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Name	1,002	1,002
Life and career	23	61,343
Early life and family	7,135	7,135
Secondary school and university	5,876	5,876
Inspiration and mother's death	3,823	3,823
Marriage, divorce and single parenthood	8,563	8,563
Publishing Harry Potter	7,525	7,525
Films	6,877	6,877
Religion, wealth and remarriage	4,121	4,121
Adult fiction and Robert Galbraith	8,737	8,737
Later Harry Potter works	4,584	4,584
Children's stories	4,079	4,079
Influences	3,576	3,576
Style and themes	89	4,838
Style and allusions	2,826	2,826
Themes	1,923	1,923
Reception	6,846	14,612
Gender and social division	4,904	4,904
Religious reactions	2,862	2,862
Legacy	4,948	4,948
Legal disputes	2,855	2,855
Philanthropy	11,423	11,423
Views	308	25,363
Politics	4,783	4,783
Press	3,283	3,283
Transgender people	16,989	16,989
Awards and honours	7,520	7,520
Bibliography	14,629	14,629
Filmography	18	5,798
Film	3,542	3,542
Television	2,238	2,238
Notes	31	31
References	35	35
Works cited	29,211	29,211
External links	3,040	3,040
Total	195,317	195,317

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J. K. Rowling's ethnicity/nationality has been discussed here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Current consensus is that she is British, and that whether she is also English, Scottish or Welsh has no bearing on her work or her biography, and is best not discussed.
The topic of her middle name has been discussed here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Her full name is simply Joanne Rowling; she contracted the first name and chose the middle initial K from her grandmother's name, Kathleen, in order to remove the gender association from her own name.
Her married name has been discussed here, here, here, here, here and here. She uses her married name, Murray, for private business, but her maiden name, "Rowling", is used here, as it is the one by which she is most widely known.
The pronunciation of her name has been discussed here, here, here, here and here. She has commented that her name is pronounced like bowling and not like howling.
Allegations that she supports communism in the series have been discussed here, here, here, here, here and here. She has not publicly espoused any such views; attempts to describe such views in her works have been rejected as original research of published material.
If you have a question relating to the spelling in this article (such as "instalment"/"installment") remember that this article is written in British English.
Topics relating to accusations of plagiarism against Rowling, in court or otherwise, are discussed in Legal disputes over Harry Potter and Harry Potter influences and analogues.
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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Stephen Foley (2009-02-03). "Is Wikipedia cracking up?". Irish Independent.
Hava Mendelle (April 22, 2024). "JK Rowling puts Wikipedia's neutrality to the test". The Spectator Australia. Retrieved April 22, 2024.

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Its doesn't include the recent Olympic Athlete that is in trials do to her transphobic remarks 186.53.82.165 (talk) 23:00, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:J. K. Rowling/Archive 22#Rowling and Musk named in cyber-bullying case; no consensus to add that content. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:52, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]