Felix Summerbee
(1447 – 1508) Inventor of Cheering Charms
Gwenog Jones
(1968 – present) Captain and Beater of only all-female national Quidditch Team, the Holyhead Harpies
Donaghan Tremlett
(1972 – present) Bass player with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters
Honoria Nutcombe
(1665 – 1743) Founded the Society for the Reformation of Hags.
Uric the Oddball
(Medieval, dates unknown) Highly eccentric wizard who is famed, among other things, for wearing a jellyfish for a hat.
Glenda Chittock
(1964 – present) Popular presenter of the W.W.N. (Wizarding Wireless Network) programme ‘Witching Hour’
Devlin Whitehorn
(1945 – present) Founder of the Nimbus racing broom company.
Ignatia Wildsmith
(1227 – 1320) The witch who invented Floo powder.
Derwent Shimpling
(1912 – present) Ate an entire Venomous Tentacula for a bet and survived, though is still purple.
Artemisia Lufkin
(1754 – 1825) First witch to become Minister for Magic.
Mungo Bonham
(1560 – 1659) Famous wizard healer. Founded St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
Gondoline Oliphant
(1720 – 1799) Famous for studies of life and habits of trolls. Clubbed to death in the Cotswolds while sketching.
Felix Summerbee
(1447 – 1508) Inventor of Cheering Charms
Elfrida Clagg
(1612 – 1687) Chieftainess of Warlock’s Council
Chauncey Oldridge
(1342 – 1379) First known victim of dragon pox
Bridget Wenlock
(1202 – 1285) Famous Arithmancer. First to establish the magical properties of the number seven
Gaspard Shingleton
1959 – present. Celebrated inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron.
Fifi LaFolle
(1888 – 1971) Author of the ‘Enchanted Encounters’ series
Carlotta Pinkstone
1922 – present. Famous campaigner for lifting the International Confederation of Wizard’s Statute of Secrecy and telling Muggles that wizards still exist. Ms. Pinkstone has been imprisoned several times for her blatant and deliberate use of magic in public places.
Bowman Wright
1492 – 1560 Famous for developing the Golden Snitch.
Jocunda Sykes
1915 – present. Famous for flying across the Atlantic on a broomstick – the first person to do so.
Yardley Platt
1446 – 1557. Serial goblin-killer.
Daisy Dodderidge
1467 – 1555. First landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.
Grogan Stump
1770 – 1884 Popular Minister for Magic, appointed 1811.
Fabius Watkins
1940 – 1975 Legendary Captain and Chaser of Montrose Magpies. Died in freak collision with helicopter.
Daisy Hookum
1962 – present Wrote bestseller ‘My Life as a Muggle’, after giving up magic for a year. Married to celebrity gardener Tilden Toots.
Tarquin McTavish
1955 – present Imprisoned for crimes against Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish’s kettle.
Erica Stainwright
1932 – 2001 Disgraced 1950s housekeeping guru who made fortune selling ‘cleaning’ potions that really generated more mould and grime.
Hambledon Quince
1936 – present Author of controversial theory that wizards originate from Mars, Muggles from mushrooms.
Idris Oakby
1872 – 1985 Founder of the S.S.S. (Society for the Support of Squibs)
Lorcan d’Eath
1964 – present Heartthrob singer, part vampire, nineteen weeks at number 1 with hit song ‘Necks to You.’
Laurentia Fletwock
1947 – present Celebrated breeder and racer of winged horses. Has campaigned for tighter restrictions on broomstick use.
Harvey Ridgebit
1881 – 1973 Dragonologist, caught first Peruvian Vipertooth, established world’s largest dragon sanctuary in Romania.
Mnemone Radford
1562 – 1649 Developed Memory Modifying Charms. First Ministry of Magic Obliviator.
Tilden Toots
1959 – present ‘The wizard with three green thumbs’ Celebrity herbologist and radio personality
Magenta Comstock
1895 – 1991 Experimental artist whose portraits’ eyes not only follow the viewer around the room, but also follow them home.
Helga Hufflepuff
(Medieval, precise dates unknown) One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts, Hufflepuff was particularly famous for her dexterity at food-related Charms. Many recipes traditionally served at Hogwarts feasts originated with Hufflepuff.
Salazar Slytherin
Medieval (precise dates unknown) One of the four celebrated Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Salazar Slytherin was one of the first recorded Parselmouths, an accomplished Legilimens, and a notorious champion of pureblood supremacy.
Godric Gryffindor
Medieval (precise dates unknown) One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Godric Gryffindor was the most accomplished dueller of his time, an enlightened fighter against Muggle-discrimination and the first owner of the celebrated Sorting Hat.
Rowena Ravenclaw
Medieval (precise dates unknown). One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowena Ravenclaw was the most brilliant witch of her time, though legend has it that a broken heart – cause unknown – contributed to her early demise.
Albus Dumbledore
1881 – 1996 Brilliant and often controversial headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore is most famous for his 1945 defeat of Grindelwald and his steadfast championing of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore’s self-proclaimed proudest achievement, however, was featuring on a Famous Wizards Chocolate Frog Card.
Harry Potter
(1980 – ) The Boy Who Lived, only known survivor of the Avada Kedavra curse and conqueror of Lord Voldemort, also known as Tom Riddle. Harry Potter joined the reshuffled Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt at age 17, rising to become Head of said department in 2007.
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