Hogwarts

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional boarding school in J. K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series. It is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and seventeen living in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.

Hogwarts houses

Gryffindor

Gryffindor house was started by Godric Gryffindor, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values courage. Its symbol (animal) is the lion and its colours are scarlet (red-purple) and yellow / goldish yellow. Nearly Headless Nick is the house ghost. The Gryffindors always compete with the Slytherins.

The Gryffindor Common Room (the place where the Gryffindor students spend their time and do their homework) is in one of the castle's towers, at the seventh floor. At the door, there is the Fat Lady, or the Lady who is fat. She lets the students in only after they give her the password (which changes from the beginning of the school year to the end of the school year). The Fat Lady wears a blue dress. In the room there is a place with fire, many chairs and tables, and two pair of stairs which take the girls and boys to their sleeping rooms.

The head of Gryffindor house is Minerva McGonagall.

List of well-known Gryffindors

Harry Potter
James Potter
Ron Weasley
Bill Weasley
Percy Weasley
Fred Weasley
George Weasley
Ginny Weasley
Charlie Weasley
Arthur Weasley
Molly Prewett
Hermione Granger
Neville Longbottom
Dean Thomas
Seamus Finnigan
Lavender Brown
Cormac McLaggen
Parvati Patil
Albus Dumbledore
Minerva McGonagall
Remus Lupin
Sirius Black
Peter Pettigrew
Rubeus Hagrid
Lily Evans
Colin Creevey
Dennis Creevey
Alicia Spinnet
Angelina Johnson
Katie Bell
Oliver Wood
Demelza Robins
Jack Sloper
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick) - The ghost of the Gryffindor house

Hufflepuff

Hufflepuff house was started by Helga Hufflepuff, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values hard work, patience, friendship and fair play. Its symbol (animal) is the badger and its colours are black and yellow. The Fat Friar is the house ghost.

The Hufflepuff Common Room door is near the kitchens, in the dungeons. It is a quite cozy and welcoming place, not at all like a dungeon. In the room there are yellow hangings and fat armchairs, with little underground tunnels that take the students to their sleeping rooms. The tunnels have round doors like barrel-tops.

The head of Hufflepuff house is Pomona Sprout.

List of well-known Hufflepuffs

Helga Hufflepuff
Newt Scamander
Nymphadora Tonks
Hannah Abbott
Ernie Macmillian
Zacharias Smith
Justin Finch-Fletchley
Susan Bones
Cedric Diggory
Fat Friar - The ghost of the Hufflepuff house
Theseus Scamander
Teddy Lupin

Ravenclaw

Ravenclaw house was started by Rowena Ravenclaw, from whom it gets its name. The house especially values intelligence. Its symbol (animal) is the eagle (raven in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films) and its colours are blue and bronze (blue and silver in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films), the house's saying is "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure". The Grey Lady is the house ghost and when she was alive she was Helena Ravenclaw, daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw.

The Ravenclaw Common Room is in Ravenclaw Tower, on the west side of the Castle. At the door the students must answer a riddle that the eagle-shaped door knocker asks them.

The head of Ravenclaw house is Filius Flitwick.

List of well-known Ravenclaws

Rowena Ravenclaw
Helena Ravenclaw (The Grey Lady) - The ghost of the Ravenclaw house
Gilderoy Lockhart
Cho Chang
Luna Lovegood
Uric the Oddball
Myrtle Warren (Moaning Myrtle)
Garrick Olivander
Sybill Trelawney
Padma Patil
Anthony Goldstein
Terry Boot
Michael Corner
Quirinus Quirell
Penelope Clearwater
Filius Flitwick
Quirinus Quirrell
Marietta Edgecombe
Roger Davies
Marcus Belby

Slytherin

Slytherin house was started by Salazar Slytherin, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values ambition and determination. Its symbol (animal) is the snake and its colours are green and silver. The Bloody Baron is the house ghost.

The Slytherin Common Room is in the dungeons of Hogwarts and is placed under The Black Lake, in the school grounds.

The house has a negative reputation, with a lot of people saying that it is the house from where almost all dark wizards in Britain, notably Tom Riddle (Voldemort).

The house is usually in competition with the Gryffindor house, as they "don't like each other on principle".

The head of Slytherin house is Severus Snape and in the 7th book Horace Slughorn.

List of well-known Slytherins

Merlin
The Black family (with the exception of Sirius Black & Nymphadora Tonks)
Vincent Crabbe
Gregory Goyle
Bellatrix Lestrange - Draco's aunt
Draco Malfoy
Lucius Malfoy - Draco's father
Narcissa Malfoy - Draco's mother
Pansy Parkinson
Scorpius Malfoy
Albus Severus Potter
Tom Riddle / Voldemort
Horace Slughorn - Head of Slytherin house (book 7)
Severus Snape - Head (ruler) of Slytherin house (Book 1 - Book 6)
Andromeda Tonks
Millicent Bullstrode
Dolores Umbridge
Leta Lestrange
Marcus Flint - The captain of the Slytherin Quidditch Team
Bloody Baron - The ghost of the Slytherin house
Sebastian Sallow

Other websites

Wizarding World: The Official Home of Harry Potter
Hogwarts House Quiz Archived 2023-03-30 at the Wayback Machine