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The English surname Percy, first taken by House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumbria, 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 or Perseus.

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Surname

  • Charles H. Percy (1919-2011), American businessman and Senator from Illinois
  • Christopher Vane Percy, English interior designer
  • George Percy (1586-1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
  • Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)
  • Henry Hotspur Percy (1364/1366–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy
  • Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, (1742-1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
  • John Percy : see John Percy (disambiguation)
  • LeRoy Percy (1860-1929), American planter and Senator from Mississippi
  • Pierre-François Percy (1754-1825), chief surgeon of the Grand Army
  • Richard Percy (died 1648) English soldier
  • Thomas Percy (disambiguation), various individuals
  • Walker Percy (1916-1990), American author
  • William Percy (disambiguation), various people

    • Given name

  • Percy Abercrombie (1884-1964), Australian rules football player
  • Percy Addleshaw (1866-1916), English barrister and writer
  • Percy Adlon (born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer
  • Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
  • Percy Cherrett. (born 1899), English footballer
  • Percy Zachariah Cox (1864–1937) British administrator and diplomat
  • 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 Gardner (1846–1937), English classical archaeologist
  • Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born composer and pianist
  • Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer) (1887-1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
  • Percy Stickney Grant (1860–1927), American priest of the Episcopal Church
  • Percy Harvin (born 1988), National Football League wide receiver
  • Percy Heath (1923-2005), American jazz bassist
  • Percy Herbert (disambiguation), various people
  • Percy Jones (disambiguation)
  • Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975), American research chemist
  • Percy William Justyne (1812–1883), English artist
  • Percy Kachipande (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
  • Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), African-American research chemist
  • Percy Roycroft Lowe (1870-1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
  • Percy MacKaye (1875-1956), American dramatist and poet
  • Percy Metcalfe, English artist, 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 Miller
  • Percy Montgomery (born 1974), retired South African rugby union footballer
  • 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 business executive in advertising from St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Percy Pepoon, American politician, Missouri senator
  • Percy Quin (1873-1932), American politician
  • Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934), director of the Remington Arms Company
  • Percy Ross (1916-2001), millionaire philanthropist
  • Percy Saint (1870-1958), Louisiana politician
  • Percy Shaw (1890–1976), English inventor and businessman
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), English poet
  • Percy Sledge (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 (1897-1985), Australian politician and diplomat
  • Percy Stone (1856–1934), British architect
  • Percy Sutton (1920–2009), African-American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
  • Percy Thrower (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
  • Percy Vear (1911–1983), British professional boxer
  • Percy Williams (disambiguation)
  • Perce Wilson (1890–1936), National Football League player
  • Percy Wilson (footballer) (1889-1941), Australian rules footballer
  • Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)
  • Percy M. Young (1912-2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
  • 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, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
  • Percy Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
  • Percy Wetmore, a character from The Green Mile novel by Stephen King and the film of the same name by Frank Darabont
  • Lord Percy Percy, two related characters in the popular British sitcom Blackadder
  • Percy Jackson, a main character in a series by Rick Riordan
  • Percy Pea, a character from the VHS and DVD series VeggieTales
  • Percy Polie, a character on the children's show Rolie Polie Olie. He is Olie and Zowie Polie's father
  • Percy the Penguin, a character on the children's Disney Junior show Jake and the Never Land Pirates

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