When is Harry Potter's birthday?

johnhoward

July 31st, same day as JK Rowling Mar 28 06, 8:49 PM

McGruff

Harry Potter's birthday is reported in the books as being "somewhere in July", "As the seventh month dies" and finally the day after Neville's (30/7). In the American Book, "HP & the Sorceror's Stone", Harry reads the Daily Prophet's story about the Gringott's break-in as happening "on 31 July". He then remarks it was the day he and Hagrid were there, which was his birthday. Author J.K. Rowling, and actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) were all reported to have their birthdays on 31 July. It was later revealed that Radcliffe's birthday is, in fact, 23rd July and that the claim that his birthday was the same as Harry Potter's was merely a publicity stunt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/trivia How Old Is Harry Anyway? (This article was posted on July 26, 2001.) J.K. Rowling has told us that Harry's birthday is July 31, which happens to be her birthday, too. But what year was Harry born? Near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone it says that "tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry's eleventh birthday." July 31 doesn't fall on a Tuesday very often. Most readers of that first book assumed that, because it was published in 1997, Harry attended Hogwarts during the 1990s. In 1990, July 31 fell on a Tuesday. This would mean that Harry was born in 1979 and would turn 23 in 2002. But wait—this theory is contradicted by evidence in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which Harry helped celebrate Nearly Headless Nick's deathday anniversary on October 31, 1992. Harry was 12 at that time. So this would mean that Harry was born in 1980, and that he would turn 22 in 2002. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/harrybirthday.html Dec 31 07, 10:33 PM

Arpeggionist

Unless Harry was born six years later, McG - and was born in 1985 (thus Tuesday, July 31st 1996 would have been his 11th birthday). Aug 04 08, 11:38 AM

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