Ivy (name)

Ivy is a given name or surname.

Notable people with the name Ivy include:

Given name

• Ivy (singer) (born 1982), South Korean singer, model and occasional actress
• Ivy Alvarez, award-winning Filipino Australian poet, editor, and reviewer currently residing in Wales
• Ivy Andrews (1907–1970), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Ivy Austin (born 1958), American actress, singer, and voice-over artist
• Ivy Bean (1905–2010), British internet personality
• Ivy May Bolton (1879–1961), Anglican nun and writer
• Ivy Bottini (born 1926), American women's rights and LGBT rights activist
• Ivy Bregman (born 1995), Canadian former child actress known for her appearance in the children's series The Toy Castle
• Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, Duchess of Portland from 1943 to 1977 and afterwards Dowager Duchess
• Ivy Campany (1901–2008), at age 107, the second from last World War I female army veteran of any country
• Ivy Chen (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and commercial model
• Ivy Cooke (1916 – 2017), Jamaican educator
• Ivy Margaret Copeland (1888–1961), New Zealand artist and art teacher
• Ivy Duffy Doherty (1922–2008), Australian-American writer best known for her Young Adult fiction
• Ivy Duke (1896–1937), British actress
• Ivy Fife (1905–1976), New Zealand painter
• Ivy Gibbs (1866–1966), trans-Tasman poet and children’s writer based pre-dominantly in New Zealand
• Ivy Griffin (1896–1957), first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1921 for the Philadelphia Athletics
• Ivy Gunter (born 1950), amputee, fashion model, osteosarcoma survivor, inspirational speaker, and fitness enthusiast
• Ivy Ho, Hong Kong screenwriter and film director
• Ivy Jo Hunter, songwriter, record producer and singer, known for his work for the Motown label in the 1960s
• Ivy Joe Hunter (born 1966), former professional American football player
• Ivy Kellerman Reed (1877–1968), American author in the international language Esperanto
• Ivy Lee (1877–1934), considered by some to be the founder of modern public relations
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri (1937–2009), South African politician, Minister of Communications from 1999 until her death
• Ivy Meeropol (born 1968), director and producer of the 2004 documentary Heir to an Execution
• Ivy Olson (1885–1965), Major League Baseball shortstop for the Cleveland Naps (1911–14), Cincinnati Reds (1915) And Brooklyn Robins (1915–24)
• Ivy Parker (1907–1985), American chemist and engineer
• Ivy Baker Priest (1905–1975), American political figure
• Ivy Quainoo (born 1992), Afro-German singer and winner of The Voice of Germany
• Ivy Rahman (1936–2004), Bangladeshi politician, Women's Affairs secretary of the Awami League
• Ivy Ruckman (born 1931), American author of books for children and young adults
• Ivy St. Helier (1886–1971), British stage actress, composer and lyricist
• Ivy Scott (1886–1947), stage actress
• Ivy Shore, Australian artist (painter)
• Ivy Tan, Singaporean radio personality
• Ivy Tresmand (1898–1980), English soubrette who appeared mostly in musical theatre
• Ivy Troutman (1884–1979), Broadway actress
• Ivy Walker (born 1911), English athlete who competed in the 1930 Women's World Games and the 1934 British Empire Games
• Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), British artist, actress and author, best known for writing the Pookie series of illustrated children's stories
• Ivy Weber (1892–1976), Australian politician
• Ivy Wedgwood (1896–1975), Australian Senator for Victoria
• Ivy Williams (1877–1966), first woman to be called to the English bar in 1922
• Ivy Williamson (1911–1969), player and coach of American football and basketball, and a college athletics administrator

Fictional characters

• Ivy Tilsley, a character from Coronation Street portrayed by Lynne Perrie

Surname

• Andrew Conway Ivy (1893–1978), American doctor
• Bill Ivy (1942–1969), British motorcycle racer
• Bob Ivy, stunt performer
• Corey Ivy (born 1977), American football player
• Gregory Ivy (1904–1985), American art professor
• Hardy Ivy (1779–1842), American settler
• Khori Ivy (born 1978), American football player
• Mortty Ivy (born 1986), American football player
• Pop Ivy (1916–2003), American football player and coach

See also

• Ivey (disambiguation), which includes a list of people with the surname or given name