Pompey (disambiguation) explained

Pompey, otherwise known as Pompey the Great, was a Roman statesman.

Pompey may also refer to:

People

Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey the Great
Pompeia gens, other people whose name, "Pompeius", may be rendered as "Pompey"

Athletes

Adam Pompey (born 1998), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
Aliann Pompey (born 1978), Guyanese sprinter
Dalton Pompey (born 1992), Canadian baseball player
Fred Elliott (footballer) (1879–1960), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League with the nickname Pompey
Tristan Pompey (born 1997), Canadian baseball player
Yolande Pompey (1929–1979), boxer from Trinidad & Tobago

Military figures

Harold Edward Elliott (1878–1931), Australian World War I general nicknamed Pompey
Pompey Factor (1849–1928), United States Army Indian Scout

Other people

Tali Tali Pompey (1940s–2011), Aboriginal artist from central Australia

Places

HMNB Portsmouth, nicknamed Pompey, a naval base in the city of Portsmouth, England
Portsmouth, nicknamed Pompey, a city on the south coast of England
Pompey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, a town in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Lorraine, France
Pompey, New York, a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States
Theatre of Pompey, the first permanent theatre to be built in Rome

Animals

Pompey (dog), the dog of William The Silent, the Prince of Orange
Pompey (horse), American champion racehorse

Arts, entertainment, and media

Pompey, a 1993 novel by Jonathan Meades
Pompey, a character in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, played by Woody Strode
Pompey, a character in the webcomic The Order of the Stick
Pompey Bum, a character in Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (character of Rome), character in the television series Rome

Sports

Portsmouth F.C., a professional association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England, formed in 1898 and nicknamed Pompey
- The Pompey Chimes, a football chant used by Portsmouth F.C. supporters
Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) Football Club, an 1890s British Army amateur association football club in the city of Portsmouth, England, nicknamed Pompey

Other uses

Pompey, northern England slang for a prison
Pompeian, Inc., a food company
Pompeian era, a calendar era

See also