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The English surname Percy, first taken by House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumbria, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival or Perseus.
People
Surname
- Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
- George Percy (1586-1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)
- Henry Hotspur Percy (1364/1366–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
- Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, (1742-1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
- John Percy (1569-1641), English Jesuit
- LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
- Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
- Richard Percy (died 1648) English soldier
- Thomas Percy (disambiguation), various individuals
- Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
- William Percy (disambiguation), various people
Given name
- Percy Abercrombie (1884-1964), Australian rules footballer
- Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), English barrister and writer
- Percy Adlon (born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer
- Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
- Percy Cherrett. (born 1899), English footballer
- Percy Zachariah Cox (1864–1937) British administrator and diplomat
- Percy Faith (1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
- Percy Fawcett (1867-c. 1925), British soldier, archaeologist and South American explorer
- 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) (1887-1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
- Percy Stickney Grant (1860–1927), American priest of the Episcopal Church
- Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
- Percy Heath (1923-2005), American jazz bassist
- Percy Herbert (disambiguation), various people
- Percy Jones (disambiguation)
- Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), American research chemist
- Percy William Justyne (1812–1883), English artist
- Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
- Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African-American research chemist
- Percy Roycroft Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
- Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
- Percy Metcalfe, English artist, currency designer
- Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur
- Percy Romeo Miller, aka Romeo Miller, hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert Miller
- Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
- 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 business executive in advertising from St. Louis, Missouri.
- Percy Pepoon, American politician, Missouri senator
- Percy Quin (1873-1932), American politician
- Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), director of the Remington Arms Company
- Percy Ross (1916-2001), millionaire philanthropist
- 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)
- Percy Spencer (1894–1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
- Percy Spender (1897-1985), Australian politician and diplomat
- Percy Sutton (1920–2009), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
- Percy Thrower (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
- Percy Vear (1911–1983), British professional boxer
- Percy Williams (disambiguation)
- Perce Wilson (1890–1936), National Football League player
- Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889-1941), Australian rules footballer
- Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)
- Percy M. Young (1912-2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
- Percy Yutar (1911–2002), South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial
Nickname
- Robert Plant, vocalist for the British rock band Led Zeppelin, nicknamed Percy after Percy Thrower
Fictional characters
- Percy the Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
- Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
- Percy Jackson, a main character in a series by Rick Riordan
See also
- All pages beginning with "Percy"
- All pages with titles containing Percy
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