Avery (surname)
Avery is an English surname of ambiguous origin. Some scholars believe that the name is of Anglo-Norman origin and derived from "Every" or "Evreux". The name may have arrived in England after the Norman Conquest. It is the name of a county in Normandy. It can also be found in the northern Spanish region of Navarra, where the House of Évreux was a ruling royal house from 1328 to 1441. At the time of the,[1] its frequency was highest in Devon (5.9 times the British average), followed by Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Rutland, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Kent, Warwickshire, Cornwall and Somerset.
Notable people with the surname include:
In acting:
- James L. Avery, Sr., American actor known for playing "Uncle Phil" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Margaret Avery, American singer and actress
- Phyllis Avery, American actress
- Shondrella Avery, American actress
- Stephen Morehouse Avery, screenwriter
In science and engineering:
- Clarence W. Avery, an early engineer at Ford Motor Company
- John Scales Avery, theoretical chemist and peace activist
- Oswald Avery, physician and scientist
- William H. Avery, aeronautics engineer
In music:
- Brad Avery, guitarist for the Christian rock band Third Day
- Eric Avery, original bass player for Jane's Addiction
In law:
- Brian Avery, former volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement
- Jack Avery, the former Attorney General of the Guam
- John Keith Avery, the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991
- Steven Avery, the first person in the U.S. to be charged with a homicide after being exonerated by DNA evidence for a previous crime
In activism:
- Byllye Avery, American health care activist
- Greg Avery, British animal rights activist and co-founder of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
- Rachel Foster Avery, corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association during the late 19th century
In politics:
- Ephraim Kingsbury Avery, Methodist minister accused of the 1832 murder of Sarah Cornell and acquitted in 1833 for lack of evidence
- Isaac E. Avery, grandson of Waightstill Avery and a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- John Avery, physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Waightstill Avery, North Carolina's first Attorney General and colonel during the American Revolutionary War
- William H. Avery (1911-2009), former Governor of Kansas
In literature:
- Fiona Avery, comic book and television writer
- Gillian Avery, British children’s writer and scholar
- Harold Avery, British author of children's literature
- Tom Avery, explorer, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker
- Valeen Tippetts Avery, American biographer and historian known for her work on American Old West and Latter Day Saint history
In sports:
- Albert Avery, English rugby league footballer
- John Avery, professional Canadian football player
- Ryan Avery, former professional lacrosse player
- Sean Avery, professional hockey player
- Steve Avery, former Major League Baseball pitcher
- William Avery, professional basketball player
- Xavier Avery (born 1990), American baseball player
In artistry:
- Milton Avery, American painter whose works specialize in American Modernism
- Tex Avery, animator and director; creator of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
In fiction:
- Shug Avery, one of the main characters in the 1983 novel The Color Purple
- Bree Avery, the protagonist of the popular lonelygirl15 Internet video series
- Rupert Avery, a main character in The Serpentwar Saga
- Avery, a minor Death Eater in the Harry Potter series.
In other fields:
- Bryan Avery, British architect
- Cyrus Avery, the "Father of Route 66"
- Henry Every (or Avery), 17th century pirate
- James Avery, Union Navy seaman and recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War
- Peter Avery, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
- R. Stanton Avery, founder of Avery Dennison Corporation and namesake of Caltech's Avery House
- Sewell Avery, U.S. businessman
See also
References
- ↑ "Avery Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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