Purves
# Purves

Purves may refer to:

## People

### Last name

* Purves (surname), a surname of Scottish origin; includes a list of notable people with this surname

### Middle name

Listed alphabetically by last name

* Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (1812–1885), English politician and author
* A. Purves Pullen (1909–1992), American voice actor later known by the stage name Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath
* Elinor Purves Schroeder, American lawyer
* Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949), Australian painter

## Places

* Purves, Texas, an unincorporated community in Erath County

## Other

* Captain John Purves and His Wife, a 1775 portrait by American painter Henry Benbridge
* Gunning–Purves Building, a historic building in Friendship, Wisconsin
* Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
* Sir Willie Purves Quaich, an annual rugby union award in Scotland
