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How many celebrities named Percy can you think of? The famous Percys below have many different professions, including notable actors named Percy, famous musicians named Percy, and even athletes named Percy.
Percy Sledge is certainly one of the most famous Percys on this list. One of the famous singers named Percy, he is best known for his hit “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Take Time to Know Her, released in 1968, is one of his most popular albums.
Another of the famous people with the first name Percy is Percy Spencer. He is the inventor of the microwave oven. He was given the Distinguished Public Service Award by the U.S. Navy for his work on radar tubes during World War II.
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28Percy Sledge
1940-11-25Birthplace: Leighton, Alabama, United States of America
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1941 – 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... more2
18Percy Spencer
1894-07-19Birthplace: Howland, Maine
Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. ... more- 318
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-08-04Birthplace: Horsham, United Kingdom
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( (listen) BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, who is regarded by some as among the finest lyric and philosophical poets in the... more - 417
Percy Jones
1947-12-03Birthplace: Wales
Percy Jones (born 3 December 1947, near Llandrindod Wells, Wales) is a Welsh bass guitarist known as a member of the jazz fusion ensemble Brand X, from 1974-1980, and 1992-1999. Jones has also done... more - 511
Percy Mayfield
1920-08-12Birthplace: Minden, Louisiana
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920 – August 11, 1984) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love"... more - 614
Percy Faith
1908-04-07Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited... more - 714
Percy Watson
1981-08-19Birthplace: Lawton, Oklahoma
Nicholas Christopher McNeil (born August 19, 1981) is a retired American professional wrestler and former professional football player, signed to WWE under the ring name Percy Watson as a commentator... more - 811
Percy Humphrey
1905-01-13Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Percy Gaston Humphrey (January 13, 1905 – July 22, 1995) was a jazz trumpeter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to his band, Percy Humphrey and His Crescent City Joymakers, for... more - 915
Percy Rodriguez
1918-06-13Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Alternative Name: Percy Rodrigues
Percy Rodriguez (born Percy Rodrigues, June 13, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was a Canadian actor who appeared in many television shows and films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was of Afro-Portuguese... more - 108
Percy Marmont
1883-11-25Birthplace: England, London
Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor.Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in... more - 118
Percy Kilbride
1888-07-16Birthplace: USA, California, San Francisco
Percy William Kilbride (July 16, 1888 – December 11, 1964) was an American character actor. He made a career of playing country hicks, most memorably as Pa Kettle in the Ma and Pa Kettle series of... more - 1212
Percy Helton
1894-01-31Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
Percy Alfred Helton (January 31, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was one of the most familiar faces and voices in Hollywood of the 1950s.... more - 1310
Percy Lavon Julian
1899-04-11Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was a research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product... more - 1410
Percy Hynes White
2001-10-08Birthplace: St. John's, Canada
Percy Hynes White (born October 8, 2001) is an Award-winning film and television actor with credits in The Grand Seduction, A Christmas Horror Story, and Cast No Shadow. He began starring as Andy Strucker in FOX's The Gifted in 2018. He also appeared in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.
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Percy Daggs III
1982-07-20Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA
Percy Daggs III (born July 20, 1982) is an American actor best known for his role as Wallace Fennel in the Rob Thomas television series Veronica Mars. He is also known for starring in television... more - 1612
Percy Avery Rockefeller
1878-02-27Birthplace: New York City, New York
Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934) was a board director who founded and was vice president of Owenoke Corporation.... more - 1710
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882-04-21Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Percy Williams Bridgman (21 April 1882 – 20 August 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... more - 1811
Percy Fawcett
1867-08-18Birthplace: Torquay, United Kingdom
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... more - 197
Percy Dearmer
1867-02-27Birthplace: England
Percival "Percy" Dearmer was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate... more - 205
Percy Bush
1879-06-23Birthplace: Cardiff, Wales
Percy Frank Bush (23 June 1879 – 19 May 1955) was a Welsh rugby union player who played international rugby for Wales on eight occasions. Playing at fly-half, Bush is regarded as one of the most... more - 215
Percy Spender
1897-10-05Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 1897 – 3 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... more - 227
Percy Storkey
1891-12-07Birthplace: Napier, New Zealand
Percy Valentine Storkey, VC (9 September 1893 – 3 October 1969) was a New Zealand-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that... more - 234
Percy Alexander MacMahon
1854-09-26Birthplace: Sliema, Malta
Percy Alexander MacMahon (born 26 September 1854, Sliema, British Malta – 25 December 1929, Bognor Regis, England) was a mathematician, especially noted in connection with the partitions of numbers... more - 244
Percy Harvin
1988-05-28Birthplace: Chesapeake, Virginia
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,... more - 255
Percy Jocelyn
1764-11-29Percy Jocelyn (29 November 1764 – 3 September 1843) was Anglican Bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland from 1820 to 1822. He was forced from his position due to claims of homosexual practices,... more
