Who is the oldest character in Harry Potter?

Barry Wee Willie Winkle (b. 14 August, 1236) was the oldest known wizard in the 1990s, when he reached the age of 755.
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Is Dumbledore the oldest?

A Muggle-supporting wizard, though the complete opposite in his earlier years, he was considered to have been the greatest wizard of modern times, perhaps of all time. He was the son of Percival and Kendra Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana.
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How old are wizards?

According to the Ministry of Divine Health, wizard life expectancy in Britain was reported to be about 137¾ years in the mid-1990s. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, it was revealed that one of the oldest wizards to date was around 755 years old, but we also know that Nicolas Flamel was a close follow-up.
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Who is the strongest wizard in Harry Potter?

Albus Dumbledore

In fact, he is the standard by which the rest of the Wizarding World is set. Harry himself utters that Dumbledore is the strongest wizard, and just that utterance is sort of a spell in and of itself.
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What is a female wizard called?

A female wizard is called a wizardess which is a better equivalent.
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How old is McGonagall?

Fantastic Beasts 2 takes place in 1927 and features a 20-something Minerva McGonagall teaching at Hogwarts. BUT according to Pottermore, Professor McGonagall was born on October 4, 1935 making her a -8 year old Professor.
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How old can wizards live?

Wizard life expectancy in Britain reached an average 137¾ years in the mid-1990s, according to the Ministry of Divine Health, although the oldest wizard on record reached the age of 755 in late 1991; wizards in general have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles, usually living two or three times as long as their ...
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How old is Snape?

Conversation. Severus Snape was only 32 years old when Harry went to Hogwarts for the first time. And 38 years old when he died.
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How old are the marauders?

In the books, James and Lily Potter die when they are roughly 20 years old which means that when Harry Potter is 18, that would make the remaining Marauders about 38/39 depending. Instead, Gary Oldman was 46 years old when The Prisoner of Azkaban movie came out.
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How old is Lily Evans?

Overview. Lily Potter (née Evans) was a Muggle-born witch and Harry's mother. She was born 30 January 1960 and died on 31 October 1981 at age 21. She was quite young, 19 years old, when she became pregnant with Harry, giving birth to him at 20.
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Are the Marauders the same age?

1) James, Lily, Snape, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all in the same year at Hogwarts. We know this because they all took their OWLs together in book five. So any fact we discover about one of these people applies to the others as well. 2) Sirius was about 22 when he was sent to Azkaban (Rowling states on her website).
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Why does Bellatrix call Harry a half-blood?

Harry is a half-blood, like the half-blood prince, because his mother was a muggleborn (aka a mud-blood). In the wizarding world there are: purebloods: those with wizard parents and grandparents. muggleborns: those with muggle parents and grandparents.
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What happens when a wizard turns 17?

Adulthood. Upon leaving Hogwarts, witches and wizards are considered “fully qualified”. This is not the same as being “of age,” which is simply a matter of turning 17; seventh year students are often “of age” even though they haven't become fully qualified (OP5).
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Was Lily Potter a Muggle?

Harry Potter's mother, Lily Evans, and his best friend, Hermione Granger, were Muggle-born. Unlike children of wizarding families who receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually hand-deliver the letter to Muggle-borns in order to meet their Muggle parents and explain.
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Is filch McGonagall's son?

They are great reads and I promise there are a plethora of rich and interesting character relationships and dynamics, even if Filch being McGonagall's son isn't one of them. *information released on Pottermore.com has now informed us that McGonagall was in fact married.
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How old was Hagrid?

According to the author, Hagrid's birthday is December 6th; events in the stories lead us to believe he is approximately 60 years old when Harry first attends Hogwarts.
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Can adults go to Hogwarts?

While it's possible that there is some way for adults to learn magic if they were unable to learn it as children at the “normal” age for starting at wizarding school, there's no way currently mentioned for adults who were for some reason unable to as children to attend wizarding school.
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Can Hogwarts students do magic outside of school?

Any witches or wizards under the age of 17 must live with the uncharted frustration of not being able to perform magic outside of school, unless there are extenuating circumstances.
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Can Muggles see Obscurials?

Second peice of evidence is the Obscurial attacks, it's completely invisible to the muggles that are present, up until his reveal when we are seeing it through the eyes of a wizard.
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Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin.
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Is Harry's dad a pure-blood?

Print. Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.
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Is Dumbledore a pureblood?

An interesting fact of note is that despite the ideals that pure-bloods are inherently more powerful wizards, some of the most powerful or particularly adept wizards and witches in the series are in fact either half-blood (such as Lord Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape and Harry Potter) or ...
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Who is the youngest Marauder?

Teddy Lupin, b. 1998, was the son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. He was the youngest Marauder child and the least known. Sorted into Hufflepuff in 2009, he became Prefect and Head Boy.
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