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Famous People with Name Percy

Percy as First Name

Percy Lebaron Spencer     Percy Lebaron Spencer        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Percy Lebaron Spencer: was an American engineer and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven.In 1941, magnetrons, which were used to generate the microwave radio signals that are the core mechanism of radar, were being made at the rate of 17 per day at Raytheon. While working there, Spencer developed a more efficient way to manufacture them, by punching out and soldering together magnetron parts, rather than using machined parts. His improvements were among those that increased magnetron production to 2,600 per day. For his work he was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award by the US Navy.

Percy Rodríguez     Percy Rodríguez        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Percy Rodríguez: is a Costa Rican politician.

Percy D. Bryant     Percy D. Bryant        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Percy D. Bryant: was an American bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s.

Percy Hamilton Clark     Percy Hamilton Clark        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Percy Hamilton Clark: was an American cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He began playing cricket in 1885 and soon found himself at the top of the game in the USA during the brief "Golden Age" of North American cricket. He often opened the bowling with Bart King when playing for the Philadelphian cricket team and the USA national team. He played 53 first-class matches in all, taking 199 wickets in his career at an average of 21.97, taking 10 wickets in a match four times, and having an innings best of 8/91 against Worcestershire in 1903. Clark also played for the USA national team, and took five or more wickets on four occasions in the regular match against Canada, his best being 6/41 in the 1900 game in Manheim.

Percy Bassett     Percy Bassett        Origin/Culture/Country: American

Percy Bassett: was a featherweight professional boxer from Pennsylvania. Percy Bassett was a native and resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Percy as Last Name

LeRoy Percy     LeRoy Percy       Origin/Culture/Country: American

LeRoy Percy: was a wealthy planter from Greenville, Mississippi in the heart of the Delta. He attended the University of Virginia where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He served as United States Senator from Mississippi from 1910 to 1913.Percy held office u

Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy     Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy       Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy: was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. During this time, he led it through a 32-fold expansion of sales, 12-fold expansion of employees, and going public with a listing on the NYSE. He was elected United States Senator from Illi

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