The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

, United Kingdom. It was from the

House of Percy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

, Norman lords of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...

, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in

. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name

Percival Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the Gra ...

Perseus In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...

, etc.

People

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Alf Percy Andrew Main Alfred Percy was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Montrose. He also played in the Football League for Clapton Orient Leyton Orien ...

, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (disambiguation) *

Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...

(1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress *

George Percy The Honourable George Percy (4 September 1580 – 1632) was an English explorer, author, and early Colonial Governor of Virginia. Early life George Percy was born in England, the youngest son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland and Lady ...

(1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor *

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal (10 November 134120 February 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England. His mother was M ...

(1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England *

Henry Percy (Hotspur) Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hotsp ...

(1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy *

Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland Lieutenant General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (14 August 174210 July 1817) was an officer in the British army and later a British peer. He participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Long Island during ...

(1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War *

James Gilbert Percy James Gilbert Percy (July 26, 1921 – September 16, 2015) was a United States Marine Corps officer. He was a flying ace credited with shooting down six Japanese aircraft and was awarded the Navy Cross during World War II. Early life James G. ...

(1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient *

John Percy (disambiguation) John Percy may refer to: *John Percy (Jesuit) (1569–1641), English Jesuit priest and controversialist *John Percy (metallurgist) (1817–1889), English physician and metallurgist *John de Percy, MP for Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City st ...

* LeRoy Percy (1860–1929), American planter and politician * Pierre-Francois Percy (1754–1825), French surgeon *

Richard Percy Sir Richard Percy (died 1648) was an English soldier who served in Ireland during the 1590s.Falls p.216 He was part of the Percy Family, the son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland and younger brother of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumb ...

(died 1648), English soldier *

Samuel Percy Samuel Percy (1750–1820) was an Irish-born sculptor mainly working as a wax-modeller in England. He has a unique style, creating three dimensional miniature portraits in coloured wax. Life He was born and raised in Dublin and trained at ...

(1750-1820) Irish-born wax-modeller of portraits *

Thomas Percy (disambiguation) Thomas Percy may refer to: * Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1343–1403), English medieval nobleman *Thomas Percy (Pilgrimage of Grace) (1504–1537), executed as a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace *Thomas Percy (fl. 1563), MP for Plympton E ...

Walker Percy Walker Percy, OSB (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, '' The Moviegoer'', won the N ...

(1916–1990), American author *

William Percy (disambiguation) William Percy may refer to: * William de Percy (d.c. 1096/9), Anglo-Norman nobleman, crusader and founder of Whitby Abbey * William Percy (c.1337-1407), MP for Sussex * William Percy (bishop) (1428–1462), British bishop *William Percy (writer) ...

Given name

Percy Abercrombie Percy John Abercrombie (1 January 1884 – 22 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer of the 1900s who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life Percy Abercrombie was born on New Year's ...

(1884–1964), Australian football player *

Percy Addleshaw Percy Addleshaw (1866 in Bowdon, Greater Manchester, Bowdon, Cheshire – 1916) was an English barrister and writer. A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, Christ Church, University of Oxford, Oxford, Addleshaw was called to the bar in 1893. He w ...

(1866–1916), English barrister and writer *

Percy Adlon Paul Rudolf Parsifal "Percy" Adlon (; born 1 June 1935) is a German director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his film '' Bagdad Cafe''. He is associated with the New German Cinema movement (ca. 1965–1985), and has been noted ...

(born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer *

Percy Barnevik Percy Nils Barnevik HonFREng (born 13 February 1941) is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) 1988–2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003. ...

(born 1941), Swedish business executive *

Percy Williams Bridgman Percy Williams Bridgman (April 21, 1882 – August 20, 1961) was an American physicist who received the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the physics of high pressures. He also wrote extensively on the scientific method and on other as ...

(1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics *

Percy Butler (disambiguation) Percy Butler may refer to: * Percy M. Butler (1912–2015), British zoologist and paleontologist * Percy Butler (American football) Percy Butler III (born May 29, 2000) is an American football safety for the Washington Commanders of the Nationa ...

, multiple people * Percy Cherrett (1899–1984), English footballer * Percy Cox (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat *

Percy Dawson (disambiguation) Percy Dawson may refer to: * Percy Dawson (baseball), American baseballer * Percy Dawson (footballer) (1890–1974), English footballer with Hearts and Blackburn * Percy Dawson (lawyer) (1865–1916), Australian lawyer {{hndis, Dawson, Per ...

Percy Dearmer Percival Dearmer (1867–1936) was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of ''The Parson's Handbook'', a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy, and as editor of ''The English Hymnal''. A lifelong socialist, he was an early ad ...

(1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer *

Percy Dickie Percy Dickie (11 December 1907 – 1987) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward or left half. He began his senior career at hometown club Aberdeen in 1929 but was unable to establish himself as a regular,

(1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn * Percy Edwards (1908–1996), English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator *

Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listeni ...

(1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor *

Percy Fawcett Percy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 during or after 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America. Fawcett disappeared in 1925 (along with his eldest son, Jack, and one of ...

(1867–?), British soldier, archaeologist and explorer * Percy Fernando, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general * Percy French (1854–1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter *

Percy Gardner Percy Gardner, (24 November 184617 July 1937) was an English classical archaeologist and numismatist. He was Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge from 1879 to 1887. He was Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and A ...

(1846–1937), English classical archaeologist *

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long an ...

(1882–1961), Australian-born composer and pianist *

Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, (23 September 1867 – 8 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1919 to 1921. Naval career Grant saw service in the ...

(1867–1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy *

Percy Stickney Grant Percy Stickney Grant (1860–1927) was an American Episcopal priest. Grant was born in Boston and was educated at Harvard University ( AB, 1883; AM, 1886) and at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts ( BD, 1886). He was a c ...

(1860–1927), American Episcopal priest *

Percy Harvin William Percival Harvin III (born May 28, 1988) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Florida, when the Gators won the BCS National Championship in 2006 and 2008, and was drafted by the Minnesota Viking ...

(born 1988), American football player * Percy Heath (1923–2005), American jazz bassist * Percy Helton (1894–1971), American actor *

Percy Herbert (disambiguation) Percy Herbert may refer to: * Percy Herbert (actor) (1920–1992), British film and television actor * Percy Herbert (bishop) (1885–1968), English bishop * Percy Herbert (cricketer) (1878-1958), English cricketer * Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis ...

Percy Jones (disambiguation) Percy Jones may refer to: * Percy L. Jones (1875–1941), US Army Medical Corps officer * Percy Jones (rugby union) (1887–1969), Welsh international rugby player * Percy Mansell Jones (1889–1968), Welsh professor of French at Bangor and Manc ...

* Percy Hague Jowett (1882–1955), British artist and arts administrator * Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), American research chemist *

Percy William Justyne Percy William Justyne (1812 – 6 June 1883) was an English artist and book illustrator. Biography Justyne was the son of Percy and Anne Justyne, was born at Rochester in Kent in 1812. He was educated for the Royal Navy, and went on a surveyin ...

(1812–1883), English artist *

Percy Kachipande Safiel Percy Kachipande (born 16 February 1944) is a Malawian politician and former diplomat. Kachipande is a former civil servant and diplomat for Malawi diplomatic missions to Germany, US and South Africa. He was the deputy ambassador and la ...

(born 1944), Malawian diplomat * Percy Kilbride (1888–1964), American actor * Percy Lansdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player *

Percy Lowe Percy Roycroft Lowe (2 January 1870 – 18 August 1948) was an English surgeon and ornithologist. Life Lowe was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire and studied medicine at Jesus College, Cambridge. He served as a civil surgeon in the Second Boe ...

(1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist *

Percy MacKaye Percy MacKaye (1875–1956) was an American dramatist and poet. Biography MacKaye was born in New York City into a theatrical family. His father, Steele MacKaye, was a popular actor, playwright, and producer, while his mother, Mary, wrote a d ...

(1875–1956), American dramatist and poet * Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 1945), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka * Percy Marmont (1883–1977), English actor * Percy Metcalfe (1895–1970), English artist and currency designer * Percy Robert Miller, aka

Master P Percy Robert Miller Sr. (born April 29, 1967), known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, record executive, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the record label No Limit Records, which was relaunched as ...

, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur * Percy Romeo Miller (born 1989), aka Romeo Miller, hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert * Percy Montgomery (born 1974), South African rugby player * 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 businessman * Percy Parsons (1878–1944), American actor * Percy Pepoon (1861–1939), American politician * Percy Quin (1872–1932), American politician * Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934), American businessman * Percy Rojas (born 1949), Peruvian football player * Percy Ross (1916–2001), American philanthropist * Percy Schmeiser (1931-2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant * Percy Shaw (1890–1976), English inventor and businessman *

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his ach ...

(1792–1822), English poet *

Percy Sledge Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song " When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 196 ...

(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 Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 18973 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge. He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. He was ...

(1897–1985), Australian politician and diplomat * Percy Stone (1856–1934), British architect * Percy Sutton (1920–2009), American politician, civil rights activist and businessman * Percy Tau (1994), South African football player * Percy Thrower (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer * Percy Trompf (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist * Percy Vear (1911–1983), British professional boxer *

Percy Wenrich Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. Personal life and career Born in Joplin, Missouri to Daniel Wenrich and Mary Ray, he left for Chicago in 1901 where he attended classe ...

(1887–1952), American composer * Percy White (1888–1918), Australian rugby player * Percy White (cricketer) (1868–1946), New Zealand cricketer * Percy White (nuclear scientist) (1916–2013), British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist * Percy Whitlock (1903–1946), English organist and composer *

Percy Wickremasekera Percy Wickremasekera is Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and trade unionist. He was the General Secretary of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union and a member of the Politburo of the LSSP. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at the Col ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist * Percy Williams (disambiguation) * Perce Wilson (1890–1936), American football player * Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889–1941), Australian football player *

Percy Wyndham (disambiguation) Percy Wyndham may refer to: * Percy Charles Wyndham (1757–1833), English Member of Parliament for Chichester 1782–1784, and for Midhurst 1790–1796 * Percy Wyndham (soldier) (1833–1879), British soldier and adventurer in the Battle of Thorou ...

* Percy M. Young (1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher * Percy Yutar (1911–2002), South African attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Fictional characters

* Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name and various related works * Percy Dovetonsils, created and played by American television comedian Ernie Kovacs * Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' book series * Judge Percy Merrick, character in ''

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western (genre), Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in Real time (media), real time, center ...

'' * Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retel ...

'' * Percy Polie, on the children's show '' Rolie Polie Olie'' *

Lord Percy Percy This article lists the characters in the four series and three special episodes of the British sitcom ''Blackadder''. ''Blackadder'' was notable for featuring actors playing many repeating characters across different eras of history, with Rowa ...

, two related characters in the popular British sitcom ''Blackadder'' * Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D web series ''

Critical Role ''Critical Role'' is an American web series in which a group of professional voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The show started streaming partway through the cast's first campaign in March 2015. Campaign one ended in October 2017 afte ...

'' * Percy Sugden, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Percy Weasley, in the ''Harry Potter'' series *

Percy Wetmore ''The Green Mile'' is a 1999 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses s ...

, from Stephen King's novel ''The Green Mile'' * Percy the Park Keeper, in the British children's TV series of the same name *

Percy the Small Engine This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

, in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * Percy the Dog, in ''

Pocahontas Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, known as Matoaka, 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter o ...

'' * Percy, on the animated American TV series ''

Clarence Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division * Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow * Clarence River (New South Wales) * Clarence Strait (Northern Territory) * City of Clarence, a loca ...

'' * Percy the Penguin, on the children's show '' Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' * Black Knight (Sir Percy), a Marvel Comics character * Percy, on the animated American television series ''

Amphibia Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

'' * Percy, a hunter in the video game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Stor ...

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