- Harry Potter

- Ron Weasley

- Hermione Granger

- Rubeus Hagrid

- Draco Malfoy

- Albus Dumbledore

- Professor Minerva McGonagall

- Professor Severus Snape

- Professor Quirrell

- Professor Gilderoy Lockhart

- Professor Remus Lupin

- Sirius Black

- Peter Pettigrew

HARRY POTTER

He is the kind of person you feel you know only by reading about him. For many people, he can be a hero, an example to follow.
Harry lost his parents, James and Lily Potter, when he was only one year old. Lord Voldemort killed his parents but he couldn't kill him. Hagrid rescued Harry from his destroyed house, and left him with the Dursleys, by order of Dumbledore. Harry grew up thinking his parents had died in a car accident until one day, when Hagrid appears to give him the letter from Hogwarts and tells him his true and sad story.
In Hogwarts, Harry became an idol and hero for many of the students, but there are some jealous ones like Draco Malfoy, who hates him.

RON WEASLEY

Ron is Harry's best friend since the moment they've met. Ron comes from a poor family and he has six brothers: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George (twins) and Ginny.
Ron is very sensitive about his poverty, and he can't stand Draco Malfoy, who makes fun of his used clothes and books.
Ron discusses with Hermione a lot, but they really like each other.

HERMIONE GRANGER

She is Harry's and Ron's friend, and she comes from a Muggle family. She is the best student of the class and she is a bit authoritative.
At the beginning, Harry and Ron didn't like her and tended to avoid her. After a fight with a giant that almost killed Hermione in a girl's bathroom, they became good friends.

RUBEUS HAGRID

He works at Hogwarts and lives in a wooden house near the forbidden forest. He used to study at Hogwarts, but he was expelled in his third year, under the false charge of opening the Chamber of Secrets L .
It was him who rescued Harry from his destroyed house, after Voldemort killed his parents L .
In Hogwarts, Hagrid, Harry, Ron and Hermione are friends.

DRACO MALFOY

He is Harry's arch enemy. He is jealous, I suppose, of Harry's success in Quidditch and of the fact that eveyone knows who he is and likes him.
The Malfoy family was once a big supporter of Lord Voldemort.
Draco Malfoy has two "bodyguards": Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle.

ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

PROFESSOR MINERVA MCGONAGALL

PROFESSOR SEVERUS SNAPE

He is the leader of the Slytherin House and teaches Potions. He is severe and cruel, and he is Harry's second arch enemy. Snape hates Harry because he hated his father, James Potter, when they went together at Hogwarts.
Despite his hate for Harry, Snape tries to save him from professor Quirrell, in the first book.

PROFESSOR QUIRRELL

He taught Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry's first year. He was very nervous and seemed to be afraid even of the things he taught.
In the end of the first book, Harry discovers that Quirrell was a servant of Lord Voldemort and shared his body with him.

PROFESSOR GILDEROY LOCKHART

He taught Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry's second year. He was an egocentric man and he only could think about publicity.
Lockhart was convinced that Harry wanted to be like him (argh!), but he was very wrong: Harry couldn't stand him and he avoided him as much as he could.
Well, Lockhart didn't have any knowledges about Defense Against the Dark Arts. The only thing he knew about magic were some anti-memory spells. In the end of the second book, he lost his memory when his own spell hit him (ah,ah,ah!)

PROFESSOR REMUS LUPIN A.K.A. MOONY

This is my favourite character. Remember what I said about Harry? For me, it suits professor Lupin too.
Professor Lupin taught Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry's third year. He was poor, his clothes were old and, despite being quite young, he had some white hair.
Soon he became the favourite teacher among the students, except the Slytherins (of course! We all know this always happens: Slytherins don't like what the others like, and love what the others hate! ).
When Harry had some "problems" with the Dementors, professor Lupin taught him the "Expecto Patronum" spell, which makes them disappear.
Harry and professor Lupin became friends, so Harry was furious when he discovered that Lupin was a werewolf L . Harry thought Lupin had helped Sirius Black entering the castle. Well, if you read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, you know it all ended well J (correction: not very well, because Lupin had to leave Hogwarts when Snape told the Slytherins he was a werewolf ).
Professor Lupin, along with Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew, was James Potter's best friend.

SIRIUS BLACK A.K.A. PADFOOT

He was James Potter's best friend, and he is Harry's godfather.
He was arrested under the false charge of being Voldemort's right-hand man, being involved in Lily and James Potter murder and in the murder of Peter Pettigrew.
He escaped from Azkaban to kill Peter Pettigrew (yes, he wasn't dead), but he was caught. Harry and Hermione turned back time and saved him from a certain death (because they knew he was innocent!).
He was an Animagus, and he assumed the shape of a big and black dog.

PETER PETTIGREW A.K.A. WORMTAIL A.K.A. SCABBERS

He was other of James Potter's friends, but he was the one who helped Voldemort to kill James and Lily Potter .
He was an Animagus too and, for twelve long years, ha was Scabbers, Ron's rat.
In the end of the third book, he escapes from Lupin, Sirius, Harry, Hermione and Ron.

LORD VOLDEMORT A.K.A. TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE A.K.A. YOU-KNOW-WHO A.K.A. HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED