What is the lifespan of a wizard in Harry Potter?

According to the Ministry of Divine Health, wizard life expectancy in Britain was reported to be about 137¾ years in the mid-1990s. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, it was revealed that one of the oldest wizards to date was around 755 years old, but we also know that Nicolas Flamel was a close follow-up.

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Who is the longest lived wizard in Harry Potter?

Barry Wee Willie Winkle (b. 14 August, 1236) was the oldest known wizard in the 1990s, when he reached the age of 755. To celebrate the occasion, he held a massive party, inviting every wizard and witch he had ever known, a total of thirty million people.

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Do wizards have a longer lifespan Harry Potter?

JK Rowling have explained in some of her interviews that wizards have longer lifespan than muggles. This is mostly due to their ability to heal magically.

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What is the lifespan of Dumbledore?

Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 at the time of his death.

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Who is the purest wizard family?

The Longbottoms

Neville comes from a long-line of pure-blood wizards, although we don't know as much about the individuals as we do with some other wizarding families. What we do know is that both of Neville's parents were pure-blood, as was his gran, Augusta.

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How Long Do Witches and Wizards LIVE? - Harry Potter Theory

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How old is McGonagall?

This would possibly the character of McGonagall over 100 years old around the time of the Harry Potter books. The official online resource for Harry Potter, WizardingWorld.com, confirms this discrepancy, listing McGonagall's date of birth as 4 October 1935.

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How old is Hagrid?

According to the author, Hagrid's birthday is December 6th; events in the stories lead us to believe he is approximately 60 years old when Harry first attends Hogwarts.

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Is Harry Potter a Half Blood?

Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.

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Were the Potters purebloods?

Potter is a common Muggle surname. Harry's family didn't make the list, according to J.K. Rowling, because 'the anonymous compiler of that supposedly definitive list of pure-bloods suspected that they had sprung from what he considered to be tainted blood'.

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Who is pure blood in Harry Potter?

"Pure-blood" is the term applied to wizards and witches who have no Muggle blood, Muggle-borns, or half-bloods at all in their family trees. They are the rarest of the three blood statuses, with J.K. Rowling stating that ten per cent of the wizarding community is made up of pure-bloods.

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Who is the 2 most powerful wizard in Harry Potter?

The Most Powerful Wizards In The Harry Potter Universe, Ranked
  • 9 Severus Snape.
  • 8 Credence Barebone.
  • 7 Godric Gryffindor.
  • 6 Salazar Slytherin.
  • 5 Nicolas Flamel.
  • 4 Merlin.
  • 3 Gellert Grindelwald.
  • 2 Lord Voldemort.

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Who is the strongest wizard to live?

Most Powerful Wizards in the Harry Potter Universe, Ranked
  1. Albus Dumbledore. Image Via Warner Bros.
  2. Voldemort. Image Via Warner Bros. ...
  3. The Founders. ...
  4. Gellert Grindelwald. ...
  5. Minerva McGonagall. ...
  6. James and Lily Potter. ...
  7. Remus Lupin. ...
  8. Sirius Black. ...

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Who is stronger than Dumbledore?

Godrick Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, and the owner of the legendary Sword of Gryffindor, was absolutely more powerful than Dumbledore— and it's a good thing he was, too, because Dumbledore wasn't around in Hogwarts' early days to keep Godrick's fellow founder Salazar Slytherin in check.

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Who killed Voldemort Harry or Neville?

In the end, both were essential to Voldemort's downfall, fulfilling the possibility that both Harry and Neville were, in fact, the Chosen One. While Harry delivered the final blow to destroy Voldemort, Neville destroyed the final Horcrux which allowed Harry to end Voldemort.

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How old was Lily Potter when she died?

Both Lily and James Potter were killed by Voldemort aged 21 at Godric's Hollow on 31 October 1981, when Harry was just 1 year old, And the rest of the story, you no doubt know.

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How old is Harry when he kills Voldemort?

Harry Potter was in his final year of school in The Deathly Hallows, and was about to turn 18 when the book ends after his victorious defeat during the Battle of Hogwarts. What about the flash forward epilogue?

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Who is Voldemort's daughter?

The biggest revelation in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was that Lord Voldemort had a daughter with Bellatrix Lestrange, who was named Delphini.

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Does Hagrid know Tom Riddle is Voldemort?

Voldemort's past, as revealed by the books, is shrouded in mystery and guesswork. In fact, at the beginning of the series, barely anyone but Dumbledore and Hagrid knew that Voldemort was the charming, successful Tom Marvolo Riddle.

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How old is Snape?

Severus Snape was only 32 years old when Harry went to Hogwarts for the first time. And 38 years old when he died.

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Is J.K. Rowling a Gryffindor?

And, naturally, J.K. Rowling herself is a Gryffindor.

Rowling revealed her house during a livestream in 2012.

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Did McGonagall know Snape killed Dumbledore?

Later in the year, McGonagall duelled with Death Eater Alecto Carrow during the Battle in the Astronomy Tower and later learned of Snape's murder of Dumbledore. McGonagall was initially appointed as Headmistress, but was demoted after Voldemort took control of the school and placed Snape as Headmaster.

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Who is older Voldemort or McGonagall?

Riddle is 9 years OLDER than McGonagall.

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