Rowling has said somewhere that Lockhart is the one character of hers who is actually based on a real person.
I think you're misremembering about that. Snape is the one who she's said is definitely based on one real person, and she's named him (an old teacher of hers). There were rumors that Lockhart was based on her ex, as sacred_sarcasm says, but she put that rumor down recently.
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Date: 2004-10-12 11:03 am (UTC)I think you're misremembering about that. Snape is the one who she's said is definitely based on one real person, and she's named him (an old teacher of hers). There were rumors that Lockhart was based on her ex, as