Percival (disambiguation)
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Percival is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend.
Percival or Perceval can also refer to:
- Percival, a given name. It may derive from Old French, meaning "pierce the veil."
- Arthurian legend
- Perceval, the Story of the Grail (French: Le Conte du Graal), the 12th century unfinished Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes, which had the first mention of the Holy Grail
- Perceval le Gallois, a 1978 French film adaptation of Chrétien's work
People
- Alexander Perceval (1788–1858), British politician
- Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval (1795–1871), French orientalist
- Arthur Ernest Percival (1887–1966), British soldier
- Edgar Percival (1897–1984) Australian aircraft designer, pilot, Percival Aircraft
- James Gates Percival (1795–1854), American poet
- John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (1711–1770), British politician
- John Percival (1779–1862), officer in the United States Navy
- John Perceval (1923–2000), Australian artist
- Lance Percival (born 1933), British actor and comedian
- Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British statesman and Prime Minister
- Thomas Percival (1740-1804), English physician
- Troy Percival (born 1969), American baseball player
Other
- Percival Aircraft Company, a British aircraft manufacturer now known as Hunting Aircraft
- Percival Street, in the East Point and Wan Chai, Hong Kong
- USS Percival (DD-298), a destroyer in the United States Navy
[edit] See also
- USS Percival, for a list of ships by this name