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Harvey is an English given name, surname, place-name, derived from a Breton personal name meaning "battle-worthy". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "Hervé".[1] As a given name, the diminutive Harry is sometimes used.
[edit] Places
- In the United States
- In Australia
- In Canada
[edit] People
[edit] As surname
- Alfred Harvey, comic-book publisher
- André Harvey (1941– ), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher
- Anthony Harvey (1931- ), British film director and editor
- Bagenal Harvey (d.1798), United Irishmen commander
- Brian Harvey, musician
- Bryan Harvey (musician), American musician
- Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890–1969), British politician and Governor of South Australia in 1944
- Colin Harvey (1944– ), British soccer player and manager
- David Harvey (footballer) (1948– ), British soccer player
- David Harvey (geographer) (1935– ), British-born Marxist geographer
- Domino Harvey (1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter
- Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), star player for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game
- Doug Harvey (umpire) (1930- ), American baseball umpire elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Francis Harvey (1873-1916), British Marine awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously
- Francis Harvey (poet), poet and playwright
- Francis J. Harvey, American military administrator
- Frank Harvey, English screenwriter
- Fred Harvey (entrepreneur) (1835–1901), American entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House restaurants, famous for their "Harvey Girls"
- Gerry Harvey, Australian billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Harvey Norman chain stores
- Guy Harvey (1955- ), Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationist
- Hayward A. Harvey (1824-1893), American engineer and inventor of Harvey armor
- Jeff Harvey (1957– ), Canadian ecologist and journalist
- Jeffrey A. Harvey, American theoretical physicist
- Jerry B. Harvey (1936- ), professor of management
- Joe Harvey, English footballer and manager
- John Harvey (announcer), American television presenter
- Jonathan Harvey (composer) (*1939), British composer
- Ken Harvey (baseball) (1978– ), American baseball player
- Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor
- Leslie Harvey, Scottish rock musician
- Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin
- Michael Harvey, several people
- Nick Harvey (1961– ), British M.P.
- PJ Harvey (1969– ), British singer and songwriter
- Paul Harvey (1918–2009), American radio broadcaster
- Robert Harvey (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
- Robert Harvey (musician), British musician
- Steve Harvey (1956– ), African-American actor, entertainer and comedian
- Tim Harvey (1961-), British racing driver, winner of the BTCC in 1992 and media personality
- Turlington W. Harvey (1835 - 1909), Christian leader, entrepreneur, inventor, founder of Harvey, Illinois
- William Harvey (1578–1657), British physician who first proved that blood flows in a circulatory system
- William Henry Harvey (1811 - 1866), Irish botanist, author of Phycologia Britannica
[edit] As given name
[edit] Literature
- Harvey (film), a film adapted from the Mary Chase play, starring James Stewart
- The Harvey Girls, a 1946 musical film adapted from the Samuel Hopkins Adams novel
[edit] Fictional characters
- Harvey Dent, fictional District Attorney and supervillain (as Two-Face) in DC Comics
- Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend, in the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Harvey Swick, the protagonist of the novel The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.
- Harvey (Farscape), in the TV show Farscape
- "Harvey", a tough guy with whom Ralph Kramden almost engages in fistacuffs in a famous episode of The Honeymooners
Harvey Shine, in the film Last Chance Harvey
- Harvey armor, a type of naval armour developed in the late 19th century
- Harvey Comics, a publisher of comic books from the 1940s to the 1990s
- Harvey Awards, one of the most important awards in American comic industry
- Harvey F.C., an early twentieth century U.S. soccer team from Harvey, Illinois
- Harvey Wallbanger, a mixed drink
- Harvey's of Hayle, iron founders and pioneers of the industrial revolution
- Hurricane Harvey, the name used when the eighth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in certain years becomes a hurricane
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, a cartoon series
- Harvey Danger, an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington
- "Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign after the Harvey Smith (showjumper) of the name who used it in a televised event in 1971
[edit] References
- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Behind the Name, the etymology and history of first names.". http://www.behindthename.com/name/harvey. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
