D'arcy
arcy'' (or variant forms Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), lit. "''From Arcy''" is a
surname
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from the
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village of
Bois d'Arcy in
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[given name
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s include girls names like ''Darcene''. The surname is also applied as an anglicization for the Gaelic surname Ó Dorchaidhe. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
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Antoine d'Arcy, (died 1517), French soldier, sieur de la Bastie
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Charles d'Arcy
Charles Frederick D'Arcy (2 January 1859 – 1 February 1938) was a Church of Ireland bishop. He was the Bishop of Clogher from 1903 to 1907 when he was translated to become Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin before then becoming the Bish ...
(1859–1938), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
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Emma D'Arcy
Emma Zia D'Arcy (born 27 June 1992) is an English actor. They are known for their roles in the BBC drama ''Wanderlust'' (2018), the Amazon Prime series ''Truth Seekers'' (2020), and the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–), t ...
(born 1992), British actor
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Gordon D'Arcy
Gordon William D'Arcy (born 10 February 1980, in Ferns, County Wexford) is a retired Irish rugby player who played most of his career at inside centre. He played for Irish provincial side Leinster for his entire professional career and is secon ...
(1980), Irish rugby union player
* Hugues d'Arcy (died 1352) and the d'Arcy family of French Roman Catholic bishops, related to lords of
Arcy-sur-Cure
Arcy-sur-Cure (, literally ''Arcy on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after those ...
, Burgundy, France
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James D'Arcy (born 1975), British actor
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Jim D'Arcy
Jim D'Arcy (born 20 July 1954) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.
He was elected to Louth County Council in 1999, and to Dundalk Town Council in 2004, serving on both bodies until 2011. He unsuccessfully cont ...
(born 1954), Irish politician
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Jim D'Arcy
Jim D'Arcy (born 20 July 1954) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and former member of Seanad Éireann.
He was elected to Louth County Council in 1999, and to Dundalk Town Council in 2004, serving on both bodies until 2011. He unsuccessfully cont ...
(1919–2001), British socialist
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John Michael D'Arcy
John Michael D'Arcy (August 18, 1932 – February 3, 2013) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the eighth diocesan bishop, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Diocese of Fort Wayne-Sout ...
(1932–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
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John D'Arcy (1785–1839)
John D'Arcy (1785–1839) was the founder of town of Clifden, recognised as the capital of Connemara, in County Galway, Ireland. He was to reside at the mansion he had built, Clifden Castle.
Life
D'Arcy was descended from the County Galway fam ...
, Founder of the town of Clifden, Connemara, Ireland
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John P. D'Arcy
John Paul D'Arcy (December 28, 1957 – July 4, 1994) was an American electrical engineer and inventor closely associated with designing commercial subwoofers and lasers for Photorefractive keratectomy.
He attended Palos Verdes High School in L ...
(1957–2004), electrical engineer and inventor, formerly married to Meredithe Stuart-Smith, founder of lifestyle company
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*''The Meri'', novel by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
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Martin D'Arcy
Martin Cyril D'Arcy (15 June 1888 – 20 November 1976) was a Roman Catholic priest, philosopher of love, and a correspondent, friend, and adviser of a range of literary and artistic figures including Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy L. Sayers, W. H. Aude ...
(1888–1976), Roman Catholic priest and public intellectual
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Nick D'Arcy
Nicholas James D'Arcy (born 23 July 1987) is a retired national-record holding butterfly swimmer from Australia. He was removed from Australia's 2008 Olympic team due to a violent altercation that happened shortly after the Australian Olympi ...
(born 1987), Australian Swimmer
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Patrick D'Arcy
Patrick d'Arcy (27 September 1725 – 18 October 1779) was an Irish mathematician born in Kiltullagh, County Galway in the west of Ireland. His family, who were Catholics, suffered under the penal laws. In 1739 d'Arcy was sent abroad b ...
(1598–1668), Irish nationalist and politician during Irish Confederate Wars
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Ray D'Arcy
Raymond Michael D'Arcy (born 1 September 1964) is an Irish television and radio presenter currently on his second stint at state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He once presented a self-titled weekday morning radio programme on th ...
(born 1964), Irish television and radio presenter
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Sarah D'Arcy
Sarah D'Arcy (born 22 August 1991) is an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Previously, she played four seasons at including in the club's inaugural team.
Early life and state ...
(born 1991), Australian rules footballer
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Tony D'Arcy
Tony D'Arcy was a senior leader in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died as a result of a 52 day Hunger-strike (16 April 1940) at the age of 32.
Background, roles in the IRA and arrest
D'Arcy was from Galway and a member of the IRA during the ...
(died 1940), Irish Republican Army volunteer who died on hunger strike in 1940
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William Knox D'Arcy (1849–1917), British oilman
Given name
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D'Arcy Baker
D'Arcy Richard Baker (1877-1932) was a British businessman and racing driver.
Baker was managing director of Fiat in the UK.
In the early 1900s he extensively renovated Hedsor House, a mansion he owned in Hedsor, Buckinghamshire, but the expense ...
(1877–1932), British businessman and racing driver
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D'Arcy Broderick, Canadian musician
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D'Arcy Carden
D'Arcy Beth Carden (born Darcy Beth Erokan, January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her starring roles as Janet in the NBC sitcom ''The Good Place'' (2016–2020) and Greta Gill in the Prime series ''A League ...
, American actress and comedian
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D'Arcy Corrigan, actor and lawyer
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D'Arcy Osborne
Francis D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds, (16 September 1884 – 20 March 1964), known between 1943 and 1963 as Sir D'Arcy Osborne, was a British diplomat.
Early life and career
Osborne was the eldest son of Sidney Francis Godolph ...
, 12th Duke of Leeds
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D'Arcy McGee
Thomas D'Arcy McGee (13 April 18257 April 1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland, and was ...
, 19th-century Canadian politician
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D'Arcy Short
D'Arcy John Matthew Short (born 9 August 1990) is an Australian international cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Australian national team. At the domestic level, he plays for Western ...
(born 1990), Australian cricketer
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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Scottish biologist
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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Galway)
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1829–1902) was an English scholar, from 1863 Professor of Greek at Queen's College, Galway.
Life
He was elder son of John Skelton Thompson, shipmaster, and his wife Mary Mitchell, both of Maryport, Cumberland; it was ...
, English scholar
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D'arcy Wretzky, bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins, often credited as simply D'arcy
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Walter D'Arcy Ryan
Walter D'Arcy Ryan (Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 17, 1870 – Schenectady, New York, US, March 14, 1934) was an influential early lighting engineer who worked for General Electric as director of its Illuminating Engineering Laborator ...
(1870–1934), lighting engineer
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Brian d'Arcy James, (born 1968), American actor and musician
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Darcy (surname)
Darcy (or variant forms Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), lit. "''From the Fortress''", or "''Dark(-haired) One''", is a surname from the Norman barony of Arcy, La Manche, in what was once Normandy, a duchy/dukedom under the French king), but is now No ...