Savile is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arthur Savile Arthur Savile (20 December 1819 – 23 April 1870) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University and other amateur status in first-class cricket, amateur teams ...

(1819–1870), English clergyman and cricketer *

David Savile David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

, actor, married to

Lois Baxter Lois Ann Baxter (born 26 April 1947) is a British actress, known for playing Marie Stanton in ''Coronation Street'' from 1976 to 1977, and Lady Caroline in the period drama ''When the Boat Comes In''. Baxter was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, t ...

Douglas Barton Osborne Savile Douglas Barton Osborne Savile (July 19, 1909 – August 1, 2000) was an Irish-born Canadian mycologist, plant pathologist and evolutionary biologist. He is particularly renowned for his unique work on the coevolution of host plants and their rust ...

(1909–2000), mycologist *

Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (née Spencer; 1640 – 16 December 1670) was the first wife of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax, and the mother of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax, the 2nd Marquess. Dorothy was the daughter of He ...

(1640–1670) * Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and of Cork (1699–1758), painter and wife of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington *

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, (11 November 1633 – 5 April 1695) was an English statesman and writer who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1660 before ascending to the House of Lords after he was raised to the peerage in 1668 ...

(1633–1695) * George Savile (disambiguation), for others of that name * Henry Savile (died 1558), MP for Yorkshire *

Henry Savile (died 1569) Henry Savile (1517/18–1569) was an English politician, and Surveyor of the Crown for the Northern Provinces. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham in 1558 and for Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Norther ...

, MP for Yorkshire and Grantham *

Henry Savile (Bible translator) Sir Henry Savile (30 November 154919 February 1622) was an English scholar and mathematician, warden (college), Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton. He endowed the Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Savilian chairs of Astronomy ...

(1549–1622) *

Henry Savile (politician) Henry Savile (1642 – 6 October 1687) was an English courtier, diplomat and Member of Parliament. Savile was born at Rufford in Nottinghamshire, the third son of Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet and his wife Anne Coventry. His elder brother w ...

(1642–1687) *

Jimmy Savile Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English media personality and DJ. He was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. A ...

(1926–2011), DJ, presenter and media personality *

John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract (1556 – 31 August 1630) was an English politician. He was M.P. for Lincoln (1586), Sheriff of Lincolnshire (1590), knight of the shire for Yorkshire (1597, 1614, 1624 and 1626), ''custos rotulorum'' ...

(1556–1630), politician; M.P., Lincolnshire and Yorkshire *

John Savile, 1st Baron Savile (second creation) John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Rufford, ( Lumley-Savile; 6 January 1818 – 28 November 1896), was a British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Italy from 1883 to 1888. Born John Lumley-Savile, he was the eldest of the five illegitimate ...

(1818–1896), British diplomat; Ambassador to Italy, 1883–1888 *

Leopold Halliday Savile Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, KCB (31 August 1870 – 28 January 1953) was a Scottish civil engineer. Savile was born at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Walter Savile and Sarah Emma Stoddart. He was a great-gr ...

(1870–1953), British civil engineer *

Steven Savile Steven Savile (born 12 October 1969) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer and editor living in Sweden. His published work includes novels and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Career Steven Savile started out ...

(born 1969), a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Stockholm, Sweden *

William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665 – 31 August 1700), was the son of George Savile, 1st Viscount Halifax and Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (née Spencer). He was educated in Geneva in 1677 and matriculated at Christ Church, O ...

(1665–1700)

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