Luca Michali Caruso^[2] was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s. Caruso joined Dumbledore's Army in 1996 and was one of the people to sign their name on its parchment.^[3] At some point, Caruso also purchased Diabolic Dare Devils, Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs, and a Basic Blaze Box from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.^[2]

Etymology

• "Luca" is either the Hungarian feminine form of the name "Lucius", belonging to Draco Malfoy's father, Lucius Malfoy, or the Italian and Romanian form of "Luke".

• "Caruso" is Sicilian (South Italian) for "guy" or "boy".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Name appears on list)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)

Behind the scenes

• The name is an homage to Luca Caruso, the son of Miraphora Mina, graphic artist of the Harry Potter films.^[4]

Notes and references

Dumbledore's Army
Founders: Harry Potter | Hermione Granger | Ronald Weasley
Leaders: Harry Potter | Neville Longbottom | Luna Lovegood | Ginny Weasley
Gryffindors: Katie Bell | Lavender Brown | Colin Creevey | Dennis Creevey | Seamus Finnigan | Angelina Johnson | Lee Jordan | Parvati Patil | Alicia Spinnet | Dean Thomas | Fred Weasley | George Weasley | Nigel Wolpert
Ravenclaws: Terry Boot | Cho Chang | Michael Corner | Marietta Edgecombe | Anthony Goldstein | Padma Patil
Hufflepuffs: Hannah Abbott | Susan Bones | Justin Finch-Fletchley | Ernie Macmillan | Zacharias Smith | Unidentified Hufflepuff girl
Unspecified: Luca Caruso | Alice Tolipan