Perry (family name)
Perry is an English family name .
The name "Perry" comes from England and denotes the origin of the name bearer. The name is derived from the old English word “pirige” or “pyrige” - the pear tree - and describes someone as the “keeper of the pear tree (s)”. The oldest mention of the name was in 1176 in the Pipe Roll for Staffordshire : "Henry de Peri"; furthermore in the Assize Roll for Somerset of 1243 a "William de la Purie" and a "Gilbert atte Perye" in the Feet of Fines for Surrey 1263. The name could, however, also come from the old French term "perrier" or "perrieur" for a quarry worker. The associated name was then usually "Perrier", which could have changed to "Perry" in English.
Today “Perry” refers to a perry cider, “Perrier” is a mineral water.
Name bearer
A.
- Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), American politician
- Adam Perry (born 1969), British musician, co-founder of A (band)
- Adam Perry (rugby player) (born 1979), Australian rugby league player
- Adam Perry (ice hockey player) (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Alex Perry (* 1970), American journalist and author
- Alice Perry (1885–1969), Irish engineer and poet
- Anne Perry (* 1938), British writer
- Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), American actress and director
B.
- Barbara Perry (1921–2019), American actress
- Ben Edwin Perry (1892–1968), American classical philologist
- Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805–1886), American politician
- Bliss Perry (1860–1954), American literary critic and writer
- Bob Perry (tennis player) (born 1933), American tennis player
- Bob J. Perry (1932–2013), US builder and political financier
- Bonnie Perry , American Anglican Bishop
- Bradley Steven Perry (* 1998), American actor
- Brendan Perry (* 1959), Australian musician
- Bruce D. Perry (* 1955), American psychiatrist
C.
- Charles Perry (actor) (1900–1967), American actor
- Charles Perry (writer) (1924–1969), American writer
- Charles O. Perry (1929–2011), American sculptor
- Charlie Perry (soccer player) ( Charles Perry ; 1866–1927), English soccer player
- Charlie Perry (American football player) ( Charles Julius Perry ; 1888–1961), Australian Australian football player
- Charlie Perry (musician) (1924–1998), American drummer, arranger and music teacher
- Chris Perry (* 1973), English football player
- Claude Perry (1901–1975) American football player
- Corey Perry (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
D.
- Dana Perry , American director and film producer
- David Perry (* 1967), Irish computer game developer and entrepreneur
- Doane Perry (* 1954), American musician, see Jethro Tull
E.
- Edward A. Perry (1831–1889), American politician
- Edward Delavan Perry (1854–1938), American Indo-Europeanist
- Edward K. Perry († 2000), American bishop
- Eleanor Perry (1914–1981), American screenwriter
- Eli Perry (1799–1881), American politician
- Emily Perry (1907-2008), British actress and dance teacher
- Enoch Wood Perry (1831–1915), American portrait, genre and landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Ernst Perry , German soccer player
F.
- Felton Perry (born 1945), American actor
- Frank Perry (1930–1995), American film director and producer
- Frank Perry (musician) (born 1948), British percussionist
- Fred Perry (1909-1995), British tennis player
G
- Gaylord Perry (born 1938), American baseball player
- George Perry (1771 – after 1810), British zoologist
- Grayson Perry (born 1960), British artist
H
- Harold Robert Perry (1916–1991), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Harry Perry (1888–1985), American cameraman
- Herbert Perry (1894–1966), American marksman
I.
J
- James Perry (* 1979), South African racing cyclist
- Janet Perry (* 1947), American opera singer
- Jeff Perry (actor) (born 1955), American actor
- Jeff Perry (politician) (born 1964), American politician
- Jeffrey Perry ( Jeffrey S. Perry ; † 2012), British actor
- Jim Perry (presenter) (1933-2015), American presenter
- Jim Perry (baseball player) (born 1935), American baseball player
- Jimmy Perry (1923-2016), British television writer and actor
- Joan Perry (1911–1996), American actress
- Joe Perry ( American football player ) (1927-2011) American football player
- Joe Perry (musician) (born 1950), American musician
- Joe Perry (snooker player) (born 1974), English snooker player
- Joel Perry (musician) (1953-2017), American jazz guitarist
- Joel Perry (American football player) (born 1985), Australian Australian football player
- John Perry (engineer) (1850-1920) Irish engineer and physicist
- John Perry (Bishop) (born 1935), British clergyman, Bishop of Chelmsford
- John Perry (pianist) (born 1935), American pianist
- John Perry (philosopher) (* 1943), American philosopher
- John Perry (singer) (actually Charles John Perry ), American singer and guitarist, member of Grapefruit (band)
- John Perry (writer) (* 1952), American journalist and writer
- John Perry (guitarist) ( John M. Perry ; * 1952), British musician, songwriter and author, member of The Only Ones
- John D. Perry (* 1940), American psychologist and sex researcher
- John J. Perry (1811-1897), American politician
- Joseph Perry (* 1948), American clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Chicago
K
- Katy Perry (* 1984), American singer
- Kenny Perry (* 1960), American golfer
- King Perry (1920–1990), American musician
L.
- L. Tom Perry (1922–2015), American entrepreneur and clergyman
- Lawrence Perry (1875–1954), American journalist and writer
- Lee Perry (born 1936), Jamaican music producer
- Les Perry (1923-2005), Australian long-distance runner
- Lilla Cabot Perry ( Lydia Cabot; 1848–1933), American painter
- Lily May Perry (1895–1992), Canadian botanist
- Linda Perry (* 1965), American singer and songwriter
- Luke Perry (1966-2019), American actor
- Luke Perry (volleyball player) (born 1995), Australian volleyball player
M.
- Madeline Perry (* 1977), Irish squash player
- Madison S. Perry (1814-1865), American politician
- Malcolm Perry (Medical Doctor) (1929–2009), American physician and surgeon
- Malcolm J. Perry (* 1951), British physicist
- Matthew Perry (actor) (born 1969), American actor
- Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858), American naval officer
- Michael Anthony Perry (* 1954), American religious
- Michelle Perry (* 1979), American athlete
- Mike Perry (* 1983), Swedish DJ and music producer
N
- Nanceen Perry (* 1977), American sprinter
- Nehemiah Perry (1816–1881), American politician
- Nick Perry (born 1990), American football player
- Nora Perry (* 1954), English badminton player
O
- Oliver Perry-Smith (1884–1969), American mountaineer
- Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), American naval officer
P
- PJ Perry (* 1941), Canadian jazz musician
- Paula Perry (* 1971), American rapper
- Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark (* 1931), British educator and politician (Conservative Party)
R.
- Ralph Barton Perry (1876–1957), American philosopher
- Ray Perry (1915–1950), American jazz musician
- Rebecca Perry (* 1988), American volleyball player
- Rich Perry (* 1955), American saxophonist
- Rick Perry (* 1950), American politician
- Robert Perry (actor) (1878–1962), American actor
- Robert Perry (sailor) (1909–1987), British sailor
- Rod Perry (born 1941), American actor
- Roger Perry (1933-2018), American actor
- Ross Perry (born 1990), Scottish football player
- Ruth Perry (politician) (1939-2017), Liberian politician, president 1996-1997
- Ruth Perry (literary scholar) (* 1943), American literary scholar
S.
- Sacha Perry (* 1970), American jazz musician
- Sam Perry ( Samuel Victor Perry ; 1918–2009), British rugby player and biochemist
- Samuel Perry (East Asian scholar) (* 1969), American East Asian scholar, translator and university professor
- Samuel Frederick Perry (1877–1954), British politician (Labor Party)
- Sarah Perry (* 1979), British writer
- Sarah-Jane Perry (* 1990), English squash player
- Scott Perry (* 1962), American politician
- Shenay Perry (* 1984), American tennis player
- Steve Perry (author) (born 1947), American author
- Steve Perry (singer) (born 1949), American singer and composer
- Steve Perry (producer) , American film producer
- Steve Perry (biathlete) , British biathlete
T
- Thomas Perry (* 1947), American writer, screenwriter and producer
- Thomas Sergeant Perry (1845–1928), American writer and translator
- Thomas Johns Perry (1807–1871), American politician
- Todd Perry (born 1976), Australian tennis player
- Tony Perry (* 1986), American rock musician
- Troy Perry (* 1940), American theologian
- Tyler Perry (born 1969), American actor
W.
- Walter Perry, Baron Perry of Walton (1921–2003), British pharmacologist, university professor and politician
- Whitall Perry (1920–2005), American philosopher
- William Perry (* 1927), American politician
- William Perry ( American football player ) (born 1962), American football player
- William C. Perry (1900–1985), American lawyer
- William H. Perry (1839–1902), American politician
- William James Perry (1887–1949), British cultural anthropologist
Y
- Yaakov Perry (* 1944), Israeli intelligence officer and politician
Z
- Zoe Perry (born 1983), American actress