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| '''Harvey''' is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning "soldier" or "man-at-arms". It is thought to have come to England with the ] ] of ] as "Hervé". | '''Harvey''' is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning "soldier" or "man-at-arms". It is thought to have come to England with the ] ] of ] as "Hervé". It is also used as a given name. As a given name, the diminutive ] is sometimes used. | ||
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Harvey is an English surname and place-name, derived from a personal name meaning "soldier" or "man-at-arms". It is thought to have come to England with the Breton mercenaries of William the Conqueror as "Hervé". It is also used as a given name. 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
- In Australia
- In Canada
People
- Alfred Harvey, comic-book publisher
- André Harvey (1941– ), Canadian consultant, politician and former teacher
- 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
- David Harvey (statistician) (born 1928), D. Q. Harvey, statistician and treasurer of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
- Domino Harvey (1969–2005), British-born former model turned Los Angeles bounty hunter
- 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
- John Harvey (television), American television presenter
- Ken Harvey (1978– ), American baseball player
- Laurence Harvey (1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor
- Louis P. Harvey (1820–1862), American politician and governor of Wisconsin
- Michael C Harvey (1964– ), American Six Sigma Black Belt
- 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
- William Harvey (1578–1657), British physician who discovered the circulation of blood
- See also
- 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
Works of art
- Harvey (play), a play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit
- Harvey (film), a film starring Jimmy Stewart, based on the play
- The Harvey Girls, a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams and a 1946 musical based on the book
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
- Harvey Wallbanger, a mixed drink
- Harvey, the name given by John Crichton to the neural clone of Scorpius implanted in his brain in the TV show Farscape, a reference to the 1950 movie above
- 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, the name of a piano rock group out of Atlanta, Georgia
- Harvey Danger, an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington
External links
Topics referred to by the same term
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