Percy

For other uses, see Percy (disambiguation).

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, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc.

People

Surname

• 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 (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England
• Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
• Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
• 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

• 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 Harvin (born 1988), American football player
• 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 Lansdale (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 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 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

• 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 children's show Rolie Polie Olie
• 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 TV series of the same name
• Percy the Small Engine, in the Railway Series and Thomas & Friends
• Percy the Dog, in Pocahontas
• Percy, on the animated American TV series Clarence
• Percy the Penguin, on the children's show Jake and the Never Land Pirates
• Black Knight (Sir Percy), a Marvel Comics character
• Percy, on the animated American television series Amphibia
• Percy, a hunter in the video game Identity V

See also

• Percie Charlton (1867–1954), Australian cricketer
• All pages with titles beginning with Percy
• All pages with titles containing Percy

External links

• Nominal Library: Percy