Famous Witches and Wizards

Slightly different than the actual collectable cards, these cards are found in the video games from Electronic Arts. These descriptions can be considered 'official information', as they were written by JK Rowling.

First Name	Last Name	Description	Status
Falco	Aesalon	(Ancient Greek) – The first recorded example of an Animagus, he could transform himself into a falcon.	deceased
Cornelius	Agrippa	(1486 - 1535) Celebrated wizard imprisoned by non-magical folks for his writings	deceased
Archibald	Alderton	(1568 - 1623) Famous for blowing up the hamlet of Little Dropping in Hampshire whilst attempting to magically mix a birthday cake.	deceased
Heathcoate	Barbary	(1974 - present) Plays rhythm guitar with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters	deceased
Musidora	Barkwith	(1520 - 1666) Composer of the unfinished Wizarding Suite, which features an exploding tuba. Its performance has been banned since its last performance in 1902, when it blew the roof out of Ackery Town Hall.	deceased
Oswald	Beamish	(1850 – 1932) – Pioneer of Goblin Rights.	deceased
Flavius	Belby	(1715 - 1792) Only wizard ever to survive a Lethifold attack.	deceased
Balfour	Blane	(1566 - 1629) Established the Committee on Experimental Charms.	deceased
Beatrix	Bloxam	(1794 - 1810) – Author of the Toadstool Tales, a series of children’s books since banned because they have been found to cause nausea and vomiting.	deceased
Blodwyn	Bludd	(1923 – unknown) – Known as the “Vampire from the Valleys”. Famous for singing to his victims with a sonorous bass baritone, before biting their necks.	deceased
Mungo	Bonham	(1560 – 1659) – Famous Wizard healer. Founded St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.	deceased
Bertie	Bott	(1935 - present) Inventor of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.	deceased
Greta	Catchlove	(1960 - present) Author of 'Charm Your Own Cheese'.	deceased
Glenda	Chittock	(1964 - present) Popular presenter of the W.W.N. (Wizarding Wireless Network) programme 'Witching Hour'	deceased
Elfrida	Clagg	(1612 – 1687) – Chieftainess of Warlock’s Council	deceased
Crispin	Cronk	(1795 – 1872) – Sent to Azkaban for continuing to keep Sphinxes in his back garden despite repeated warnings.	deceased
Gideon	Crumb	(1975 - present) Plays bagpipes with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters	deceased
Laverne	de Montmorency	(1823 - 1893) Inventor of many love potions.	deceased
Armando	Dippet	Former Headmaster of Hogwarts c. 1940.	deceased
Daisy	Dodderidge	(1467 - 1555) First landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.	deceased
Count Vlad	Drakul	(1390 – unknown) – Notorious Vampire who inspired the fictional Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker. Father of Vlad the Impaler.	deceased
Kirley	Duke	(1971 - present) Plays leadguitar with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters	deceased
Albus	Dumbledore	Headmaster at Hogwarts	deceased
Wilfred	Elphick	(1112 – 1199) – First Wizard to be gored by an African Erumpent.	deceased
Perpetua	Fancourt	(1900 - 1991) Witch who invented the Lunascope.	deceased
Dymphna	Furmage	(1612 – 1698) – Famously abducted by Pixies while on holiday in Cornwall and lived in mortal dread of them thereafter. Failed to persuade the Ministry of Magic to have all Pixies humanely destroyed.	deceased
Miranda	Goshawk	(1921 - present) Famous spellbook writer	deceased
Merton	Graves	(1978 - present) Plays cello with the popular wizarding band The Weird Sisters.	deceased
Godric	Gryffindor	Founder of Hogwarts	deceased
Malodora	Grymm	(Medieval, dates unknown) – Using a beautification potion to conceal her true hag form, she married a king and used a charmed mirror to reinforce her self-image. Became jealous of the most beautiful girl in the land and fed her a poisoned apple.	deceased
Clover	Hipworth	(1742 - 1805) Inventor of the Pepperup Potion, cure for the common cold.	deceased
n/a	Hubbard	(Medieval, dates unknown) – Lured stray animals into her home and starved them to death.	deceased
Helga	Hufflepuff	Founder of Hogwarts	deceased
Gwenog	Jones	(1968 - Present) Captain of the only all-female national Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies.	deceased
Roland	Kegg	(1903 - present) President of the English Gobstoner Team	deceased
Elladora	Ketteridge	(1656 - 1729) Witch who discovered the use of Gillyweed when she nearly suffocated after eating it and recovered only when she stuck her head into a bucket of water.	deceased
Montague	Knightley	(1506 - 1588) Wizard Chess Champion.	deceased
Morgan	le Fay	(Medieval, dates unknown) – King Arthur’s half sister. Dark sorceress. Enemy of Merlin.	deceased
Amarillo	Lestoat	(1776-1977) – Flamboyant American Vampire. Author of “A Vampire’s Monologue” – intended to bore the reader into a stupor making him easier prey for Vampires.	deceased
Artemisia	Lufkin	(1754 - 1825) First witch to become Minister for Magic.	deceased
Beaumont	Marjoribanks	(1742 - 1845) Pioneer of Herbology. Discovered Gillyweed.	deceased
Cordelia	Misericordia	(1298 – 1401) – Hag representative at 14th century summit of Wizards’ Council.	deceased
Burdock	Muldoon	(1429 - 1490) Chief of Wizard's Council 1448-50.	deceased
Paracelsus	n/a	(1493 - 1541) Contemporary of Copernicus and Leonardo Da Vinci. A medical genius whose bold theories challanged medieval thought. Credited with discovering Parseltongue.	deceased
Circe	n/a	Ancient Greek. Lived on Island Aeaea. Expert at turning lost sailors into pigs.	deceased
Fulbert	n/a	(1014 - 1097) Famous for being so cowardly he never ventured out of his house. Died when a Defensive Charm backfired and the roof fell in.	deceased
Merwyn	n/a	Credited with the invention of many unpleasant jinxes and hexes.	deceased
Wendelin	n/a	(Medieval, dates unknown) – Alleged to have enjoyed being burnt at the stake so much that she allowed herself to be captured forty-seven times in various disguises.	deceased
Merlin	n/a	Medieval, dates unknown. Most famous wizard of all time. Sometimes known as the Prince of Enchanters. Part of the Court of King Arthur	deceased
Queen Maeve	n/a	Legendary witch who trains young sorcerers in Ireland prior to the establishment of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry	deceased
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