Percy

The English surname Percy, first taken by the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus etc.

People

Surname

Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
George Percy (1580-1632), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England
Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364-1403/1366-1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
John Percy (disambiguation)
LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
Pierre-Francois Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
Richard Percy (died 1648), English soldier
Thomas Percy (disambiguation)
Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
William Percy (disambiguation)

Given name

Percy Abercrombie (1884-1964), Australian rules football player
Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), English barrister and writer
Percy Adlon (born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer
Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
Percy Cherrett (1899-1984). (born 1899), English footballer
Percy Cox (1864-1937), British administrator and diplomat
Percy Edwards (1908-1996), English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator
Percy Faith (1908-1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
Percy Fawcett (1867-?), British soldier, archaeologist and South American explorer
Percy French (1854-1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter
Percy Gardner (1846-1937), English classical archaeologist
Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Australian-born composer and pianist
Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer) (1867-1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
Percy Stickney Grant (1860-1927), American priest of the Episcopal Church
Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
Percy Heath (1923-2005), American jazz bassist
Percy Helton (1894-1971), American actor
Percy Herbert (disambiguation)
Percy Jones (disambiguation)
Percy Hague Jowett (1882-1955), British artist and arts administrator
Percy Lansdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player
Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), American research chemist
Percy William Justyne (1812-1883), English artist
Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African-American research chemist
Percy Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
Percy Metcalfe (1895-1970), English artist, currency designer
Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur
Percy Romeo Miller (born 1989), aka Romeo Miller, hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert Miller
Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
Percy Erskine Nobbs (1875-1964), Scottish-born Canadian architect
Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer) (1880-1955), British Second World War admiral, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
Percy Verner Noble (1902-1996), Canadian Member of Parliament
Percy Orthwein (1888-1957), American business executive in advertising from St. Louis, Missouri.
Percy Pepoon (1861-1939), American politician, Missouri senator
Percy Quin (1872-1932), American politician
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), director of the Remington Arms Company
Percy Ross (1916-2001), millionaire philanthropist
Percy Saint (1870-1958), Louisiana politician
Percy Shaw (1890-1976), English inventor and businessman
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English poet
Percy Sledge (1940-2015), American R&B and soul singer
Percy Smith (disambiguation)
Percy Spencer (1894-1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
Percy Spender (1897-1985), Australian politician and diplomat
Percy Stone (1856-1934), British architect
Percy Sutton (1920-2009), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
Percy Thrower (1913-1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
Percy Vear (1911-1983), British professional boxer
Percy Williams (disambiguation)
Perce Wilson (1890-1936), National Football League player
Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889-1941), Australian rules footballer
Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)
Percy M. Young (1912-2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
Percy Yutar (1911-2002), South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Fictional characters

Percy, Clarence animated U.S. TV series character
Percy the Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
Sir Percy Blakeney, the true name of the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name
Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
Percy Polie, on the children's show Rolie Polie Olie
Percy the Penguin, on the children's show Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadde
Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
Percy Wetmore, from Stephen King's novel The Green Mile

External links

Nominal Library: Percy

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