Percy

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The name "Percy" derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy from which was derived the English 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
Percy, Isère, France
Percy, Manche, France
Percy, Illinois, United States

People

Surname

Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)
Henry Hotspur Percy (1364/1366–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
Thomas Percy (disambiguation), various individuals
Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
William Percy (writer) (1574-1648), English poet and playwright

Given name

Percy Abercrombie (1884—1964), Australian rules footballer
Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in Physics
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 Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born composer and pianist
Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
Percy William Justyne (1812–1883), English artist
Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African-American research chemist and pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants
Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
Percy Pepoon, American politician, Missouri senator
Percy Shaw, OBE (15 April 1890 – 1 September 1976) was an English inventor and businessman
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet
Percy Sledge (1940–2015), American R&B and soul singer
Percy Spencer (1894–1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
Percy Sutton (1920–2009), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
Percy Thrower, MBE (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
Percy Vear (1911–1983), British professional boxer
Perce Wilson (1890–1936), NFL player
Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889-1941), Australian rules footballer
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, a fictional character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
Percy Weasley, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
Lord Percy Percy, two related fictional characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
Percy Jackson, a main character in a series by Rick Riordan
Percy Pig, a brand of sweets by Marks and Spencer

Other uses

Percy (1971 film)
- Percy (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film by The Kinks
Percy Folio, a book of English ballads
HIA Percy, a military hospital in France