Jarvis

Jarvis

Jarvis is a surname and, less frequently, a male given name.

It can refer to:

People

*Jarvis, debut solo album by Jarvis Cocker
* Jarvis, an R&b singer
* Adrian Jarvis, rugby fly-half
* Anna Jarvis, founder of the Mother's Day holiday in the US
* Doug Jarvis, ice hockey forward
* Edwin Jarvis, fictional Marvel Comics butler
* Eugene Jarvis, game designer and programmer
* Frank Jarvis, athlete
* Graham Jarvis, actor
* Gregory Jarvis, American astronaut
** 3353 Jarvis, an asteroid named after Gregory Jarvis
*Howard Jarvis (1903–1986), American tax-revolt leader in California
* Jeff Jarvis, journalist
* John Arthur Jarvis, swimmer
* John Jarvis, karate practitioner
* Kevin Jarvis, baseball player
* Martin Jarvis, English actor
* Matthew Jarvis, English footballer
* Mike Jarvis, men's basketball coach
* Oliver Jarvis, British racing car driver
* Paul Jarvis, English cricketer
* Piret Järvis, Estonian musician
* Robbie Jarvis, actor
* Robin Jarvis, novelist
* Rossi Jarvis, English footballer
* Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
* Samuel Jarvis (1792–1857), Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Upper Canada
* Thomas Jordan Jarvis, US State Governor
* William Jarvis (1770–1859), Merchant, American diplomat and sheep rancher
* William Botsford Jarvis (1799–1864), Upper Canada political figure associated with the Rosedale and Yorkville neighbourhoods of Toronto
* William H. Jarvis (1930–), former member of the Canadian House of Commons

Other

* Jarvis Algorithm, also known as the gift wrapping algorithm
* Jarvis (CTA), a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois
* Jarvis Collegiate Institute, a high school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Jarvis Island, a territory of the U.S., located in the South Pacific
* Jarvis PLC, United Kingdom public sector contractor
* USS Jarvis, a series of three ships with the name
* Jarvis, Ontario, Canada, a small town near Lake Erie in Haldimand County, Ontario.:* James C. Jarvis, for whom the aforementioned ships were named

See also Jervis.


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