JKR.com - Wizard of the Month

Every month, the calendar on the jkrowling.com desktop gives access to a new 'Wizard (or Witch!) of the Month', allowing a tiny glimpse into the larger world of Harry Potter, by showing us some of the characters that we otherwise wouldn't get the chance to see.  Although there's probably very little information about future books to be found here, it's another reason to keep coming back to the site from time to time, just to collect the extra snippets of trivia if nothing else.  There is no archive of the previous wizards and witches, which is why we've decided to step in and offer one of our own - the list below contains every character since the feature was introduced, right back to May 2004.  (Assuming it has been kept up-to-date, which we hope it will!)

May 2004: Felix Summerbee (1447 - 1508)
The inventor of Cheering Charms.

June 2004: Gwenog Jones (1968 – present)
Captain and Beater of only all-female national Quidditch Team, the Holyhead Harpies.

July 2004: Donaghan Tremlett (1972 – present)
Bass player with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters.

August 2004: Honoria Nutcombe (1665-1743)
Founded the Society for the Reformation of Hags.

September 2004: Uric the Oddball (Medieval, dates unknown)
Highly eccentric wizard who is famed, among other things, for wearing a jellyfish for a hat.

October 2004: Glenda Chittock (1964 – present)
Popular presenter of the W.W.N. (Wizarding Wireless Network) programme ‘Witching Hour’.

November 2004: Devlin Whitehorn (1945-present)
Founder of the Nimbus racing broom company.

December 2004: Ignatia Wildsmith (1227 - 1320)
The witch who invented Floo powder.

January 2005: Derwent Shimpling (1912 - present)
Ate an entire Venemous Tentacula for a bet and survived, though is still purple.

February 2005: Artemisia Lufkin (1754 – 1825)
First witch to become Minister for Magic.

March 2005: Mungo Bonham (1560 - 1659)
A famous wizard healer. Founded St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

April 2005: Gondoline Oliphant (1720 - 1799)
Famous for studies of life and habits of trolls. Clubbed to death in the Cotswolds while sketching.

May 2005: Felix Summerbee (1447 - 1508)
The inventor of Cheering Charms.
[Note: This is the same Wizard as May 2004 - jkrowling.com ran the same one twice.]

June 2005: Elfrida Clagg (1612 - 1687)
The Chieftainess of Warlock's Castle.

July 2005: Chauncey Oldridge (1342 - 1379)
First known victim of Dragon Pox.

August 2005: Bridget Wenlock (1202 - 1285)
Famous Arithmancer. First to establish the magical properties of the number seven.

September 2005: Gaspard Shingleton (1959 – present)
Celebrated inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron.

October 2005: Fifi LaFolle (1888 – 1971)
Author of the Enchanted Encounters series.

November 2005: 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.

December 2005: Bowman Wright (1492 - 1560)
Famous for developing the Golden Snitch.

January 2006: Jocunda Sykes (1915 - present)
Famous for flying across the Atlantic on a broomstick - the first person to do so.

February 2006: Yardley Platt (1446 - 1557)
Serial goblin-killer.

March 2006: Daisy Dodderidge (1467 - 1555)
First landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.

April 2006: Grogan Stump (1770 - 1884)
Popular Minister for Magic, appointed in 1811.

May 2006: Fabius Watkins (1940 - 1975)
Legendary Captain and Chaser of the Montrose Magpies. Died in freak collision with helicopter.

June 2006: Daisy Hookum (1962 - present)
Wrote bestseller My Life as a Muggle, after giving up magic for a year. Married to celebrity gardener Tilden Toots.

July 2006: Tarquin McTavish (1955 - present)
Imprisoned for crimes against Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish's kettle.

August 2006: Erica Stainwright (1932 - 2001)
Disgraced 1950s housekeeping guru who made fortune selling 'cleaning' potions that really generated more mould and grime.

September 2006: Hambledon Quince (1936 - present)
Author of controversial theory that wizards originate from Mars, Muggles from mushrooms.

October 2006: Idris Oakby (1872 - 1985)
Founder of the S.S.S. (Society for the Support of Squibs)

November 2006: Lorcan d'Eath (1964 - present)
Heartthrob singer, part vampire, nineteen weeks at number 1 with hit song 'Necks to You.'

December 2006: Laurentia Fletwock (1947 - present)
Celebrated breeder and racer of winged horses. Has campaigned for tighter restrictions on broomstick use.

January 2007: Harvey Ridgebit (1881 - 1973)
Dragonologist, caught first Peruvian Vipertooth, established world's largest dragon sanctuary in Romania.

February 2007: Mnemone Radford (1562 - 1649)
Developed Memory Modifying Charms. First Ministry of Magic Obliviator.

March 2007: Tilden Toots (1959 - present)
'The wizard with three green thumbs'. Celebrity herbologist and radio personality.

April 2007: Magenta Comstock (1895 - 1991)
Experimental artist whose portraits' eyes not only follow the viewer around the room, but also follow them home.

May 2007: Helga Hufflepuff (Medieval, 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.

June 2007: Salazar Slytherin (Medieval, 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.

July 2007: Godric Gryffindor (Medieval, 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.

August 2007: Rowena Ravenclaw (Medieval, 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.

September 2007: 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.

October 2007: Harry Potter (1980 - present)
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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Last Updated: 1 October 2007