Percy (surname)
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The following list includes people with the surname Percy:
Members of the House of Percy
are listed at that article.
- Charles H. Percy (b. 1919), businessman, special ambassador, politician, Senator Illinois-R (1967–1985)
- George PercyGeorge PercyGeorge Percy 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, 2nd/8th Earl of Northumberland and Lady Catherine Neville. He was sickly for much of his life, possibly suffering from epilepsy or...
(1586–1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia - Hugh Earl PercyHugh Percy, 2nd Duke of NorthumberlandLieutenant-General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, FRS was an officer in the British army and later a British peer...
, (1742–1817), Duke of Northumberland, American Revolutionary War - James Gilbert Percy, American pilot, U.S. Marine Corps ace in World War II, VMF-112, Guadalcanal
- Gilbert Percy WhitleyGilbert Percy WhitleyGilbert Percy Whitley was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. He was born at Swaythling, Southampton, England, and was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Osborne House...
(1903 – 1975), British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist - John PercyJohn PercyJohn Percy was an English Jesuit priest and controversialist.-Life:...
(1569–1641), english jesuit - Le Roy Percy (1860–1929), planter, lawyer, and politician, Senator Mississippi-D (1910–1913)
- Thomas Percy (1729–1811), English poet, Bishop of Dromore, editor of the Tatler, the Guardian, and the Spectator
- Thomas PercyThomas Percy (plotter)Thomas Percy was a member of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. A tall, physically impressive man, little is known of his early life beyond his matriculation in 1579 to Peterhouse College in Cambridge, and his marriage in 1591 to Martha Wright...
(c. 1560–1605), English, Gunpowder Plot - Walker PercyWalker PercyWalker Percy was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962...
(1916–1990), American writer, cousin to William Alexander Percy - William Percy (disambiguation) - several people
Members of the House of Percy
House of Percy
The House of Percy were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages, having descended from William de Percy who crossed from Normandy to England with William I in early December 1067 and was rebuilding York Castle in 1070...
are listed at that article.