# Perry (given name)

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**Perry** is a unisex [given name](/source/Given_name).

## Male

### A–G

- [Perry Adair](/source/Perry_Adair) (1899–1953), American golfer
- [Perry Adkisson](/source/Perry_Adkisson) (1929–2020), entomologist and Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System
- [Perry Anderson](/source/Perry_Anderson) (born 1938), British historian and political essayist
- [Perry Anderson (ice hockey)](/source/Perry_Anderson_(ice_hockey)) (born 1961), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Anzilotti](/source/Perry_Anzilotti) (born 1959), American actor
- [Perry A. Armstrong](/source/Perry_A._Armstrong) (1823–1904), American politician
- [Perry Baker](/source/Perry_Baker) (born 1986), American rugby sevens player
- [Perry Bamonte](/source/Perry_Bamonte) (1960–2025), English guitarist and bassist best known for his work with The Cure
- [Perry Richardson Bass](/source/Perry_Richardson_Bass) (1914–2006), American heir, investor and philanthropist
- [Perry Bellegarde](/source/Perry_Bellegarde) (born 1962), Canadian First Nations and Métis activist and politician
- [Perry Benson](/source/Perry_Benson) (born 1961), English actor
- [Perry Berezan](/source/Perry_Berezan) (born 1964), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Bhandal](/source/Perry_Bhandal) (born 1968), British director and screenwriter
- [Perry Blake](/source/Perry_Blake) (born 1970), Irish singer and songwriter
- [Perry Bradford](/source/Perry_Bradford) (1893–1970), African-American composer and vaudeville performer
- [Perry Brass](/source/Perry_Brass) (born 1947), American author, journalist, playwright, essayist, and gay activist
- [Perry Bräutigam](/source/Perry_Br%C3%A4utigam) (born 1963), German soccer player and coach
- [Perry Broad](/source/Perry_Broad) (1921–1993), Nazi SS member at Auschwitz
- [Perry E. Brocchus](/source/Perry_E._Brocchus) (1810–1880), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
- [Perry Bullard](/source/Perry_Bullard) (1942–1998), American politician
- [Perry Caravello](/source/Perry_Caravello) (born 1963), aspiring actor
- [Perry Carter](/source/Perry_Carter) (born 1971), American football player and coach
- [Perry Chen](/source/Perry_Chen) (born 1976), American artist and the creator of Kickstarter
- [Perry Christie](/source/Perry_Christie) (born 1943), Bahamian politician and Prime Minister of the Bahamas
- [Perry Cohea](/source/Perry_Cohea) (died 1848), American pioneer
- [Perry Collins](/source/Perry_Collins) (1813–1900), entrepreneur best known for the Russian-American Telegraph
- [Perry Como](/source/Perry_Como) (1912–2001), American singer and television presenter
- [Perry R. Cook](/source/Perry_R._Cook) (born 1955), American computer music researcher and head of the Princeton Sound Lab
- [Perry Cotton](/source/Perry_Cotton) (born 1965), footballer
- [Perry Criscitelli](/source/Perry_Criscitelli) (born 1950), American restaurant owner and alleged member of the Bonanno crime family
- [Perry Crosswhite](/source/Perry_Crosswhite) (born 1947), Australian Olympic basketball player and administrator
- [Perry Currin](/source/Perry_Currin) (1928–2011), American baseball player
- [Perry Daneshgari](/source/Perry_Daneshgari) (fl. 1980s–2020s), Iranian-American entrepreneur
- [Perry DeAngelis](/source/Perry_DeAngelis) (1963–2007), American podcaster
- [Perry Digweed](/source/Perry_Digweed) (born 1959), English footballer
- [Perry Lee Dunn](/source/Perry_Lee_Dunn) (1941–2018), American football player
- [Perry B. Duryea (state senator)](/source/Perry_B._Duryea_(state_senator)) (1891–1968), American politician
- [Perry B. Duryea Jr.](/source/Perry_B._Duryea_Jr.) (1921–2004), American politician
- [Perry Rand Dyck](/source/Perry_Rand_Dyck) (born 1943), Canadian author and professor
- [Perry T. Egbert](/source/Perry_T._Egbert) (1893–1970), American engineer and president of the American Locomotive Company
- [Perry Ellis](/source/Perry_Ellis) (1940–1986), American fashion designer
- [Perry Ellis (basketball)](/source/Perry_Ellis_(basketball)) (born 1993), American basketball player
- [Perry Farrell](/source/Perry_Farrell) (born 1959), American musician, known as the frontman of Jane's Addiction and for creating the festival Lollapalooza
- [Perry Fellwock](/source/Perry_Fellwock) (born 1947), National Security Agency analyst and whistleblower
- [Perry Fenwick](/source/Perry_Fenwick) (born 1962), English actor known for playing Billy Mitchell in the BBC serial drama *EastEnders*
- [Perry Ferguson](/source/Perry_Ferguson) (1901–1963), American art director, nominated for five Academy Awards
- [Perry Fewell](/source/Perry_Fewell) (born 1962), American football coach
- [Perry Filkins](/source/Perry_Filkins) (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
- [Perry Florio](/source/Perry_Florio) (born 1967), American hockey player
- [Perry Freshwater](/source/Perry_Freshwater) (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
- [Perry A. Frey](/source/Perry_A._Frey) (born 1935), American biochemist
- [Perry Friedman](/source/Perry_Friedman) (born 1968), American professional poker player
- [Perry Ganchar](/source/Perry_Ganchar) (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Gomez](/source/Perry_Gomez) (1947–2023), Bahamian politician and Minister of Health of The Bahamas
- [Perry Graves](/source/Perry_Graves) (1889–1979), American football player
- [Perry Green (poker player)](/source/Perry_Green_(poker_player)) (born 1936), American poker player
- [Perry Joseph Green](/source/Perry_Joseph_Green) (fl. 1910s), philosopher and preacher of the New Thought Movement
- [Perry Grimm](/source/Perry_Grimm) (1914–1971), American racecar driver
- [Perry Grimm (American football)](/source/Perry_Grimm_(American_football)) (1888–1974), American football coach
- [Perry Groves](/source/Perry_Groves) (born 1965), English footballer
- [Perry Haddock](/source/Perry_Haddock) (born 1959), Australian Rugby League player
- [Perry Hale](/source/Perry_Hale) (1878–1948), American football player and coach
- [Perry N. Halkitis](/source/Perry_N._Halkitis) (born 1963), American psychologist
- [Perry Hannah](/source/Perry_Hannah) (1824–1904), American politician
- [Perry Harrington](/source/Perry_Harrington) (born 1958), American football player
- [Perry G. Harrington](/source/Perry_G._Harrington) (1812–1876), American politician and farmer

### H–R

- [Perry Harris](/source/Perry_Harris) (1946–2021), New Zealand rugby union player
- [Perry Hartnett](/source/Perry_Hartnett) (born 1960), American football player
- [Perry Henzell](/source/Perry_Henzell) (1936–2006), Jamaican film director
- [Perry Hill (baseball)](/source/Perry_Hill_(baseball)) (born 1952), American Major League Baseball coach
- [Perry Hoberman](/source/Perry_Hoberman) (born 1954), American installation artist
- [Perry Greeley Holden](/source/Perry_Greeley_Holden) (1865–1959), first professor of agronomy in the United States
- [Perry Hooper Sr.](/source/Perry_Hooper_Sr.) (1925–2016), American jurist and the 27th Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
- [Perry Hooper Jr.](/source/Perry_Hooper_Jr.) (born 1954), American politician
- [Perry Howard](/source/Perry_Howard) (1835–1907), African-American attorney and Special Assistant to the Attorney General in the 1920s
- [Perry Hudson](/source/Perry_Hudson) (1918–2017), American urologist
- [Perry Hummel](/source/Perry_Hummel) (born 1935), American politician
- [Perry Jackson](/source/Perry_Jackson) (1905–1973), American football player
- [Perry Johanson](/source/Perry_Johanson) (1910–1981), American architect
- [Perry Johnson](/source/Perry_Johnson_(ice_hockey)) (born 1977), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Jones](/source/Perry_Jones) (born 1991), American basketball player
- [Perry T. Jones](/source/Perry_T._Jones) (1890–1970), American tennis official
- [Perry Jordan](/source/Perry_Jordan) (1943–2014), American musician
- [Perry Kalynuk](/source/Perry_Kalynuk) (fl. 2000s), Canadian politician
- [Perry J. Kaufman](/source/Perry_J._Kaufman) (born 1943), American quantitative financial theorist, trader, and author
- [Perry Keith](/source/Perry_Keith) (1847–1935), American politician and co-founder and namesake of Keithville, Louisiana
- [Perry Kemp](/source/Perry_Kemp) (born 1961), American football player
- [Perry Kendall](/source/Perry_Kendall) (born 1943), Canadian physician and the first Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia
- [Perry Keyes](/source/Perry_Keyes) (born 1966), Australian singer-songwriter
- [Perry King](/source/Perry_King) (born 1948), American actor
- [Perry Kitchen](/source/Perry_Kitchen) (born 1992), American soccer player
- [Perry Kivolowitz](/source/Perry_Kivolowitz) (born 1961), American computer scientist, inventor, lecturer, and Academy Award winner
- [Perry Klein](/source/Perry_Klein) (born 1971), American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Atlanta Falcons
- [Perry Kollie](/source/Perry_Kollie) (born 1982), Liberian footballer
- [Perry Kramer](/source/Perry_Kramer) (born 1959), American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer
- [Perry Lafferty](/source/Perry_Lafferty) (1917–2005), American television producer
- [Perry Lang](/source/Perry_Lang) (born 1959), American director, writer, and actor
- [Perry Lawson](/source/Perry_Lawson) (born 1982), British basketball player
- [Perry Lentz](/source/Perry_Lentz) (born 1943), American professor of English language and literature
- [Perry Lim](/source/Perry_Lim) (born 1972), Singaporean army general and the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces
- [Perry Link](/source/Perry_Link) (born 1944), American professor
- [Perry Lipe](/source/Perry_Lipe) (1875–1955), American minor-league baseball player and manager
- [Perry Lopez](/source/Perry_Lopez) (1929–2008), American actor
- [Perry Marshall](/source/Perry_Marshall) (fl. 1990s–2020s), American entrepreneur and author
- [Perry Martter](/source/Perry_Martter) (1901–1954), American wrestler
- [Perry Maxwell](/source/Perry_Maxwell) (1879–1952), American golf course architect
- [Perry McCarthy](/source/Perry_McCarthy) (born 1961), British racing driver
- [Perry McGillivray](/source/Perry_McGillivray) (1893–1944), American Olympic swimmer and water polo player
- [Perry McGriff](/source/Perry_McGriff) (1937–2017), American politician
- [Perry Mehrling](/source/Perry_Mehrling) (born 1959), American professor
- [Perry Meisel](/source/Perry_Meisel) (fl. 1970s–2010s), American writer and professor
- [Perry Miller](/source/Perry_Miller) (1905–1963), American historian and an authority on American Puritanism
- [Perry Miller (ice hockey)](/source/Perry_Miller_(ice_hockey)) (born 1952), National Hockey League player
- [Perry Millward](/source/Perry_Millward) (born 1992), English actor
- [Perry Minasian](/source/Perry_Minasian) (born 1980), American baseball executive
- [Perry Moore](/source/Perry_Moore) (1971–2011), American author, screenwriter, and film director
- [Perry Moss](/source/Perry_Moss) (1926–2014), American football player
- [Perry Moss (basketball)](/source/Perry_Moss_(basketball)) (born 1958), American basketball player
- [Perry Moss (golfer)](/source/Perry_Moss_(golfer)) (born 1969), professional golfer
- [Perry Mubanga](/source/Perry_Mubanga) (born 1983), Zambian footballer
- [Perry Mutapa](/source/Perry_Mutapa) (born 1979), Zambian footballer
- [Perry Ng](/source/Perry_Ng) (born 1996), English footballer
- [Perry Noble](/source/Perry_Noble) (born 1971), American preacher and senior pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina
- [Perry Nove](/source/Perry_Nove) (fl. 1990s–2000s), British police officer and Commissioner of the City of London police
- [Perry Nussbaum](/source/Perry_Nussbaum) (1908–1987), the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1954 to 1973
- [Perry Owens](/source/Perry_Owens) (1852–1919), American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West
- [Perry Pandrea](/source/Perry_Pandrea) (born 1970), American musician
- [Perry Parker](/source/Perry_Parker) (born 1987), Scottish rugby union player
- [Perry Diamond Pearl](/source/Perry_Diamond_Pearl) (c. 1824–?), American politician
- [Perry Pearn](/source/Perry_Pearn) (born 1951), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Pelensky](/source/Perry_Pelensky) (born 1962), professional hockey player
- [Perry Phenix](/source/Perry_Phenix) (born 1974), American football player
- [Perry Picasshoe](/source/Perry_Picasshoe), American visual artist
- [Perry Pirkanen](/source/Perry_Pirkanen) (fl. 1980s–1990s), American actor
- [Perry T. Rathbone](/source/Perry_T._Rathbone) (1911–2000), American museum director
- [Perry Redd](/source/Perry_Redd) (born 1964), American social activist
- [Perry A. C. Reed](/source/Perry_A._C._Reed) (1871–1943), American politician
- [Perry Rein](/source/Perry_Rein) (fl. 1990s–2010s), American television writer and producer
- [Perry Rendell](/source/Perry_Rendell) (born 1970), English cricketer
- [Perry Richardson](/source/Perry_Richardson) (born 1958), American musician
- [Perry Riley](/source/Perry_Riley), American football player
- [Perry Robertson](/source/Perry_Robertson), American sound editor and musician
- [Perry Robinson](/source/Perry_Robinson), American jazz clarinetist and composer
- [Perry Ray Robinson](/source/Perry_Ray_Robinson), American civil rights activist
- [Perry Rose](/source/Perry_Rose), Belgian-Irish singer
- [Perry Rosemond](/source/Perry_Rosemond), Canadian television writer, producer, and director
- [Perry Rosenthal](/source/Perry_Rosenthal), Canadian-American eye surgeon and professor
- [Perry Rotella](/source/Perry_Rotella), American businessman
- [Perry Russo](/source/Perry_Russo) (1941–1995), a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination
- [Perry T. Ryan](/source/Perry_T._Ryan) (born 1962), American lawyer and author

### S–Z

- [Perry Salles](/source/Perry_Salles) (1939–2009), Brazilian film director and actor
- [Perry Saturn](/source/Perry_Saturn) (born 1966), American professional wrestler
- [Perry Schwartz](/source/Perry_Schwartz) (1915–2001), American football player
- [Perry Shields](/source/Perry_Shields) (1925–2002), American judge of the United States Tax Court
- [Perry Smith (American football)](/source/Perry_Smith_(American_football)) (born 1951), American football player
- [Perry Edward Smith](/source/Perry_Edward_Smith) (1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book *In Cold Blood*
- [Perry Smith (politician)](/source/Perry_Smith_(politician)) (1783–1852), American congressman
- [Perry H. Smith](/source/Perry_H._Smith) (1828–1885), American state senator and state assemblyman
- [Perry M. Smith](/source/Perry_M._Smith) (born 1934), United States Air Force general
- [Perry So](/source/Perry_So) (born 1982), Hong Kong orchestral conductor
- [Perry Stephens](/source/Perry_Stephens) (1958–2005), American actor
- [Perry Stevenson](/source/Perry_Stevenson) (born 1987), American basketball coach
- [Perry Stone (disc jockey)](/source/Perry_Stone_(disc_jockey)), American disc jockey
- [Perry Suckling](/source/Perry_Suckling) (born 1965), English footballer
- [Perry Haydn Taylor](/source/Perry_Haydn_Taylor) (born 1966), English designer and marketer
- [Perry Ten Eyck](/source/Perry_Ten_Eyck) (1907–1959), American basketball coach
- [Perry Thomas](/source/Perry_Thomas) (fl. 2000s–2020s), American football coach
- [Perry E. Thurston Jr.](/source/Perry_E._Thurston_Jr.) (born 1961), American politician
- [Perry Trimper](/source/Perry_Trimper) (fl. 2010s–2020s), Canadian politician
- [Perry Turnbull](/source/Perry_Turnbull) (born 1959), Canadian hockey player
- [Perry Tuttle](/source/Perry_Tuttle) (born 1959), American football player
- [Perry Ubeda](/source/Perry_Ubeda) (born 1971), Dutch kickboxer
- [Perry Van der Beck](/source/Perry_Van_der_Beck) (born 1959), American soccer player, manager and executive
- [Perry N. Vekroff](/source/Perry_N._Vekroff) (1881–1937), American film director, screenwriter, and actor of the silent era
- [Perry Wallace](/source/Perry_Wallace) (1948–2017), professor of law and former college basketball player
- [Perry Warbington](/source/Perry_Warbington) (1952–2008), American basketball player
- [Perry Watkins](/source/Perry_Watkins) (1948–1996), American gay United States Army enlisted man, best known for his successful lawsuit against the military
- [Perry Watson](/source/Perry_Watson) (born 1950), American college basketball coach
- [Perry Werden](/source/Perry_Werden) (1865–1934), American baseball player
- [Perry Hunt Wheeler](/source/Perry_Hunt_Wheeler) (1913–1989), American landscape architect
- [Perry Williams (cornerback)](/source/Perry_Williams_(cornerback)) (born 1961), American football player
- [Perry Williams (running back)](/source/Perry_Williams_(running_back)) (born 1946), American football player
- [Perry Winslow](/source/Perry_Winslow) (1815–1890), American whaling ship master
- [Perry Woodall](/source/Perry_Woodall) (1912–1975), American politician
- [Perry Young](/source/Perry_Young_(basketball)) (born 1963), American basketball player
- [Perry Deane Young](/source/Perry_Deane_Young) (1941–2019), American author and journalist

## Female

- [Perry Miller Adato](/source/Perry_Miller_Adato) (1920–2018), American film producer
- [Perry Bard](/source/Perry_Bard) (1944–2025), Canadian artist
- [Perry Blackwell](/source/Pillow_Talk#Cast), American actress in the 1959 film *[Pillow Talk](/source/Pillow_Talk)*
- [Perry Buck](/source/Perry_Buck) (born 1961/1962), American politician
- [Perry Chiu](/source/Winner_Takes_All_(2000_film)#Cast), Hong Kong actress
- [Perry County Jane Doe](/source/Perry_County_Jane_Doe) (1941–1978), American unidentified woman
- Perry Howze, American writer in the films *[Maid to Order](/source/Maid_to_Order)* (1987), *[Mystic Pizza](/source/Mystic_Pizza)* (1988), *[Chances Are](/source/Chances_Are_(film))* (1989)
- [Perry Lindsay](/source/Perry_Lindsay) (1895–1966), American writer
- [Perry Lister](/source/Perri_Lister) (born 1959), English dancer, singer and actress
- [Perry Mattfeld](/source/Perry_Mattfeld) (fl. 2000s–2020s), American actress and producer
- [Perry Mooney](/source/Population_11), Australian actress
- [Perry Neville](/source/Bernard's_Watch#Main_cast), British actress in the TV series *[Bernard's Watch](/source/Bernard's_Watch)* (1997–2005)
- [Perry Piercy](/source/Savage_Honeymoon), New Zealand actress
- Perry Rubin, daughter of [Sam Rubin](/source/Sam_Rubin)
- [Perry Sheehan](/source/Battle_Circus_(film)#Cast), American actress
- [Perry Wilson](/source/Perry_Wilson) (1916–2009), American actress

## Fictional characters

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

## See also

- [Perry (surname)](/source/Perry_(surname))
- [Perry (disambiguation)](/source/Perry_(disambiguation))
- [Perri (name)](/source/Perri_(name)), a surname and given name
- [Peri (name)](/source/Peri_(name)), a surname or feminine given name

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