Ogilvy (name)
Ogilvy is a Scottish locational surname originating in 1172 from the barony of Ogilvie, located in the Scottish county of Angus. Ogilvy derives from Old Welsh words ugl and ma. There are several variant spellings, in particular Ogilvie.
Clan Ogilvy is a Scottish clan, of whom the Earl of Airlie is chief. The titles Earl of Airlie, Earl of Findlater, and Earl of Seafield are held by branches of the Ogilvy family, as was the title Lord Banff until it became dormant in 1803.
Other notable people with the name Ogilvy include:Surname
- Andrew Ogilvy, basketball player
- Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent
- Bernie Ogilvy, New Zealand politician
- C. Stanley Ogilvy, American mathematician and sailor
- David Ogilvy, various people
- Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
- George Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff, Scottish Royalist
- George Ogilvy, 3rd Lord Banff
- Ian Ogilvy, English actor
- James Ogilvy, minor British royal
- Julia Ogilvy, minor British royal
- Marion Ogilvy, mistress of Cardinal Beaton
Fictional characters
- Ogilvy, fake Oceanic soldier made up by Winston Smith in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Ogilvy, astronomer in H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
- Ogilvie, is the birthname of Sonic the Hedgehog before he legally changed it to Sonic, as told by Ken Penders. Sonic the Hedgehog, Archie Comics
