Harvey (name)
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Harvey is an English given name, surname, place-name, derived from an Old Breton
first name Huiarnviu, derived from the elements hoiarn (Breton houarn) meaning "iron" and 'viu' (Breton bev) meaning "blazing". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as Hervé
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Breton language
Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
first name Huiarnviu, derived from the elements hoiarn (Breton houarn) meaning "iron" and 'viu' (Breton bev) meaning "blazing". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as Hervé
Hervé
Hervé is a French given name of Breton origin. In English, it is sometimes rendered Harvey or Hervey. It already appears in Latin sources of the eighth century as Charivius. A later Latin form is Herveus. It derives from Old Breton Huiarnviu Hervé is a French given name of Breton origin. In...
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As surname
- Harvey familyHarvey familyThe Harvey brothers are six siblings from Victoria, Australia, known primarily for their success in the sport of cricket between the mid-1930s and the early 1960s. The sons of Horace and Elsie Harvey, in chronological order, they are Merv , "Mick" , Harold , Ray , Neil and Brian...
, family of cricketers from FitzroyFitzroy, VictoriaFitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...
, in inner-city Melbourne, Victoria, Australia- Merv HarveyMerv HarveyMervyn Roye Harvey was a cricketer who played in one Test match for Australia in 1947. His younger brother, Neil, was one of Australia's finest batsmen since the Second World War, and the pair played together for Victoria during the latter part of Merv’s career.Merv Harvey broke into the Victorian...
(1918–1995), played one Test for Australia in January 1947 and captained Victoria five times- Robert Harvey (footballer)Robert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, Australian rules footballer for St Kilda and grandson of Merv - Anthony Harvey (footballer)Anthony Harvey (footballer)Anthony Harvey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League ....
, Australian rules footballer for St Kilda and grandson of Merv
- Robert Harvey (footballer)
- Mick Harvey (umpire)Mick Harvey (umpire)Clarence Edgar Harvey, , is a former first-class cricketer and Australian Test cricket umpire. He was the brother of Test batsmen Merv and Neil Harvey....
(born 1921), played for Victoria and Queensland, later became a Test umpire - Ray HarveyRay HarveyRaymond Harvey is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil, and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey...
(born 1926), played for Victoria - Neil HarveyNeil HarveyRobert Neil Harvey MBE is a former Australian cricketer who represented the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963, playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement...
(born 1928), played 79 Tests for Australia, captaining the team once. Member of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and Australian Test Team of the [20th] Century
- Merv Harvey
- Alfred HarveyAlfred HarveyAlfred Harvey was the founder of comic book publisher Harvey Comics and the creator of the comic book characters Little Dot, Richie Rich, and Adam Awards....
, comic-book publisher - André HarveyAndré HarveyAndré Harvey, PC is a consultant, politician and former teacher in Quebec, Canada.Harvey was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election that brought Brian Mulroney to power...
(born 1941), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher - Anthony HarveyAnthony HarveyAnthony Harvey is a British filmmaker who started his career in the 1950s as a film editor, and moved into directing in the mid 1960s. Harvey has fifteen film credits as an editor, and he has directed thirteen films...
(born 1931), British film director and editor - Bagenal HarveyBagenal HarveyBeauchamp Bagenal Harvey was a barrister and a commander of the United Irishmen in the Battle of New Ross during the 1798 Rebellion....
(died 1798), United Irishmen commander - Brian HarveyBrian HarveyBrian Harvey is an English musician and formerly lead singer of pop band East 17.Harvey was born in Walthamstow, London, and attended Sir George Monoux School from 1988-90.-Career:...
, musician - Bryan Harvey (musician)Bryan Harvey (musician)Bryan Harvey was an American musician noted for his fronting role in House of Freaks. He was murdered with his wife Kathryn and their two daughters Stella and Ruby on January 1, 2006....
, American musician - Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (1890–1969), British politician and Governor of South Australia in 1944
- Colin HarveyColin HarveyColin Harvey is a retired English footballer who is best known for his time as a player, coach and manager with Everton. He is married to Maureen and lives in Aughton, Lancashire.- Playing career :...
(born 1944), British soccer player and manager - David Harvey (footballer)David Harvey (footballer)David Harvey is a former Scottish internationalist professional association footballer. A goalkeeper, Harvey is best known for his successes with Leeds United.-Leeds United:...
(born 1948), British soccer player - David Harvey (geographer)David Harvey (geographer)David Harvey is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York . A leading social theorist of international standing, he received his PhD in Geography from University of Cambridge in 1961. Widely influential, he is among the top 20 most cited...
(born 1935), British-born Marxist geographer - Domino HarveyDomino HarveyDomino Harvey was an English bounty hunter, notable within that field for being female and from a privileged background. Though there is speculation as to whether she really was a model, there are in fact photographs which show her involved in what would appear to be modeling-related work...
(1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter - Doug Harvey (ice hockey) (1924–1989), star player for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, considered by many to be one of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game
- Doug Harvey (umpire)Doug Harvey (umpire)Harold Douglas Harvey is a former umpire in Major League Baseball, who worked in the National League from 1962 through 1992. Noted for his authoritative command of baseball rules, he earned the tongue in cheek nickname "God" from players, and was among the last major league umpires who never...
(born 1930), American baseball umpire elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame - Francis HarveyFrancis HarveyMajor Francis John William Harvey, VC was an officer of the British Royal Marine Light Infantry during the First World War. Harvey was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces, for his...
(1873–1916), British Marine awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously - Francis Harvey (poet)Francis Harvey (poet)Francis Harvey is a poet and playwright. He was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1925. Harvey has lived in County Donegal for most of his life...
, poet and playwright - Francis J. HarveyFrancis J. HarveyFrancis Joseph Harvey served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004 to March 9, 2007.-Education and family:Harvey was born and raised in Latrobe, Pennsylvania...
, American military administrator - Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter)Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter)Frank Harvey was an English-born actor, producer and writer best known for his work in Australia.-Biography:...
(1885–1965) - Frank Harvey (English screenwriter), (1912–1981)
- Fred Harvey (entrepreneur) (1835–1901), American entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House restaurants, famous for their "Harvey Girls"
- Gerry HarveyGerry HarveyGerry Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur best-known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd., a large company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman...
, Australian businessman, co-founder of the Harvey NormanHarvey NormanHarvey Norman is a large Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods. It is effectively a franchise and the main brand owned by Harvey Norman Holdings Limited...
chain stores - Guy HarveyGuy HarveyGuy Harvey is a marine wildlife artist and conservationist. His depictions of sealife, especially of sportfish such as marlin, are very popular with sportfishermen and have been reproduced in prints, posters, t-shirts, jewelry, clothing, and other consumer items...
(born 1955), Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationist - Hayward A. HarveyHayward A. HarveyHayward Augustus Harvey was an American inventor and industrialist.- Biography :Hayward Harvey is best known for inventing the Harvey process for case hardening the front surface of steel armor plate. The resulting Harvey armor was widely used on armoured ships in the 1890s. He was born in...
(1824–1893), American engineer and inventor of Harvey armorHarvey armorHarvey armor was a type of steel armor developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. The method for doing this was known as the Harvey process.... - Herk HarveyHerk HarveyHarold Arnold "Herk" Harvey was an American film director, actor, and film producer.-Early life:Harvey was born in Windsor, Colorado, the son of Everett and Minnie R. Prewitt Harvey. He grew up in Fort Collins and was a graduate of Fort Collins High School before serving in the U.S...
(1924-1996), American film director, actor, and film producer - James Michael HarveyJames Michael HarveyArchbishop James Michael Harvey is a Roman Catholic archbishop.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 29, 1975 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Rome by Pope Paul VI...
(born 1949), American Roman Catholic archbishop - Jeffrey Harvey (biologist) (born 1957), Canadian ecologist and journalist
- Jeffrey A. HarveyJeffrey A. HarveyJeffrey A. Harvey is a Professor of Physics and string theorist at University of Chicago. Among his many contributions to the field of theoretical physics, he is one of the co-discoverers of the heterotic string....
, American theoretical physicist - Jerry B. HarveyJerry B. HarveyJerry B. Harvey is Professor Emeritus of Management at The George Washington University. During his career, he has served as a consultant to a wide variety of industrial, governmental, religious, military, educational, and voluntary organizations...
(born 1936), professor of management - Joe HarveyJoe HarveyJoe Harvey was an English football player and later manager. He spent much of his career at Newcastle United; he was the club's longest serving captain, manager, and, as of the 2009 – 10 season the last to win a major trophy....
, English footballer and manager - John Harvey (announcer), American television presenter
- John Anthony Harvey CBEJohn Anthony Harvey CBEJohn Anthony Harvey CBE is a British entrepreneur and logistician whose seminal contribution was to lead the intercontinental logistics service provider Tibbett & Britten Group plc during a 20-year period of diversification and growth...
, British entrepreneur and logistician - Jonathan Harvey (composer)Jonathan Harvey (composer)Jonathan Harvey is a British composer. He has held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the USA and is frequently invited to teach in summer schools around the world.-Life:...
(born 1939), British composer - Ken Harvey (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player
- Laurence HarveyLaurence HarveyLaurence Harvey was a Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films.- Early life :Harvey maintained throughout his life that his birth name was Laruschka Mischa Skikne. However, his legal name was Zvi Mosheh Skikne. He was the youngest of three boys born to Ber "Boris" and...
(1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor - Leslie HarveyLeslie HarveyLeslie Cameron "Les" Harvey was a guitarist in several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows....
, Scottish rock musician - Louis P. HarveyLouis P. HarveyLouis Powell Harvey was an American politician and the seventh Governor of Wisconsin.Harvey was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, later moving with his family to Ohio. He attended Western Reserve College and Preparatory School and worked as a teacher for a time, and eventually moved to Kenosha,...
(1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin - Michael Harvey (disambiguation), several people
- Nick HarveyNick HarveyNicholas Barton "Nick" Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North Devon and the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.-Early life and education:...
(born 1961), British M.P. - PJ HarveyPJ HarveyPolly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...
(born 1969), British singer and songwriter - Paul HarveyPaul HarveyPaul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...
(1918–2009), American radio broadcaster - Robert Harvey (footballer)Robert Harvey (footballer)Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...
(born 1971), Australian rules footballer - Robert Harvey (musician)Robert Harvey (musician)The Music was an English alternative rock band, formed Kippax, Leeds, in 1999. Comprising Robert Harvey , Adam Nutter , Stuart Coleman and Phil Jordan , the band came to prominence with the release of their debut album, The Music, in 2002...
, British musician - Ronald Harvey (cricketer)Ronald Harvey (cricketer)Ronald Charles Harvey is a former English cricketer. Harvey was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Ingatestone, Essex....
(born 1934), English cricketer - Steve HarveySteve HarveyBroderick Steven "Steve" Harvey is an American actor, comedian, entertainer, television and radio personality and best-selling author. He is best known as the star of the WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, and as one of the four comedians featured in the Spike Lee film The Original Kings of Comedy...
(born 1956), African-American actor, entertainer and comedian - Tim HarveyTim HarveyTim Harvey is a racing driver from England. He was the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Champion. A household name in the 1990s, Harvey won the prestigious BTCC title in 1992, and was a frontrunner for most of the late 80s and early 90s...
(born 1961), British racing driver, winner of the BTCC in 1992 and media personality - Turlington W. Harvey (1835–1909), Christian leader, entrepreneur, inventor, founder of Harvey, IllinoisHarvey, IllinoisHarvey is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, near Chicago. The population was 30,000 at the 2000 census.Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the...
- William HarveyWilliam HarveyWilliam Harvey was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart...
(1578–1657), British physician who first proved that blood flows in a circulatory system - William Henry HarveyWilliam Henry HarveyWilliam Henry Harvey was an Irish botanist who specialised in algae.- Biography :William Henry Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father Joseph Massey Harvey, was a Quaker and prominent merchant...
(1811–1866), Irish botanist, author of Phycologia Britannica
As given name
- Baron Harvey of TasburghBaron Harvey of TasburghBaron Harvey of Tasburgh, of Tasburgh in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in July 1954 for the diplomat Sir Oliver Harvey on his retirement as British Ambassador to France. In November the same year he also succeeded his half-brother as fourth...
, a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1954 - Harvey CushingHarvey CushingHarvey Williams Cushing, M.D. , was an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery, and the first to describe Cushing's syndrome...
, pioneer of neurosurgery - Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
- Harvey KeitelHarvey KeitelHarvey Keitel is an American actor. Some of his most notable starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Ettore Scola's That Night in Varennes, Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Jane Campion's The...
, a notable American film actor - Harvey KurtzmanHarvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic books and magazines. Kurtzman often signed his name H. Kurtz, followed by a stick figure Harvey Kurtzman (October 3, 1924, Brooklyn, New York – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and the editor of several comic...
, notable American comics creator and editor - Harvey MartinHarvey MartinHarvey Banks Martin was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He started playing football in high school, only because he overheard his father tell his mother that he was ashamed that his son did not play like his friends'...
, an American football player - Harvey MilkHarvey MilkHarvey Bernard Milk was an American politician who became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors...
, American politician - Harvey PekarHarvey PekarHarvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.Pekar described American Splendor as "an...
, notable American alternative comics writer - Saint HervéSaint HervéSaint Hervé of Brittany is a Breton saint of the sixth century. Along with Saint Ives, he is one of the most popular Breton saints. His birthplace is stated as being Guimiliau , and his legend states that he was the son of a renowned bard named Hyvarnion, a former member of the court of...
(Saint Harvey), 6th century Breton saint