Purvis
Purvis is a surname and occasionally a masculine given name which may refer to:Surname
- Al Purvis, Canadian ice hockey player
- Arthur Blaikie Purvis, Canadian industrialist
- Bart Purvis, English footballer
- Bob Purvis, Scottish footballer
- Dawn Purvis, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Duane Purvis, All-American football player and track and field athlete
- Edward William Purvis, British officer and Hawaiian official
- François Pervis, French track cyclist
- Hugh Purvis, United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor
- Jack Purvis , British actor
- Jack Purvis, jazz musician
- Jeff Purvis, race car driver
- Jeremy Purvis, Scottish Member of Parliament
- Jim Purvis, American soccer player in the 1920s
- John Purvis, Scottish Member of the European Parliament
- Katharine Purvis, writer of "When the Saints Go Marching in"
- Melvin Purvis, FBI agent
- Neal Purvis, screenwriter
- Richard Purvis, U. S. organist and composer
- Rosalie Purvis, Dutch-U.S. theatre director
- Robert Purvis, African-American abolitionist
- Ryan Purvis, National Football League player
- Stewart Purvis, CEO ITN, British news provider
- T G Purvis, marine artist
- Tom Purvis, painter, commercial poster artist
- William Purvis , American French horn player
- William H. Purvis, investor who first planted the macadamia nut in Hawaii
Given name
- Purvis Short, American retired National Basketball Association player
- Purvis Young, African-American painter
