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The English surname Percy is of
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, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, and derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in
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. From there, it came into use as a mostly masculine and rarely feminine given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival (given name), Percival, Perseus (disambiguation), 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 (governor) (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy (disambiguation) * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War * Isabelle Clark Percy West (1882–1976), American artist and educator *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 * Samuel Percy (1750-1820) Irish-born wax-modeller of portraits * Thomas Percy (disambiguation) * Walker Percy (1916–1990), American author * William Percy (disambiguation)


Given name


Men

* 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 Barnevik (born 1941), Swedish business executive * Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics * Percy Butler (disambiguation), multiple people * Percie Charlton (1867–1954), Australian cricketer * Percy Cherrett (1899–1984), English footballer * Percy Cox (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat * Percy Dawson (disambiguation) * Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer * Percy Dickie (1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn * 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 Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general * 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 Greene (1897–1977) American newspaper editor and journalist * Percy Harvin (born 1988), American football player * Percy Heath (1923–2005), American jazz bassist * Percy Helton (1894–1971), American actor * Percy Herbert (disambiguation) * Percy C. Ifill (1913–1973), American architect * 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 Ludgate (1883–1922), Irish amateur scientist who designed the second analytical engine in history * Percy Lynsdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player * Percy Lowe (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist * Percy MacKaye (1875–1956), American dramatist and poet * Mahinda Rajapaksa, 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 Paris, Canadian Politician * 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 Rodriguez (disambiguation) * Percy Rojas (born 1949), Peruvian football player * Percy Ross (1916–2001), American philanthropist * Percy Schmeiser (1931-2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant * 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) * Percey F. Smith (1867–1956), American mathematician * 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 Tau (1994), South African football player * 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 Wickremasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist * 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


Women

* Percy Haswell (1871–1945), American Silent film actress * Percy Maxim Lee (1906–2002), American political and social reformer * Percy Tuhaise (born 1960), Ugandan lawyer and judge


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 * Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in the ''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 animated children's series ''Rolie Polie Olie'' * Percy Patterson, character in ''Smallfoot'' * Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom ''Blackadder'' * Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D web series ''Critical Role'' * 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 Park Keeper, in the British children's television series of the same name * Black Knight (Sir Percy), a Marvel Comics character * Percy the Dog, in ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' * Percy the Penguin, on the animated children's series ''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' * Percy the Small Engine, in ''the Railway Series'' and ''Thomas & Friends'' * Percy, on the animated American television series ''Clarence (U.S. TV series), Clarence'' * Percy, on the animated American television series ''Amphibia (TV series), Amphibia'' * Percy, a hunter in the video game ''Identity V''


See also

* Percey F. Smith (1867–1956), American mathematician * Percie Charlton (1867–1954), Australian cricketer * Piercey, a list of people with the surname * *


External links


Nominal Library: Percy
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