Purvis
Purvis is a surname and occasionally a masculine given name which may refer to:
Surname
- Al Purvis (1929–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
- Arthur Blaikie Purvis (1890–1941), Canadian industrialist
- Bart Purvis (1919–2001), English footballer
- Bob Purvis (born 1948), Scottish footballer
- Charles Burleigh Purvis (1842 – 1929) was a physician in Washington, D.C. and among the founders of the medical school at Howard University.
- Dawn Purvis (born 1967), member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Duane Purvis (c. 1913–1989), All-American football player and track and field athlete
- Edward William Purvis (1857–1888), British officer and Hawaiian official
- François Pervis (born 1984), French track cyclist
- Harriet Forten Purvis (1810 – 1875) was an African-American abolitionist and first generation suffragist.[1]
- Harriet Purvis, Jr. (1839 – 1904) was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist and a member of the temperance movement.[2]
- Hugh Purvis (1843–1922), United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor
- Jack Purvis (actor) (1937–1997), British actor
- Jack Purvis (1906–1962), jazz musician
- Jeff Purvis (born 1959), race car driver
- Jeremy Purvis (born 1974), Scottish Member of Parliament
- Jim Purvis, American soccer player in the 1920s
- John Purvis (born 1938), Scottish Member of the European Parliament
- Katharine Purvis (died 1909), writer of "When the Saints Go Marching in"
- Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), FBI agent
- Neal Purvis (born 1961), screenwriter
- Richard Purvis (1913–1994), U. S. organist and composer
- Rosalie Purvis (born 1975), Dutch-U.S. theatre director
- Robert Purvis (1810–1898), African-American abolitionist
- Ryan Purvis (born 1986), National Football League player
- Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1883) was a poet and abolitionist.
- Stewart Purvis (born 1947), CEO ITN, British news provider
- T G Purvis (1861–1933), marine artist
- Tom Purvis (1888–1959), painter, commercial poster artist
- William Purvis (French horn player) (born 1948), American French horn player
- William H. Purvis (1858–1950), investor who first planted the macadamia nut in Hawaii
Given name
- Purvis Short (born 1957), American retired National Basketball Association player
- Purvis Young (1943–2010), African-American painter
- "Biographical Sketch of Harriet Purvis". Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "Key Figures, Shining a Light on Black Women's Activism, Harriet Purvis, Jr". Black Womens Suffrage. Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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