Darcy (disambiguation)

Darcy or Darci could refer to one of several items:

Science

• Darcy's law, which describes the flow of a fluid through porous material
• the darcy, a unit of permeability of fluids in porous material
• the Darcy friction factor in the field of fluid mechanics
• Darcy–Weisbach equation used in hydraulics for calculation of the head loss due to friction

People

Surnames

• Conyers Darcy (c. 1685–1758), British politician and courtier
• Dame Darcy, American graphic artist, cartoonist, and musician
• Emma Darcy, pseudonym of Australian husband and wife writers Frank and Wendy Brennan
• Eamonn Darcy (born 1952), Irish golfer
• Henry Darcy (1803–1858), French scientist who made several important contributions to hydraulics and hydrogeology and for whom the unit of permeability is named
• Les Darcy (1895–1917), Australian boxer
• Luke Darcy (born 1975), former Australian rules footballer
• Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718–1778), British diplomat and politician

First names

• Darcy Blake (born 1988), Welsh footballer
• Darcey Bussell (born 1969), de facto prima ballerina, the Royal Ballet, London (retired)
• Darci Kistler (born 1964), principal dancer, New York City Ballet (retired)
• Darcy Ribeiro, (1922–1997), Brazilian anthropologist and politician
• Darcy Tucker (born 1975), professional ice hockey player
• Darcy Hordichuk (born 1980), professional ice hockey player

Fictional characters

• Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice
• Lord Darcy (fiction), a detective created by Randall Garrett
• Diane Darcy, racing car driver
• Darcy Edwards, student on Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Darcy (Winx club), a witch from animated series Winx Club
• Darcy Doll, an android companion created by the Toyman in the 1990s Superman animated series. She turned on him and was eventually destroyed by the Toyman.

Other

• Darcy v. Allein, the first court case to result in a judgement against monopoly

See also

• D'arcy (disambiguation)
• Baron Darcy (disambiguation)

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