Percy

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The English surname Percy, first taken by House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumbria, 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 or Perseus.

People

Surname

• Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
• Christopher Vane Percy, English interior designer^[1]
• George Percy (1586-1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
• Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)
• Henry Hotspur Percy (1364/1366–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
• Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, (1742-1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
• John Percy : see John Percy (disambiguation)
• LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
• Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
• Richard Percy (died 1648) English soldier
• Thomas Percy (disambiguation), various individuals
• Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
• William Percy (disambiguation), various people
• Percy Herold Owner of Antiques By Prestige & PLGH Advisors

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. (born 1899), English footballer
• Percy Zachariah Cox (1864–1937) British administrator and diplomat
• Percy Faith (1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
• Percy Fawcett (1867-c. 1925), 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) (1887-1952), 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 Herbert (disambiguation), various people
• Percy Jones (disambiguation)
• 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 Roycroft Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
• Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
• Percy Metcalfe, English artist, currency designer
• Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur
• Percy Romeo Miller, 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, American politician, Missouri senator
• Percy Quin (1873-1932), American politician
• Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), director of the Remington Arms Company
• Percy Ross (1916-2001), millionaire philanthropist
• 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 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

Nickname

• Robert Plant, vocalist for the British rock band Led Zeppelin, nicknamed Percy after Percy Thrower

Fictional characters

• Percy the Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
• Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
• Percy Jackson, a main character in a series by Rick Riordan
• Percy Pea, a character from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
• Percy Polie, a character on the children's show Rolie Polie Olie. He is Olie and Zowie Polie's father

See also

• All pages beginning with "Percy"
• All pages with titles containing Percy

References