Ravenclaw

"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 at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was founded by Rowena Ravenclaw for the smartest students. Its colors are blue and bronze (Blue and Silver in the movies), and its symbol is the Eagle. The Ravenclaw Quidditch Team wears blue Quidditch robes to the school Quidditch matches. Ravenclaw students tend to be clever, witty, intelligent, knowledgeable, and Ravenclaw has been stated to be the house of beauty. Probably due to Rownea Ravenclaw's beauty, and the fact that every Ravenclaw in the books is extremely handsome or beautiful. The Ravenclaw common room and dormitories are located in Ravenclaw Tower on the west side of the school behind a door with no knobs or keyholes. By using the Eagle shaped knocker, students must answer questions to enter the house common room. Its head of house is currently Filius Flitwick, and its house ghost is The Grey Lady, who in her day was Helena Ravenclaw daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw.

Ravenclaw corresponds roughly to the element of air.

Known Ravenclaws

 * Stewart Ackerley
 * Marcus Belby
 * Terry Boot
 * Bradley
 * Mandy Brocklehurst
 * Randolph Burrow
 * Eddie Carmichael
 * Chambers
 * Cho Chang
 * Penelope Clearwater
 * Michael Corner
 * Roger Davies
 * Harry Dowsett
 * Marietta Edgecombe
 * S. Fawcett
 * Anthony Goldstein
 * Duncan Inglebee
 * Gerald Jacobs
 * Luna Lovegood
 * Myrtle
 * Grant Page
 * Padma Patil (Gryffindor in the movies)
 * Orla Quirke
 * Jason Samuels
 * Judith Snipe
 * Jeremy Stretton
 * Lisa Turpin

Non-canon Ravenclaws
During a 2001 TV special called Harry Potter and Me, J.K. Rowling showed the camera an early notebook page listing some of the 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
 * Su Li (possibly the pre-Cho Chang)