Percy
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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