Family name Purdy (Purdy 
, 普迪 
, 珀迪 ) , all around the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Purdy is characteristic of Canada, where it is quite a rare surname, Ireland, and New Zealand. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Much less frequently, Purdy is the forename as well as the last name.
| sarah purdy (1678-1755) (b. 1677) |
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| gabriel purdy (b. 1721) |
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| john purdy British hydrographer and cartographer, GB (b. 1773) |
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| james l. purdy (b. 1793) |
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corydon tyler purdy American civil engineer (1859-1944) (b. 1859) |
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| lucius m. purdy (b. 1805) |
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milton d. purdy United States federal judge, US (b. 1866) |
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| samuel purdy American politician, US (b. 1819) |
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| amos purdy Canadian politician, CA (b. 1825) |
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constance purdy American actress (1887-1960), US (b. 1887) |
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robert obadiah purdy jr. American World War I casualty, US (b. 1891) |
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| edith mary purdy (born 1853) (b. 1853) |
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charlie purdy New Zealand boxer, NZ (b. 1905) |
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| james e. purdy American photographer, US (b. 1858) |
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| carlton elmer purdy American botanist (1861-1945), US (b. 1861) |
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