This is an index of characters that were introduced in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The order that the characters are seen or mentioned is from the American version of the book. In other languages, the order may or may not be different.

Chapter One: The Other MinisterEdit

• President of foreign country
• Prime Minister's political opponent
• Herbert Chorley
• Prime Minister's niece
• Prime Minister's personal secretary
• Chancellor of the Exchequer

Chapter Two: Spinner's EndEdit

• Fox near Spinner's End
• Yaxley
• Amycus Carrow
• Alecto Carrow
• Fenrir Greyback

Chapter Three: Will and Won'tEdit

Chapter Four: Horace SlughornEdit

• Horace Slughorn
• Dirk Cresswell
• Barnabus Cuffe
• Ciceron Harkiss
• Gwenog Jones

Chapter Five: An Excess of PhlegmEdit

No new characters are introduced in this chapter.

Chapter Six: Draco's DetourEdit

• Arkie Philpott
• Ministry of Magic Car Driver
• Amulet Salesman
• Verity
• Arnold

Chapter Seven: The Slug ClubEdit

• Unidentified Aurors
• Romilda Vane
• Unidentified third year girl
• Cormac McLaggen
• Marcus Belby
• Damocles
• Mr. Belby
• Tiberius
• Bertie Higgs
• Blaise Zabini's mother

Chapter Eight: Snape VictoriousEdit

• Proudfoot
• Savage

Chapter Nine: The Half-Blood PrinceEdit

• Unidentified Gryffindor fourth year boy
• Libatius Borage
• Hector Dagworth-Granger
• Abraxas Malfoy

Chapter Ten: The House of GauntEdit

• Humphrey Belcher
• Bob Ogden
• Marvolo Gaunt
• Morfin Gaunt
• Cecilia
• Tom Riddle's chestnut horse

Chapter Eleven: Hermione's Helping HandEdit

• Mr. Patil
• Mrs. Patil
• Mr. Midgen
• Mrs. Abbott
• Demelza Robins
• Jimmy Peakes
• Ritchie Coote
• Melinda Bobbin

Chapter Twelve: Silver and OpalsEdit

• Leanne

Chapter Thirteen: The Secret RiddleEdit

• Caractacus Burke
• Unidentified Wool's Orphanage girl
• Mrs. Cole
• Martha
• Billy Stubbs
• Eric Whalley
• Billy Stubbs's Rabbit
• Amy Benson
• Dennis Bishop

Chapter Fourteen: Felix FelicisEdit

• Muriel
• Vaisey
• Urquhart
• Harper

Chapter Fifteen: The Unbreakable VowEdit

• Romilda Vane's grandmother
• Eldred Worple
• Sanguini

Chapter Sixteen: A Very Frosty ChristmasEdit

• Gawain Robards

Chapter Seventeen: A Sluggish MemoryEdit

• Fergus
• Galatea Merrythought
• Lestrange
• Avery

Chapter Eighteen: Birthday SurprisesEdit

• Golpalott
• Scarpin
• Wilkie Twycross

Chapter Nineteen: Elf TailsEdit

• Unidentifed Hufflepuff Captain
• Cadwallader

Chapter Twenty: Lord Voldemort's RequestEdit

• Hokey
• Hepzibah Smith
• Hepzibah Smith's Family
• Rosier
• Mulciber

Chapter Twenty-one: The Unknowable RoomEdit

• Octavius Pepper
• Unidentified nine-year old
• Unidentified nine-year old's grandparents

Chapter Twenty-two: After the BurialEdit

• Montgomery sisters
• Montgomery
• Montgomery sisters' mother
• Odo

Chapter Twenty-three: HorcruxesEdit

No new characters are introduced in this chapter.

Chapter Twenty-four: SectumsempraEdit

• Katie Bell's father
• Katie Bell's mother
• Bertram Aubrey

Chapter Twenty-five: The Seer OverheardEdit

No new characters appear in this chapter.

Chapter Twenty-six: The CaveEdit

• Inferi Army of Lord Voldemort

Chapter Twenty-seven: The Lightning Struck TowerEdit

No new characters are introduced in this chapter.

Chapter Twenty-eight: Flight of the PrinceEdit

• Thorfinn Rowle

Chapter Twenty-nine: Phoenix LamentEdit

• Gibbon

Chapter Thirty: The White TombEdit

• Zacharias Smith's father
• Rosalind Antigone Bungs
• Rupert Brookstanton
• Ceremony official

See alsoEdit

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (soundtrack)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (character index)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (character index)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (character index)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (character index)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (character index)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (character index)