List of deaths

This is a list of deaths in the Harry Potter series organised by book. Each death is listed under the book it is first mentioned in: e.g. Moaning Myrtle died before the events of the first Harry Potter books, but she is not mentioned until the second book.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (Nearly Headless Nick)	Muggles who captured him and took away his wand	Botched beheading, but head still attached.	31 October, 1492	(Crying)	Tried to join the Headless Hunt but was rejected because he would be unable to join certain activities such as Horseback Head-Juggling and Head Polo. Later became Gryffindor House ghost at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Cuthbert Binns	N/A	Died in his sleep.	18th century	Unknown / Varies	Became a ghost and continued to teach History of Magic at Hogwarts, though it was said he had not noticed he had died, simply carrying on as usual.
James Potter	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	31 October, 1981	"Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! I'll try to hold him off — just go!"	Godric's Hollow - Killed while defending their son Harry from Lord Voldemort. Lily Potter's death, attempting to block Voldemort, protected Harry for nearly 2 decades from Voldemort's further assaults.
Lily Potter				"Not Harry! Please, no, not Harry — I'll do anything!" (in film) "Harry, be safe. Be strong."
Quirinus Quirrell	Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort	Burned by Harry's hands, which to Quirrell were white-hot and caused severe blistering, and abandonment by Voldemort's soul.	4 June, 1992	"Master — I cannot hold him — my hands!" (in film) "What is this magic?"	Killed while attempting to steal the Philosopher's Stone for Lord Voldemort so that he could regain a body; Voldemort possessed Quirrell and thus when he left Quirrell's body, he played a part in killing him.
Nicolas Flamel	N/A	Old Age	1992	Unknown; Varies	After Lord Voldemort attempted to steal the Philosopher's Stone needed to make the elixir that prolonged the Flamels' lives, in order to use it to bring himself back to life, the Flamels decided that the danger posed by Voldemort was too grave, willingly relinquishing eternal life and destroying the stone to thwart Voldemort.
Perenelle Flamel

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
'Moaning' Myrtle	Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk	Looked into the eyes of the Basilisk	June, 1943	"Go away!"	The ladies' toilet near the Chamber of Secrets. She was killed while Tom Marvolo Riddle was a student at Hogwarts, but the murder is not described until now. She came back as a ghost known as Moaning Myrtle.
Armando Dippet	N/A	Old age	Between 1 September and 12 December 1992	Unknown / Varies	Aged around 354 on time of death. Portrait hung at the Headmaster's Office by 12 December, 1992.
Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk	Harry Potter	Stabbed with Godric Gryffindor's Sword	29 May, 1993	(Parseltongue)	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.
Memory of Tom Riddle		Basilisk Venom		"But it makes no difference. In fact, I prefer it this way. Just you and me, Harry Potter ... you and me ...." (in film) "Stop! No!"	He disappeared after Harry stabbed his diary with a Basilisk fang.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
12 Muggles	Peter Pettigrew aka Wormtail	Blasting Curse	1 November, 1981	Unknown / Varies	Framed Sirius Black for the crime; happened shortly after Voldemort's attack on the Potters.
Binky (a pet rabbit)	A fox	Mauling	16 October, 1993	None	The rabbit was "just a baby" when the death occurred. Belonged to Lavender Brown and caused her to accept Trelawney's apparent predictions.
Hagrid's Flobberworms	Hagrid's Third Year Class	Too Much Lettuce	Sometime during the school year		They died because nobody cared enough to keep them alive in Hagrid's boring class.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Tom Riddle Sr.	Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	Summer 1943	Unknown / Varies	Killed to make Marvolo Gaunt's Ring a Horcrux. Framed Morfin Gaunt for the crime.
Thomas Riddle
Mary Riddle
Miss. Crouch	N/A	Illness	1982		Took Polyjuice Potion and posed as her son, Barty Crouch Jr. and took his place in Azkaban Prison. Buried at the Burial ground by Azkaban Prison.
Evan Rosier	Alastor Moody	Unknown	1980		Both killed while resisting capture before Lord Voldemort's downfall. Evan, however, broke a bit of Moody's nose and removed his eye in the process.
Wilkes	Aurors
Mulciber Sr.	Unknown (if anyone)		During the First Wizarding War		Death Eater.
Bertha Jorkins	Lord Voldemort	Torture and 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 Jr. and Peter Pettigrew.
Frank Bryce		Killing Curse	24th August 1994	"I don't think much of your manners, `my lord`. Turn around and face me like a man why don't you?" (in film) "Bloody kids."	In the Riddle House, murdered for overhearing Voldemort's plans about the Triwizard Tournament and Harry Potter.
Spider	Barty Crouch Jr. (posing as Alastor Moody)		Possibly in September 1994	Squealing	This spider was used as a description to perform the Unforgivable Curses in Moody's class.
Barty Crouch Sr.			24th May 1994	Unknown; Varies	Killed for abandoning him as a Death Eater years ago. Body later transfigured into a bone and buried in Hagrid's garden.
Cedric Diggory	Peter Pettigrew (as per Lord Voldemort's orders and killed Cedric with Voldemort's Wand)		24th June 1995	"Someone's coming." (in film) "Who are you? What do you want?"	Accidently teleported to Little Hangleton with Harry Potter and was unexpecticly disposed of by Wormtail.
Barty Crouch Jr.	A Dementor	Dementor's Kiss		Unknown	Killed for the crimes that he commited during 1994 and 1995.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Date of death	Last lines	Notes
Marlene McKinnon	Multiple Death Eaters (including Travers)	Unknown / Murder, Lord Voldemort's orders	July, 1981	Unknown / Varies	Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Her entire family was killed.
Edgar Bones	Death Eaters (including Unidentified Death Eater (I) and Unidentified Male Death Eater (VIII))		1981, during the First Wizarding War		Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. His wife and children were killed as well.
Gideon Prewett	5 Death Eaters (including Dolohov)				Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing, but Gideon and Fabian apparently died like heroes.
Fabian Prewett
Benjy Fenwick	Death Eaters	A curse that blasted him into pieces (possibly Blasting Curse)			Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix. Brutal killing, and only bits of him were ever found.
Dorcas Meadowes	Voldemort	Possibly Killing Curse			Killed for being part of the Order of the Phoenix.
Dean Thomas' father	Death Eaters	Unknown / Murder	1980		Killed for not joining the Death Eaters.
Mr. Bones	Lord Voldemort		Possibly 1981		Killed because their son, Edgar, was a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Mrs. Bones
Karkus	Another giant, Golgomath	Decapitation	1995		A fight broke out between the giants. Grabbing of power.
Broderick Bode	Walden Macnair	Strangled with Devil's Snare	1996		Killed before he could inform people as to what happened to him and about the Death Eaters attack on the Ministry of Magic.
Mrs. Lovegood	Herself (by accident)	One of her spells backfired on her.	1990		She died right in front of her daughter, Luna when she was nine.
Sirius Black	Bellatrix Lestrange	Knocked through the Veil using an unknown spell (a Killing Curse in the film).	18 June, 1996	"Come on, you can do better than that!" ( in film ) "Nice one, James!"	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	His own lack of ability to take care of himself	After he returned from Azkaban	Unknown / Varies	He most likey disowned Merope. Summer 1943.
Morfin Gaunt	N\A	Azkaban	Summer 1943	"He'll kill me for losing the ring!!"	This was the second time he went to Azkaban. He was framed by Tom Riddle for the murder of the Riddle family.
Merope Gaunt	N/A	Childbirth	31 December, 1926	"I hope he looks like his papa."	Died at Wool's Orphanage right after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle, later known as Lord Voldemort.
Muggle Tramp	Tom Riddle (later known as Lord Voldemort)	Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	Between 1947 and 1948	Unknown / Varies	She was killed so Tom Riddle could turn Salazar Slytherin's Locket into a Horcrux.
Hepzibah Smith		Poison			Killed so Tom could steal Salazar Slytherin's Locket and Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. Framed Hepzibah's old house elf Hokey for it. Also made Helga Hufflepuff's Cup into a Horcruc in the processx
Albanian peasant		Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	Sometime after 1948		This person was killed so Tom Riddle could turn Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem into a Horcrux.
Amelia Bones	Lord Voldemort	Unknown, Murder	Summer 1996		Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, killed by Voldemort himself because she was very powerful.
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. Unknown reason of death.
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		Mother of Hogwarts Hufflepuff student Hannah Abbott. Later found dead in her home.
Montgomery	Fenrir Greyback	Mauling	April, 1997		Five year-old-boy attacked by werewolf because mother would not help Death Eaters. Later died of his injuries in St. Mungo's Hospital.
Aragog	N/A	Old age	20 April, 1997		Acromantula.
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	Antioch Peverell's killer	Slit throat	Between 12 July, 1214 and 18 May, 1291		Original owners of the Deathly Hallows.
Cadmus Peverell	Himself	Hanged
Ignotus Peverell	None	Natural causes	18 May, 1291
Antioch Peverell's enemy	Antioch Peverell	Unknown, possibly Killing Curse	1214		His death caused someone at the bar to kill Antioch Peverell.
Cadmus Peverell's girlfriend	N/A	Possibly Natural Causes	Possibly 1213 or 1212		She was the reason Cadmus asked for the Resurrection Stone.
Percival Dumbledore	Azkaban	1890	Died after being imprisoned for attacking and killing three Muggle boys.
Kendra Dumbledore	Indirectly, 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; possibly Gellert Grindelwald	Killed when a three-way duel broke out.			Estranged Albus and Aberforth, forced Grindelwald to flee the country.
Regulus Black	Inferi	Drowned	1979	Orders Kreacher to destroy Salazar Slytherin's locket	Killed while attempting to destroy the locket Horcrux. Ordered Kreacher to destroy it before death.
Bilius Weasley	Unknown	Saw a Grim and died 24 hours later	Unknown, possibly around the time when Ron was seven years old	Unknown, possibly screams	Fred and George stated he "Never Married."
Octavius Pepper	Death Eaters	Unknown / Murder	Spring 1997	Unknown / Varies	His disapearance later reported in the Daily Prophet about the Wizard's death.
Charity Burbage	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse	Summer of 1997	"Severus... please... please..." (in film) "Severus-Severus please. We're friends."	Killed for her pro-Muggle leanings and for her pro-Muggle article on the Daily Prophet. Killed during a gathering of Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor. Body later eaten by Nagini.
Hedwig	Death Eater		27 July, 1997	Screech	Hit by a Killing Curse during the Battle of the Seven Potters.
Alastor Moody	Lord Voldemort			Unknown; Varies	Died after Mundungus Fletcher abandoned him during the Battle of the Seven Potters.
Rufus Scrimgeour		1 August, 1997	Telling Voldemort he doesn't know where Harry Potter is.
Unnamed German-speaking family: a woman and two children		1 September, 1997	"I know him not!"	At Gregorovitch's former residence.
Gregorovitch		2 September, 1997	"I do not know, I never knew, a young man — no — please — PLEASE!" (in film) "It was a boy. It was he who took it. I never saw it again. I swear on my life."	During Voldemort's search for the Elder Wand.
Bathilda Bagshot	Nagini	Mauling	Sometime before 24 December, 1997	Unknown; Varies	Godric's Hollow. 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-" (in film) "The Elder Wand lies-with him, of course. Buried in the earth-Dumbledore."	For not giving Lord Voldemort information on the Elder Wand. (in the film however, he gives Voldemort the information, but Voldemort still kills him.)
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 (in the film he does not die)	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..." (in film) "Such a beautiful place to be with friends, Dobby is happy to be with his friend. Harry Potter."	Killed by a knife thrown by Bellatrix Lestrange. While attempting to save Harry Potter and his friends from the Death Eaters at Malfoy Manor by apparating to Shell Cottage.
Bogrod	Gringotts Dragon	Stabbed with the tail. (in film) Bogrod was burned to death by the Dragon	1 May, 1998	Unknown	He was under Harry Potter's and Ronald Weasley's control due to the Imperious Curse.
Unnamed Goblin (in film replaced by Griphook)	Lord Voldemort	Killing Curse		"A ... a s-small golden c-cup, m-my Lord ..." (Griphook's last words in the film) Telling Voldemort that Harry, Ron and Hermione have been hunting Horcruxes and that they stole Helga Hufflepuff's Cup	He was killed after informing Voldemort that Harry, Hermione, and Ron stole a "small golden cup" which was one of his Horcruxes.
Several Death Eaters (including Unidentified Male Death Eater (VIII)), Vault Guards and Goblins				Unknown; Varies	They were all killed during Voldemort's fit of rage after being inform Helga Hufflepuff's Cup (which was one of his Horcruxes) was stolen. However Lucius, Narcissa and Draco Malfoy were able to escape along with Bellatrix Lestrange.
Scabior	Neville Longbottom	Collapse of the Covered Bridge	Between 1 May 1998 and 2 May, 1998	(screams)	Battle of Hogwarts
Vincent Crabbe (in film replaced by Gregory Goyle)	Himself (by accident)	Fiendfyre		"Like it hot, scum?" (Goyle's last words in the film) (screams)
Fred Weasley	Augustus Rookwood	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 / Varies
Nymphadora Tonks	Bellatrix Lestrange
Colin Creevey (in film replaced by Nigel Wolpert)	Possibly a Death Eater or two
Unidentified female Hogwarts teacher
Severus Snape						Nagini (as per Lord Voldemort's order) (in film) Lord Voldemort and Nagini	Exsanguination (in film) Slit throat with Sectumsempra and Exsanguination	"Look...at...me..." ( in film) "Look at me. You have your mother's eyes."
Nagini	Neville Longbottom	Decapitated with Godric Gryffindor's sword		Hissing
Bellatrix Lestrange	Molly Weasley	Unkown curse struck directly over her heart (in film) Froze her and then exploded her into pieces		"What will happen to your children once I've killed you? When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?" (in film) (laughing and screaming)
Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort	Harry Potter/himself/The Elder Wand which recognised it's true master: Harry.	The destruction of his Horcruxes, Harry's mastery of the Elder Wand, and his own rebounding Killing Curse, killing him once and for all.		"Avada Kedavra!" (in film) "Die!!!!!"
Dozens of Death Eaters	Unknown / Various	Unknown / Various		Unknown / Various
Unidentified fallen fifty of the Battle of Hogwarts