James Potter

James Potter, as one might guess, is Harry Potter's father. Like Harry, he wears glasses and has perpetually messy dark hair. He and his wife Lily died about a year after Harry's birth when their hiding place was betrayed to Lord Voldemort, who killed them with the Avada Kedavra curse. He was in Gryffindor House at Hogwarts. With friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, he is responsible for the creation of the Marauder's Map.