubb, Agatha
Expert in ancient wizarding artifacts who found twelve lead Bludgers from the early 16th century in peat bogs and marshes (QA).

Circe(SEER-see)
A famous enchantress of ancient Greece who appears on a Chocolate Frog trading card (SS6), Circe lived on the island of Aeaea and was famous for Transfiguring lost sailors into pigs (fw3).
Circe figures in the Greek tales of the Odyssey; she turned Odysseus' men in to swine. Odysseus, with the help of the god Hermes, avoided the same fate and impressed Circe so much that she fell in love with him.

Clagg, Elfrida
Chief of the Wizard's Council in the mid-1300s, Clagg made the Golden Snidget a protected species (see), and set up the Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation in Somerset (QA).

According to her Famous Wizards card, Elfrida Clagg was born in 1612 and died in 1687. This information doesn't jibe with with what we learn about her in QA, however. (fw/42)

Cliodna(CLEEV-nah) (also written as Cliodne)
Famous Irish druidess, appears on a Chocolate Frog trading card (SS6. fw/6) Cliodna had three magical birds that used song to heal the sick. She was an Animagus who could take the form of a bird (CF). Cliodna discovered the properties of Moondew (fw/6).

Clearwater, Penelope
b. 1978
Ravenclaw, 1988 - 1995, prefect 1992 - 93, 1993-4?
Girlfriend of Percy Weasley, who calls her Penny; she has black curly hair. She was Petrified by a basilisk May 8, 1993 (recovered: May 30th) (CS). She seems to be able to appreciate the Firebolt as a first-class broomstick, and is serious enough about Quidditch to have bet Percy 10 Galleons on the 1993-94 Gryffindor-Ravenclaw match (PA13).
In The Odyssey, Penelope was the wife of Odysseus, who very cleverly managed to avoid being forced to remarry during his long absence. Consequently, the poetic sense of the name is that of a faithful, clever woman, particularly a wife - and of a woman who is good at stringing suitors along without committing to anything.

Clogg, Edgar
Ghost who has been hanging around the Hogwarts Quidditch Pitch as long as anyone can remember. Edgar was obviously a pretty good player in his day. (QWC/g)

Connolly
Irish National Side, Beater (GF8).

Cooper, Buckley
Wrote a letter to the Daily Prophet asking for legal advice in the running feud he's been having with his brother. He wonders if the Ministry would "turn a blind eye" if he kidnapped his brother's children and turning them into blood-sucking ferrets. In his response, Dempster Wiggleworth of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement strongly advised against it. (DP)

Coopey, Howland
Wrote a letter to the Daily Prophet's Problem Page, asking for medical advice. He describes his symptoms--green and purple rash between his toes and sparks from his nostrils when he sneezes--and wonders if it's anything to be concerned about. Professor Spleen responds that it's a simple case of Dragon Pox. (DP)

Corner, Michael
b. 1980
Ravenclaw, 1991 - 1998
Michael is a dark-haired boy who met Ginny Weasley at theYule Ball and began dating her at the end of the 1994 - 1995 school year; through Ginny, Michael and his friends joined the DA (OP16). Michael sulked so much after Gryffindor defeated Ravenclaw in 1996 that Ginny dumped him, after which he took up with Cho Chang (OP38).
Michael Corner appears on JKR's list of students in Harry's year (HPM) but is noted as a Hufflepuff on that paper.

Crabbe, Mr.
A Death Eater (see), the father of Vincent Crabbe. Like his son, Mr. Crabbe is a large fellow - one of the two largest Death Eaters to attend Voldemort's 'rebirthing party' - and a bit dim (GF33, OP26).

Crabbe, Vincent
b. 1980
Slytherin, 1991 - 1998 (SS7), Q. Beater 1995 - 1998
Crabbe is one of Draco Malfoy's "bodyguards," following him everywhere. Vincent is thickset and mean (SS6), with a pudding-bowl haircut and long gorilla-like arms (CS12). Draco seems to have a slightly higher opinion of him than of Goyle, since he chose Crabbe as his second for "The Midnight Duel", and Harry, Ron, and Hermione seem to agree that he's brighter than Goyle (SS9, 17). During his first match as a Beater for Slytherin, Crabbe set a new low in unsportsmanlike conduct by hitting a Bludger into the small of Harry's back after the whistle had been blown to end the game; however, the resulting detention was laughable (OP19).
"crab" - Eng. "complain"; to be "crabby" is to be in a bad mood

Cragg, Elfrida
Someone whose portrait hangs in St. Mungo's; Everard ran into her portrait to watch what happened to Arthur Weasley after he had been injured. This is probably a misprint for Elfrida Clagg (OP22).

Creevey, Colin
b. 1981
Gryffindor, 1992 - 1999
Colin Creevey is a very excitable, rather short boy with mousy brown hair who was just tickled to death to discover that he was a wizard and to find out about Hogwarts (his father is a Muggle milkman). Colin is very excited to know the famous Harry Potter and in his first year took a lot of pictures of his idol. He even asked Harry to sign one, but Harry refused (CS5,6). Colin has been known to follow Harry around or to say "All right, Harry?" every time he sees him, just to hear Harry respond. Colin's heart is in the right place, certainly, but he does tend to get run over once in a while in the rush of events. He was petrified by the basilisk in November of his first year, and wasn't cured until late May (CS). Colin and Dennis both joined Dumbledore's Army in October 1995, and learned to do defensive and some offensive magic from Harry (OP16).

The Creeveys appear to be a close family. Colin took a lot of pictures in his first year because he was sending them home to his father, to show him what it was like (CS5,6). As soon as Dennis arrived at Hogwarts, the two brothers became very much a double act, rather than Colin treating Dennis as a two-year-younger tagalong (GF).
"creeve" means "to burst", suggesting the Creevey brothers' excitability

Creevey, Dennis
b. 1983
Gryffindor, 1994 - 2001
The younger brother of Colin, and like Colin having "mousy" brown hair, Dennis was the smallest kid in his year when he arrived, and thus almost certainly the smallest kid in Hogwarts; he needed to stand on his seat in the Great Hall to be able to see the Goblet of Fire properly, and still only just came up to everyone else's eye-level (GF12,16). However, Dennis is another example of the Weasley twins' saying that "size is no guarantee of power" (OP6), in that he seems to know no fear. On his first-year journey across the lake in a storm, Dennis fell in and was rescued by the giant squid, which seemed to him to be all good fun (GF12). Dennis and Colin tried to modify a stack of magical Support Cedric Diggory! / Potter Stinks badges to say Support Harry Potter! instead, but all they could manage was to get them stuck saying Potter Really Stinks (GF19). Dennis, along with his brother, joined Dumbledore's Army in October 1995, and learned to do defensive and some offensive magic from Harry (OP16).
Dennis was in his second year during the 1995-6 school year, but somehow managed to get into Hogsmeade and attend the inital meeting of Dumbledore's Army at the Hog's Head. He shouldn't have been allowed into Hogsmeade until his third year, unless they changed the rules at some point. Or possibly the Creevey parents, who must be much-tried people, felt they'd save themselves a lot of stress if they just did both brothers' permission forms at once.

Croaker
Works for the Department of Mysteries (GF7).
"croaker" - someone who habitually predicts evil; it has that sense because croaking is a noise made by crows and ravens, who really are death omens as they are carrion eaters

Crockford, Doris
A witch in the Leaky Cauldron on July 31, 1991, who was just so delighted to meet Harry Potter that she came back more than once to shake his hand (SS5).

Cronk, Crispin
1795-1872
Famous for keeping sphinxes in his backyard despite repeated warnings from the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry had the last laugh, as they eventually gave up and sent Cronk to Azkaban. He appears on a Famous Wizard card (fw/60).
"cronk" Australian slang for "fraudulent", particularly in talking about running racehorses [NSOED]

Crouch family

Crouch, Bartemius (Sr.) (GF)
Crouch, Mrs. (wife) (GF27,30,35)
Crouch, Bartemius (Jr.) (GF)
Crumb, Gideon
1975 - present
Plays bagpipes with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters.
Curd, Gerta
Author of Charm Your Own Cheese (possibly a penname, since the author's name on the famous wizard card is Greta Catchlove) (JKR).

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