What is "savile"

Savile is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arthur Savile (1819–1870), English clergyman and cricketer
• Douglas Barton Osborne Savile (1909–2000), mycologist
• Dorothy Savile, Viscountess Halifax (1640–1670)
• Dorothy Savile, Countess of Burlington and Countess of Cork (1699–1758), painter and wife of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695)
• George Savile (disambiguation), for others of that name
• Henry Savile (died 1558), MP for Yorkshire
• Henry Savile (died 1569), MP for Yorkshire and Grantham
• Henry Savile (Bible translator) (1549–1622)
• Henry Savile (politician) (1642–1687)
• Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), DJ, BBC presenter and media personality
• John Savile, 1st Baron Savile (first creation) (1556–1630), politician; M.P., Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
• John Savile, 1st Baron Savile (second creation) (1818–1896), British diplomat; Ambassador to Italy, 1883–1888
• Leopold Halliday Savile (1870–1953), British civil engineer
• Steven Savile (born 1969), a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer, and editor living in Stockholm, Sweden
• William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700)