Pompey (disambiguation)

Pompey, otherwise known as Pompey the Great, was a Roman statesman.

Pompey may also refer to:

People

• Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey the Great
• Pompeia gens, other people whose name, "Pompeius", may be rendered as "Pompey"

Athletes

• Adam Pompey (born 1998), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
• Aliann Pompey (born 1978), Guyanese sprinter
• Dalton Pompey (born 1992), Canadian baseball player
• Fred Elliott (footballer) (1879–1960), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League with the nickname Pompey
• Tristan Pompey (born 1997), Canadian baseball player
• Yolande Pompey (1929–1979), boxer from Trinidad & Tobago

Military figures

• Harold Edward Elliott (1878–1931), Australian World War I general nicknamed Pompey
• Pompey Factor (1849–1928), United States Army Indian Scout

Other people

• Tali Tali Pompey (1940s–2011), Aboriginal artist from central Australia

Places

• HMNB Portsmouth, nicknamed Pompey, a naval base in the city of Portsmouth, England
• Portsmouth, nicknamed Pompey, a city on the south coast of England

• 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
• Theatre of Pompey, the first permanent theatre to be built in Rome

Animals

• Pompey (dog), the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange
• Pompey (horse), American champion racehorse

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Pompey, a 1993 novel by Jonathan Meades
• Pompey, a character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, played by Woody Strode
• Pompey, a character in the webcomic The Order of the Stick
• Pompey Bum, a character in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
• Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (character of Rome), character in the television series Rome

Sports

• Portsmouth F.C., a professional association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England, formed in 1898 and nicknamed Pompey
  • The Pompey Chimes, a football chant used by Portsmouth F.C. supporters
• Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, an 1890s British Army amateur association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England, nicknamed Pompey

Other uses

• Pompey, northern England slang for a prison
• Pompeian, Inc., a food company
• Pompeian era, a calendar era

See also

• Pompeii (disambiguation)
• Pompeia (disambiguation)
• Pompeius (disambiguation)
• Pompee (disambiguation)