Percy (given name)
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Percy is both a given name in its own right, and a short form of the given name Percival
or Perseus
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The following list includes people with the given name Percy:
Percival
Percival or Perceval is one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. In Welsh literature his story is allotted to the historical Peredur...
or Perseus
Perseus
Perseus ,Perseos and Perseas are not used in English. the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians...
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The following list includes people with the given name Percy:
- Percy AddleshawPercy AddleshawPercy Addleshaw was an English barrister and writer.A graduate of Christchurch, Oxford, Addleshaw was called to the bar in 1893. He was an admirer and friend of Roden Noel...
(1866–1916), English barrister and writer - Percy AdlonPercy AdlonPercy Adlon is a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film Bagdad Café aka Out of Rosenheim.-Biography:...
(b. 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer - Henry Percy BrewsterHenry Percy BrewsterHenry Percy Brewster was a lawyer, statesman, and soldier from Texas. He fought in the Texas Revolution, and as a colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.-Biography:...
(1816–1884), lawyer and personal secretary of Sam Houston - Percy CherrettPercy CherrettPercy Albert Mark Cherrett was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.He began his career in non-league football with Boscombe before moving to Portsmouth in 1921, where he scored 36 goals in a two year spell at Fratton Park. He was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1923, where he...
. (born 1899), English footballer - Percy Clarkson, U.S. Army Major General 87th, 33d, & 3d Infantry Division in World War II
- Percy Zachariah CoxPercy Zachariah CoxMajor-General Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, GCMG, GCIE, KCSI was a British Indian Army officer and colonial administrator in the Middle East. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, he was one of the major figures in the creation of Iraq...
(1864–1937) British administrator and diplomat - Percy Wright Foote (1879–1961), Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy, World War I & II http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/p-foote.htm
- Percy Eugene Foreman (1902–1988), millionaire murder case criminal-defense lawyer, defended James Earl Ray, Melvin Lane Powers, Alvin Lee King, Charles Harrelson
- William Percy FrenchWilliam Percy FrenchPercy French was one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. In more recent times, he has become recognised for his watercolour paintings as well.-Life:French was born at Cloonyquin...
(1854–1920), Irish songwriter and entertainer - Percy GardnerPercy GardnerPercy Gardner was an English classical archaeologist.Percy Gardner was born in London, and was educated at the City of London School and Christ's College, Cambridge...
(1846–1937), English classical archaeologist - Percy GraingerPercy GraingerGeorge Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...
, Australian composer - Percy HarvinPercy HarvinWilliam Percival "Percy" Harvin, III is an American football wide receiver, return specialist, and running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League...
, wide Receiver for the Minnesota Vikings - Percy HeathPercy HeathPercy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975...
, American jazz bassist. - Percy Ives (1864–1928), American painter
- Percy Jackson (character), protagonist of the Percy Jackson & the OlympiansPercy Jackson & the OlympiansPercy Jackson & the Olympians is a pentalogy of adventure and fantasy fiction books authored by Rick Riordan. The series consists of five books, as well as spin-off titles such as The Demigod Files and Demigods and Monsters. Set in the United States, the books are predominantly based on Greek...
series. - Percy JonesPercy JonesPercy Jones may refer to:* Percy Jones , American baseball player* Percy Jones , Welsh world champion flyweight in 1914* Percy Jones , bass guitarist...
(1885–1951), railroad executive, oilman, philanthropist - Percy JonesPercy Jones (musician)Percy Jones is a Welsh bass guitarist, and was a member of jazz fusion band Brand X, from 1974 to 1980, and a reformed version which lasted from 1992 to 1997...
(b. 1947), Welsh bass player - Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), American research chemist
- Percy Roycroft Lowe (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
- Percy MacKayePercy MacKayePercy MacKaye was an American dramatist and poet.-Biography:MacKaye was born in New York City, New York. After graduating from Harvard in 1897, he traveled in Europe for three years, residing in Rome, Switzerland and London, studying at the University of Leipzig in 1899–1900...
(1875–1956), American dramatist and poet - Percy MetcalfePercy MetcalfePercy Metcalfe, CVO, RDI , was an English artist sculptor and designer.He studied art in Leeds, and in 1914 attended the Royal College of Art London....
English artist, currency designer - Percy Robert Miller, aka Master PMaster PPercy Robert Miller , better known by his stage name Master P or his business name P. Miller, is an American rapper, actor, entrepreneur, investor, and producer. He is the founder of the popular label No Limit Records, which went bankrupt and was relaunched as New No Limit Records through Koch...
, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur - Percy Romeo Miller, aka Romeo (rapper), hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert Miller
- Percy MontgomeryPercy MontgomeryPercival Colin "Percy" Montgomery is a retired South African rugby union player...
(b. 1974), South African rugby player - Percy Erskine NobbsPercy Erskine NobbsPercy Erskine Nobbs was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, Scotland and trained in the United Kingdom. He spent most of his career in the Montreal area...
(1875–1964), Scottish born Canadian architect - Sir Percy Noble, British Admiral in World War II, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
- Percy NoblePercy Noble (politician)Percy Verner Noble was a Canadian politician who served as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament.Noble was born in Shallow Lake, Ontario, the first of 11 children in his family. He initially trained for his father's career as a blacksmith...
, former Member of Parliament in Canada - Percy Avery RockefellerPercy Avery RockefellerPercy Avery Rockefeller was founder and vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He was a board director of Air Reduction Company, American International Corporation, Atlantic Fruit Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bowman Biltmore Hotels Company, Cuba Company,...
(1878–1934), son of William Rockefeller, director of Remington Arms Company - Percy RossPercy RossPercy Ross was an American self-made multi-millionaire. He arrived in St. Louis Park, Minnesota around 1946-1947. He was associated with Ross and Ross Auctioneers. In 1959 he purchased a company called Poly-Tech, which made polyethylene plastic bags. He died in Edina, Minnesota on November 10, 2001...
(1916–2001), millionaire philanthropist - Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron...
(1792–1822), English Romantic poet - Percy SpenderPercy SpenderSir Percy Claude Spender, KCVO, KBE, QC, , was an Australian politician. diplomat and jurist.Spender was born in Sydney and educated at the prestigious Fort Street High School and later the University of Sydney. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1915...
(1897–1985), Australian politician and diplomat - Percy ThrowerPercy ThrowerPercy John Thrower MBE was a British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer born at Horwood House in the village of Little Horwood in Buckinghamshire....
(1913–1988), British gardener and television host - Percy VearPercy VearPercy Vear , born Herman Vear in Crossflatts, Bingley, England. He was a British Professional Boxer during the 1920s and 1930s.Brought up in Crossflatts during the first World War, Vear lived in Keighley all his adult life....
(1911–1982), British Professional Boxer during the boom time 1920s & 1930s - Percy Marshall YoungPercy M. YoungPercy Marshall Young was a British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher.Young was born in Northwich, Cheshire. From 1934 to 1937 he was a Director of Music at Stranmillis Teacher Training College in Belfast. From 1937 to 1944, Young was a Musical Adviser to...
(1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher - Percy YutarPercy YutarDr. Percy Yutar was South Africa’s first Jewish attorney-general. Yutar was one of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants...
, South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia Treason trial
See also
- Percy (surname)Percy (surname)The following list includes people with the surname Percy:* Charles H. Percy , businessman, special ambassador, politician, Senator Illinois-R * George Percy , English explorer and author, governor of Virginia...
- House of PercyHouse of PercyThe House of Percy were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having descended from William de Percy who crossed from Normandy to England with William I in early December 1067 and was rebuilding York Castle in 1070...
- PercyPercyThe name "Percy" derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy from which was derived the British surname, first taken by the Norman lords of Northumbria. From there it came into use as a given name.-Places:* Percy-en-Auge, Calvados, France...
(disambiguation)