{{other uses}} '''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 (disambiguation), several people * Charles Burleigh Purvis (1842–1929), physician and a co-founder 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 * Ella Maisy Purvis (born 2003), English actress * François Pervis (born 1984), French track cyclist * Gloria Purvis, African American Catholic media commentator, public scholar, whole life activist * Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), African-American abolitionist and suffragist * Harriet Purvis, Jr. (1839–1904), African-American abolitionist, suffragist and member of the temperance movement * Hugh Purvis (1843–1922), United States Marine awarded the Medal of Honor * Jack Purvis (actor) (1937–1997), British actor * Jack Purvis (musician) (1906–1962), jazz musician * James F. Purvis (c. 1808–1880), American slave trader and banker * Jeff Purvis (born 1959), race car driver * Jeremy Purvis (born 1974), Scottish Member of Parliament * Jim Purvis, American soccer player in the 1920s * Jim Purvis (cricketer) (born 1954), former English cricketer * John Purvis (disambiguation) * Katharine Purvis (died 1909), writer of "When the Saints Go Marching in" * Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), FBI agent * Neal Purvis (born 1961), screenwriter * Perrin H. Purvis (1918–2004) American politician * Richard Purvis (1913–1994), U. S. organist and composer * Rosalie Purvis (born 1975), Dutch-American theatre director * Robert Purvis (disambiguation) * Ryan Purvis (born 1986), National Football League player * Sarah Louisa Forten Purvis (1814–1883), poet and abolitionist * Stewart Purvis (born 1947), CEO ITN, British news provider * T G Purvis (Thomas George; 1861–1933), marine artist * Tom Purvis (1888–1959), painter, commercial poster artist * William Purvis (disambiguation) * Xenobe Purvis (born 1990), British novelist
==Given name== * Purvis Short (born 1957), American retired National Basketball Association player * Purvis Young (1943–2010), African-American painter
==See also== * Pervis, a given name and surname * Purves (surname)
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