Top 10 Celebrity Harry Potter Fans

You may recognize Niall Horan for his solo work or as a former member of One Direction, but you should also recognize his love for Harry Potter. In 2010, he went to the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1” and tweeted his excitement all the way through. Horan really proved his dedication in 2014, when he put on a costume to go undercover as a candy salesman at Universal Studios’ Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It’s clear that this pop idol is a huge fan.

Musicians just seem to love Harry Potter. Shirley Manson, lead singer for the alternative rock band Garbage, showed her love for the series during an interview with the Scotsman. She revealed that if she could be any character, she’d be series favorite Hermione. Manson also named her rescue dog, “Veela,” after a magical race of beings in the Harry Potter universe. As an added bonus, the singer is from Edinburgh, which happens to be where Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling moved to with her daughter in 1993. With her love for the series and music credentials, is it too much to hope that she’d make an alt rock wizard album?

You know a series is magical when the royal family takes time to appreciate it. Back in 2013, Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry took 500 fans from local charities to visit Warner Brothers Studios in London. Harry and William got into the flying car from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” William and Kate dueled each other with wands, and all of them met up with J.K. Rowling herself. At the end of the tour, the royal 3 got specially made wands while the franchise got a royal blessing.

As Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie played a villain that loved the insane Joker, but she may actually be crazy in love with Harry Potter. Robbie saw “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in London and lied on the famous Pottermore Quiz so she’d be sorted into the Gryffindor house. But her most revealing fan moment came when Jimmy Kimmel showed a picture of a 13-year-old Robbie with glasses reading a “Harry Potter” book—despite the fact that she had perfect vision and lied to her parents just get glasses like Harry. With more Potterverse films on the way, maybe we’ll see Robbie take up a wand for a future role.

Payne is another former member of One Direction that has history with Harry Potter. He proved that he was a Gryffindor through the Pottermore quiz, tweeted about wanting to be Harry, and Instagrammed a picture of his Harry Potter birthday cake complete with the trademark glasses and golden snitch. But Payne’s biggest sign of fandom was his purchase of a blue Ford Anglia, the same make as the Weasleys’ family car seen in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” The car now rests in his garden, where it can be a constant reminder that Payne loves Potter.

Whether he’s writing “Dumbledore’s Army: Still Recruiting” on his shoes, or giving a quick magical history refresher, Ezra Miller’s more than proven his love for the Harry Potter franchise. His magical journey started at the age of 7 when he first read the books, but to the envy of Potterheads everywhere, he actually got to join the wizarding world himself, portraying Credence Barebone in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Away from the film set, Miller puts a lot of stock in what his Hogwarts house would be; to the point that he hasn’t even taken the Pottermore sorting quiz on the off-chance he might get Slytherin. Look out: Ezra Miller takes Potter VERY seriously.

When author John Green isn’t making us cry with stories like “Paper Towns,” he’s showing his love for Potter. Green, a proud Hufflepuff, has published multiple YouTube videos about the series, full of interesting facts and encouraging messages. His family loves the series too, with his brother singing original Harry Potter-related songs at LeakyCon and his kids being introduced to the books by their excited dad. But more importantly it’s at a Harry Potter conference where Green met Esther Earl, a cancer patient who inspired him to write “The Fault in Our Stars.” Earl passed away in 2010, but her legacy lives on in Green’s works and videos—a friendship that began with one magical series.

Singer Ariana Grande has enough love for Harry Potter to fill multiple entries. On social media, she’s shown off her custom Dumbledore jacket, the time she got her Grandma a Harry Potter scarf, and when she named her new dog Sirius Black. In her free time, Grande has Tweeted about playing “Harry Potter Scene It,” reread all of the books, attended a live concert with music from the first movie, and of course went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Grande once said that watching the last film was basically the end of her childhood—a statement that makes her both relatable to fellow Potterheads and shows that she’s under the franchises’ spell.

Evanna Lynch’s relationship with Harry Potter may be the most inspiring. At just 11-years-old, Lynch struggled with an eating disorder. The Potterverse helped her through, and while in a hospital for treatment, she was given time to a pick up a signed copy of the fifth “Harry Potter” book and wrote letters to J.K. Rowling, who wrote back with messages of support. Years later, without Rowling knowing, Lynch auditioned for the fifth “Harry Potter” movie and got the part of the quirky Luna Lovegood, enchanting audiences in four films overall. Lynch said that the series’ characters helped her overcome her struggles and embrace who she truly is.


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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Any fan can make fun of a series, but few can create a global phenomenon in doing so. In 2009, Criss partnered with his theater group StarKid Productions to create the parody show, “A Very Potter Musical." Criss even starred as Harry Potter himself. After posting the show recording online, the video went viral and racked up millions of views. Even after Criss landed a recurring role on “Glee,” the musical grew, spawning two successful sequels and many adoring fans. Criss may not have starred in any of the films, but as a fan, he helped create an iconic version of Harry Potter.