Perry (given name)

Perry

Pronunciation	/ˈpɛri/
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	From the Latin language, related to Peregrine, meaning "traveler" or "pilgrim"
Region of origin	English language
Other names
Related names	Perry (surname)
Popularity	see popular names

Perry is a unisex given name.

People

Male

A-G

• Perry Adair (1899–1953), American golfer
• Perry Adkisson (1929–2020), entomologist and Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
• Perry Anderson (born 1938), British historian and political essayist
• Perry Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1961), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Anzilotti (born 1959), American actor
• Perry A. Armstrong (1823–1904), American politician
• Perry Baker (born 1986), American rugby sevens player
• Perry Bamonte (born 1960), guitarist and bassist best known for his work with The Cure
• Perry Richardson Bass (1914–2006), American heir, investor and philanthropist
• Perry Bellegarde (born 1962), Canadian First Nations and Métis activist and politician
• Perry Benson (born 1961), English actor
• Perry Berezan (born 1964), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Bhandal (born 1968), British director and screenwriter
• Perry Blake (born 1970), Irish singer and songwriter
• Perry Bradford (1893–1970), African-American composer and vaudeville performer
• Perry Brass (born 1947), American author, journalist, playwright, essayist, and gay activist
• Perry Bräutigam (born 1963), German soccer player and coach
• Perry Broad (1921–1993), Nazi SS member at Auschwitz
• Perry E. Brocchus (1810–1880), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
• Perry Bullard (1942–1998), American politician
• Perry Caravello (born 1963), aspiring actor
• Perry Carter (born 1971), American football player and coach
• Perry Chen (born 1976), American artist and the creator of Kickstarter
• Perry Christie (born 1943), Bahamian politician and Prime Minister of the Bahamas
• Perry Cohea (died 1848), American pioneer
• Perry Collins (1813–1900), entrepreneur best known for the Russian-American Telegraph
• Perry Como (1912–2001), American singer and television presenter
• Perry R. Cook (born 1955), American computer music researcher and head of the Princeton Sound Lab
• Perry Cotton (born 1965), footballer
• Perry Criscitelli (born 1950), American restaurant owner and alleged member of the Bonanno crime family
• Perry Crosswhite (born 1947), Australian Olympic basketball player and administrator
• Perry Currin (1928–2011), American baseball player
• Perry Daneshgari (fl. 1980s–2020s), Iranian-American entrepreneur
• Perry DeAngelis (1963–2007), American podcaster
• Perry Digweed (born 1959), English footballer
• Perry Lee Dunn (1941–2018), American football player
• Perry B. Duryea (state senator) (1891–1968), American politician
• Perry B. Duryea Jr. (1921–2004), American politician
• Perry Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian author and professor
• Perry T. Egbert (1893–1970), American engineer and president of the American Locomotive Company
• Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
• Perry Ellis (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
• Perry Farrell (born 1959), American musician, known as the frontman of Jane's Addiction and for creating the festival Lollapalooza
• Perry Fellwock (born 1947), National Security Agency analyst and whistleblower
• Perry Fenwick (born 1962), English actor known for playing Billy Mitchell in the BBC serial drama EastEnders
• Perry Ferguson (1901–1963), American art director, nominated for five Academy Awards
• Perry Fewell (born 1962), American football coach
• Perry Filkins (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
• Perry Florio (born 1967), American hockey player
• Perry Freshwater (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
• Perry A. Frey (born 1935), American biochemist
• Perry Friedman (born 1968), American professional poker player
• Perry Ganchar (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Gomez (1947–2023), Bahamian politician and Minister of Health of The Bahamas
• Perry Graves (1889–1979), American football player
• Perry Green (poker player) (born 1936), American poker player
• Perry Joseph Green (fl. 1910s), philosopher and preacher of the New Thought Movement
• Perry Gregg (born 1960), American computer scientist and inventor
• Perry Grimm (1914–1971), American racecar driver
• Perry Grimm (American football) (1888–1974), American football coach
• Perry Groves (born 1965), English footballer
• Perry Haddock (born 1959), Australian Rugby League player
• Perry Hale (1878–1948), American football player and coach
• Perry N. Halkitis (born 1963), American psychologist
• Perry Hannah (1824–1904), American politician
• Perry Harrington (born 1958), American football player
• Perry G. Harrington (1812–1876), American politician and farmer

H-R

• Perry Harris (1946–2021), New Zealand rugby union player
• Perry Hartnett (born 1960), American football player
• Perry Henzell (1936–2006), Jamaican film director
• Perry Hill (baseball) (born 1952), American Major League Baseball coach
• Perry Hoberman (born 1954), American installation artist
• Perry Greeley Holden (1865–1959), first professor of agronomy in the United States
• Perry Hooper Sr. (1925–2016), American jurist and the 27th Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Perry Hooper Jr. (born 1954), American politician
• Perry Howard (1835–1907), African-American attorney and Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the 1920s
• Perry Hudson (1918–2017), American urologist
• Perry Hummel (born 1935), American politician
• Perry Jackson (1905–1973), American football player
• Perry Johanson (1910–1981), American architect
• Perry Johnson (born 1977), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Jones (born 1991), American basketball player
• Perry T. Jones (1890–1970), American tennis official
• Perry Jordan (1943–2014), American musician
• Perry Kalynuk (fl. 2000s), Canadian politician
• Perry J. Kaufman (born 1943), American quantitative financial theorist, trader, and author
• Perry Keith (1847–1935), American politician and co-founder and namesake of Keithville, Louisiana
• Perry Kemp (born 1961), American football player
• Perry Kendall (born 1943), Canadian physician and the first Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia
• Perry Keyes (born 1966), Australian singer-songwriter
• Perry King (born 1948), American actor
• Perry Kitchen (born 1992), American soccer player
• Perry Kivolowitz (born 1961), American computer scientist, inventor, lecturer, and Academy Award winner
• Perry Klein (born 1971), American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons
• Perry Kollie (born 1982), Liberian footballer
• Perry Kramer (born 1959), American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer
• Perry Lafferty (1917–2005), American television producer
• Perry Lang (born 1959), American director, writer, and actor
• Perry Lawson (born 1982), British basketball player
• Perry Lentz (born 1943), American professor of English language and literature
• Perry Lim (born 1972), Singaporean army general and the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
• Perry Link (born 1944), American professor
• Perry Lipe (1875–1955), American minor-league baseball player and manager
• Perry Lopez (1929–2008), American actor
• Perry Marshall (fl. 1990s–2020s), American entrepreneur and author
• Perry Martter (1901–1954), American wrestler
• Perry Maxwell (1879–1952), American golf course architect
• Perry McCarthy (born 1961), British racing driver
• Perry McGillivray (1893–1944), American Olympic swimmer and water polo player
• Perry McGriff (1937–2017), American politician
• Perry Mehrling (born 1959), American professor
• Perry Meisel (fl. 1970s–2010s), American writer and professor
• Perry Miller (1905–1963), American historian and an authority on American Puritanism
• Perry Miller (ice hockey) (born 1952), National Hockey League player
• Perry Millward (born 1992), English actor
• Perry Minasian (born 1980), American baseball executive
• Perry Moore (1971–2011), American author, screenwriter, and film director
• Perry Moss (1926–2014), American football player
• Perry Moss (basketball) (born 1958), American basketball player
• Perry Moss (golfer) (born 1969), professional golfer
• Perry Mubanga (born 1983), Zambian footballer
• Perry Mutapa (born 1979), Zambian footballer
• Perry Ng (born 1996), English footballer
• Perry Noble (born 1971), American preacher and senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina
• Perry Nove (fl. 1990s–2000s), British police officer and Commissioner of the City of London police
• Perry Nussbaum (1908–1987), the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1954 to 1973
• Perry Owens (1852–1919), American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West
• Perry Pandrea (born 1970), American musician
• Perry Parker (born 1987), Scottish rugby union player
• Perry Diamond Pearl (c. 1824–?), American politician
• Perry Pearn (born 1951), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Pelensky (born 1962), professional hockey player
• Perry Phenix (born 1974), American football player
• Perry Pirkanen (fl. 1980s–1990s), American actor
• Perry T. Rathbone (1911–2000), American museum director
• Perry Redd (born 1964), American social activist
• Perry A. C. Reed (1871–1943), American politician
• Perry Rein (fl. 1990s–2010s), American television writer and producer
• Perry Rendell (born 1970), English cricketer
• Perry Richardson (born 1958), American musician
• Perry Riley, American football player
• Perry Robertson, American sound editor and musician
• Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
• Perry Ray Robinson, American civil rights activist
• Perry Rose, Belgian-Irish singer
• Perry Rosemond, Canadian television writer, producer, and director
• Perry Rosenthal, Canadian-American eye surgeon and professor
• Perry Rotella, American businessman
• Perry Russo (1941–1995), a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination
• Perry T. Ryan (born 1962), American lawyer and author

S-Z

• Perry Salles (1939–2009), Brazilian film director and actor
• Perry Saturn (born 1966), American professional wrestler
• Perry Schwartz (1915–2001), American football player
• Perry Shields (1925–2002), American judge of the United States Tax Court
• Perry Smith (American football) (born 1951), American football player
• Perry Edward Smith (1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book In Cold Blood
• Perry Smith (politician) (1783–1852), American congressman
• Perry H. Smith (1828–1885), American state senator and state assemblyman
• Perry M. Smith (born 1934), United States Air Force general
• Perry So (born 1982), Hong Kong orchestral conductor
• Perry Stephens (1958–2005), American actor
• Perry Stevenson (born 1987), American basketball coach
• Perry Suckling (born 1965), English footballer
• Perry Haydn Taylor (born 1966), English designer and marketer
• Perry Ten Eyck (1907–1959), American basketball coach
• Perry Thomas (fl. 2000s–2020s), American football coach
• Perry E. Thurston Jr. (born 1961), American politician
• Perry Trimper (fl. 2010s–2020s), Canadian politician
• Perry Turnbull (born 1959), Canadian hockey player
• Perry Tuttle (born 1959), American football player
• Perry Ubeda (born 1971), Dutch kickboxer
• Perry Van der Beck (born 1959), American soccer player, manager and executive
• Perry N. Vekroff (1881–1937), American film director, screenwriter, and actor of the silent era
• Perry Wallace (1948–2017), professor of law and former college basketball player
• Perry Warbington (1952–2008), American basketball player
• Perry Watkins (1948–1996), American gay United States Army enlisted man, best known for his successful lawsuit against the military
• Perry Watson (born 1950), American college basketball coach
• Perry Werden (1865–1934), American baseball player
• Perry Hunt Wheeler (1913–1989), American landscape architect
• Perry Williams (cornerback) (born 1961), American football player
• Perry Williams (running back) (born 1946), American football player
• Perry Winslow (1815–1890), American whaling ship master
• Perry Woodall (1912–1975), American politician
• Perry Young (born 1963), American basketball player
• Perry Deane Young (1941–2019), American author and journalist

Female

• Perry Miller Adato (1920–2018), American film producer
• Perry Bard (fl. 1980s–2010s), Canadian artist
• Perry Buck (fl. 1980s–2020s), American politician
• Perry County Jane Doe (1941–1978), American unidentified woman
• Perry Mattfeld (fl. 2000s–2020s), American actress and producer
• Perry Wilson (1916–2009), American actress

Fictional characters

• Perry Carter, in the British comedy Kevin the Teenager and related media
• Perry Cox, on the comedy television series Scrubs
• Perry Malinowski, in the film Final Destination 3
• Perry Mason, main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner
• Perry Rhodan, the titular protagonist of the German science fiction pulp magazine
• Perry White, Clark Kent's editor-in-chief at the Daily Planet
• Perry the Platypus, an anthropomorphic pet platypus of Phineas and Ferb
• Perry, the official mascot of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

See also

• Perry (surname)
• Perry (disambiguation)
• Perri (name), a surname and given name
• Peri (name), a surname or feminine given name