Slug Club

The Slug Club is an informal name for Horace Slughorn's favourite students at Hogwarts. Slughorn taught Potions at Hogwarts during two different stints; both times, he singled out students he thought had potential, either because they had influential relatives or themselves possessed a talent of some kind.

Known current members

 * Harry Potter - 'The Boy Who Lived'; 'The Chosen One'
 * Cormac McLaggen - Uncle Tiberius is well connected within the Ministry of Magic
 * Blaise Zabini - mother is a beautiful witch, who has been married a least 7 times (all her husands died under mysterious circumatances) and she has inhertied a lot of gold from her former husbands
 * Ginny Weasley - performs a marvelous Bat-Bogey Hex
 * Melinda Bobbin - family owns a large chain of apothicaries
 * Hermione Granger - Muggle-born, top student in Harry's class

Current students who were invited for an "interview", but didn't make the cut

 * Neville Longbottom - his parents, Alice and Frank Longbottom were great Aurors, but Neville doesn't show their talent
 * Marcus Belby - his Uncle Damocles invented Wolfsbane Potion, but Marcus hasn't spoken to him in a while

Probable Past Members

 * Lily Evans - Muggle-born, top student, excellent at Potions
 * Lucius Malfoy
 * Eldred Worple - author of Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires
 * Nott, Sr. - Theodore Nott's father, to whom Slughorn inquired about and referred to as an old friend.
 * Gwenog Jones - now Captain of the Holyhead Harpies
 * Tom Marvolo Riddle - very promising student with excellent marks, later became You-Know-Who
 * Dick Cresswell - now Head of the Golbin Liasion Office with insider information on Gringotts
 * Barnabus Cuffe - now editor of the Daily Prophet
 * Ambrosius Flume - now owner of Honeydukes, and sends Slughorn sweets