Algernon (name)

Algernon is a masculine given name which derives from the Norman-French sobriquet Aux Gernons, meaning "with moustaches".

People

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Surname

Fictional characters

  • Algernon, a laboratory mouse in the short story and subsequent novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • Algernon "Algy" or Q Algy, the character Q (James Bond) in the film Never Say Never Again
  • Algernon Durban, a character in General Hospital
  • Lt. Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne, a character in the 1963 comedy film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World by Stanley Kramer
  • Algernon (Algy) Lacey, a character and cousin of the main hero Biggles, in the series by W. E. Johns
  • Algernon Moncrieff, a character in the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest
  • Algernon "Algy" Timberlane and his wife Martha, main characters of the novel Greybeard by Brian Aldiss
  • Algernon, a rogue who visits WindClan every summer with his band, a character in Erin Hunter's novel Tallstar's Revenge
  • Sir Algernon, an explorer of the world who crashed his flying machine into the Alton Towers Hotel and decided to make home at the Alton Towers Resort
  • Algernon Papadopoulos, a schoolboy (a nerd) in the video game, Bully made by Rockstar Games
  • Dr. Algernon C. Edwards, a surgeon in the Cinemax television series The Knick
  • Algernon, the name of Detective Jake Peralta's desk mouse in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • A fictional character in Archer is called Doctor Algernon Krieger. (Krieger's actual name is Algernop, but this is likely a change to get through customs)
  • Aljernon Half-Dream, a character in the video game Shadowrun Returns and its sequels.[1]

See also

  • United States v. Algernon Blair, Inc, a 1973 American lawsuit regarding its breach of contract with a subcontractor
  • Plies (rapper), born Algernod Washington

References

  1. "Aljernon - Official Shadowrun Wiki". Gamepedia Shadowrun wiki. Archived from the original on 2016-04-01.
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