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May Birthday reminders – Do you share a birthday with someone from “Potter”?

by Keith Hawk · April 30, 2013

We would like to extend a very happy birthday wish to the actors, actresses, characters, and MuggleNet staff members that make the Harry Potter series so successful today.

May birthdays:

  • 2nd – Victoire Weasley
  • 4th – Eric Sykes (RIP) – Frank Bryce
  • 5th – Jessie Cave – Lavender Brown
  • 7th – Robbie Jarvis – Young James Potter
  • 10th – Tracey Wong – MuggleNet Staff
  • 11th – Pam Ferris – Aunt Marge
  • 12th – Domhnall Gleeson – Bill Weasley
  • 13th – Robert Pattinson – Cedric Diggory
  • 13th – Zoe Wanamaker – Madame Hooch
  • 15th – Professor Pomona Sprout
  • 16th – Stanislav Ianevski – Viktor Krum
  • 17th – Paul Whitehouse – Sir Cadogan
  • 18th – Miriam Margolyes – Professor Pomona Sprout
  • 19th – Geraldine Somerville – Lily Evans Potter
  • 24th – Jim Broadbent – Professor Horace Slughorn
  • 26th – Helena Bonham Carter – Bellatrix Lestrange
  • 26th – Will Dunn – James Sirius Potter

May all of your birthday wishes come true.

Also of note: May 2nd is the 15th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts and is also recognized by many as International Harry Potter Day.

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Important Dates

August 2025

Wed, Aug 27

15th anniversary paperbacks with new cover art by Kazu Kibuishi
Recurs yearly

2013

Sat, Aug 30

Educational Decree No. 22 is passed
Recurs yearly

1995

Sun, Aug 31

Hermione and Ron become prefects
Recurs yearly

1995

Hermione purchases Crookshanks
Recurs yearly

1993

September 2025

Mon, Sep 1

Harry and Ron travel to Hogwarts via Ford Anglia
Recurs yearly

1992

Harry's first ride on the Hogwarts Express
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1991

Hermione receives Time-Turner
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1993

MuggleNet Live! 2017: Nineteen Years Later
Recurs yearly

2017

Tue, Sep 2

Faux Moody transfigures Draco into a ferret
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1994

Gregorovitch is murdered by Lord Voldemort
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1997

Harry gets the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book
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1996

Trio breaks into the Ministry of Magic and acquires Slytherin's locket
Recurs yearly

1997

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