Ravenclaw

Padma Patil, "Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind."

- The Sorting Hat

Ravenclaw is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Members of this house are characterized by their brilliant intelligence and cleverness. Its house colors are blue and bronze, and its symbol is the eagle. The house ghost, who in life was the daughter of the house's founder, Rowena Ravenclaw, is the Grey Lady. Many great wizards have come from this house, including Filius Flitwick. Ravenclaw roughly corresponds with the element of air.

Common Room
The Ravenclaw common room is wide and circular. It has graceful arched windows, and the walls are hung with blue and bronze silks. The domed ceiling is painted with stars, which are echoed in the midnight-blue carpet. Tables, chairs, and bookcases cover the expanse of the floor, and a white-marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw sits next to the door that leads to the dormitories above. Unlike the other common rooms in the school, a logical riddle given by a bronze eagle-shaped knocker must be answered to enter.

Reputation
Ravenclaw emphasizes the traits of intelligence and wit, and thus its members are generally regarded as the smartest in the school. "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure" is an oft-repeated Ravenclaw proverb.

Known Ravenclaws

 * Filius Flitwick (dates unknown)
 * Stewart Ackerley (1994 - 2001)
 * Marcus Belby (1990s)
 * Terry Boot (1991 - 1998)
 * Bradley (1990s)
 * Mandy Brocklehurst (1991 - 1998)
 * Randolph Burrow (1990s)
 * Eddie Carmichael (1990 - 1997)
 * Chambers (1990s)
 * Cho Chang (1990 - 1997)
 * Penelope Clearwater (1987 - 1994)
 * Michael Corner (1991 - 1998)
 * Roger Davies 1990 - 1997)
 * Marietta Edgecombe (1990 - 1997)
 * S. Fawcett (1990s)
 * Anthony Goldstein (1991 - 1998)
 * Duncan Inglebee (1990s)
 * Luna Lovegood (1992 - 1999)
 * Moaning Myrtle (1940s)
 * Grant Page ( 1990s)
 * Padma Patil (1991 - 1998)
 * Orla Quirke (1994 - 2001)
 * Helena Ravenclaw (founder´s time)
 * Jason Samuels (1990s)
 * Jeremy Stretton (1990s)
 * Lisa Turpin (1991 - 1998)
 * Raymond (Somewhere between 1984 and 1998

Behind the scenes
These Students attended Hogwarts from 1991 - 1998.
 * The Ravenclaw colours in the films are blue and silver.
 * In the books, Ravenclaw colours are blue and bronze.
 * During a 2001 TV special called Harry Potter and Me, J.K. Rowling showed the camera early notes listing some students in Harry's year. Below are Ravenclaws that have not been introduced in the actual books. These notes are not considered canon.
 * Stephen Cornfoot
 * Kevin Entwhistle
 * Isabel MacDougal
 * Katherine MacDougal
 * Su Li (possible draft Cho Chang)