Trajan Heavensbee

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Trajan Heavensbee
Biographical Information
Home	The Capitol
Relatives	Hilarius and Plutarch Heavensbee (descendants)
Fate	Deceased
Physical Information
Gender	Male
Appearances
Book Mentioned	Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie Mentioned	The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Portrayed by	Francis Lawrence

"Trajan Heavensbee. I'm his great-, great- —I can never remember how many greats. Anyway, he was one of my grandfathers."

—Plutarch Heavensbee to Haymitch Abernathy

Trajan Heavensbee is a direct ancestor of Plutarch Heavensbee. He was mentioned on a monument inside Heavensbee Hall, honoring him as the "Father of Panem".

Legacy

Trajan had a grand library in the Heavensbee mansion that was still in use during Plutarch's lifetime. Above the fireplace was a portrait of Trajan with a white beard, smiling while holding an open book. Plutarch considered him the only ancestor "who's been of any use". Haymitch Abernathy talked to President Snow in the library and when Snow started violently vomiting, Haymitch wondered what Trajan would have thought of that.

Etymology

Trajan was the name of a Roman emperor who expanded the Roman Empire until it encompassed more territory than it ever had before. "Heavensbee" likely refers to the spiritual domain of Heaven.

Trivia

Peter Dinklage in front of the plaque.

• Trajan Heavensbee was first introduced to the franchise on a monument in Heavensbee Hall, shown briefly in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. He was not mentioned in the books until Sunrise on the Reaping, published in 2025.
• His monument was modeled after the face of Francis Lawrence, who directed the film and three of its four predecessors. Lawrence was embarrassed by how large the monument was, so he tried to block it by putting Peter Dinklage in front of it in the reaping scene.