List of deaths

Students raise their wands after Albus Dumbledore's death in 1997

This is a list of deaths in the Harry Potter series organised by source. Each death is listed under the material in which it is first mentioned.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last line	Notes
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly-Headless Nick)	Muggle executioner	Botched beheading	31 October 1492	Asking his confessor if he should wear a hat to his execution	Executed on behalf of King Henry VII for a magical mishap with a lady-in-waiting, Lady Grieve; died after 45 chops with the head still attached. Later became Gryffindor House ghost at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Cuthbert Binns	N/A	Natural causes	Unknown	Unknown	Died in his sleep in a chair in front of the Hogwarts staff room fireplace. His ghost awoke and continued to teach History of Magic at Hogwarts, said not to have noticed his death.
Marlene McKinnon and her family	Multiple Death Eaters (including Travers)	Possibly murdered by unknown means on Lord Voldemort's orders	July 1981	Unknown / Varies	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix.
Edgar Bones (and his wife and children)	Death Eaters		1981
Gideon Prewett	5 Death Eaters (including Antonin Dolohov)				Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing, but Gideon and Fabian apparently died like heroes.
Fabian Prewett
James Potter	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	31 October 1981	"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! I'll hold him off!"	Killed trying to defend their son Harry when Voldemort attacked their cottage (the Fidelius Charm over which having been betrayed by its Secret-Keeper) in his first attempt to avert the prophecy of his downfall. As a result, Lily's sacrifice made the curse for Harry rebound, marking Voldemort's first defeat and her son's unexpected fame.
Lily Potter				"Please... have mercy...have mercy... Not Harry! Not Harry! Please — I'll do anything!"
2 Unicorns	Quirinus Quirrell (influenced by Lord Voldemort's soul)	Mauling	26 May 1992	Unknown	Killed so Voldemort could drink their blood in order to strengthen himself, at the price of incurring an unspecified and extremely severe curse reputed to be "worse than death".
Quirinus Quirrell	Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort	Lily's sacrificial protection over Harry, and Quirrell's abandonment by Voldemort's soul.	4 June 1992	"Master, I cannot hold him – my hands – my hands!"	Killed while attempting to steal the Philosopher's Stone from Harry Potter so Voldemort could use it to regain a body; was at the time sharing his own body with Voldemort, who thus played a part in his host's death when departing him.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Merope Riddle	Natural causes	Childbirth	31 December 1926	"I hope he looks like his papa."	Died at Wool's Orphanage right after giving birth to Tom Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort.
Myrtle Warren	Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk	Direct eye contact with the Basilisk.	13 June 1943	*Crying*	Killed during Tom Riddle's first attempt to finish Salazar Slytherin's purge of Muggle-borns, in the second-floor girl's lavatory that concealed the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, so that Riddle could turn his own diary into a Horcrux. Later became the ghost haunting the same bathroom.
Armando Dippet	N/A	Old age.	1992		Died sometime after his 355th birthday.
Rubeus Hagrid's chickens	Ginevra Weasley (influenced by Tom Riddle's Diary)	Strangulation	31 October 1992	*Squawk*	Killed as a precaution since their crow are fatal to a Basilisk.
The Serpent of Slytherin	Harry Potter	Stabbed with Godric Gryffindor's Sword	29 May 1993	Unknown	In the Chamber of Secrets — Harry, with the assistance of Fawkes, managed to drive Gryffindor's sword through the top of the great snake's mouth, killing it.
Tom Riddle's diary [Voldemort's soul fragment]	Harry Potter	Stabbed with Basilisk's fang	29 May 1993	n/a	Destroyed by Harry Potter as it was a part of Voldemort

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
12 Muggles	Peter Pettigrew	Blasting Curse	1 November 1981	Unknown / varies	Sirius Black was framed for the crime; happened shortly after Voldemort's attack on the Potters.
Bilius	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown, possibly around the time when Ron was seven years old	Unknown	Saw a Grim, and died 24 hours later of unspecified causes.
Binky (a pet rabbit)	A fox	Mauling	15 October 1993	None	The rabbit was "just a baby" when the death occurred. Belonged to Lavender Brown and caused her to accept Sybill Trelawney's apparent predictions.
Hagrid's Flobberworms	Hagrid's third year class	Overfeeding	Sometime during the 1993–1994 school year		According to Hagrid, they were fed too much lettuce.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Rubeus Hagrid's father	[unknown]		[When Rubeus Hagrid was a child]	Unknown / Varies	Unknown / Varies
Tom Riddle Snr	Tom Riddle	Killing Curse	August 1943		Killed so that Tom Riddle could turn Marvolo Gaunt's Ring into a Horcrux. Framed Morfin Gaunt for the crime.
Thomas Riddle
Mary Riddle
Mrs Crouch	N/A	Unknown Illness	1982		Took Polyjuice Potion and posed as her son, Barty Crouch Jnr and took his place in Azkaban Prison. Buried at the burial ground by the prison, under her son's physical appearance.
Evan Rosier	Alastor Moody	Unknown	1980		Both killed while resisting capture before Lord Voldemort's downfall. Evan, however, managed to blast off a significant part of Moody's nose in the process.
Wilkes	Unspecified Aurors
Bertha Jorkins	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	Summer 1994	Passing on the information about the Triwizard Tournament to Voldemort	Disposed of by Voldemort after passing on the information about the Triwizard Tournament to him, Barty Crouch Jnr and Peter Pettigrew.
Frank Bryce			24 August 1994	"Is that right? Lord, is it? Well, I don't think much of your manners, My Lord. Turn 'round and face me like a man, why don't you?" -(screaming)	In the Riddle House, murdered for overhearing Voldemort's plans for the Triwizard Tournament and Harry Potter.
Spider	Barty Crouch Jnr (posing as Alastor Moody)		4 September 1994	Squealing	This spider was used to demonstrate the Killing Curse to Moody's class.
Barty Crouch Snr			24 May 1995	"I... escaped... must warn... must tell... see Dumbledore... my fault... all my fault... Bertha... dead... all my fault... my son... my fault... tell Dumbledore... Harry Potter... the Dark Lord... stronger... Harry Potter..."	Killed for abandoning him as a son years ago. Body later transfigured into a bone and buried in Hagrid's garden.
Cedric Diggory	Peter Pettigrew (as per Lord Voldemort's orders)		24 June, 1995	"Dunno. Wands out, d'you reckon?"	Accidentally Portkeyed to Little Hangleton with Harry Potter and was disposed of by Peter Pettigrew on Voldemort's orders.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Dean Thomas' father	Death Eaters	Murder by unknown means	1980	Unknown / Varies	Killed for not joining the Death Eaters.
Benjy Fenwick	Death Eaters	A curse that blasted him into pieces.	1981		Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing and only bits of him were ever found.
Dorcas Meadowes	Lord Voldemort	Unknown			Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix.
Pandora Lovegood	Herself (by accident)	One of her spells backfired on her.	1990		She died in front of her daughter, Luna, who was 9 years old at the time.
Karkus	Another giant, Golgomath	Decapitation	1995		A fight broke out between the giants, Golgomath killed Karkus and assumed his position as Gurg (leader) of their tribe.
Broderick Bode	Walden Macnair	Strangled with Devil's Snare	January 1996		Killed before he could inform people as to what happened to him and about the Death Eaters's plans to get the Prophecy.
Sirius Black	Bellatrix Lestrange	Knocked through the Veil when hit by Bellatrix's spell	18 June 1996	"Come on, you can do better than that!"	During the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Bellatrix's curse pushed Sirius into the Veil, killing him.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Marvolo Gaunt	N/A	Lack of ability to take care of himself	After he returned from Azkaban	Unknown	He most likely disowned Merope. Summer 1943.
Morfin Gaunt		Azkaban	Summer 1943		This was the second time he went to Azkaban. He was framed by Tom Riddle for murdering the Riddle family.
Muggle tramp	Tom Riddle (later known as Lord Voldemort)	Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	Between 1947 and 1948	Unknown / Varies	Killed so Tom Riddle could turn Salazar Slytherin's Locket into a Horcrux.
Hepzibah Smith		Poison			Killed so Tom Riddle could steal the locket and Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, and turn the cup into a Horcrux. Framed Hepzibah's old house elf Hokey for it.
Albanian peasant		Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	Sometime after 1948		Killed so Tom Riddle could turn Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem into a Horcrux.
Amelia Bones	Lord Voldemort	Murder by unknown means	Summer 1996		Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, killed by Voldemort because she was one of his more powerful enemies.
Emmeline Vance	Death Eaters		Mid-1996		Killed for being a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Florean Fortescue			1996		Owner of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour in Diagon Alley. Killed for not having information that the Dark Lord demanded on the Elder Wand.
Igor Karkaroff			Before 31 July 1996		Former Death Eater killed for desertion to Voldemort and for treason against the Death Eaters.
Mrs Abbott			Autumn 1996		Her daughter Hannah Abbott was taken out of Herbology one day to be told her mother had been found dead.
Montgomery	Fenrir Greyback	Mauling	April 1997		Five year-old-boy attacked by werewolf because his mother would not help the Death Eaters. Later died of his injuries in St Mungo's Hospital.
Aragog	N/A	Old age, sickness	20 April 1997		Died after having been poorly for some time. Horace Slughorn, Harry Potter and Rubeus Hagrid (his owner) held a funeral for him.
Gibbon	Fellow Death Eater, Thorfinn Rowle (by accident)	Killing Curse	30 June 1997		During the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. Stray Killing Curse cast by Thorfinn Rowle that missed Remus Lupin struck Gibbon instead.
Albus Dumbledore	Severus Snape (secretly under Albus' orders)			"Severus... please..."	During the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, under orders from Dumbledore himself so that Lord Voldemort would gain Snape's trust and then Snape would spy on him because of his love for Lily Evans.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Helena Ravenclaw (The Grey Lady)	Bloody Baron	Stabbing	Early 11th century	Unknown / Varies	Killed after she told the Baron that she would not go back with him.
Bloody Baron	Himself				Stabbed himself after he felt remorse for the murder of the Grey Lady.
Antioch Peverell's enemy	Antioch Peverell	Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	Between 12 July 1214 and 18 May 1291		His death indirectly caused someone at the bar to kill Antioch Peverell.
Antioch Peverell	Antioch Peverell's killer	Slit throat			Original owners of the Deathly Hallows.
Cadmus Peverell's fiancée	N/A	Unknown	c. The 13th century		She was the reason Cadmus asked for the Resurrection Stone.
Cadmus Peverell	Himself	Hanged	Between 12 July 1214 and 18 May 1291		Original owners of the Deathly Hallows.
Ignotus Peverell	N/A	Natural causes	18 May 1291
Percival Dumbledore	Azkaban	Unknown	c. 1890		Died after being imprisoned for attacking three Muggle boys.
Kendra Dumbledore	Ariana Dumbledore (by accident)	Killed when her daughter lost control of her magic.	1899		Forced Albus to remain at home to care for his family.
Ariana Dumbledore	Unknown; either Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, or Aberforth Dumbledore	Unknown spell, presumably a Killing Curse			Caught in the crossfire and died when a three-way duel broke out. Estranged Albus and Aberforth, forced Grindelwald to flee the country.
Regulus Black	Inferi	Drowned	1979	Ordering Kreacher to destroy Salazar Slytherin's locket	Killed while trying to destroy the locket Horcrux. Ordered Kreacher to destroy it before death.
Octavius Pepper	Death Eaters	Murder by unknown means	Spring 1997	Unknown	His disappearance later reported in the Daily Prophet about the Wizard's death.
Charity Burbage	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	Summer of 1997	"Severus... please... please..."	Killed for her pro-Muggle leanings and for her pro-Muggle article on the Daily Prophet during a gathering of Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor. The body was later eaten by Nagini.
Hedwig	Death Eater		27 July 1997	Screeching	Hit by a Killing Curse during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Possible that this Killing Curse may have been intended for Rubeus Hagrid.
Alastor Moody	Lord Voldemort			Trying to stop Mundungus Fletcher escaping from the battlefield	Died after Mundungus Fletcher abandoned him during the Battle of the Seven Potters.
Rufus Scrimgeour			1 August 1997	Unknown	Killed after telling Voldemort he does not know where Harry Potter was.
Unnamed German-speaking family: a woman and two children			1 September 1997	"Das weiß ich nicht! He move! I know not, I know not!"	At Gregorovitch's former residence.
Mykew Gregorovitch			2 September 1997	"I do not know, I never knew, a young man — no — please — PLEASE!"	During Voldemort's search for the Elder Wand.
Bathilda Bagshot	Nagini	Mauling	Sometime before 24 December 1997	Unknown	Godric's Hollow. The body used as a disguise by Nagini to lie in wait for Harry Potter.
Gellert Grindelwald	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	March 1998	"Kill me, then, Voldemort! You will not win, you cannot win! The wand will never, ever be yours-"	For not giving Lord Voldemort information on the Elder Wand.
Ted Tonks	Snatchers	Unknown / Various	1998	Unknown / Various	The search for Muggle-borns and Blood traitors. All killed resisting capture from the Snatchers.
Dirk Cresswell
Gornuk
Peter Pettigrew	Killed by his own magical prosthetic hand (thus Lord Voldemort, indirectly).	Strangulation	March 1998	"Stand back. Stand away from the door. I am coming in."	During the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor. Killed because he hesitated to strangle Harry Potter because he saved his life in Spring 1994.
Dobby	Bellatrix Lestrange	Deep wound by Bellatrix's hurled knife		"Harry... Potter..."	Killed by a knife thrown by Bellatrix Lestrange while saving Harry Potter and his friends from the Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor by apparating to Shell Cottage.
Bogrod	Ukrainian Ironbelly at Gringotts	Burnt to death	1 May 1998	"What the Devil are all you doing down here!? Thieves! COME QUICK!"	He was under Harry Potter's and Ronald Weasley's control due to the Imperius Curse, but anti-theft enchantments in the bank caused the curse to wear off, and the goblin realised what was going on and alerted the guards before being killed by the dragon.
Unnamed Goblin	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse		"A ... a s-small golden c-cup, m-my Lord ..."	He was killed in a fit of rage after informing Voldemort that Harry, Hermione, and Ron stole "a small golden cup" which was one of his Horcruxes.
Several Death Eaters, Gringotts Guards and Goblins				Unknown; Varies	All killed during Voldemort's fit of rage after being told that Helga Hufflepuff's Cup (which was one of his Horcruxes) was stolen.
Several Snatchers	Hogwarts staff members who cast the defensive shielding spells around the castle	Defensive shielding spells including Protego horribilis	2 May 1998		During the Battle of Hogwarts. Several Snatchers tried to run through the barrier but were instantly vaporised.
Scabior and more Snatchers	Neville Longbottom	Collapse of the Wooden Bridge		(screams)	Battle of Hogwarts
Vincent Crabbe	Himself (by accident)	Fiendfyre		"Like it hot, scum?"
Fred Weasley	Unknown	Explosion		"You actually are joking, Perce... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were–"
Remus Lupin	Antonin Dolohov	Unknown / possibly Killing Curses		Unknown
Nymphadora Tonks	Bellatrix Lestrange
Lavender Brown	Fenrir Greyback	Werewolf Attack, Later succumbed to wounds.
Unidentified female Hogwarts teacher	Unknown Death Eaters	Unknown / possibly Killing Curses
Colin Creevey
Severus Snape	Nagini (as per Lord Voldemort's order)	Exsanguination		"Look... at... me..."
Nagini	Neville Longbottom	Decapitated with Godric Gryffindor's sword		Hissing
Bellatrix Lestrange	Molly Weasley	Unknown curse struck directly over her heart		"What will happen to your children once I've killed you? When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?"
Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort	Harry Potter/Himself/The Elder Wand which recognised Harry as its true master	The destruction of his Horcruxes, Harry's mastery of the Elder Wand, and his own rebounding Killing Curse.		"Avada Kedavra!"
Several Death Eaters	Unknown / Various	Unknown / Various		Unknown / Various
Unidentified fallen fifty of the Battle of Hogwarts

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Petunia Dursley	N/A	Unknown	Between 1997 and 2020	Unknown	Following her death, Dudley found Harry Potter's blanket among her possessions and sent it to him.
Astoria Malfoy	N/A	Blood malediction	August 2019	Unknown
Harry Potter	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	2 May 1998	Unknown	Only happened in an alternate reality accidentally created by Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy when time-travelling in an attempt to avoid Cedric Diggory's death; in this reality, after being humiliated at the Triwizard Tournament, Cedric joined the Death Eaters and eventually killed Neville Longbottom during the Battle of Hogwarts, meaning Nagini, Voldemort's last Horcrux, was never destroyed. As a result, Voldemort wins the Second Wizarding War and takes over the wizarding world.
Neville Longbottom	Cedric Diggory
Craig Bowker Junior	Delphini		30 October, 2020	"What's happening?"	Was looking for Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy on Harry Potter's behest; found them being tortured by Delphini on the Quidditch pitch; was immediately killed. Delphini was later sent to Azkaban for this crime.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Sudanese Obscurial	Newt Scamander (accidentally/semi-indirectly) & her own Obscurus inside her	Obscurus removal from inside her	September 1926	Unknown	Newt Scamander came across her while in Africa studying magical beasts; he managed to separate the Obscurus from her, but she died as a result. Newt was able to preserve the Obscurus despite the death of its host and afterward kept it in stasis in his magical suitcase.
Henry Shaw Junior	Credence Barebone's Obscurus	Obscurus outburst	6 December 1926	"… and it's true we have made some progress, but there is no reward for idleness. So just as the odious saloons have been banished… so now the pool halls, and these private parlours…"	Shaw had intimidated Credence and called him a freak at Shaw Tower just that very afternoon. Major breach of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, as he was killed in a crowded New York City Hall, during a fundraising dinner. Emergency International Confederation of Wizards meeting gathered at MACUSA that evening.
Mary Lou Barebone			7 December 1926	"What is this?"	Mary Lou had discovered Credence with a wand he found under his sister's bed; she was about to punish him when the outburst took place. The Second Salem Church was destroyed in the process.
Chastity Barebone				"Don't dump your pamphlets."	Died as a result of fatal injuries sustained when the Second Salem Church was destroyed by Credence's Obscurus attacking their mother.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last line	Notes
Bartholomew	Unknown	Unknown	15th–19th century	Unknown	Did not return as a ghost after his death.
Scarlett	A werewolf	Werewolf attack	July or August 1985		This death resulted in Penny Haywood's fear of werewolves.
Talbott Winger's father	Death Eaters	Unknown	1970s–1980s		Died in an attack by Death Eaters while their son survived thanks to his Animagus abilities.
Talbott Winger's mother
Duncan Ashe	Unknown	Unknown	1970s–early 1980s		Was involved in Jacob's search for the Cursed Vaults. Returned as a ghost after death.
Rowan Khanna	Patricia Rakepick	Killing Curse	1990		Sacrificed their life to save Jacob's sibling, Ben Copper, and Merula Snyde.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Unidentified Non-magique Father	Gellert Grindelwald's acolytes	Killing Curse	September 1927	Unknown	Murdered on Gellert Grindelwald's orders so their house could be used as the temporary headquarters of his acolytes.
Unidentified Non-magique Mother
Unidentified Non-magique toddler
Irma Dugard	Gunnar Grimmson				Killed on Gellert Grindelwald's orders.
Laurena Kama	N/A	Childbirth	1896–1897		Was put under the Imperius Curse by Corvus Lestrange (IV) and forced to have a child with him. Died giving birth to their daughter, Leta Lestrange.
Mustafa Kama	Unknown	Unknown	1896–1901		Shortly before he died, he made his son Yusuf swear an Unbreakable Vow to kill the person Corvus Lestrange (IV) loved the most.
Corvus Lestrange (V)	N/A	Sinking ship	1901		Leta Lestrange switched Corvus with another baby, who was with his aunt.
Credence Barebone's aunt
Red Haired Young Witch	An Auror	Killing Curse	September 1927		Intimidated by the presence of an Auror, she attacked him. The Auror attacked back and killed her. This caused Grindelwald to shout in fury.
Krall	Gellert Grindelwald (indirectly)	Protego Diabolica			Killed by the fire as he was not truly loyal to Grindelwald.
Leta Lestrange	Gellert Grindelwald			"GO! GO!"	Distracted Grindelwald long enough to give her allies time to escape.