Which Hogwarts house does J.K. Rowling assign to Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling assigns Harry Potter to Gryffindor, one of Hogwarts’ four houses.

Harry is sorted into Gryffindor during his first year at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The house is associated with courage, nerve, chivalry, and daring. Its emblematic animal is the lion, and its house colours are scarlet and gold.

Harry’s closest friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, are also Gryffindors. Many of the series’ central school scenes take place in Gryffindor Tower or involve the house’s rivalry with Slytherin. The house is led by Professor Minerva McGonagall, its Head of House.

A common misunderstanding is that the Sorting Hat simply makes an irreversible judgment about personality. Harry’s own preference and choices matter during his sorting, and the series repeatedly emphasizes decisions over inherited labels. Although Harry has qualities associated with other houses, his canonical house is Gryffindor.