Lachlan the Lanky• Character
A statue of this wizard stands on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle, just to the right of the top of the stairs leading down to the floor below, between the stairs and the Fat Lady’s portrait (OP13). Read MoreLadislaw Zamojski• Character
Ladislaw Zamojski is a talented Chaser on the Polish National Team in the 1990s. He had a goal spectacularly saved by Irish Keeper Barry Ryan (OP19). A save made by Ron Weasley during a Gryffindor practice session was favourably compared to this feat (OP19). Read MoreStubby Lamont• Character
Stubby Lamont was blamed for passing on undesirable physical attributes to his son Hector, the Seeker for Scotland at the 1990 Quidditch World Cup tournament (Pm). Read MoreHector Lamont• Character
Hector Lamont was the Seeker for the 1990 Quidditch World Cup team from Scotland. He blamed his father “Stubby” Lamont for his failure to catch the Snitch during the final match against Canada (Pm). Read MoreLancelot• Character
Lancelot was a cousin of Ron Weasley’s Aunt Muriel. He was a Healer at St. Mungo’s around 1900 when Ariana Dumbledore was young. He told Muriel that the Dumbledores never brought Ariana into the hospital, which naturally made Muriel suspect the worst. After all, not going to the hospital certainly… Read MoreLandislaw Zamojski• Characterlandlord of The Hanged Man• CharacterLangdon Shaw• Character
Langdon Shaw was the younger son of newspaper magnate Henry Shaw Sr. Langdon was an excitable young man with a proclivity for wild ideas. He was frustrated by living in his elder brother’s shadow (WFT). Read MoreArtemius Lawson• Character
Artemius Lawson was an outspoken notorious campaigner for the suppression of trolls (DP2). Read MoreNobby Leach• Character
Nobby Leach was Minister for Magic from 1962 to 1968. Leach was the first Muggle-born Minister for Magic, whose appointment caused a number of traditionalists to resign their government posts in protest (JKR, Pm). Read MoreLee Jordan• Character
Lee Jordan is a Gryffindor and Hogwarts student during the 1990s. He is two years older than Harry and Ron. He had dreadlocks (OP10) and is best friend and compatriot of Fred and George Weasley. When Harry was on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters for the first time,… Read MoreLennox Campbell• Character
Lennox Campbell is a Quidditch player who played Seeker for the Montrose Magpies Quidditch team in the 1990s (DP2). During a match against the Kenmare Kestrels, Campbell understandably missed the Snitch kicked at him by Magpies Chaser Alasdair Maddock, allowing the opposing Seeker to catch… Read MoreLeonard Jewkes• Character
Leonard Jewkes was the designer of the popular Silver Arrow broom (QA9). Unfortunately, he was unable to manufacture enough brooms to keep up with the demand (QA9). Read MoreLeonard Spencer-Moon• Character
Served as Minister for Magic during World War II, from 1939 – 1948 (Pm). Read MoreCorvus Lestrange Sr.• Character
Corvus Lestrange was a French wizard and a member of the pure-blood Lestrange family, the fourth in his line with the name Corvus. He seduced and abducted Laurena Kama with an Imperious Curse and had a daughter with her, Leta Lestrange. When Laurena died, he married again and had a… Read MoreCorvus Lestrange Jr.• Character
Corvus Lestrange Jr (aka Corvus Lestrange V) was a French wizard and a member of the pure-blood Lestrange family. He was the son of Corvus Lestrange and Clarisse Tremblay (CGf). He died as an infant when the ship carrying him and his half-sister, Leta, to America sank in the Atlantic… Read MoreRadolphus Lestrange• Character
Radolphus Lestrange was Minister for Magic from 1835-1841. Read MoreLevski• Character
Levski is a Quidditch player, who was Chaser on the Bulgarian National Team at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup (GF8). Along with his Chaser colleagues Dimitrov and Ivanova, Levski was a member of the Bulgarian team that lost to Ireland in the 1994 tournament. The other members of the… Read MoreBogomil Levski• Character
Bogomil Levski was a Chaser for the Bulgarian National Team in 2014. As a member of the Bulgarian side at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, Levski and fellow Chasers Stoyanka Grozda and Nikola Vassileva were integral to the success of Bulgaria at the tournament (QWC). Matches The Bulgarians had quite an easy first… Read MoreLibatius Borage• Character
Libatius Borage was a famous potioneer and author. Borage attended the Castelobruxo Wizarding School in Brazil (Pm). He wrote several books, including: Advanced Potion-Making, Asiatic Anti-Venoms and Have Yourself a Fiesta in a Bottle!… Read MoreLinfred of Stinchcombe• Character
Twelfth-century ancestor and progenitor of the Potter family (Pm). Inventor of Skele-gro and PepperUp Potion (although this is also credited to Glover Hipworth (FW) in the 18th century). Read MoreLivius• Character
Livius was one of two wizards thought to have taken the Elder Wand from Loxias. It is unknown whether he or Arcus defeated him (DH21). Read MoreDangerous Dai Llewellyn• Character
Dai Llewellyn was the Caerphilly Catapults’ most famous Quidditch player, known for his reckless and foolhardy style of play (QA7). His biography, He Flew Like a Madman, was written by Kennilworthy Whisp (QA). Tragically, he was eaten by a Chimaera while on holiday in Mykonos,… Read MoreGilderoy Lockhart• Character
Gilderoy Lockhart is a celebrity wizard and author, on staff for the 1992-1993 school year at Hogwarts as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Read MoreNeville Longbottom• Character
Neville Longbottom is the son of Frank and Alice Longbottom, famous and well-liked Aurors who were tortured into madness by the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. The Longbottoms are one of the few pureblood families in the wizarding world. Neville is a staunch friend of… Read MoreCarlos Lopez• Character
Carlos Lopez was one of MACUSA’s original twelve aurors (Pm). Read MoreLorcan d'Eath• Character
Lorcan d’Eath is a very popular part-vampire singer whose song “Necks to You” spent nineteen weeks in the Number 1 slot (JKR, WoM). Read MoreLorcan McLaird• Character
Lorcan McLaird was an eccentric Minister for Magic who was in office for just two years (1923-1925). McLaird’s eccentricities included speaking only in monosyllables and blowing puffs of smoke from his wand. His antics irritated constituents until they forced him from office (MoM)… Read MoreLorcan Scamander• Character
Lorcan Scamander is the son of Luna Lovegood and Rolf Scamander. He has a twin brother named Lysander. Read MoreLord North• Character
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford – better known as Lord North – was the British Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. In 1782, Lord North confidentially asked Minister for Magic Porteus Knatchbull if he could remedy the mental instability of King George III. Unfortunately for Lord North, word of his… Read MoreLord Palmerston• Character
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC, FRS (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period 1830 to 1865, when Britain was at the height of her… Read MoreLord Stoddard Withers• Character
Lord Stoddard Withers was a breeder of flying horses (FW). Read MoreLord Voldemort• Character
Lord Voldemort, born Tom Marvolo Riddle, was the son of Merope Gaunt (a descendent of Salazar Slytherin) and Tom Riddle, a handsome, wealthy Muggle from Little Hangleton whom Merope ensnared with a love potion. When her husband found out she was a witch, he abandoned her while she was pregnant… Read MoreLouis Weasley• Character
Louis Weasley was the youngest child of Bill and Fleur Weasley (YL). Read MoreLoxias• Character
Loxias, a dreadful fellow, once owned the Elder Wand after killing Barnabas Deverill. He was defeated by one of two wizards, Arcus or Livius, and the bloody history of the wand stops there (DH21). He gave the wand the name ‘the Deathstick’, and used it to slaughter anyone who stood… Read MoreLucas Bargeworthy• Character
Lucas Bargeworthy was a Beater for the England National Team in 1870s. Bargeworthy was a participant in the mysterious 1877 Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Kazakhstan. Retaining no recollection of any of the events of the so-called “Tournament that Nobody Remembers“, he was missing most of his teeth when he… Read MoreLucas Picquery• Character
Lucas Picquery is a Beater on the United States National Team in 2014. As a member of the team representing the United States at the Quidditch World Cup during the 2014 tournament, Picquery participated in their winning matches against the Jamaican National team (240 points to 230) and also playing… Read MoreLuciano Volpi• Character
Luciano Volpi is famous Quidditch player (Seeker) from Italy and he featured in an article appearing in the Daily Prophet before the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014. He was accused of transfiguring himself into Bonawentura Wójcik, a Seeker for the Polish National Team in the 2014 tournament. That rumour… Read MoreLucius Malfoy• Character
Lucius Malfoy is the patriarch of the prestigious pure-blood Malfoy family, father of Draco Malfoy and one of Voldemort’s top Death Eaters. Lucius was a Death Eater during Voldemort’s first “reign of terror.” However after the Dark Lord disappeared, Malfoy “came back saying he’d never meant any of it” (… Read MoreLucius Malfoy (I)• Character
Lucius Malfoy (I) was a wizard who associated with Muggle aristocracy and royalty. Evidence suggests that he was a suitor to Queen Elizabeth I and that, unsuccessful in winning her hand, he jinxed her so she would never marry another (Pm). Read MoreLuc Millefeuille• Character
Luc Millefeuille was a Beauxbatons student and later a baker who became notorious for poisoning Muggles (Pm). Read MoreLudo Bagman• Character
Ludovic “Ludo” Bagman was a celebrated Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps c. 1980. When his Quidditch days were over, he joined the Department of Magical Games and Sports and eventually (c. 1993) became its head. He served in that capacity until his somewhat informal departure from… Read MoreLars Lundekvam• Character
Lars Lundekvam is a Chaser on the Norwegian National Team at the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014. Lundvekam was the target of jinxes from a disgruntled crowd during Norway’s first match in the Round of 16 against Ivory Coast, as fans were still angry about the attack by the… Read MoreTeddy Lupin• Character
Teddy Lupin is the son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. He is a Metamorphmagus like his mother (DH25, BLC). He was named for his grandfather Ted Tonks, and is the godson of Harry Potter (DH25). Orphaned in the Battle of Hogwarts (DH33) and… Read MoreRemus Lupin• Character
Remus Lupin was a contemporary of James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew (together they were known as “The Marauders“) (PA18, WW) and he was appointed as a prefect from his fifth year at Hogwarts School (OP9). He became a professor… Read MoreLyall Lupin• Character
Father of Remus Lupin, expert on Non-Human Spiritous Apparitions such as poltergeists and boggarts, later employed by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the 1960s (Pm). Born in the 1920s, he met his beautiful Muggle wife in the late 1950s. Hope Howell lived in Cardiff,… Read MoreAidan Lynch• Character
Aidan Lynch played Seeker for Ireland’s National Team at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. All the members of the Irish team rode Firebolt brooms during the 1994 tournament (PA4, GF8). During the final match, Lynch was fooled by a Wronski Feint performed by Bulgarian Seeker… Read MoreLysander Scamander• Character
Lysander Scamander is the son of Luna Lovegood and Rolf Scamander. He has a twin brother named Lorcan (YL). Read More