Gryffindor House

Founder: Godric Gryffindor
Blazon: gules, a lion rampant or (that is, a golden lion on a red field, hence the Gryffindor colours of scarlet and gold)
Ghost: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (“Nearly Headless Nick”)
Characteristics:
Gryffindors are known for their courage
Location:
Gryffindor Tower, entrance on the seventh floor
The entrance is located behind a large painting of a Fat Lady in a pink silk dress. If you know the right password to tell her, she swings open to reveal a round opening in the wall. The common room contains a lot of squashy armchairs, a fireplace, and tables. The fireplace is connected to the Floo Network, but as it is extremely public except in the dead of night, Gryffindors usually use owls to communicate with their families instead. There’s also a notice board, for public announcements such as the date of the next Hogsmeade weekend, but also for notices from individual students seeking to buy or sell secondhand books, or trade Chocolate Frog cards, or similar, as in any school.
There are two staircases opening off the common room into the Tower itself: the boys’ staircase, on which the seven boys’ dormitories are located (one for each year) and the girls’ staircase, on which the seven girls’ dormitories are located (one for each year). The girls’ staircase is under a spell so that if a boy sets foot on it and persists for a few steps, a wailing klaxon goes off and the staircase temporarily Transfigures itself into a stone slide, sending him and anyone else on the stairs sailing to the bottom. According to Hogwarts: A History, the founders believed that girls were more trustworthy than boys, so that while the girls’ staircase is enchanted to prevent boys from getting in, the boys’ staircase does not carry a reciprocal enchantment (OP17). Each dormitory is a round room with windows looking out onto the grounds, and containing four-poster beds.
Gryffindor Quidditch team
The Gryffindor team won the Quidditch Cup during the 1993 - 1994 season - the first time since 1984 - and again during the 1995 - 1996 season. They wear robes of scarlet.
Known Gryffindors, past and present
For each known Gryffindor below, his or her name is given together with the years he or she was a student in Gryffindor. See the individual students’ entries for more information (such as the references for how we know that they’re Gryffindors and what years they were in).
1892-1899
Dumbledore, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian (PS6)
c. 1931 - 1938
McGonagall, Minerva (Sch2)
1940 - expelled 1943
Hagrid, Rubeus (BN)
(1960s)
Weasley, Arthur
Weasley (nee Prewett), Molly (GF31)
1971 - 1978
Black, Sirius [verified in OP9 that he was in the same house as James, confirmed HBP4]
Evans, Lily (HBP4)
Lupin, Remus [verified in OP9 that he was in the same house as James]
Pettigrew, Peter (DH33)
Potter, James (Sch2)
(1990s)
Coote, Ritchie (HBP11)
At least a second year by Harry’s sixth year, definitely not in Harry’s own year, no more than a year above Harry.
Frobisher, Victoria (Vicky) (OP13)
At least a second year by Harry’s sixth year, probably not in Harry’s own year.
Hooper, Geoffrey (OP13)
At least a second year by Harry’s fifth year, definitely not in Harry’s own year.
Kirke, Andrew (OP21)
At least a second year by Harry’s fifth year, definitely not in Harry’s own year.
Robins, Demelza (HBP11)
At least a second year by Harry’s sixth year, probably not in Harry’s own year, no more than a year above Harry.
Sloper, Jack (OP21)
At least a second year by Harry’s fifth year, definitely not in Harry’s own year.
1982-1989
Weasley, Bill (GF12)
1983-1990
Weasley, Charlie (PS9, GF12
1987 - 1994
Weasley, Percy Ignatius (PS7)
Wood, Oliver (PS9)
1989 - 1996
Johnson, Angelina (PS11)
Jordan, Lee
Spinnet, Alicia (PS11)
Stimpson, Patricia (OP12, probably Gryffindor)
Towler, Kenneth (OP12, probably Gryffindor)
Weasley, Fred (PS7)
Weasley, George (PS7)
1990 - 1997
Bell, Katie (PS11)
McLaggen, Cormac (HBP4, HBP11)
1991 - 1998
Brown, Lavender (PS7)
Finnigan, Seamus (PS7)
Granger, Hermione (PS7)
Longbottom, Neville (PS7)
Patil, Parvati (PS7)
Potter, Harry (PS7)
Thomas, Dean (PS7)
Weasley, Ronald “Ron” (PS7)
1992 - 1999
Creevey, Colin (CS6)
Weasley, Ginny (CS5)
1993 - 2000
Vane, Romilda (HBP4, HBP15)
1994 - 2001
Creevey, Dennis (GF12)
MacDonald, Natalie (GF12)
Peakes, Jimmy (HBP11)
1995 - 2002
Abercrombie, Euan