What was the name of J.K. Rowling’s first husband?

J.K. Rowling’s first husband was Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes.

Rowling met Arantes while living in Porto, Portugal, where she taught English. They married in 1992 and had a daughter, Jessica, in 1993. The marriage ended in divorce in 1995.

This relationship belongs to Rowling’s biography before the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. After returning to the United Kingdom, she lived in Edinburgh and continued writing while caring for her young daughter. Her later husband is Neil Murray, whom she married in 2001.

The names can be confused because Peter Rowling was her father, not a husband. Neil Murray was her second husband, while Jorge Arantes was the journalist she married in Portugal. These biographical details are separate from the fictional world of Harry Potter and from Rowling’s later public work as an author and philanthropist.