# McGarry

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**McGarry** is a surname of [Irish](/source/Irish_language) origin meaning "the son of Fearadhach." It is the 422nd most common surname in Ireland, and 722nd in Scotland.[1]

## List of people surnamed McGarry

- [Andrew McGarry](/source/Andrew_McGarry) (born 1981), English cricketer
- [Anna McGarry](/source/Anna_McGarry) (1894–1978), leading U.S. advocate in interracial justice and veteran social action leader
- [Bill McGarry](/source/Bill_McGarry) (1927–2005), English international football player and manager
- [Chris McGarry](/source/Chris_McGarry) (born 1966), American actor
- [Christi McGarry](/source/Christi_McGarry), Filipina-American beauty pageant titleholder from Jersey City, New Jersey
- [Colin McGarry](/source/Colin_McGarry) (born 1965), Northern Irish professional darts player
- [Fearghal McGarry](/source/Fearghal_McGarry) (born 1971), an Irish historian
- [Flynn McGarry](/source/Flynn_McGarry) (born 1998), American chef
- [James McGarry (hurler)](/source/James_McGarry_(hurler)) (born 1971), Irish hurling player
- [Jean McGarry](/source/Jean_McGarry), author of fiction and professor in the Writing Seminars program at Johns Hopkins University
- [John McGarry](/source/John_McGarry) (born 1957), Northern Irish political scientist
- [Kathleen M. McGarry](/source/Kathleen_M._McGarry), professor of health economics at the University of California, Los Angeles
- [Kathryn McGarry](/source/Kathryn_McGarry), Canadian politician, Mayor-elect of Cambridge, Ontario, formerly a critical care nurse
- [Kelly McGarry](/source/Kelly_McGarry) (1982-2016), professional New Zealand freeride mountain biker and X-Games athlete
- [Mac McGarry](/source/Mac_McGarry) (1926–2013), host of the U.S. television quiz show *It's Academic*
- [Mary McGarry Morris](/source/Mary_McGarry_Morris) (born 1943), American novelist, short story author and playwright
- [Michael McGarry](/source/Michael_McGarry) (born 1965), New Zealand international soccer player
- [Moses Elijah McGarry](/source/Moses_Elijah_McGarry) (1878–1949), physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
- [Natalie McGarry](/source/Natalie_McGarry) (born 1981), Scottish politician
- [Niall McGarry](/source/Niall_McGarry) (born 1978), Irish businessman
- [Patrick Michael McGarry](/source/Patrick_Michael_McGarry) (1931-2021), Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Chairman and Checkley Parish Councillor, cricketer and shop owner of Tean, Staffordshire
- [Patsy McGarry](/source/Patsy_McGarry), Religious Affairs correspondent of The Irish Times in the Republic of Ireland
- [Peter J. McGarry](/source/Peter_J._McGarry) (1871–1940), New York politician
- [Robert McGarry IV](/source/Robert_McGarry_IV) (born 1985), collegiate American football player
- [Ron McGarry](/source/Ron_McGarry) (born 1937), English professional footballer who played centre forward for a number of clubs
- [Ryan McGarry (physician)](/source/Ryan_McGarry_(physician)) (born c. 1983) ER doctor and documentary film-maker
- [Sandy McGarry](/source/Sandy_McGarry) (born 1961) South Carolina House of Representatives member
- [Seán McGarry](/source/Se%C3%A1n_McGarry) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1908–1925), Irish nationalist and politician
- [Steve McGarry](/source/Steve_McGarry) (born 1953), British cartoonist
- [Steven McGarry](/source/Steven_McGarry) (born 1979), Scottish professional footballer
- [Thomas McGarry](/source/Thomas_McGarry), early 20th-century Canadian politician
- [Tim McGarry](/source/Tim_McGarry) (born 1964), Northern Irish actor and comedian

## Fictional characters

- [Leo McGarry](/source/Leo_McGarry), character played by [John Spencer](/source/John_Spencer_(actor)) on the television serial drama *[The West Wing](/source/The_West_Wing)*

PC McGarry number 452 from BBC Children's TV shows Camberwick Green and Trumpton

## See also

- [McGarry, Ontario](/source/McGarry,_Ontario), township in Timiskaming District in the Canadian province of Ontario

## References

1. ["McGarry Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History"](https://forebears.io/surnames/mcgarry)

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