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Harvey is an English given name, the most famous first name in the Harvey family is Jordin, surname, place-name, derived from a Breton personal name meaning "battle-worthy". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "Hervé".^[1] As a given name, the diminutive Harry is sometimes used.

Places

In the United States

Harvey County, Kansas

In Australia

Harvey, Western Australia

In Canada

Harvey, New Brunswick, in Albert County
Harvey Station, New Brunswick, in York County

People

As surname

Alfred Harvey, comic-book publisher
André Harvey (1941– ), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher
Anthony Harvey (1931- ), British film director and editor
Bagenal Harvey (d.1798), United Irishmen commander
Brian Harvey, musician
Bryan Harvey (musician), American musician
Colin Harvey (1944– ), British soccer player and manager
David Harvey (footballer) (1948– ), British soccer player
David Harvey (geographer) (1935– ), British-born Marxist geographer
Domino Harvey (1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter
Doug Harvey (1924–1989), star player for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game
Francis Harvey, (1873-1916) British Marine awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously.
Francis Harvey (poet), poet and playwright
Francis J. Harvey, American military administrator
Frank Harvey, English screenwriter
Fred Harvey (1835–1901), American entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House restaurants, famous for their "Harvey Girls"
Gerry Harvey, Australian billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Harvey Norman chain stores
Hayward A. Harvey (1824-1893), American engineer and inventor of Harvey armor
Jeff Harvey (1957– ), Canadian ecologist and journalist
Jeffrey A. Harvey, American theoretical physicist
Jerry B. Harvey (1936- ), professor of management
John Harvey (announcer), American television presenter
Jonathan Harvey (*1939), British composer
Ken Harvey (baseball player) (1978– ), American baseball player
Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor
Leslie Harvey, Scottish rock musician
Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin
Michael Harvey aka MC Harvey (1979- ) British rapper, television presenter and footballer
Michael C. Harvey, American inventor
Nick Harvey (1961– ), British M.P.
PJ Harvey (1969– ), British singer and songwriter
Paul Harvey (1918– ), American radio broadcaster
Robert Harvey (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
Robert Harvey (musician), British musician
Steve Harvey (1956– ), African-American actor, entertainer and comedian
Tim Harvey (1961-), British racing driver, winner of the BTCC in 1992 and media personality
Turlington W. Harvey (1835 - 1909), Christian leader, entrepreneur, inventor, founder of Harvey, Illinois
William Harvey (1578–1657), British physician who discovered the circulation of blood
William Henry Harvey (1811 - 1866). Irish botanist, author of Phycologia Britannica.

As given name

Baron Harvey of Tasburgh, a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1954
Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Harvey Keitel, a notable American film actor
Saint Hervé (Saint Harvey), 6th century Breton saint
Harvey Milk, American politician

Literature

Harvey (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit
The Harvey Girls (novel), a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Film

Harvey (film), a film adapted from the Mary Chase play, starring James Stewart
The Harvey Girls, a 1946 musical film adapted from the Samuel Hopkins Adams novel

Fictional characters

Harvey Dent, fictional District Attorney and supervillain (as Two-Face) in DC Comics
Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend, in the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Harvey Swick, the protagonist of the novel The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.
Harvey (Farscape), in the TV show Farscape

Other

Harvey armor, a type of naval armour developed in the late 19th century
Harvey Comics, a publisher of comic books from the 1940s to the 1990s
Harvey F.C., an early twentieth century U.S. soccer team from Harvey, Illinois
Harvey Wallbanger, a mixed drink
Harvey's of Hayle, iron founders and pioneers of the industrial revolution
Hurricane Harvey, the name used when the eighth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in certain years becomes a hurricane
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, a cartoon series
Harvey Danger, an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington
"Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign after the Harvey Smith (showjumper) of the name who used it in a televised event in 1971

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