Harvey
Harvey is an English given name, surname, place-name, derived from a Breton personal name meaning "battle-worthy". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "Hervé".[1] As a given name, the diminutive Harry is sometimes used.
Places
Harvey is a common place-name in some English-speaking countries.
- In the United States, the names of the following cities and counties
- Harvey, Illinois
- Harvey, Iowa
- Harvey, Louisiana
- Harvey, North Dakota
- Harvey County, Kansas
- In Australia
- Harvey, Western Australia
- In Canada
- Harvey, New Brunswick, in Albert County
- Harvey Station, New Brunswick, in York County
People
As surname
- Alfred Harvey, comic-book publisher
- André Harvey (1941– ), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher
- Anthony Harvey (1931- ), British film director and editor
- Bagenal Harvey (d.1798), United Irishmen commander
- Bryan Harvey (musician), American musician
- Colin Harvey (footballer) (1944– ), British soccer player and manager
- David Harvey (footballer) (1948– ), British soccer player
- David Harvey (geographer) (1935– ), British-born Marxist geographer
- Domino Harvey (1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter
- Francis Harvey, (1873-1916) British Marine awarded the Victorian Cross posthumously.
- Francis J. Harvey, American military administrator
- Fred Harvey (1835–1901), American entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House restaurants, famous for their "Harvey Girls"
- Gerry Harvey, Australian billionaire businessman, co-founder of the Harvey Norman chain stores
- Hayward Augustus Harvey (1824-1893), American engineer and inventor of Harvey armour
- Jeff Harvey (1957– ), Canadian ecologist and journalist
- Jeffrey A. Harvey, American theoretical physicist
- Jerry B. Harvey (1936- ), Professor of management
- John Harvey (television), American television presenter
- Jonathan Harvey (*1939), British composer
- Ken Harvey (1978– ), American baseball player
- Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor
- Leslie Harvey, Scottish rock musician
- Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin
- Michael Harvey aka MC Harvey (1979- ) British rapper, television presenter and footballer
- Michael C. Harvey, American inventor
- Nick Harvey (1961– ), British M.P.
- PJ Harvey (1969– ), British singer and songwriter
- Paul Harvey (1918– ), American radio broadcaster
- Robert Harvey (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
- Robert Harvey (musician), British musician
- Steve Harvey (1956– ), African-American actor, entertainer and comedian
- Tim Harvey (1961-), British racing driver, winner of the BTCC in 1992 and media personality
- Turlington W. Harvey (1835 - 1909), Christian leader, entrepreneur, inventor, founder of Harvey, Illinois
- William Harvey (1578–1657), British physician who discovered the circulation of blood
- William Henry Harvey (1811 - 1866). Irish botanist, author of Phycologia Britannica.
As given name
- Baron Harvey, a peerage title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1954
- Harvey Firestone (1868–1938), founder of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
- Harvey Keitel, a notable American film actor
- Saint Harvey, 6th century Breton saint
Works of art
- Harvey (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit
- Harvey (film), a film starring James Stewart, based on the play
- The Harvey Girls, a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams and a 1946 musical based on the book
Fictional characters
- Harvey Dent, fictional District Attorney in DC Comics
- Harvey Kinkle, Sabrina's boyfriend, in the television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- Harvey Swick, the protagonist of the novel The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.
- Harvey (Farscape), a fictional personality in the TV show Farscape.
- Dr. Harvey (The Andy Griffith Show), a fictional personality in the TV show The Andy Griffith Show.
Other
- Harvey armour, a type of naval armour developed in the late 19th century
- Harvey Comics, a publisher of comic books from the 1940s to the 1990s
- Harvery F.C., an early twentieth century U.S. soccer team from Harvey, Illinois
- Harvey Wallbanger, a mixed drink
- Harvey's of Hayle, iron founders and pioneers of the industrial revolution
- Hurricane Harvey, the name used when the eighth tropical cyclone in the Atlantic Ocean in certain years becomes a hurricane
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, a cartoon series
- Harvey Danger, an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington
- "Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign after the show jumper of the name who used it in a televised event in 1971
- Harvey, a piano-based rock band out of Asheville, NC
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Harvey". Image Credit.
