Gryffindor students

== List of Popular Gryffindors.==

Godric Gryffindor

Sir Nicholas

Fat Lady

Albus Dumbledore

Rubeus Hagrid

Minervra McGonagall

Arthur Weasley

Molly Weasley

Lily Evens

Remus Lupin

James Potter

Sirius Black

Peter Pettigrew

Bill Weasley

Charlie Weasley

Percy Weasley

Oliver Wood

Alicia Spinnet

Angelina Johnson

Fred Weasley

Geaorge Weasley

Lee Jordon

Cormec McLaggen

Katie Bell

Dean Thomas

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Lavender Brown

Neville Longbottom

Parvati Patil

Seamus Finnigan

Ron Weasley

Colin Creevy

Romilda Vane

Ginny Weasley

Behind the scenesEdit

 * J.K. Rowling was once asked in an interview into which House would she sort British politician and former Prime minister Gordon Brown, were she the Sorting Hat. She jokingly responded that she would sort him into Gryffindor, because of the red colours of his political party, which match the colours of Gryffindor.
 * Many members of the Gryffindor house seem to have a gift for Transfiguration; Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall were both Transfiguration professors, while the latter was the Head of this House. There are four known Animagi from Gryffindor house: James Potter (a Stag), Sirius Black (a Dog), Peter Pettigrew (a Rat), and Minerva McGonagall (a Cat). Gryffindor Hermione Granger was noted to be very talented in Transfiguration from her first class. James Potter's wand was also noted to be good for Transfiguration.
 * Neville Longbottom was an exception to this 'rule', as Transfiguration was among his worst subjects (Herbology was his best).
 * In the films, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil's twin sister, is seen as a Gryffindor, while in the books she is a Ravenclaw.
 * Based on their portrait hanging in Gryffindor Tower, Valeria Myriadd, Oracutus Spheer, Damara Dodderidge, Percival Pratt and several other unknown individuals may have been Gryffindors.
 * Rubeus Hagrid stated in the first book that all the wizards who went bad were from Slytherin, however, the Gryffindor Peter Pettigrew disproved this. Hagrid, however, didn't know that Pettigrew was still alive and working for Voldemort. (It should also be noted that Quirinus Quirrell, a Ravenclaw, was working for Voldemort at the time, although Hagrid was unaware of that as well.) Another reason why this is odd is that, at the time, Sirius Black was believed to have gone bad (Hagrid's comments in the Three Broomsticks prove that he knew nothing of the truth in this instance), and he was also a Gryffindor. So Hagrid would have known of at least one Gryffindor who had 'gone bad'. He most likely did not mention this so that Harry did not try to find out more about his godfather, or it could have been 'Gryffindor propaganda', since Slytherin and Gryffindor are known rivals.
 * In Pottermore, Evanna Lynch was sorted into the Gryffindor house.[5]

EtymologyEdit

 * Gryffindor could possibly be derived from griffin, which is a creature in mythology with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle.
 * In Old English and Old High German dor means gate or door.
 * In French "d'or" means "of gold," one of the Gryffindor House colours, though it can also come from the Greek word "dora" meaning "gift".
 * A combination can be assumed; "Golden Gift of the Lion".
 * "Griffe" is the French word for "claw", which could refer to the claw of the lion.
 * "Gryffindor" could very well be explained by heraldry: "Gryffin" would then stand for the griffin beast, and the "[d]or" would refer to the metal tincture "[d'] or" (Middle English for "[of] gold", derived from French; corresponds to yellow).
 * Gryffindor is also a pun on the golden gryffin, which is a lion that only has eagle wings, so it has the head and front paws of a lion, and has golden fur and feathers. Even the French for Griffindor, Griffondor is a French homophone for the actual beast, Griffon d'Or.

See alsoEdit

 * Gryffindor Quidditch team
 * Godric Gryffindor's Sword
 * Hufflepuff
 * Ravenclaw
 * Slytherin

Notes and referencesEdit

 * 1) ↑ 1.0 1.1 F.A.Q. question on J.K. Rowling's Official Site
 * 2) ↑ 2000 Barnes and Noble and Yahoo! chat
 * 3) ↑ Stated in Ch. 33 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
 * 4) ↑ PotterCast 130
 * 5) ↑ http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/4659

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