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

• Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
• George Percy (1580-1632), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
• 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) (1364-1403/1366-1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
• Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742-1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
• John Percy (disambiguation)
• LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
• Pierre-Francois Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
• Richard Percy (died 1648), English soldier
• Thomas Percy (disambiguation)
• Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
• William Percy (disambiguation)

Given name

• Percy Abercrombie (1884-1964), Australian rules 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). (born 1899), English footballer
• Percy Cox (1864-1937), British administrator and diplomat
• 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 South American 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 priest of the Episcopal Church
• Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
• 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 Lansdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player
• Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), American research chemist
• Percy William Justyne (1812-1883), English artist
• Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
• Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), African-American research chemist
• Percy Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
• Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
• Percy Metcalfe (1895-1970), English artist, 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 Miller
• Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
• 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 business executive in advertising from St. Louis, Missouri.
• Percy Pepoon (1861-1939), American politician, Missouri senator
• Percy Quin (1872-1932), American politician
• Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), director of the Remington Arms Company
• Percy Ross (1916-2001), millionaire philanthropist
• Percy Saint (1870-1958), Louisiana politician
• 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), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
• Percy Thrower (1913-1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
• Percy Vear (1911-1983), British professional boxer
• Percy Williams (disambiguation)
• Perce Wilson (1890-1936), National Football League player
• Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889-1941), Australian rules footballer
• Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)
• Percy M. Young (1912-2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
• Percy Yutar (1911-2002), South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Fictional characters

• Percy, Clarence animated U.S. TV series character
• Percy the Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Sir Percy Blakeney, the true name of the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name
• Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
• Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
• Percy Polie, on the children's show Rolie Polie Olie
• Percy the Penguin, on the children's show Jake and the Never Land Pirates
• Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadde
• Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
• Percy Wetmore, from Stephen King's novel The Green Mile

See also

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

External links

• Nominal Library: Percy