Algernon

Algernon / ˈældʒə (r) nən / is an English given name for men.

Well-known namesake

• Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), English author, esotericist and theosophist
• Algernon Kingscote (1888–1964), British tennis player
• Algernon Paddock (1830-1897), American politician
• Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931), English mechanical engineer
• Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668), English peer, military man and politician
• Algernon Sidney (1623–1683), English politician and political philosopher
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), English poet and author
• Algernon Thomas (1857–1937), English geologist and biologist

Fictional people

• Algernon Moncrieff, a character from Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being Earnest