Percy
The English surname Percy, first taken by the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc.People
Surname
- Alf Percy, Scottish footballer
- Algernon Percy
- Charles H. Percy, American businessman and politician
- Eileen Percy, Irish-born American actress
- George Percy, English explorer, author, and colonial governor
- Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England
- Henry Percy , eldest son of Henry Percy
- Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
- James Gilbert Percy, American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
- John Percy
- LeRoy Percy, American planter and politician
- Pierre-Francois Percy, French surgeon
- Richard Percy, English soldier
- Thomas Percy
- Walker Percy, American author
- William Percy
- Percy Ramirez, Barista, Barista Competitor, Hospitality Industry General Manager, Zagat’s 30 under 30 Los Angeles 2014 Culinary Game Changers
Given name
- Percy Abercrombie, Australian football player
- Percy Addleshaw, English barrister and writer
- Percy Adlon, German film and television director, writer, and producer
- Percy Williams Bridgman, Nobel Prize winner in physics
- Percy Cherrett, English footballer
- Percy Cox, British administrator and diplomat
- Percy Dearmer, English priest and liturgical writer
- Percy Edwards, English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator
- Percy Faith, Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
- Percy Fawcett, British soldier, archaeologist and explorer
- Percy French, Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter
- Percy Gardner, English classical archaeologist
- Percy Grainger, Australian-born composer and pianist
- Percy Grant , Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
- Percy Stickney Grant, American Episcopal priest
- Percy Harvin, American football player
- Percy Heath, American jazz bassist
- Percy Helton, American actor
- Percy Herbert
- Percy Jones
- Percy Hague Jowett, British artist and arts administrator
- Percy Lavon Julian, American research chemist
- Percy William Justyne, English artist
- Percy Kachipande, Malawian diplomat
- Percy Kilbride, American actor
- Percy Lansdale, Iraqi football player
- Percy Lowe, English surgeon and ornithologist
- Percy MacKaye, American dramatist and poet
- Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Percy Marmont, English actor
- Percy Metcalfe, English artist and currency designer
- Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur
- Percy Romeo Miller, aka Romeo Miller, hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert
- Percy Montgomery, South African rugby player
- Percy Erskine Nobbs, Scottish-born Canadian architect
- Percy Noble , British Second World War admiral, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
- Percy Verner Noble, Canadian Member of Parliament
- Percy Orthwein, American businessman
- Percy Parsons, American actor
- Percy Pepoon, American politician
- Percy Quin, American politician
- Percy Avery Rockefeller, American businessman
- Percy Ross, American philanthropist
- Percy Shaw, English inventor and businessman
- Percy Tau, South African football player
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet
- Percy Sledge, American R&B and soul singer
- Percy Smith
- Percy Spencer, American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
- Percy Spender, Australian politician and diplomat
- Percy Stone, British architect
- Percy Sutton, American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
- Percy Thrower, British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
- Percy Trompf, Australian commercial artist
- Percy Vear, British professional boxer
- Percy Wenrich, American composer
- Percy White, Australian rugby player
- Percy White , New Zealand cricketer
- Percy White , British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist
- Percy Whitlock, English organist and composer
- Percy Williams
- Perce Wilson, American football player
- Percy Wilson , Australian football player
- Percy Wyndham
- Percy M. Young, British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
- Percy Yutar, 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
- Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D Web Series Critical Role
- Perseus "Percy" Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians book series
- Judge Percy Merrick, character in High Noon
- Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
- Percy Polie, on the children's show Rolie Polie Olie
- Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
- Percy Sugden, on the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
- Percy Wetmore, from Stephen King's novel The Green Mile
- Percy the Small Engine, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Percy the Dog, in Pocahontas
- Percy, on the animated American TV series Clarence
- Percy the Penguin, on the children's show Jake and the Never Land Pirates
- Black Knight, a Marvel Comics character
