Percy

The name "Percy" derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy from which was derived the British surname, first taken by the Norman lords of Northumbria. From there it came into use as a given name.

Places

• Percy-en-Auge, Calvados, France
• Percy, Isère, France
• Percy, Manche, France
• Percy, Illinois, United States

People

Surname

• Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)
• Henry Hotspur Percy (1364/1366–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
• LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
• Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
• Thomas Percy (disambiguation), various individuals
• Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
• William Percy (writer) (1574-1648), English poet and playwright

Given name

• Percy Abercrombie (1884—1905), Australian rules footballer
• Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961), Nobel Prize winner in Physics
• Percy Faith (1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
• Percy Fawcett (1867-c. 1925), British soldier, archaeologist and South American explorer
• Percy French (1854-1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter
• Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Australian-born composer and pianist
• Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
• Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African-American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants
• Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
• Percy Shaw, OBE (15 April 1890 – 1 September 1976) was an English inventor and businessman
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet
• Percy Sledge (born 1940), American R&B and soul singer
• Percy Spencer (1894-1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
• Percy Sutton (1920-2009), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
• Percy Thrower, MBE (1913-1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
• Percy Vear (1911-1983), British professional boxer
• Percy Yutar (1911-2002), South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Nickname

• Robert Plant, vocalist for the British rock band Led Zeppelin, nicknamed Percy after Percy Thrower

Fictional characters

• Percy the Small Engine, a fictional character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Percy Weasley, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
• Lord Percy Percy, two related fictional characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
• Percy Jackson, a main character in a series by Rick Riordan
• Percy Pig, a brand of sweets by Marks and Spencer

Other uses

• Percy (1971 film)
  • Percy (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
• Percy Folio, a book of English ballads
• HIA Percy, a military hospital in France

See also

• All pages beginning with "Percy"
• All pages with titles containing "Percy"
• Percy (surname)
• Percy (given name)
• House of Percy
• Peirce (disambiguation)
• Perse (disambiguation)