Purdy may refer to:

People

Surname

  • Al Purdy (1918–2000), Canadian poet
  • Amy Purdy (born 1979), American actress, model and Paralympic snowboarder
  • Ashley Purdy, Black Veil Brides bassist
  • Bill Purdy (born 1946), American rower
  • Brock Purdy (born 1999), American football player
  • Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player
  • Charlie Purdy (1905–1982), New Zealand boxer
  • Debbie Purdy (1963–2014), British music journalist, political activist and right-to-die patient
  • Frederick Warren Purdy (1911–1942), US Navy World War II officer
  • George B. Purdy, American mathematician and computer scientist
  • Gordon Purdy (1888–1972), Canadian politician
  • Hamish Purdy, Canadian art director and set decorator
  • Helen Purdy Beale, born Helen Alice Purdy (1893–1976), US virologist
  • Henry Purdy (cricketer) (1883–1943), English cricketer
  • Henry Purdy (politician) (c. 1744–1827), landowner, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia
  • Henry Purdy (rugby union) (born 1994), English rugby player
  • James Purdy (1914–2009), American novelist, poet and playwright
  • James E. Purdy (1858–1933), American photographer
  • James Purdy (scholar), American scholar of writing and rhetoric
  • Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American legal scholar and cultural commentator
  • Joe Purdy, American folk singer-songwriter
  • John Purdy (chess player) (1935–2011), Australian chess champion
  • John Purdy (cricketer) (1871–1938), English cricketer
  • John Purdy (hydrographer) (1773–1843), English compiler of naval charts
  • John Smith Purdy (1872–1936) public health expert and military physician associated with Australia
  • Kate Purdy, American television writer and producer
  • Ken Purdy (1913–1972), American automotive writer and editor
  • Kym Purdy, Australian slalom canoeist
  • Margaret Purdy (born 1995), Canadian pair ice skater
  • G. Michael Purdy, British geophysicist and oceanographer
  • Mike Purdy (1892–1950), American football player and coach
  • Milton D. Purdy (1866–1937), American lawyer, US Attorney for Minnesota (1901–1902)
  • Patrick Purdy (1964–1989), American perpetrator of the Stockton schoolyard shooting, killing five schoolchildren
  • Pid Purdy (1904–1951), American baseball and football player
  • Samuel Purdy (1819–1882), third Lieutenant Governor of California
  • Steve Purdy (born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
  • Ted Purdy (born 1973), American golfer
  • William Purdy (born 1940), Canadian politician

Given name

  • Purdy Crawford (1931–2014), Canadian lawyer and businessman

Places

In the United States

  • Purdy, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
  • Purdy Township, Barry County, Missouri
  • Purdy, Missouri, a city
  • Purdy, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community
  • Purdy, Tennessee, an unincorporated community
  • Purdy, Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Purdy, Washington, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
  • Purdy, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Purdy, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Elsewhere

  • Purdy, a community in Hastings Highlands, Ontario, Canada
  • Purdy Islands, Papua New Guinea

Other uses

  • , a US Navy destroyer that saw service in World War II
  • Purdy's Chocolates, known as "Purdy's", Canadian chocolatier, confectionery manufacturer and retail operator

See also

  • Purdy's Wharf, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Purdey (disambiguation)
  • Purdie, surname