Which J.K. Rowling character is known as the Boy Who Lived?

J.K. Rowling’s character known as the Boy Who Lived is Harry Potter.

The nickname comes from Harry’s survival of an attack by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort when Harry was an infant. Voldemort’s killing curse rebounded after striking Harry, leaving Harry with a lightning-shaped scar and apparently destroying Voldemort’s body.

Harry’s survival made him famous in the wizarding world before he understood why. He was raised by his Muggle relatives, the Dursleys, and learned little about his parents or his magical heritage until Rubeus Hagrid told him about Hogwarts.

The phrase is closely associated with Harry, but the story later explains that survival involved sacrificial protection created by his mother, Lily Potter. Harry’s relationship with Voldemort forms the central conflict of Rowling’s seven-novel series and its film adaptations.