Percy (surname)

Percy (surname)

The following list includes people with the surname Percy:

* Charles H. Percy (b. 1919), businessman, special ambassador, politician, Senator Illinois-R (1967–1985)
* George Percy (1586–1631), English explorer and author, governor of Virginia
* Hugh Earl Percy, (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
* 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 Percy (c. 1560–1605), English, Gunpowder Plot
* Walker Percy (1916–1990), American writer, cousin to William Alexander Percy
* William Percy (disambiguation) - several people"Members of the House of Percy are listed at that article."

ee also

* Percy (given name)
* Percy (disambiguation)


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