Every Confirmed Death Eater Named in the Harry Potter Series

Lord Voldemort’s Death Eaters are among the most feared figures in the wizarding world – a cadre of dark wizards and witches bound by the Dark Mark and a fanatical devotion to pure-blood supremacy. From Voldemort’s earliest days as Tom Riddle recruiting followers at Hogwarts to the final Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, these followers terrorized the magical community across two wizarding wars, committing murders, torture, and acts of terrorism in their master’s name. For the objects Voldemort used to ensure his immortality, see our complete guide to every Horcrux Voldemort created.

But how many Death Eaters are actually named across the seven Harry Potter novels and the films? The answer is more than most fans realize. Some are household names – Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape. Others appear for only a scene or two, named in passing during a trial, a battle, or a graveyard summoning. This list covers every single confirmed, named Death Eater – those who bore the Dark Mark or were explicitly identified as members of Voldemort’s inner circle. No speculation, no maybes. Just the confirmed roster of the Dark Lord’s most devoted servants.

Severus Snape

Severus Snape is perhaps the most complex figure on this list – a confirmed Death Eater who became the Order of the Phoenix’s most important spy. A half-blood raised in the Muggle town of Spinner’s End, Snape was drawn to the Dark Arts during his time in Slytherin and joined Voldemort’s ranks shortly after leaving Hogwarts in the late 1970s. He carried the Dark Mark on his left forearm for the rest of his life.

Snape’s turn came when he learned that Voldemort intended to kill Lily Evans Potter – the woman Snape had loved since childhood. He begged Dumbledore to protect her and became a double agent, feeding intelligence to the Order while maintaining his cover among the Death Eaters. After Lily’s death, Snape dedicated himself to protecting her son Harry, though he concealed this behind a mask of cruelty and contempt.

During the Second Wizarding War, Snape killed Albus Dumbledore on Dumbledore’s own orders to maintain his cover and spare Draco Malfoy. He served as Headmaster of Hogwarts under Voldemort’s regime before being killed by Nagini at the Battle of Hogwarts. His true loyalties were revealed posthumously through his memories. Blood status: Half-blood. Fate: Killed by Nagini. Books: 1-7.

Lucius Malfoy

Lucius Malfoy was the wealthy, politically connected patriarch of the Malfoy family and one of Voldemort’s most prominent supporters during both wizarding wars. A pure-blood supremacist educated in Slytherin, Lucius used his fortune and Ministry connections to advance the Death Eater cause even during the years when Voldemort was believed dead – though he claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse.

Lucius first appears in Chamber of Secrets, where he plants Tom Riddle’s diary on Ginny Weasley to reopen the Chamber of Secrets and discredit Arthur Weasley. When Voldemort returned in Goblet of Fire, Lucius was among the first to answer his summons in the graveyard. He led the Death Eater assault on the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix, where his failure to retrieve the prophecy led to his imprisonment in Azkaban.

By Deathly Hallows, the Malfoy family had fallen from grace. Voldemort commandeered their manor, humiliated Lucius publicly, and destroyed his wand. Lucius ultimately chose his family over the cause, and the Malfoys were pardoned after the war due to Narcissa’s act of saving Harry in the Forbidden Forest. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Pardoned. Books: 2-7.

Bellatrix Lestrange

Bellatrix Lestrange, née Black, was Voldemort’s most devoted and dangerous follower – a pure-blood witch whose fanaticism bordered on obsession. The eldest of the three Black sisters, Bellatrix married Rodolphus Lestrange but appeared to care far more for her master than her husband. She was the last Death Eater standing beside Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts.

After Voldemort’s first fall, Bellatrix and three other Death Eaters tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into permanent insanity using the Cruciatus Curse, seeking information about Voldemort’s whereabouts. She was convicted and sentenced to Azkaban, where she spent fourteen years before escaping in the mass breakout of 1996. Upon her return, she became Voldemort’s most active lieutenant – killing her cousin Sirius Black at the Department of Mysteries, murdering Nymphadora Tonks during the Battle of Hogwarts, and training Draco Malfoy in Occlumency.

Bellatrix was ultimately killed by Molly Weasley during the final battle at Hogwarts, in one of the series’ most cathartic moments. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Killed by Molly Weasley. Books: 4-7 (named in 4, appears from 5).

Rodolphus Lestrange

Rodolphus Lestrange was the husband of Bellatrix and a devoted Death Eater from a prominent pure-blood family. He participated in the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom alongside his wife, brother Rabastan, and Barty Crouch Jr. – an act so horrific it earned all four life sentences in Azkaban.

Rodolphus escaped during the mass Azkaban breakout in 1996 and rejoined Voldemort’s forces. He fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and was subsequently recaptured and returned to Azkaban, though he escaped again when the Dementors fully allied with Voldemort. Rodolphus survived the Second Wizarding War – in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, he is revealed to be the one who told Delphi about her true parentage as the daughter of Voldemort and Bellatrix. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Imprisoned in Azkaban (post-war). Books: 4-7.

Rabastan Lestrange

Rabastan Lestrange was Rodolphus’s younger brother and a fellow participant in the torture of the Longbottoms. Like his brother, Rabastan was sentenced to life in Azkaban for this crime and was among those identified by Igor Karkaroff during his trial before the Wizengamot.

Rabastan escaped Azkaban in the 1996 mass breakout and fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. He is one of the less prominent Death Eaters in the series, rarely acting independently from his brother or Bellatrix. His fate after the Battle of Hogwarts is not explicitly stated, but as a convicted Death Eater who escaped Azkaban, he was almost certainly recaptured and imprisoned. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Likely re-imprisoned. Books: 4-5 (mentioned).

Peter Pettigrew

Peter Pettigrew, known as Wormtail, is one of the most reviled figures in the Harry Potter series – a coward whose betrayal led directly to the deaths of James and Lily Potter. Uniquely among Death Eaters, Pettigrew was a Gryffindor at Hogwarts, where he befriended James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin as one of the Marauders. He became an unregistered Animagus capable of transforming into a rat.

Pettigrew secretly joined the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War and became the Potters’ Secret-Keeper – then betrayed their location to Voldemort. When Sirius confronted him, Pettigrew killed twelve Muggles with a single curse, cut off his own finger, and escaped in rat form, framing Sirius for everything. He spent twelve years hiding as the Weasley family’s pet rat “Scabbers” before being unmasked in Prisoner of Azkaban.

Pettigrew helped resurrect Voldemort in Goblet of Fire, sacrificing his own hand in the ritual. Voldemort replaced it with a magical silver hand that ultimately killed Pettigrew when he showed a moment of mercy toward Harry in Deathly Hallows. Blood status: Half-blood (likely). Fate: Strangled by his own silver hand. Books: 1-7.

Barty Crouch Jr.

Bartemius “Barty” Crouch Jr. was one of Voldemort’s most fanatical and cunning followers. The son of the ambitious Ministry official Bartemius Crouch Sr., young Barty was convicted alongside the Lestranges for the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom and sentenced to Azkaban. His distraught mother arranged a switch – she took his place in Azkaban using Polyjuice Potion and died there, while Barty was smuggled out and kept under his father’s Imperius Curse at home.

Freed by Voldemort and Pettigrew, Crouch Jr. executed one of the most elaborate schemes in the series: he kidnapped Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody, impersonated him using Polyjuice Potion for an entire school year, and manipulated the Triwizard Tournament to deliver Harry Potter to Voldemort. He murdered his own father to prevent him from reaching Dumbledore.

After his plot was exposed, Crouch Jr. confessed under Veritaserum but was subjected to the Dementor’s Kiss before he could testify publicly – his soul was sucked out, leaving him in a permanent vegetative state. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Received the Dementor’s Kiss. Books: 4.

Igor Karkaroff

Igor Karkaroff was the Headmaster of the Durmstrang Institute and a former Death Eater who bought his freedom by turning informant. After Voldemort’s first fall, Karkaroff was captured and brought before the Wizengamot, where he named several fellow Death Eaters – including Augustus Rookwood, Severus Snape, and others – in exchange for his release from Azkaban.

Karkaroff appears prominently in Goblet of Fire as one of the Triwizard Tournament judges. Throughout the book, he grows increasingly anxious as the Dark Mark on his arm grows darker, signaling Voldemort’s return. When Voldemort is fully restored, Karkaroff flees rather than face his former master’s wrath for his betrayal.

His cowardice only delayed the inevitable. Karkaroff’s body was found in a shack in the north of the country with the Dark Mark hovering above it, sometime in the summer of 1996. As Voldemort told his followers in the graveyard: the one who had betrayed them would pay. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Murdered by Death Eaters. Books: 4, 6 (death mentioned).

Antonin Dolohov

Antonin Dolohov was a brutal and highly capable Death Eater responsible for the murders of Gideon and Fabian Prewett – Molly Weasley’s brothers – during the First Wizarding War. He was convicted and imprisoned in Azkaban after Voldemort’s first fall, named by Igor Karkaroff during his testimony.

Dolohov escaped in the 1996 Azkaban breakout and became one of Voldemort’s most active combatants during the Second Wizarding War. At the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, he struck Hermione Granger with a powerful purple curse that nearly killed her, and he later murdered Remus Lupin during the Battle of Hogwarts. In Deathly Hallows, Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle tracked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to a café on Tottenham Court Road, where they were defeated and had their memories modified.

Dolohov was finally defeated during the Battle of Hogwarts by Filius Flitwick. He is one of the most consistently dangerous Death Eaters across the series. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Presumably imprisoned after the Battle of Hogwarts. Books: 4-7.

Augustus Rookwood

Augustus Rookwood was a Death Eater who worked as a spy within the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries. His position as an Unspeakable gave Voldemort invaluable intelligence about the Ministry’s inner workings and its most closely guarded secrets, including the existence and nature of the prophecy concerning Harry Potter.

Rookwood was named as a Death Eater by Igor Karkaroff during his Wizengamot testimony and subsequently imprisoned in Azkaban. He escaped during the 1996 mass breakout and provided Voldemort with crucial information about how prophecies worked in the Department of Mysteries, correcting faulty intelligence that Avery had given. Rookwood fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and later at the Battle of Hogwarts.

During the final battle, Rookwood was brought down by Aberforth Dumbledore. His insider knowledge of the Ministry made him one of the more strategically valuable Death Eaters. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 4-7.

Walden Macnair

Walden Macnair served as the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures’ executioner – the wizard sent to behead Buckbeak the Hippogriff in Prisoner of Azkaban. His day job was a perfect cover for a man who, as Hagrid later noted, enjoyed killing.

Macnair was among the Death Eaters who answered Voldemort’s summons in the graveyard in Goblet of Fire, and Voldemort tasked him with recruiting the giants to the Death Eater cause. He fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and was identified among the captured Death Eaters. Macnair was also responsible for killing Broderick Bode in St. Mungo’s Hospital by sending him a potted Devil’s Snare disguised as a Christmas present.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Macnair was thrown across the Great Hall by Hagrid. His fate after the battle is not specified, but he was presumably captured and imprisoned. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 3-7.

Fenrir Greyback

Note: Greyback is included here as a confirmed associate and ally of the Death Eaters during both Wizarding Wars. His formal Death Eater status – specifically whether he bore the Dark Mark – is never explicitly confirmed in the books. He is included on this list because he fought alongside Death Eaters, was granted rewards by Voldemort, and is consistently treated as part of Voldemort’s inner circle throughout the series.

Fenrir Greyback occupies a unique position among Voldemort’s followers. A werewolf who positioned himself near victims at the full moon and deliberately targeted children, Greyback was not technically a full Death Eater – he did not bear the Dark Mark. However, he was closely allied with the Death Eaters and participated in their operations, making him a confirmed associate who fought alongside them in multiple battles.

Greyback was responsible for infecting Remus Lupin with lycanthropy as a child, an act of revenge against Lupin’s father. He attacked Bill Weasley during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in Half-Blood Prince, scarring him permanently even though Greyback was untransformed at the time. He also killed a five-year-old Montgomery child and participated in the Snatchers, the groups that hunted Muggle-borns and blood traitors during Voldemort’s regime.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Greyback was brought down by Ron Weasley and Neville Longbottom. His savagery made him feared even among other Death Eaters. Blood status: Unknown (half-blood speculated). Fate: Defeated at Battle of Hogwarts, presumably imprisoned. Books: 6-7.

Corban Yaxley

Corban Yaxley was a high-ranking Death Eater who played a crucial role in Voldemort’s takeover of the Ministry of Magic. He placed Minister for Magic Pius Thicknesse under the Imperius Curse, effectively giving the Death Eaters control of the government without a visible coup.

Yaxley first appears at the Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor that opens Deathly Hallows, where he reports on the progress of the Ministry infiltration. After Voldemort’s takeover, Yaxley became the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, overseeing the Muggle-Born Registration Commission and the persecution of Muggle-born witches and wizards. He pursued Harry, Ron, and Hermione to the very doorstep of Grimmauld Place after they infiltrated the Ministry.

Yaxley also fought at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in Half-Blood Prince and at the Battle of Hogwarts. He was among the Death Eaters who dueled with members of the Order of the Phoenix in the final battle. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 6-7.

Alecto Carrow

Alecto Carrow was a Death Eater who, alongside her brother Amycus, participated in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in Half-Blood Prince – the assault that ended with Dumbledore’s death. After Voldemort seized control of the Ministry, the Carrow siblings were installed at Hogwarts as professors, with Alecto teaching Muggle Studies.

Under Alecto’s instruction, Muggle Studies became a mandatory class devoted to anti-Muggle propaganda, teaching students that Muggles were “like animals, stupid and dirty” and that the natural order required wizards to dominate them. Students who resisted or questioned this curriculum were punished severely.

At the start of the Battle of Hogwarts, Alecto cornered Harry in Ravenclaw Tower and touched her Dark Mark to summon Voldemort, but was stunned by Luna Lovegood before she could do anything further. Her brother Amycus then spat in Professor McGonagall’s face while trying to plan a cover story, prompting McGonagall to use the Cruciatus Curse on him. Both Carrows were tied up and removed from action. Blood status: Unknown (likely pure-blood). Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 6-7.

Amycus Carrow

Amycus Carrow was Alecto’s brother and fellow Death Eater. Like his sister, he fought at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and was subsequently installed at Hogwarts during Voldemort’s regime. Amycus was appointed professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts – renamed simply “the Dark Arts” – where he forced students to practice the Cruciatus Curse on fellow students who had received detention.

Amycus was a particularly sadistic figure. Neville Longbottom and other members of Dumbledore’s Army bore the brunt of his cruelty, enduring torture as punishment for resistance. The Carrows’ reign of terror at Hogwarts was one of the most disturbing elements of Deathly Hallows, showing how the Death Eater ideology corrupted even the safety of a school.

When Alecto was stunned in Ravenclaw Tower, Amycus panicked and suggested blaming students for summoning Voldemort by accident. When he spat in McGonagall’s face, she hit him with an Imperius Curse (in the films) or the Cruciatus Curse (in the book), incapacitating him before the battle began. Blood status: Unknown (likely pure-blood). Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 6-7.

Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy is the youngest confirmed Death Eater in the series, inducted at the age of sixteen following his father’s imprisonment in Azkaban. His recruitment was as much a punishment for Lucius’s failures as it was an honor – Voldemort assigned Draco the seemingly impossible task of killing Albus Dumbledore, fully expecting him to fail and die in the attempt.

Draco spent his sixth year at Hogwarts repairing a Vanishing Cabinet that connected Hogwarts to Borgin and Burkes, creating a passage for Death Eaters to infiltrate the school. His increasingly desperate attempts also included cursing Katie Bell via an enchanted necklace and poisoning a bottle of mead – both of which nearly killed the wrong people. When he finally confronted Dumbledore on the Astronomy Tower, Draco could not bring himself to kill the headmaster, lowering his wand before Snape intervened.

In Deathly Hallows, a traumatized Draco reluctantly served under Voldemort’s regime at Malfoy Manor. He hesitated to identify Harry when the Snatchers brought him in. The Malfoy family was pardoned after the war. Draco married Astoria Greengrass and had a son, Scorpius. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Pardoned. Books: 1-7.

Regulus Arcturus Black

Regulus Black was the younger brother of Sirius Black and a Death Eater who turned against Voldemort – not out of any rejection of pure-blood ideology, but out of horror at the depths of Voldemort’s cruelty. A Slytherin who joined the Death Eaters at around age sixteen, Regulus was initially a true believer, as evidenced by the newspaper clippings about Voldemort found in his bedroom at Grimmauld Place.

Regulus’s disillusionment came when Voldemort borrowed his family’s house-elf, Kreacher, to test the defenses of the cave where he hid Slytherin’s locket Horcrux, then left Kreacher to die. When Kreacher survived and told Regulus what had happened, Regulus resolved to destroy the Horcrux. He returned to the cave with Kreacher, drank the basin of potion himself, retrieved the locket, and ordered Kreacher to destroy it. Regulus was then dragged beneath the water by the Inferi and drowned.

His sacrifice went unknown for nearly two decades. The replacement locket he left behind, signed “R.A.B.,” became a key clue in Deathly Hallows. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Killed by Inferi. Books: 5-7 (mentioned; backstory in 7).

Evan Rosier

Evan Rosier was a Death Eater during the First Wizarding War and a contemporary of Severus Snape at Hogwarts. He was part of the group of Slytherin students who were drawn to the Dark Arts and eventually became Voldemort’s followers, alongside Snape, Mulciber, Avery, and Wilkes.

Rosier chose to fight rather than surrender when cornered by Aurors after Voldemort’s first fall. In the ensuing battle, he was killed – but not before taking a piece of Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody’s nose. Igor Karkaroff named him during his Wizengamot testimony, only to be informed that Rosier was already dead.

Though Rosier appears only in flashbacks and testimony, he represents the generation of Death Eaters who were radicalized at Hogwarts and went directly from school into Voldemort’s service during the first war. Blood status: Pure-blood (the Rosier family appears in the Sacred Twenty-Eight). Fate: Killed resisting arrest. Books: 4 (mentioned in Karkaroff’s trial).

Wilkes

Wilkes was a Death Eater who, like Evan Rosier, was part of Snape’s circle of Slytherin friends at Hogwarts. He was named by Igor Karkaroff during his Wizengamot testimony in Goblet of Fire, where it was revealed that Wilkes had been killed by Aurors during the First Wizarding War.

Very little else is known about Wilkes – not even his first name is given in the books. Sirius Black confirms that Wilkes was part of the gang of future Death Eaters that included Snape, Rosier, Mulciber, and Avery. His death at the hands of Aurors suggests he, like Rosier, chose to resist capture rather than surrender.

Wilkes represents the many Death Eaters whose stories are told only in fragments – named once, confirmed dead, and otherwise lost to history. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Killed by Aurors. Books: 4-5 (mentioned).

Crabbe Sr.

Crabbe Sr. (first name unknown) was the father of Vincent Crabbe and a Death Eater who served Voldemort during both wizarding wars. He was among those who answered Voldemort’s summons in the graveyard at Little Hangleton in Goblet of Fire, and he fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix.

Like many of the rank-and-file Death Eaters, Crabbe Sr. is defined more by his presence at key events than by individual actions. He was captured after the Department of Mysteries battle and presumably sent to Azkaban. His son Vincent followed in his footsteps, though Vincent was never officially marked as a Death Eater – he died in the Room of Requirement when his own Fiendfyre spell went out of control.

Crabbe Sr.’s fate after the Second Wizarding War is not specified in the books. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 4-5 (present at graveyard and Department of Mysteries).

Goyle Sr.

Goyle Sr. (first name unknown) was the father of Gregory Goyle and, like Crabbe Sr., a Death Eater who appeared at Voldemort’s summoning in the graveyard and fought at the Department of Mysteries. The two are almost always mentioned in tandem, reflecting their sons’ inseparable partnership as Draco Malfoy’s enforcers at Hogwarts.

Goyle Sr. was among the Death Eaters who knelt before Voldemort in the graveyard, begging forgiveness for not seeking out their master during his years of exile. Voldemort responded to their groveling with contempt and punishment via the Cruciatus Curse.

Like Crabbe Sr., Goyle Sr. was captured at the Department of Mysteries and presumably imprisoned. His ultimate fate is unspecified. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 4-5.

Nott Sr.

Nott Sr. (first name unknown) was an elderly Death Eater and the father of Theodore Nott, a Slytherin student in Harry’s year. He was among Voldemort’s followers who appeared in the graveyard in Goblet of Fire and is described as an elderly, stooped man. Voldemort notes that Nott’s wife had died and he addresses him with a degree of acknowledgment.

Nott Sr. fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and was captured there. He was subsequently imprisoned in Azkaban. In The Cursed Child, it is revealed that Theodore Nott created a prototype Time-Turner, suggesting the Nott family remained connected to dark magical artifacts even after the war.

Nott Sr. is one of several Death Eaters whose presence confirms the generational nature of Voldemort’s following – pure-blood families passing their allegiance from parent to child. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Imprisoned in Azkaban. Books: 4-5.

Avery Sr.

Note: Avery Sr. is included based on his appearance in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (a magical basin used to store and review memories). He is shown as part of Tom Riddle’s original Hogwarts inner circle – a separate individual from Avery Jr., who served during the Second Wizarding War.

Avery Sr. was one of Voldemort’s earliest followers, part of the group of Slytherin students who surrounded Tom Riddle during his Hogwarts years. He appears in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories in Half-Blood Prince, identified among the young men who accompanied Riddle and who would later become the first Death Eaters.

Avery Sr. is distinct from his son (Avery Jr.), who served during the Second Wizarding War. The elder Avery was part of Riddle’s inner circle from the very beginning, making him one of the founding members of the Death Eaters – originally known as the Knights of Walpurgis.

Little else is known about Avery Sr.’s specific actions. He likely participated in the First Wizarding War and may have been among those who claimed the Imperius defense after Voldemort’s first fall. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Unknown. Books: 6 (Pensieve memory).

Avery Jr.

Avery Jr. was a Death Eater who served during both wizarding wars and was present at Voldemort’s rebirth in the graveyard at Little Hangleton. He is distinguished from his father by his appearance at the graveyard summoning, where Voldemort punished him with the Cruciatus Curse – Avery writhed and screamed, begging for forgiveness.

Avery Jr.’s most notable contribution was providing Voldemort with intelligence about the Department of Mysteries and the prophecy. However, his information proved faulty – he told Voldemort that the prophecy could be retrieved by anyone, when in fact only the subjects of the prophecy could remove it. Augustus Rookwood later corrected this, and Avery presumably suffered further punishment for his error.

Avery Jr. was also identified by Karkaroff during his Wizengamot testimony. He fought at the Department of Mysteries and was captured there. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Imprisoned in Azkaban. Books: 4-5.

Mulciber Sr.

Note: Like Avery Sr., Mulciber Sr. appears in Dumbledore’s Pensieve as a member of Tom Riddle’s original Hogwarts circle. He is a separate individual from Mulciber Jr., who served during the Second Wizarding War.

Mulciber Sr. was, like Avery Sr., one of Tom Riddle’s earliest followers at Hogwarts. He appears in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories in Half-Blood Prince as part of the group of Slytherin students who formed Riddle’s first inner circle – the students who would go on to become the founding Death Eaters.

Mulciber Sr. is distinct from his son, who was a contemporary of Snape at Hogwarts and active during the later period. The elder Mulciber’s specific actions are not detailed in the books, but his presence among Riddle’s early followers marks him as one of the original Death Eaters.

His fate is not specified, though given his age (he would have been at Hogwarts in the 1940s), he may have died of natural causes before the events of the main series. Blood status: Unknown (likely pure-blood). Fate: Unknown. Books: 6 (Pensieve memory).

Mulciber Jr.

Mulciber Jr. was a Death Eater and contemporary of Severus Snape at Hogwarts, part of the Slytherin circle that included Avery, Rosier, and Wilkes. Sirius Black described him to Harry as part of the gang of future Death Eaters that Snape ran with at school. Lily Evans specifically called out Mulciber by name for using dark magic against a fellow student – Mary Macdonald – in what she described as an act of pure evil.

Mulciber was known as a specialist in the Imperius Curse. He was named by Igor Karkaroff during his Wizengamot testimony and was presumably imprisoned in Azkaban after the First Wizarding War. He escaped during the 1996 mass breakout and fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, where he was recaptured.

His specialty in the Imperius Curse made him a particularly insidious Death Eater – one who controlled others rather than attacking directly. Blood status: Unknown (likely pure-blood). Fate: Imprisoned in Azkaban. Books: 4-5 (mentioned), 7 (Snape’s memories).

Thorfinn Rowle

Thorfinn Rowle was a large, blond Death Eater who participated in several key battles during the Second Wizarding War. He fought at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in Half-Blood Prince, where he was responsible for setting Hagrid’s hut on fire during the Death Eaters’ escape from Hogwarts.

In Deathly Hallows, Rowle and Antonin Dolohov tracked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to a Muggle café on Tottenham Court Road shortly after Bill and Fleur’s wedding. The resulting duel ended with both Death Eaters defeated and their memories modified. Voldemort subsequently punished Rowle severely for his failure, ordering Draco Malfoy to use the Cruciatus Curse on him – a scene that highlighted both Voldemort’s cruelty and Draco’s unwilling descent into darkness.

Rowle also fought at the Battle of Hogwarts. His fate after the battle is not explicitly stated. Blood status: Unknown (likely pure-blood; the Rowle family appears in the Sacred Twenty-Eight). Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 6-7.

Selwyn

Selwyn is a Death Eater who appears in Deathly Hallows, most notably during the chase scene when Harry and Hagrid flee from Privet Drive during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Selwyn is one of the Death Eaters who pursues them on broomstick and calls out to another Death Eater that it is the real Harry.

Selwyn also appears alongside Travers when they encounter Xenophilius Lovegood. The Selwyn family is an old pure-blood line – Dolores Umbridge falsely claimed to be related to the Selwyns to bolster her own blood-purity credentials when wearing Slytherin’s locket to the Muggle-Born Registration Commission.

Beyond these appearances, little is known about Selwyn’s individual actions or background. He represents the layer of Death Eaters who served Voldemort faithfully but whose personal stories are largely untold. Blood status: Pure-blood (Selwyn is a Sacred Twenty-Eight family). Fate: Unknown, presumably imprisoned. Books: 7.

Travers

Travers was a Death Eater active during both wizarding wars. He was named by Igor Karkaroff during his Wizengamot testimony as one of the Death Eaters responsible for the murders of Marlene McKinnon and her family during the First Wizarding War – one of the most brutal atrocities committed by Voldemort’s followers.

In Deathly Hallows, Travers encounters Hermione Granger (disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange via Polyjuice Potion) in Diagon Alley. He accompanies her and Harry (hidden under the Invisibility Cloak) into Gringotts, where Harry places him under the Imperius Curse to prevent him from interfering with their break-in to the Lestrange vault.

Travers is one of the few Death Eaters who appears in significant scenes across both wars, providing a thread of continuity between Voldemort’s two reigns of terror. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Unknown, presumably imprisoned. Books: 4 (Karkaroff’s testimony), 7.

Jugson

Jugson was a Death Eater who fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in Order of the Phoenix. He is named during the battle sequence and was among the group of Death Eaters who pursued Harry and his friends through the various chambers of the Department.

Very little is known about Jugson beyond his participation in this battle. He was presumably captured along with the other Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries when Dumbledore arrived and subdued them. His background, blood status, and ultimate fate are not elaborated upon in the books.

Jugson is one of the most obscure confirmed Death Eaters, appearing only in this single battle. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Presumably imprisoned. Books: 5.

Gibbon

Gibbon was a Death Eater who participated in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in Half-Blood Prince. His most notable action was casting the Dark Mark above the Astronomy Tower to signal to Draco Malfoy that the Death Eaters had successfully infiltrated Hogwarts via the Vanishing Cabinet.

Gibbon’s career as a Death Eater was cut short during the very battle in which he participated. He was killed by a stray curse from a fellow Death Eater – one aimed at Remus Lupin that missed its target. His death by friendly fire is one of the more grimly ironic moments in the series.

Nothing else is known about Gibbon, including his first name, blood status, or when he joined the Death Eaters. He is among the least prominent named Death Eaters in the series. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Killed by friendly fire. Books: 6.

Lestrange Sr.

Note: Lestrange Sr. appears in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories as a member of Tom Riddle’s earliest followers at Hogwarts. He is listed as a distinct individual from Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange.

Lestrange Sr. (first name unknown) was one of Tom Riddle’s earliest followers at Hogwarts, appearing in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories in Half-Blood Prince. He was part of the original group of Slytherin students – alongside Avery Sr., Mulciber Sr., and others – who surrounded the young Riddle and who would later form the foundation of the Death Eaters.

Lestrange Sr. is the father (or possibly grandfather) of Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange. His presence in Riddle’s inner circle at Hogwarts establishes that the Lestrange family’s devotion to Voldemort spanned multiple generations – from Tom Riddle’s school days through the Second Wizarding War.

His specific actions and fate are not detailed in the books. As one of Riddle’s earliest supporters, he would have been among the founding members of the group originally known as the Knights of Walpurgis. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Unknown. Books: 6 (Pensieve memory).

Rosier Sr.

Note: Rosier Sr. appears in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories alongside other early Hogwarts followers of Tom Riddle. He is a separate individual from Evan Rosier, who served during the First Wizarding War.

Rosier Sr. (first name unknown) was another member of Tom Riddle’s original inner circle at Hogwarts, appearing alongside Lestrange, Avery, and Mulciber in Dumbledore’s Pensieve memories. He is the father of Evan Rosier, who would go on to become a Death Eater in his own right before being killed by Aurors.

Like the other founding members of Riddle’s group, Rosier Sr. helped establish the movement that would become the Death Eaters. The Rosier family is listed among the Sacred Twenty-Eight – the supposedly pure-blood families catalogued in the 1930s – which would have made them natural allies for Riddle’s blood-purity ideology.

Rosier Sr.’s individual actions and fate are not described in the books. His legacy lived on through his son Evan and through the Rosier family’s continued connection to dark magic. Blood status: Pure-blood. Fate: Unknown. Books: 6 (Pensieve memory).

Pius Thicknesse

Note: Pius Thicknesse is a special case on this list. He did not willingly join the Death Eaters – he was placed under the Imperius Curse (a mind-control spell) and used as a puppet to give Voldemort control of the Ministry of Magic. He is included here because he functioned as a Death Eater operative during the Second Wizarding War, while acknowledging he was not a willing participant.

Pius Thicknesse presents a complicated case among the Death Eaters. He was the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement who was placed under the Imperius Curse by Corban Yaxley and subsequently installed as a puppet Minister for Magic after Voldemort’s takeover of the Ministry. While Thicknesse was not a willing Death Eater, he functioned as one under Voldemort’s control and is listed among those who fought on the Death Eater side at the Battle of Hogwarts.

During his time as puppet Minister, Thicknesse oversaw – unknowingly in terms of free will – the persecution of Muggle-born wizards and the transformation of the Ministry into an instrument of Voldemort’s regime. He signed orders and made public appearances that legitimized the Death Eater takeover.

At the Battle of Hogwarts, Thicknesse fought against the defenders, still under the Imperius Curse. He was hit by a curse from Percy Weasley during the battle. After Voldemort’s defeat, Thicknesse was presumably freed from the Imperius Curse and cleared of wrongdoing, as Kingsley Shacklebolt took over as Minister. Blood status: Unknown. Fate: Freed from Imperius Curse. Books: 7.