Harry Potter Fans Celebrate the Character’s 40th Birthday

By Jamie Jirak - July 31, 2020 02:51 pm EDT

Happy Birthday, Harry James Potter! The beloved character from the Harry Potter franchise was born on July 31st, 1980, which means today is his big 40th birthday. The celebration comes only a week after the birthday of actor Danial Radcliffe, who is best known for playing Harry Potter in the film adaptations. Many fans took to Twitter last week to honor Radcliffe, and joke that he's now the official author of the Harry Potter series. Now, the fans are back to pay tribute to The Boy Who Lived and all of his services to the wizarding world.

"Happy Birthday to Harry Potter, the Chosen One ⚡," @wizardingworld tweeted.

Happy Birthday to Harry Potter, the Chosen One ⚡ pic.twitter.com/7kAYx6yA3R
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) July 31, 2020

And they're not the only ones! From photos of Radcliffe as Harry Potter to messages of thanks, here are some of the posts to hit Twitter today in honor of Harry's 40th birthday...

Many Names

40 years ago
31st July, 1980
The Boy Who Lived
The Chosen One
Harry Potter, was born.

Happy Birthday Harry James Potter! #HappyBirthdayHarryPotter pic.twitter.com/inTxo4NINN
— Harry Potter Facts (@theHPfacts) July 31, 2020

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29 Years Ago...

31 July 1991: Hagrid: "You're a wizard, Harry!"
Harry: "I'm a what?"#HappyBirthdayHarryPotter pic.twitter.com/hLo66WD4Dq
— Harry Potter World (@PotterWorldUK) July 31, 2020

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This Guy

Today is this mf's birthday💯#HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/VPYazlgfR0
— Bilal (@Bilallazhar) July 31, 2020

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Fan Art

Happy Birthday, Harry! 🎉 Remember when you tried to save Buckbeak and Sirius using the timeturner? ⏳⌛️

Big thanks to @TheNugrawesome for hosting this challenge! Had so much fun painting this!🙈#artidn #ArtistofSEA #harrypotter #harrypotterredraw #harrypotterbirthday pic.twitter.com/Icc4MbhSfK
— ndeye 🐢 (@ndeyedraws) July 31, 2020

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Iconic

happy birthday to harry potter aka the king of weird photoshoots pic.twitter.com/lBvcKgCrti
— mar (@lunastonks) July 31, 2020

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Thank You

Happy birthday #HarryPotter - The boy who lived.
He's a fiction character but feels real to me. Thank you for making my childhood special pic.twitter.com/50rGNH3dKf
— Prachi (@prachi_pareek_) July 31, 2020

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Happee Birthdae

Do you remember the day of his 11th Birthday? Hagrid gave him cake with misspelled HAPPY BIRTHDAY 😭 i was ready to die ❤️💞 #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/CqRMeSzOOT
— Anna🧸⁷ (@TaeKookspell) July 31, 2020

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Childhood Crush

happy birthday my crush childhood⚡️ #HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/WwyAw0UZu8
— farah (@paisusu__) July 31, 2020

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More Fan Art

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!🧙🏼‍♂️💫

Draco from Gryffindor🦉 🔁 Harry from slytherin🐍#HarryPotter #harrypotterbirthday #harrypotterredraw pic.twitter.com/hUP6s5iHLj
— dito🚀 (@meiditoo) July 31, 2020

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Always

Happy birthday harry!⚡
Untill the very end.#HarryPotter pic.twitter.com/dpCjSMeGSO
— Shruti Dubey (@Shruuutiiiii) July 31, 2020

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Good Work

The #HarryPotter fandom is celebrating July 31 the best way it knows how - by coming together to create positive change from within our platforms. We are very excited to share and be a part of this community fundraiser! #WandsUp for transgender rights! https://t.co/TSLXZluLl0 pic.twitter.com/uNpYjl5hk9
— MuggleNet: #1 Wizarding World Resource Since 1999 (@MuggleNet) July 31, 2020

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