Ogilvy (name)

This article is about the name Ogilvy. For other uses, see Ogilvy.

Ogilvy is a surname of Clan Ogilvy from Angus, Scotland, which is probably Pictish of uncertain origin and meaning.^[1]

Ogilvy

Pronunciation	/ˈoʊɡəlvi/
Origin
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ogilvie, Ogilby, Oglesby

People with the surname

• Andrew Ogilvy (born 1988), basketball player
• Sir Angus Ogilvy (1928–2004), British businessman and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent
• Bernie Ogilvy, New Zealand politician
• C. Stanley Ogilvy (1913–2000), American mathematician and sailor
• David Ogilvy (disambiguation), various people
  • David Ogilvy (businessman) (1911–1999), British advertising executive
  • David Ogilvy (cricketer) (1859–1917), Australian cricketer
  • David Ogilvy, 9th Earl of Airlie (1785–1849), Scottish representative peer, Lord Lieutenant of Angus 1826–1849
  • David Ogilvy, 10th Earl of Airlie (1826–1881), his son, Scottish representative peer
  • David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie (1856–1900), his son, Scottish soldier and representative peer
  • David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (1893–1968), his son, Scottish Lord Chamberlain 1937–1965, 1936–1967
  • David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie (1926–2023), his son, Scottish Lord Chamberlain from 1984, Lord Lieutenant of Angus from 1989
  • David Ogilvy (1804–1871), first president of the Law Institute of Victoria
• Geoff Ogilvy (born 1977), Australian golfer
• George Ogilvy, 2nd Lord Banff (died 1668), Scottish Royalist
• George Ogilvy, 3rd Lord Banff (died 1713)
• Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy (1651–1710), Polish-Saxon Field Marshal
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943), English actor
• James Ogilvy, several people
  • James Ogilvy (born 1964), member of the British royal family
  • James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie (died 1606), Scottish landowner and diplomat
  • James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie (1593–1666), Scottish royalist
  • James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater (1664–1730), Scottish politician
  • James Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Findlater (c. 1714–1770), Scottish earl
  • James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater (1750–1811), Scottish peer, amateur landscape architect and philanthropist
  • James Ogilvy-Grant, 9th Earl of Seafield (1817–1888), Scottish peer and member of parliament
• John Ogilvy (disambiguation), several people
  • Sir John Ogilvy, 9th Baronet, MP for Dundee
  • John Ogilvy, agent of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter and James VI
  • John Ogilvy-Grant, 7th Earl of Seafield
• Marion Ogilvy (died 1575), mistress of Cardinal Beaton
• Virginia Ogilvy
• William Ogilvy, several people
  • William Ogilvy, 8th Baronet of Inverquharity (c. 1765––1823)
  • William Ogilvy, Scottish politician and officer in the British Army,

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

See also

• Ogilvie (name)