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Algernon is a masculine given name which derives from the
Norman-French
sobriquet Aux Gernons , meaning "with moustaches".
People
Given name
Algernon Ashton (1859–1937), English composer
Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), American lawyer and law professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), English writer
Algernon Blair (1873–1952), American construction contractor
Algernon Bligh (1888–1952), English cricket player
Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk (1830–1908), English journalist
Algernon Boyle (1871–1949), English naval officer
Algernon "Algie" Brown (born 1991), American football player
Algernon Buford (1826–1911), American president of the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Algernon Burnaby (1868–1938), English landowner and soldier
Algernon Butler (1905–1978), American judge
Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex (1670–1710), English nobleman
Algernon Capell, 8th Earl of Essex (1884–1966), British aristocrat and actor
Algernon Chester-Master (1851–1897), English cricket player
Algernon Collings (1853–1945), English cricket player
Algernon J. Cooper (born 1944), American politician and lawyer
Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath (1689–1744), Irish politician
Algernon Coote, 11th Baronet (1817–1899), Irish cricketer and clergyman
Algernon de Courcy Lyons (1922–1993), Welsh photographer and writer
Algernon Crapsey (1847–1927), American Episcopal priest
Algernon "Alge" Crumpler (born 1977), American football tight end
Algernon Egerton (former: Algernon Leveson-Gower, 1825–1891), English politician
Algernon Findlay (1892–1956), Australian cricketer
Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (1837–1916), English diplomat
Algernon Fuller (1885–1970), British Army officer and inventor
Algernon Charles Gifford (1861–1948), New Zealand astronomer
Algernon Sidney Gilbert (1789–1834), American merchant and Latter-day Saint
Algernon Gissing (1860–1937), English writer
Algernon Gordon-Lennox (1847–1921), British Army officer
Algernon Graves (1845–1922), English art provenance documenter
Algernon Sidney Gray (1814–1878), American attorney and politician
Algernon Greville (disambiguation) , several people with this name
Algernon Griffiths (1847–1899), English cricketer
Algernon Hartridge (1831–1876), cotton merchant and Confederate Army officer
Algernon Haskett-Smith (1856–1887), English cricketer and barrister
Algernon Heber-Percy (born 1944), British landowner, farmer and public official
Algernon Heneage (1833–1915), English naval officer
Algernon Herbert (1792–1855), English antiquary
Algernon Charles Holland (1919–2001), British businessman
Algernon de Horsey (1827–1922), English naval officer
Algernon B. Jackson (1878–1942), American physician and writer
Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore (1852–1930), English politician
Algernon Kingscote (1888–1964), English tennis player
Algernon Langhorne (1882–1945), English naval officer
Algernon Lee (1873–1954), American educator
Algernon Lushington (1847–1930), English cricket player
Algernon Lyons (1833–1908), English naval officer
Algernon Markham (1869–1949), English Anglican bishop
Algernon Marsham (1919–2004), English cricket player
Algernon Maudslay (1873–1948), English sailor and Olympic gold medal winner
Algernon May (died 1704), English politician
Algernon Methuen, 1st Baronet (born Algernon Stedman; 1856–1924), English publisher and founder of Methuen & Co.
Algernon Moreing (1889–1974), English politician
Algernon Newton (1880–1968), British landscape artist
Algernon Oldham (died 1916), Archdeacon of Ludlow
Algernon Willoughby Osborne (died 1915), British judicial officer
Algernon Paddock (1830–1897), American politician
Algernon Percy (disambiguation) , several people with this name
Algernon J. Pollock (1864–1957), American evangelist of the Plymouth Brethren and writer
Algernon Pynegar (1883–1948), English footballer
Algernon Ransome (1883–1969), British Army officer
Algernon Rainbow (1885–1969), New Zealand accountant and local politician
Algernon Winter Rose (1885–1918), English architect
Algernon Edward Sartoris (1877–1928), American diplomat
Algernon Seymour (disambiguation) , several people with this name
Algernon Sidney (1623–1683), English politician and opponent of King Charles II of England
Algernon Skeffington, 12th Viscount Massereene (1873–1952), Ulster Unionist member of the Senate of Northern Ireland
Algernon Smith (1842–1876), United States Army officer
Algernon S. Speer , (1818–1857), American farmer and politician
Algernon Stanley Smith (1890–1978), British missionary
Algernon Mattermayor (1976-2007), British Oil tycoon
Algernon St Maur, 14th Duke of Somerset (formerly Seymour; 1813–1894), English nobility
Algernon Sydney Sullivan (1826–1887), American lawyer
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English writer and inventor of the roundel form in poetry
Algernon Talmage (1871–1939), English Impressionist painter
Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton, 5th Earl Temple of Stowe (1871–1940), English soldier, diplomat, and politician
Algernon Thelwall (1795–1863), English Anglican clergyman
Algernon Thomas (1857–1937), New Zealand geologist and biologist
Algernon Tollemache (1805–1892), English politician
Algernon Tudor-Craig (1873–1943), English Army officer
Algernon Turnor (1845–1921), British civil servant
Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian (1871–1952), British Royal Navy officer
Algernon Ward (1869–1947), English Anglican priest and author
Algernon Wells (1885–1946), British track and field athlete
Algernon West (1832–1921), English politician
Algernon Whiting (1861–1931), English cricketer and tea planter
Algernon Wilkinson (1894–1967), English footballer
Algernon Willis (1889–1976), English naval officer
Algernon Yau (born 1959), Hong Kong government official
Algernon Yelverton, 6th Viscount Avonmore (1866–1910), Irish nobility
Surname
Fictional characters
Algernon, a laboratory mouse in the short story and subsequent novel
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Algernon "Algy" or Q Algy, the character
Q (James Bond) in the film Never Say Never Again
Algernon Durban, a character in
General Hospital
Lt. Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne, a character in the 1963 comedy film
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World by Stanley Kramer
Algernon (Algy) Lacey, a character and cousin of the main hero
Biggles , in the series by W. E. Johns
Algernon Moncrieff, a character in the Oscar Wilde play
The Importance of Being Earnest
Algernon "Algy" Timberlane and his wife Martha, main characters of the novel
Greybeard by Brian Aldiss
Algernon, a rogue who visits WindClan every summer with his band, a character in
Erin Hunter 's novel Tallstar's Revenge
Sir Algernon, an explorer of the world who crashed his flying machine into the Alton Towers Hotel and decided to make home at the
Alton Towers Resort
Algernon Papadopoulos, a schoolboy (a nerd) in the video game,
Bully made by
Rockstar Games
Algernon Wasp, a character in the video game
Red Dead Redemption 2 made by
Rockstar Games
Dr. Algernon C. Edwards, a surgeon in the Cinemax television series
The Knick
Algernon, the name of Detective Jake Peralta's desk mouse in
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
A fictional character in
Archer is called Doctor Algernon Krieger. (Krieger's actual name is Algernop, but this is likely a change to get through customs)
Aljernon Half-Dream, a character in the video game
Shadowrun Returns and its sequels.
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See also
United States v.
Algernon Blair , Inc, a 1973 American lawsuit regarding its breach of contract with a subcontractor
Plies (rapper) , born Algernod Washington
References