Guy (given name)

Guy (/ɡaɪ/, French: [ɡi]) is a French and English given name, which is derived from the French form of the Italian and Germanic name Guido.^[1] Unrelated to this, Guy is also an Anglicization of the Hebrew name Hebrew: גיא, romanized: Gai, which means "Ravine".^[2]

People[]

Religious figures[]

Saint Vitus, also known as Saint Guy, early Christian martyr
Guy (bishop of Amiens) (died 1075), eleventh-century churchman
Guy of Anderlecht (950–1012), Belgian Christian saint
Guy of Avesnes (1253–1317), Bishop of Utrecht

Nobility[]

Guy I (disambiguation)
Guy II (disambiguation)
Guy III (disambiguation)
Guy, Count of Flanders (c. 1226–1305), Guy of Dampierre
Guy, Count of Nevers (died 1176), count of Nevers and Auxerre
Guy of Hauteville (died 1108), Duke of Amalfi
Guy of Ibelin (disambiguation)
Guy of Ivrea (940–965), Margrave of Ivrea
Guy of Lusignan (died 1194), King of Jerusalem and later King of Cyprus
Guy of Lusignan, Count of Angoulême (c. 1260/1265–1308), ending of the senior male line of the House of Lusignan
Guy de Montfort, Count of Bigorre (died 1220), son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola (1244–1288), son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England
Guy de Montfort, Lord of Sidon (died 1228), younger son of Simon III de Montfort and Amicia, sister of Robert FitzPernel, Earl of Leicester
Guy of Nantes (died before 819), warden of the Breton March
Guy, Margrave of Tuscany (died 929), also Count and Duke of Lucca
Guy, Duke of Sorrento (c. 1012–?), the duke of Sorrento from 1035
Guy IV of Spoleto (died 897), Duke of Spoleto and Camerino and Prince of Benevento; son of Guy II of Spoleto
Guy of Thouars (died 1213), third husband of Constance, Duchess of Brittany, and regent of Brittany

Sports[]

Guy Abrahams (born 1953), Panamanian runner
Guy Accoceberry (born 1967), former French rugby union footballer
Guy Akpagba (born 1990), Beninese footballer
Guy Allen (born 1958), ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy
Guy Amouretti (1925–2011), male French international table tennis player
Guy Azouri (born 1963), Israeli football manager
Guy Barnea (born 1987), Israeli Olympic swimmer
Guy Barrabino (1934–2017), French fencer
Guy Basquet (1921–2006), French rugby union player
Guy Benjamin (born 1955), former American football quarterback
Guy Callaghan (born 1970), New Zealand butterfly swimmer
Guy Carbonneau (born 1960), retired French-Canadian hockey player and former NHL head coach
Guy Charron (born 1949), retired French Canadian hockey player and former NHL head coach
Guy Chouinard (born 1956), retired French Canadian hockey player
Guy Forget (born 1965), retired French tennis player
Guy Goodes (born 1971), Israeli basketball player and coach
Guy Hebert (born 1967), retired American hockey goalie
Guy Lafleur (born 1951), retired French Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
Guy Lapébie (1916–2010), French cyclist
Guy Lapointe (born 1948), retired French Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
Guy Murray, American track/cross country coach and former marathon runner
Guy Nosbaum (1930–1996), French Olympic medalist rower
Guy Pnini (born 1983), Israeli basketball player
Guy Roux (born 1938), French football player and manager of AJ Auxerre (1961–2008)
Guy Starik (born 1965), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
Guy Toindouba (born 1988), Cameroonian football midfielder
Guy Turnbow (1908–1975), American football player
Guy Whittall (born 1972), retired Zimbabwean cricket player
Guy Whittingham (born 1964), British footballer

Other[]

Guy Adami (born 1963), American television TV personality
Guy Adams (born 1976), English author, comedian, and actor
Guy Aitchison (born 1968), tattoo artist and a painter born in Michigan
Guy Alexis Lobineau (1666–1727), Breton historian and Benedictine monk
Guy Allison (born 1959), American composer, pianist, and producer
Guy Anderson (1906–1998), American painter
Guy André (born 1959), member of the Canadian House of Commons
Guy André Boy (born 1952), French and American scientist and engineer
Guy Andrews, American television writer
Guy Arkins (1888–1980), Australian politician
Guy Arnold (1932–2020), British author
Guy Aroch, Israeli-American fashion and celebrity photographer
Guy Arvely Dolsin (born 1957), Malagasy politician
Guy Babylon (1956–2009), keyboardist/composer
Guy Bacon (1936–2018), politician in Quebec, Canada
Guy Bailey (born 1950), president of Texas Tech University
Guy Bainbridge (1867–1943), British Army officer during the First World War
Guy Bavli (born 1971), Israeli mentalist, illusionist, and lecturer
Guy Beahm (born 1982), pro gamer, mainly known by his gamer tag Dr DisRespect
Guy Beatty (1870–1954), officer in the British Indian Army
Guy Bedarida (born 1963), Italian-born French jewelry designer
Guy Bedos (born 1934), actor and stand-up comedian
Guy Beiner (born 1968), historian of the late-modern period
Guy Bellamy (1935–2015), English author known for humorous novels
Guy Ben-Ari (born 1984), Israeli painter
Guy Ben-Ner (born 1969), Israeli video artist
Guy Bennett (born 1960), poet/translator and author
Guy Benson (born 1985), American political commentator and pundit
Guy Berryman (born 1978), Scottish musician of Coldplay
Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) (born 1954), French Canadian linguist and radio/TV personality
Guy Boyd (1923–1988), Australian sculptor
Guy Boyd (born 1943), American actor
Guy Branum (born 1975), American comedian
Guy Burgess (1911–1963), Soviet double agent, one of the Cambridge Five spy ring
Guy Burnet (born 1983), English actor who played Craig Dean on the soap opera Hollyoaks
Guy Busick, American film and television screenwriter
Guy Chambers (born 1963), British songwriter of Robbie Williams fame
Guy Clark (1941–2016), American singer-songwriter
Guy Consolmagno (born 1952), American Jesuit brother and astronomer
Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), French writer and journalist
Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007), French banker
Guy Debord (1931–1994), French author and filmmaker, Situationist
Guy Distad, American television director
Guy Drake (1904–1984), American singer and comedian
Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English Catholic famed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fieri (born 1968), American chef, restaurateur, and television personality
Guy Fletcher (born 1960), English musician of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler's solo band
Guy Garvey (born 1974), English musician. Singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Elbow
Guy Gavriel Kay (born 1954), Canadian fantasy writer
Guy Gibson (1918–1944), British Second World War pilot awarded the Victoria Cross
Guy Gillette (1879–1973), former U.S. Senator from Iowa
Guy Goma (born 1969), who gained fame when he was accidentally interviewed on BBC
Guy Hamilton (1922–2016), British film director
Guy Harvey (born 1955), Jamaican marine wildlife artist and conservationist
Guy Kawasaki (born 1954), American former Apple employee and venture capitalist
Guy Kent (born 1989), American actor and producer
Guy Kewney (1946–2010), British journalist
Guy Kibbee (1882–1956), American actor
Guy Laliberté (born 1959), Canadian businessman, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil
Guy Le Borgne (1920–2007), French paratroop general
Guy Le Jaouen (1933–2014), French politician
Guy Lombardo (1902–1977), Canadian-American bandleader and musician
Guy Madison (1922–1996), American actor
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 1974), French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and film director
Guy Marchand (born 1937), French actor, musician and singer
Guy Martin (born 1981), British motorcycle racer, truck mechanic and TV personality
Guy McAfee (1888–1960), owner of gambling saloons and brothels in Los Angeles, California and casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada
Guy Mitchell (1927–1999), American singer and actor
Guy Molinari (1928–2018), former US Representative from New York
Guy Mollet (1905–1975), former prime minister of France
Guy Moon (born 1962), film and television composer
Guy Oseary (born 1972), Israeli American businessman
Guy Pearce (born 1967), English-born Australian actor
Guy Perry, American actor
Guy Picciotto (born 1965), of the band Fugazi
Guy Pratt (born 1962), British session musician
Guy Randrianarisoa (born 1962), Malagasy politician
Guy Ritchie (born 1968), British film director, formerly married to Madonna
Guy B. Roberts, American government official, lawyer, and retired United States Marine Corps colonel
Guy Sebastian (born 1981), singer and winner of the first Australian Idol
Bryan Guy Adams, Canadian singer
Guy Severin (1926–2008), former director of NPP Zvezda
Guy Simonds (1903–1974), Canadian major general
Guy Siner (born 1947), American-born English actor known for portraying Hubert Gruber in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
Guy Standing (1873–1937), English actor
Guy Standing (economist) (born 1948), British economist
Guy L. Steele Jr. (born 1954), American computer scientist and designer of the Scheme programming language
Guy Trosper (1911–1963), American screenwriter
Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953), Prime Minister of Belgium (1999–2008)
Guy Waggoner (1883–1950), American rancher and business executive
Guy Weill (1914–2006), Swiss-born American art collector
Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904), American author and poet
Guy Whatley (born 1975), American organist

Fictional characters[]

The Guy, a character in the film Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Guy Caballero, a regular character on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series SCTV played by Joe Flaherty
Guy Diamond, a high-spirited glittery Troll in Trolls: The Beat Goes On!
Guy (Fire Emblem), from the video game Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken
Guy (Final Fight), from the Final Fight and Street Fighter series
Guy Gardner (comics), a Green Lantern comic book character from DC Comics
Guy Montag, in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
Guy Noir, a gumshoe detective on Prairie Home Companion segments
Guy of Gisbourne, a villain in the Robin Hood legend
Guy of Warwick, a legendary English hero popular in England and France from the 13th to 17th centuries
Guy Secretan, from the British sitcom Green Wing
Guy Smiley, a Muppet character from Sesame Street who is a game show host
Guy, a hero of the First Doom Island War in the Lufia series
Guy (Final Fantasy II), one of the four main player characters in Final Fantasy II
Guy Cecil, one of the main characters in the video game Tales of the Abyss
Guy Crouchback, the main protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's British World War II trilogy Sword of Honour
Guy Forcas, from the 2009 UBI Soft game Anno 1404
Guy Francon, from Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead
Guy Haines, the main protagonist of the 1951 Hitchcock murder mystery film Strangers on a Train
Guy Hamdon, the main protagonist of the Australian cartoon SheZow
Guy Hastings, from the TV series Alcatraz
Guy LeDouche, the name used for the Takeshi's Castle character Junji Inagawa on that series' American parody/adaptation MXC
Guy Malton, from C. J. Sansom's Matthew Shardlake novels
Guy Marriott, spy in the Australian radio serial Undercover
Guy Patterson, drummer from the fictional band "The Wonders" in the movie That Thing You Do!
Might Guy, a character from Naruto
Guy Fleegman (Crewman #6), from Galaxy Quest
Guy (The Croods), a character in the The Croods franchise
Guy Spelunky, main character from the video game Spelunky, and unlockable character in Spelunky 2
Guy Thierrault, the second Marvel Comics supervillain known as Flag-Smasher
Guy, the protagonist of the 2021 film Free Guy

References[]

^ Mike Campbell. "Names Related to Guy". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
^ "Appendix:Hebrew given names - Wiktionary". En.wiktionary.org. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-03-19.^{[better source needed]}^{[circular reference]}

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[1] Mike Campbell. "Names Related to Guy". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2018-03-19.

[2] "Appendix:Hebrew given names - Wiktionary". En.wiktionary.org. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2018-03-19.^{[better source needed]}^{[circular reference]}

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