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harry potter - What happened to each of The Original Forty?


J. K. Rowling had released (Harry Potter and Me and then Pottermore) the original draft for the names of the students in Harry's year.


Not counting the ones crossed out, these are the original forty names:



  1. Abbott, Hannah

  2. Bones, Susan

  3. Boot, Trevor


  4. Brocklehurst, Mandy

  5. Brown, Lavender

  6. Bulstrode, Millicent

  7. Corner, Michael

  8. Cornfoot, Stephen

  9. Crabbe, Vincent

  10. Davis, Tracey

  11. Entwhistle, Kevin

  12. Finch-Fletchley, Justin

  13. Finnigan, Seamus


  14. Goldstein, Anthony

  15. Goyle, Gregory

  16. Granger, Hermione

  17. Greengrass, Queenie

  18. Hopkins, Wayne

  19. Jones, Megan

  20. Li, Sue

  21. Longbottom, Neville

  22. MacDougal, Isobel

  23. Macmillan, Ernest


  24. Malfoy, Draco

  25. Malone, Roger

  26. Moon, Lily

  27. Nott, Theodore

  28. Parkinson, Pansy

  29. Patel, Madhari

  30. Patel, Mati

  31. Perks, Sally-Anne

  32. Potter, Harry

  33. Rivers, Oliver


  34. Roper, Sophie

  35. Runcorn

  36. Smith, Sally

  37. Thomas, Gary

  38. Turpin, Lisa

  39. Weasley, Ronald

  40. Zabini, Blaise


Which ones ended up becoming characters? What were their final names? Which ones have yet to be appear?



Answer




Everyone with no special note ended up as a book character as-is. Bolded names are those we don't really know anything about.



  1. Abbott, Hannah

  2. Bones, Susan

  3. Boot, Trevor (first name changed to Terry in the books - h/tip @Au101)

  4. Brocklehurst, Mandy

  5. Brown, Lavender

  6. Bulstrode, Millicent

  7. Corner, Michael

  8. Cornfoot, Stephen - Unknown fate


  9. Crabbe, Vincent

  10. Davis, Tracey (updated - As per @ibid's comment, I don't actually recall her being in canon, but don't have access to my books to double check. For some reason she was an extremely popular character in fanfic scenes though).

  11. Entwhistle, Kevin - Unknown fate. There was Annabel Entwhistle in one of the video games.

  12. Finch-Fletchley, Justin

  13. Finnigan, Seamus

  14. Goldstein, Anthony

  15. Goyle, Gregory

  16. Granger, Hermione

  17. Greengrass, Queenie - Discussed recently on SFF. Was likely split into book character Daphne Greengrass, and eventual FBWTFT film character Queenie Goldstein. The process of splitting surely attracted several fanfics.

  18. Hopkins, Wayne - Unknown fate. There was a Carl Hopkins in the video games, much younger than Harry.


  19. Jones, Megan - Unknown. People speculate she was included in the films. Or morphed into other canon Joneses.

  20. Li, Sue - no canon info. But given that only one major (or any) student is a Far-Eastern origin girl, she may have become Cho Chang.

  21. Longbottom, Neville

  22. MacDougal, Isobel - possibly turned into Morag MacDougal. There are also suggestions from fans that she became Isobel McGonagall, mother of Minerva McGonagall (hat/tip @thunderforge).

  23. Macmillan, Ernest

  24. Malfoy, Draco

  25. Malone, Roger - Unknown. Possibly crossed the fourth wall and became actor Joe Malone from FB film :)

  26. Moon, Lily - Proto-Luna-Lovegood. As per Pottermore, "[first intimation of Luna Lovegood, this name was never used, but gave me an idea for a fey, dreamy girl. She was named before I decided on Harry’s mother’s name.]". However, there was also a character with surname of "Moon" at Harry's sorting in PS: There weren't many people left now. "Moon" "Nott" "Parkinson"

  27. Nott, Theodore

  28. Parkinson, Pansy


  29. Patel, Madhari - possibly changed to Padma or Parvati Patil?

  30. Patel, Mati - possibly changed to Padma or Parvati Patil?

  31. Perks, Sally-Anne (sorted in PS)

  32. Potter, Harry

  33. Rivers, Oliver - Unknown. Name Oliver was re-used in Oliver Woods, Gryffindor Quidditch captain

  34. Roper, Sophie - Unknown

  35. Runcorn - was NOT on Pottermore "40" list (39 in length so he's missing). Possibly used for a adult wizard Albert Runcorn in DH.

  36. Smith, Sally - formerly known as Georgina. Possibly melted into Zacharias Smith who was also a 'Puff.

  37. Thomas, Gary - Unknown but likely morphed into Dean Thomas? @ibid's excellent comment below notes that JKR scrapbooks confirmed that

  38. Turpin, Lisa


  39. Weasley, Ronald

  40. Zabini, Blaise


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