The 43 children are super powered beings who were all born from women who were not pregnant when the day began. In both the Netflix series and the Dark Horse comics, only 15 children have been identified; however, their appearances and abilities differ between the two sources.
Known Children (Netflix Series)[]
In the Netflix series, all of the children were born on the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989. In the original timeline, seven of these children were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, while another such individual was abducted by the Handler. In the Sparrow timeline, only 16 such children were born, as the other children's mothers were killed by Lester Pocket; seven of these remaining children were adopted by Reginald.
It was later revealed that it was actually Reginald himself who had created the 43 Children: out of loneliness after the death of his wife Abigail, Reginald released marigolds on Earth so that he could use the Hotel Oblivion to bring back his wife. However, the creation of the 43 Children shattered the original timeline into an infinite number of alternate timelines where the children were constantly having to try to save the world from an apocalypse that they had caused. By the end of The Umbrella Academy (TV series) all 43 children who were born on the same day had been erased from existence.
- Luther Hargreeves: Born with supernatural strength and resistance.
- Diego Hargreeves: Born with the ability to manipulate the path of projectiles.
- Allison Hargreeves: Born with the ability to manipulate minds and influence reality with the phrase "I heard a rumor".
- Klaus Hargreeves: Born with the ability to speak with and conjure the dead, as well as resurrect themself.
- Number Five: Born with the ability to teleport and time travel.
- Ben Hargreeves: Born with the ability to summon eldritch tentacles. Later gained the ability to possess people as a ghost.
- Viktor Hargreeves: Born with the ability to manipulate sound to achieve various effects, such as absorbing and projecting sound or energy, generating force-fields, manipulating objects, and flying. Was also able to share his powers with others.
- Lila Pitts: Born with the ability to mimic surrounding powers.
- Marcus Hargreeves: Born with supernatural strength and resistance.
- Ben Hargreeves (Sparrow Timeline): Born with the ability to summon eldritch tentacles.
- Fei Hargreeves: Born with the ability to summon infinite crows and telepathically look through their eyes and control them.
- Alphonso Hargreeves: Born with the ability to reflect damage he suffers onto others.
- Sloane Hargreeves: Born with the ability to manipulate gravity.
- Jayme Hargreeves: Born with the ability to spit hallucinogenic venom.
- Christopher Hargreeves: Born (?) with multiple powers too numerous to list exhaustively, but the most self-evident ones are flight, some ability to make sure others understand the chirping sounds he makes, segmenting and reuniting his body, and firing incapacitating red energy beams. Other alleged abilities include lowering the temperature of a given space, and being able to induce fear and paralysis.
- Phil Hargreeves: Born with the ability to throw fireballs with his hands.
Known Children (Dark Horse Comics)[]
In the Dark Horse comics, the 43 children were all born at precisely 9:38 P.M. on an unknown date in 1950. Seven of these children were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves. Later, the existence of another group of seven superpowered individuals was revealed, led by a man named Deever.
- Luther Hargreeves: Born with superhuman strength.
- Diego Hargreeves: Born with the ability to hold his breath indefinitely.
- Allison Hargreeves: Born with the ability to manipulate reality by lying.
- Klaus Hargreeves: Born with multiple abilities, including telekinesis, mediumship, levitation, and resurrective immortality.
- Number Five: Born with the ability to travel through time, as well as simulating super speed by performing micro-jumps.
- Ben Hargreeves: Born with the ability to channel interdimensional beasts through his body.
- Vanya Hargreeves: Born with the ability to project incredibly destructive forces channeled through music.
- Sparrow Number One: Displayed supernatural physical strength.
- Carla: Possibly has the ability to heal others.
- Sparrow with Shades: Displayed the ability to transform into a murder of crows.
- Sparrow Blob: Displayed the ability to project their self-inflicted harm onto others.
- Sparrow Blonde: Is constantly seen hovering, suggesting that they may have control over gravity.
- Sparrow with Sweatshirt: Displayed the ability to release a strong energy blast from their face.
- Sparrow Cube: Displayed the ability to fly.
Special Cases[]
- Harlan Cooper/Lester Pocket: Was temporarily given the ability to manipulate sound by Viktor; this makes him the first and only person with superpowers to not have been born on October 1st 1989.