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While most of the fandom knows thatHarry Potterand J.K. Rowling ’s birthdays coincide and come about on July 31st , the generator has also uncover the birthdays of much of the rest of her character reference over the years .
While very few are mentioned in the books ' pages , and even less on screenland , they do be in the canon the author create . Below we move beyond the male child Who Lived and the day he come to be to answer the birthday question for the main characters who surround him on his heroic journeying .
update on October 23rd , 2021 by Rose Graceling - Moore : Now that the third film in the Fantastic Beasts serial has a ' heavy ' release date , Harry Potter fan can remain to delve into the backstory of the universe that Harry grew up in - and may even see Dumbledore ’s accurate birthday officially confirmed ! Whether it does or not , though , Rowling has confirmed most fictional character birthdays either in - universe or on Pottermore , so fans can figure out their birthdays in date orderliness .
Lily J. Potter & James Potter - January 30th & March 27th, 1960
Harry Potter ’s famous July 31st natal day hail just over a yr before the tragic murder of his parent , Lily and James Potter , at the manus of Voldemort on Halloween night , 1981 , both of whom break at the age of 21 .
Both bear in 1960 , sharing a calendar twelvemonth with the the likes of of Snape and Lupin , Lily was the older of the two , deliver at the death of January while James ' natal day helped usher in the springtime two calendar month later .
Severus Snape - January 9th, 1960
Like the other dark character reference on this list , Voldemort himself , Severus Snape , also had a winter natal day . While Snape and Voldemort had birthday close to one another , the passion of Snape ’s life , Lily Evans Potter , also had a January birthday , January 30 .
While many of themorally confutable part in theHarry Potterseries were put up in the winter , Lily ’s natal day proves that not all of them were , and clip of year does n’t explicate a witch or wizard going tough . Born just after the new year , on January 9 , Snape was a few months older than some of his classmates when he started school .
Luna Lovegood - February 13th, 1981
Luna Lovegood , a member of the " silver-tongued trio , " was born on February 13 . Despite some confusion , she is in the same year as Ginny , rather than Harry , Ron , and Hermione . While her mother died when she was very vernal , it was not when she was a babe .
Harry , as a baby , see to it his mother go in front of him but yet did not see Thestrals until he watched Cedric perish in the Triwizard Tournament . Luna , however , go steady Thestrals from the beginning of her time at Hogwarts , meaning she was at least a tot when her mother died .
Ron Weasley - March 1st, 1980
Even though Ron is the untested brother in the Weasley home , he is five months older than The Chosen One . He is young thanhis eventual wife , Hermione , however . Of the seven Weasley children , Ron is the only one carry in March .
His first wand , a hand me down from his older brother , Charlie , is made of ash and has a unicorn fuzz meat . Ash tie in to Ron ’s birthday on the Celtic Tree Calendar . His later baton is made of willow , however , though it still has a unicorn hair core .
Fred & George Weasley - April 1st, 1978
Just older than Ron in the Weasley family are everybody ’s best-loved prankish twin , Fred and George Weasley , Hogwarts ' occupant jokers , and all - around good guy wire .
come two twelvemonth before Ron , three before Ginny , and two years before their more or less aged brother Percy , Fred and George were stomach at the beginning of April . For those gift in star signs , being bear on April fools twenty-four hour period means they are Aries , which is a gross burst , they were destined to be the jokester they are right from the showtime .
Draco Malfoy - June 5th, 1980
Like Lily Potter , Draco Malfoy ’s spring natal day again disrupts any presumptuousness that the time of year when one is born determines whether or not a witch or wizard will go uncollectible or not .
Of course , Draco turns a street corner toward the end ofDeathly Hallowsand does n’t come after in the evil footsteps of his father , Lucius , but he was not a keen guy for most of the serial publication . Draco ’s Word , Scorpius , a good guy from the kickoff , has a natal day of January 13 .
Dobby - June 28th
Everybody ’s favored free Elf , Dobby , keep his natal day in summertime , a month before one of his close friend in Harry Potter .
His birthday is n’t mentioned too much in the serial publication ( a House Elf ’s birthday party would be an odd addition , albeit an interesting one ) but fans might not know thatDobby ’s natal day is the same as that of JK Rowling ’s baby . This is n’t the only birthday that Rowling take over from her literal life , of course , and it ’s a fun bit of Harry Potter triviality .
Neville Longbottom - July 30th, 1980
Neville Longbottom , the leader of the " silver 3 , " and the other baby who could have been " The male child Who Lived " was a day onetime thanthe actual " Chosen One " - and would make more skunk than Harry Potter .
Neville made more sense than Harry on the surface . Voldemort always entertain that thoroughbred kinfolk were sound than any other and , like Harry ’s parent , Neville ’s too had twice dare the Dark Lord . Yet , Neville was passed over the half - blood Harry , with his muggle - born mother . The story could have gone so differently if Voldemort had chosen Longbottom instead .
Ginny Weasley - August 11th, 1981
Ginny , another member of the " silver trio , " was born on August 11 . She is part of the only brace of Weasley siblings who have natal day in the same month ( excluding twins Fred and George , of course ) .
The other Weasley sib bear in August is Percy ( he was born on the 22 ) . She is the only daughter of Arthur and Molly , and the only girl born ( rather than married ) into the Weasley house in quite a few generations .
Albus Dumbledore - Late August 1881
Dumbledore ’s natal day is never stated either in the Harry Potter books or later confirmed by J.K. Rowling . In " The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore " by Rita Skeeter , the author states that Dumbledore was nearing his 18th natal day when he bequeath Hogwarts in June .
Fantastic Beasts : The offence Of Grindelwaldgive the grownup self-confidence of his birthday to date , though , with Dumbledore being 45 three months after Grindelwald ’s escape on the 30th of May 1927 , meaning his birthday fall in former August .
