Percival (disambiguation)
Appearance
Percival is a Knight of the Round Table in the King Arthur legend.
Percival, Perceval, or similar names may also refer to:
Arthurian legend
[edit]- Perceval, the Story of the Grail (French: Le Conte du Graal), 12th century romance by Chrétien de Troyes
- Perceval le Gallois, 1978 French film adaptation of Chrétien's work
- Parzival, the 13th century romance by Wolfram von Eschenbach
People
[edit]People with the given name
[edit]People with the surname
[edit]- Alexander Perceval (1788–1858), British politician
- Anne Mary Perceval, daughter of Sir Charles Flower, 1st Baronet
- Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval (1795–1871), French orientalist
- Arthur Percival (1887–1966), British Lieutenant General
- Brian Percival, British film director
- Darren Percival, Australian musical artist
- Edgar Percival (1897–1984), Australian aircraft designer, pilot, Percival Aircraft
- Harold W. Percival (1868–1953), writer, theosophist
- James Percival (assemblyman), member of the New York State Legislature in 1831
- James Percival (rugby union) (b. 1983), English rugby player
- James Gates Percival (1796–1856), American poet and geologist
- John Perceval (disambiguation), various people with the name
- John Percival (disambiguation), various people with the name
- Kylie Percival, Australian archivist
- Lance Percival (1933–2015), British actor and comedian
- Launcelot Percival (1869–1941), British cleric and international rugby player
- Nathaniel Knight-Percival (born 1987), English football player for Shrewsbury Town FC
- Mark Percival (born 1994), English professional rugby league footballer
- Olive Percival (1869–1945), American gardening writer
- Peter Percival (1803–1882), a British born missionary and educator
- Ria Percival (born 1989), New Zealand footballer
- Richard Percivale (1550–1620), English Hispanist, grammarian and lexicographer
- Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British statesman and Prime Minister
- Thomas Percival (1740–1804), English physician
- Troy Percival (born 1969), American baseball player
- Westby Perceval (1854–1928), New Zealand politician
- William Perceval (fl. 1703–1735), Irish priest
Fictional characters
[edit]- Mr Percival, the pelican in the 1976 Australian movie, Storm Boy
- Mr Percival, a human character in Thomas & Friends
- Percival "Perry" Ulysses Cox, character in the 2001–2010 American television show Scrubs
- Percival C. McLeach, the main villain in the 1990 Disney film The Rescuers Down Under
- Percival Graves, in the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a character portrayed by Taliesin Jaffe in the series Critical Role
Other uses
[edit]- Percival, Iowa, unincorporated town in the United States
- Percival, Saskatchewan, former hamlet in Canada
- Percival (band), Polish folk band
- Perceval (sculpture), a public sculpture by British artist Sarah Lucas
- Percival Street, in the East Point and Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- Percival Aircraft, a British aircraft manufacturer in the 1950s, now known as Hunting Aircraft
- USS Percival, a list of ships by this name