Pompey (disambiguation)

Pompey, otherwise known as Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, was a Roman statesman.

Pompey may also refer to:

a nickname for Portsmouth, a city on the south coast of England.
a nickname for HMNB Portsmouth, a naval base in the city of Portsmouth, England.
a nickname for Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, an 1890s British Army amateur association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England.
The Pompey Chimes, an 1890s football chant originally created as The Town Hall Chimes by supporters of Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, now used by Portsmouth F.C. supporters by association.
a nickname for Portsmouth Football Club, a professional association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England, formed in 1898.
Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Lorraine, France.
Pompey, New York, a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
a nickname for Fred Elliott (footballer), an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
a nickname for Harold Edward Elliott, Australian World War I general.
Pompey (horse), American champion racehorse.
Pompey Bum, a character in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare.
Pompey, a character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, played by Woody Strode.
Pompey, a servant who avenged the killing of Francis Peirson, at the Battle of Jersey.
Pompey, a northern England slang word for a prison,^[1] possibly originating from the nineteenth century prison ship Pompee.

People with the name

Pompeius Strabo, father of Pompey the Great.
Gnaeus Pompeius, eldest son of Pompey the Great.
Sextus Pompey, younger son of Pompey the Great, also known as Magnus Pius.
Sextus Pompeius (relatives of triumvir Pompey), paternal uncle of Pompey the Great.

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