Voldemort and Dumbledore's Age

Harry Potface · November 2009

I've tried and tried to work out there age from clues in the books but i fail and when i think i might know i'm not really sure. Does anyone think they might know their ages? I'd really like to know...

keet · November 2009

Didn't Ron say Dumbledore was 100 and something?

I'm guessing Voldy's about.... 40's cos he went to school when Slughorn was teaching?

Anna · November 2009

Let's not forget that it was Tom riddle/Voldemort who opened the Chamber Of Secret for the first time. And in HP and CoS had it gone 50 year since it was open last time.

lupinshowl · November 2009

I think.........that they mentioned something about Dumbledore being 150 yrs old...........And true, Riddle opened the chamber of secrets when at Hogwarts.........I believe he was 16 yrs old when he opened the C.O.S..........so 50 yrs ago from Harry's 2nd year at Hogwarts............that would've made him around 66 yrs old..............Voldemort would be around 71-72 yrs old or something in Deathly Hallows.............

keet · November 2009

omg so he's an oap in DH...... bloody hell, doesn't look it does he!

HP_addict23 · November 2009

well , he wouldn't really look like that age coz he's
been reborn , right ? and even so , when he was alive after killing the
parents of harry , he was just a mere soul .. with no body left .. right ?

keet · November 2009

Good point hp_addict!!!!!

HP_addict23 · November 2009

er .. thanks keet ! and harrypotface , i hope i
answered your question ..

Richard · November 2009

How could Dumbledore be 150,I mean hes a human so he must have drank something or do somethingto make him live that long.So if hes that old does that mean Harry could live up to 150?Anyways,Poor Voldemort he wanted to be immortal and he died at a young age.

sectumsempra08 · November 2009

i think ron was just kidding about him being 150 years old.

xeraph · November 2009

I remember JK Rowling mentioning something about Dumbledore being 150. She also noted that wizards have a longer life span than muggles do, I think because of the magic, not sure really, but here is a little part of the interview with JK back in Oct. of 2000 before the first movie came out.

Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?
J.K. Rowling responds: Dumbledore is a hundred and fifty, and Professor McGonagall is a sprightly seventy. Wizards have a much longer life expectancy than Muggles. (Harry hasn't found out about that yet.)

got the interview from this site that has all JK Rowlings interviews

http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm

Richard · November 2009

Thats great! Thanks!

kajsaww · November 2009

in the 2nd book it was 50 years ago voldemort was 16.. 66 years.. then plus 5 years to the 7th book.. 71 years!!

Voldemort and Dumbledore's Age

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