Percy

For other uses, see Percy (disambiguation).

The English surname Percy, first taken by 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
• Thomas Percy (disambiguation)
• Walker Percy (1916–1990), American author
• William Percy (disambiguation)
• Percy Ramirez (1985–present), Barista, Barista Competitor, Hospitality Industry General Manager, Zagat’s 30 under 30 Los Angeles 2014 Culinary Game Changers

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 Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
• Percy Cherrett (1899–1984), English footballer
• Percy Cox (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat
• Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer
• 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 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 Ross (1916–2001), American philanthropist
• Percy Shaw (1890–1976), English inventor and businessman
• Percy Tau (1994), South African football player
• 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 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 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
• Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D Web Series Critical Role
• Perseus "Percy" Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in Rick Riordan's 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
• 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 Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and 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

See also

• Algernon Percy (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Percy
• All pages with titles containing Percy

External links

• Nominal Library: Percy