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November 1, 2022 - Continue this thread ... Wait, wasn’t he younger than Harry by 5 years?! ... He’s around 115 when he is killed by Snape. ... That's what I was looking for, thank you! ... Was this a thing that was retconned or what?
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2 weeks ago - 30 June 1997 (aged 115) Astronomy Tower, Hogwarts Castle, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain[6][4] ... "Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I ...
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Dumbledore was approximately 150 years old when he died, according to J.K. Rowling.

Question: How old is old in the wizarding world, and how old are Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall?

J.K. Rowling: 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.)

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I'll add this from the Harry Potter Lexicon, which addresses the fact that Dumbledore's age seems to be less than 150 at the time of his death:

Birthdate: 1881 (JKR), probably in July or August. This date supercedes Jo's statement in 2001 that Dumbledore was "about 150 years old" (Blue Nose Day) and fits better with the dates that appear in Book 7. Regarding his month of birth, Rita [Skeeter] says that Dumbledore was “nearing” his 18th birthday when he left Hogwarts in June, but was still 17 when he met Grindelwald (DH18). Basically, at some point during Grindelwald’s stay at Godric’s Hollow Dumbledore turned 18, so the month of his birth appears to be July or August.

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Basically, it boils down to JKR is really really terrible at her math!

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The HP Lexicon lists Dumbledore's birth date as either July or August 1881 and his death as June 1997 so he was 115.

I dug a little more and found this from JK Rowling's Wizard of the Month posts from her website. The site no longer has the article but I have summoned it back with the Wayback Machine.

Albus Dumbledore

1881 - 1996
Brilliant and often controversial headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore is most famous for his 1945 defeat of Grindelwald and his steadfast championing of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived. Dumbledore's self-proclaimed proudest achievement, however, was featuring on a Famous Wizards Chocolate Frog Card.

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6 hours ago - He plays Dumbledore in six Harry Potter films, which were released from 2004 to 2011. Jude Law portrays a middle-aged version of the character in the prequel films Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
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Albus Dumbledore, for example, died when he was 115 years old, making him the oldest main character in the series. Although Nicholas Flamel and his wife lived more than 600 years thanks to the Philosopher's Stone, regular wizards can live between ...
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Answer (1 of 14): Officially Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him about 115 years old when he died in 1996. There is a lot of confusion about that because prior to J.K. giving an exact date for A.P.W.B.D.'s birth, she had mentioned in an ...
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2 weeks ago - Aurelius Dumbledore was born in at least spring 1900, to a Godric's Hollow girl whom his father, Aberforth Dumbledore, had a relationship with during the summer of 1899.[5] It is unknown if Aurelius was born in England or in France, despite ...
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I googled. This is what I found (Wikipedia): “Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. However, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 ...
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February 16, 2025 - Of course, no actor will ever be able to truly parallel Dumbledore's age because, according to the novels, he was more than 100 years old. This is not only rare for regular humans, but it would also be problematic from the perspective of creating ...
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1 week ago - He also acted in the Wes Anderson films The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). He gained wider recognition through his role of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011, replacing Richard Harris following his death in 2002.