Jarvis

Jarvis is a surname and, less frequently, a male given name.

• Ann Jarvis (1832 - 1905), social activist, founder of Mother's day holiday.
• Anna Jarvis (1864 - 1948), daughter of Ann Jarvis.
• Jarvis Cocker (b. 1963) is a British musician and frontman for the band Pulp.
• Jarvis "Joe" Deane was a photographer who lost an eye in the 1896 Crash at Crush.
• Gregory Jarvis (1944 - 1986), was a NASA astronaut killed aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
• Jeff Jarvis (b. 1954), an American journalist.
• Matt Jarvis (b. 1986), an English footballer who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
• Howard Jarvis (1903 - 1986), an American businessman, lobbyist, and politician.

"Jarvis" can also refer to:

In fictional characters:

• Edwin Jarvis, fictional Marvel Comics butler
• "'Jarvis Lorry"', a secondary character in the A Tale of Two Cities novel
• Jarvis, the 20th ghost that Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion
• Jarvis McBallsy, the main character in the PlayStation 3 video game PAIN
• Jarvis is the mascot of American Science & Surplus

In places:

• Jarvis, Ontario, Canada, a small town near Lake Erie in Haldimand County, Ontario
• Jarvis Island, a territory of the U.S., located in the South Pacific

In other uses:

• Jarvis, debut solo album by Jarvis Cocker
• Jarvis Algorithm, also known as the gift wrapping algorithm
• Jarvis (CTA), a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois
• Jarvis Collegiate Institute, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Jarvis PLC, United Kingdom public sector contractor
• USS Jarvis, a series of three ships with the name
• 3353 Jarvis, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis
• Jarvis (rocket), a launch vehicle named after Gregory Jarvis

See also

• Jervis (disambiguation)