Harvey

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Harvey is an English given name, surname, place-name, derived from a Breton personal name meaning "battle-worthy". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "James Bay".^[1] As a given name, the diminutive Harry is sometimes used.

Contents 1 Places 2 People 2.1 As surname 2.2 As given name 3 Works of art 4 Fictional characters 5 Other

[edit] Places

Harvey is a common place-name in some English-speaking countries.

In the United States, the names of the following cities and counties

• Harvey, Illinois
• Harvey, Iowa
• Harvey, Louisiana
• Harvey, North Dakota

• Harvey County, Kansas

In Australia

• Harvey, Western Australia

In Canada

• Harvey, New Brunswick, in Albert County
• Harvey Station, New Brunswick, in York County

[edit] People

[edit] As surname

• Alfred Harvey, comic-book publisher
• André Harvey (1941– ), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher
• Anthony Harvey (1931- ), British film director and editor
• Bagenal Harvey (d.1798), United Irishmen commander
• Bryan Harvey (musician), American musician
• Colin Harvey (footballer) (1944– ), British soccer player and manager
• David Harvey (footballer) (1948– ), British soccer player
• David Harvey (geographer) (1935– ), British-born Marxist geographer
• Domino Harvey (1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter
• Doug Harvey (1924–1989), star player for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, and is considered by many to be one of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game.
• Francis Harvey, (1873-1916) British Marine awarded the Victorian Cross posthumously.
• Francis J. Harvey, American military administrator
• Fred Harvey (1835–1901), American entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House restaurants, famous for their "Harvey Girls"
• Gerry Harvey, Australian billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Harvey Norman chain stores
• Hayward Augustus Harvey (1824-1893), American engineer and inventor of Harvey armour
• Jeff Harvey (1957– ), Canadian ecologist and journalist
• Jeffrey A. Harvey, American theoretical physicist
• Jerry B. Harvey (1936- ), Professor of management
• John Harvey (television), American television presenter
• Jonathan Harvey (*1939), British composer
• Ken Harvey (1978– ), American baseball player
• Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor
• Leslie Harvey, Scottish rock musician
• Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin
• Michael Harvey aka MC Harvey (1979- ) British rapper, television presenter and footballer
• Michael C. Harvey, American inventor
• Nick Harvey (1961– ), British M.P.
• PJ Harvey (1969– ), British singer and songwriter
• Paul Harvey (1918– ), American radio broadcaster
• Robert Harvey (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
• Robert Harvey (musician), British musician
• Steve Harvey (1956– ), African-American actor, entertainer and comedian
• Tim Harvey (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, Illinois
• William Harvey (1578–1657), British physician who discovered the circulation of blood
• William Henry Harvey (1811 - 1866). Irish botanist, author of Phycologia Britannica.

[edit] As given name

• Baron Harvey, a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1954
• Harvey Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
• Harvey Keitel, a notable American film actor
• Saint Harvey, 6th century Breton saint

[edit] Works of art

• Harvey (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit
• Harvey (film), a film starring James Stewart, based on the play
• The Harvey Girls, a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams and a 1946 musical based on the book

[edit] Fictional characters

• Harvey Dent, fictional District Attorney in DC Comics
• Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend, in the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
• Harvey Swick, the protagonist of the novel The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.
• Harvey (Farscape), a fictional personality in the TV show Farscape.
• Dr. Harvey (The Andy Griffith Show), a fictional personality in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show.

[edit] Other

• Harvey armour, a type of naval armour developed in the late 19th century
• Harvey Comics, a publisher of comic books from the 1940s to the 1990s
• Harvery F.C., an early twentieth century U.S. soccer team from Harvey, Illinois
• Harvey Wallbanger, a mixed drink
• Harvey's of Hayle, iron founders and pioneers of the industrial revolution
• Hurricane Harvey, the name used when the eighth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in certain years becomes a hurricane
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, a cartoon series
• Harvey Danger, an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington
• "Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign after the show jumper of the name who used it in a televised event in 1971
• Harvey, a piano-based rock band out of Asheville, NC