Harry PotterWizard of the Month

May 2004:
Felix Summerbee (1447-1509) Inventor of the Cheering Charms.

June 2004:
Gwenog Jones (1968 - present) Captain and Beater of the 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 still purple.

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

March 2005:
Mungo Bonham (1560 - 1659) 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.

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

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 gobllin-killer

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

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

May 2006:
Fabius Watkins (1940-1975) Legendary Captain and Chaser of 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) Hearthrob 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 the 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, precise 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.

May 2007:
Salazar Slytherin (Medieval, precise 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 (precise 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 (precise 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 - ) 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.
Birthday of Harry Potter Characters
January 9: Severus Snape
February 6: Arthur Weasley
March 1: Ron Weasley
March 9: Remus Lupin
April 1: Fred and George Weasley
May 15: Pomona Sprout
June 5: Draco Malfoy
June 28: Dobby, the house-elf
July 30: Neville Longbottom
July 31: Harry Potter
August 11: Ginny Weasley
August 22: Percy Weasley
September 19: Hermione Granger
October 4: Minerva McGonagall
October 17: Filius Flitwick
October 30: Molly Weasley
November 29: Bill Weasley
December 6: Rubeus Hagrid
December 12: Charlie Weasley
Harry Potter True Type Fonts
Harry P - Harry Potter logo font
Harry Potter - Harry Potter logo font
Magic School One - Harry Potter logo font
Magic School Two - Harry Potter logo font
Parry Hotter - Harry Potter logo font
Hagrid2 - similar to the font used in Hagrid's handwriting in the book
Lumos - similar to the font used in the book chapter titles
Parseltongue - a serpentine look font inspired by Chamber of Secrets
The Aeroplane Flies High Heavy - similar to Firebolt font used in Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter Postage Stamps
- Australia released a miniature sheet of ten stamps on May 17, 2004 to coincide with the theatrical release of the movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The ten stamps features the actors portraying Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Professor Remus Lupin, Draco Malfoy, Rubeus Hagrid, Professor Albus Dumbledore, Professor Severus Snape, Professor Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black.
- Republilc of China (Taiwan) released 2 miniature sheets of six stamps each on June 4, 2004 to coincide with the theatrical release of the movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The stamps on one sheet features the owl post, Hedwig, Harry riding Buckbeak, Buckbeak the Hippogriff, The Monster Book of Monsters and Crookshanks. The other sheet features Harry riding a broom on a Quidditch match, Dementors coming onto the Quidditch Pitch, Harry and Hermione riding Buckbeak and three stamps with Harry and the Hogwarts Castle on the background.
- Isle of Man released eight stamps and eight miniature sheets on December 7, 2004 to coincide with the theatrical release of the movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The stamps features Harry, Hermione and Ron (25p), owl post (28p), Harry conjuring a stag patronus (39p), Hogwarts Express train (40p), Hagrid (49p), Knight Bus (55p), Dementors coming onto the Quidditch Pitch (57p), and Harry riding Buckbeak the Hippogriff (68p). Each miniature sheet contains 5 pieces of each stamp.
- Isle of Man will release on October 21, 2005 six stamps and six miniature sheers to coincide with the theatrical release of the movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The stamp features Harry Potter (26p) Harry, Ron and Germione and the Goblet of Fire (29p), Triwizard Champion Cup (33p), the Hungarian Horntail dragon (66p), Hogwarts crest (68p) and a mermaid (75p). Each miniature sheet contains 5 pieces of each stamp.
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