In the HP universe, Gryffindor house is somewhat a metaphor of righteousness and morality. On the other hand, Slytherin house represents the dark side. However, there are a few exceptions on the Slytherin part such as Merlin, Professor Slughorn, Severus Snape etc. The only known Gryffindor Dark wizard (as far as I could find) is Peter Pettigrew. As Slytherin house is reputed to have produced more than one good wizard, were there any more Dark wizards (apart from Wormtail) who were sorted to Gryffindor house?
Edit:
Its mentioned on Pottermore that Hufflepuff has had the fewest (meaning less than Gryffindor) Dark wizards.
The Hufflepuff welcome letter on Pottermore makes a claim about their dark wizard turnout:
However, it’s true that Hufflepuff is a bit lacking in one area. We’ve produced the fewest Dark wizards of any house in this school. Of course, you’d expect Slytherin to churn out evil-doers, seeing as they’ve never heard of fair play and prefer cheating over hard work any day, but even Gryffindor (the house we get on best with) has produced a few dodgy characters.
Now assume that Gryffindor has produced only one! So there's a contradiction, hence there was somebody else!
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