Percy

The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, and derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a mostly masculine and rarely feminine given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc.

People edit

Surname edit

Alf Percy, Scottish footballer
Algernon Percy (disambiguation)
Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician
Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress
George Percy (governor) (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor
Henry Percy (disambiguation)
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
Isabelle Clark Percy West (1882–1976), American artist and educator
James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
John Percy (disambiguation)
LeRoy Percy (1860–1929), American planter and politician
Pierre-Francois Percy (1754–1825), French surgeon
Richard Percy (died 1648), English soldier
Samuel Percy (1750-1820) Irish-born wax-modeller of portraits
Thomas Percy (disambiguation)
Walker Percy (1916–1990), American author
William Percy (disambiguation)

Given name edit

Percy Abercrombie (1884–1964), Australian football player
Percy Addleshaw (1866–1916), English barrister and writer
Percy Adlon (born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer
Percy Barnevik (born 1941), Swedish business executive
Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
Percy Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
Percy Cherrett (1899–1984), English footballer
Percy Cox (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat
Percy Dawson (disambiguation)
Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer
Percy Dickie (1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn
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 explorer
Percy Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
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 Episcopal priest
Percy Greene (1897–1977) American newspaper editor and journalist
Percy Harvin (born 1988), American football player
Percy Haswell (1871-1945), American Silent film actress
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 Lavon Julian (1899–1975), American research chemist
Percy William Justyne (1812–1883), English artist
Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
Percy Kilbride (1888–1964), American actor
Percy Ludgate (1883–1922), Irish amateur scientist who designed the second analytical engine in history
Percy Lynsdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player
Percy Lowe (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
Percy MacKaye (1875–1956), American dramatist and poet
Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 1945), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Percy Marmont (1883–1977), English actor
Percy Metcalfe (1895–1970), English artist and 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
Percy Montgomery (born 1974), South African rugby player
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 businessman
Percy Paris, Canadian Politician
Percy Parsons (1878–1944), American actor
Percy Pepoon (1861–1939), American politician
Percy Quin (1872–1932), American politician
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934), American businessman
Percy Rodriguez (disambiguation)
Percy Rojas (born 1949), Peruvian football player
Percy Ross (1916–2001), American philanthropist
Percy Schmeiser (1931-2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant
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), American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
Percy Tau (1994), South African football player
Percy Thrower (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
Percy Trompf (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist
Percy Vear (1911–1983), British professional boxer
Percy Wenrich (1887–1952), American composer
Percy White (1888–1918), Australian rugby player
Percy White (cricketer) (1868–1946), New Zealand cricketer
Percy White (nuclear scientist) (1916–2013), British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist
Percy Whitlock (1903–1946), English organist and composer
Percy Wickremasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist
Percy Williams (disambiguation)
Perce Wilson (1890–1936), American football player
Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889–1941), Australian football player
Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)
Percy M. Young (1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
Percy Yutar (1911–2002), South African attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Fictional characters edit

Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name and various related works
Percy Dovetonsils, created and played by American television comedian Ernie Kovacs
Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
Judge Percy Merrick, character in High Noon
Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
Percy Polie, on the animated children's series Rolie Polie Olie
Percy Patterson, character in Smallfoot
Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D web series Critical Role
Percy Sugden, on the British soap opera Coronation Street
Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
Percy Wetmore, from Stephen King's novel The Green Mile
Percy the Park Keeper, in the British children's television series of the same name
Black Knight (Sir Percy), a Marvel Comics character
Percy the Dog, in Pocahontas
Percy the Penguin, on the animated children's series Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Percy the Small Engine, in the Railway Series and Thomas & Friends
Percy, on the animated American television series Clarence
Percy, on the animated American television series Amphibia
Percy, a hunter in the video game Identity V

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