Harry Potter Fictional character

Harry James Potter is the title character of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors. Harry also discovers that he is already famous throughout the novel's magical community, and that his fate is tied with that of Lord Voldemort, the internationally feared Dark Wizard and murderer of his mother and father.

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Order of the Phoenix (fiction)
List of supporting Harry Potter characters

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Fictional character

creator
J. K. Rowling
first appearanceHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
last appearance
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
portrayer
series
Harry Potter

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Harry Potter on Wikipedia