Gryffindor

Gryffindor is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was founded by Godric Gryffindor. Gryffindor instructed the Sorting Hat to choose students possessing characteristics he most valued, such as courage, chivalry, and determination, to be sorted into his house. The emblematic animal is a lion, and its colours are scarlet and gold] Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-porpington ,also known as Nearly Headless nick is their House Ghost.

The Gryffindor Common Room is located in one of the castle's towers (Gryffindor Tower), the entrance to which is located on the seventh floor and is guarded by an oil painting of the Fat Lady, who is garbed in a pink silk dress. She permits entry only after being given the correct (regularly changing) password. Behind her painting is a large common room, with a fireplace, and two staircases leading up to the girls' and boys' dormitories.

Famous Gryffindors:
 * Harry potter
 * Ron Weasley
 * Hermione Granger
 * Albus Dumbledore †
 * Sirius Black †
 * Remus Lupin †
 * Rubeus Hagrid
 * Lily Potter †
 * James Potter †
 * Peter Pettigrew †
 * Aberforth Dumbledore
 * Parvati Patil
 * Lavender Brown †
 * Neville Longbottom
 * Minerva Mcgonnagoll
 * Goderic Gryffindor.†
 * Ginny Weasley
 * Fred Weasley †
 * George Weasley
 * Molly Weasley
 * Arthur Weasley
 * Percy Weasley