Harry Potter Birthday Facts and Notable Birthday Moments
Birthday quick facts
Birthday: July 31, 1980
Age note: Turns 46 on July 31
Canon note: Lexicon lists July 31, 1980 for Harry Potter and the date is one of the clearest birthdays established in the books themselves. Source
Harry Potter’s birthday is one of the clearest dates in the series: July 31, 1980. That makes this page an ideal place to gather the scenes, gifts, and emotional turns that keep landing on his birthday throughout the books.
His eleventh birthday is the most famous, with Hagrid arriving on the hut-on-the-rock, giving him a cake, and telling him that he is a wizard. Later birthdays are often quieter, stranger, or sadder, which makes the moments of warmth stand out even more sharply.
By the time Harry reaches seventeen on July 31, 1997, the date also marks his coming of age in the wizarding world. Few birthdays in Harry Potter carry as much plot weight, which is why Harry’s remains the best birthday story on the site.
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