# List of people with surname Carey

This is a list of people with the surname Carey.

## Sports people

* Alan Carey (canoeist) (born 1968), Irish sprint canoeist
* Annabelle Carey (born 1989), New Zealand swimmer
* Ashley Carey (born 1969), Australian field hockey player
* Beth Carey (born 1990), Australian volleyball player
* Betty Lowman Carey (1914–2011), Canadian rower
* Bob Carey (racing driver) (1904–1933), American race car driver
* Chelsea Carey (born 1984), Canadian curler
* Dan Carey (curler) (born 1954), Canadian curler
* Dan Carey (lacrosse) (born 1982), Canadian lacrosse player
* Denis Carey (athlete) (1872–1947), Irish field & track athlete, born in Limerick
* Eddie Carey (born 1960), American sprinter
* Jade Carey (born 2000), American gymnast
* Kenneth Carey (1893–1981), American Olympic sailor
* Lance Carey (born 1945), Canadian field hockey player
* Michelle Carey (athlete) (born 1981), Irish athlete, born in Dublin
* Ray Carey (born 1986), Irish sportsman, born in County Cork
* Ray Carey (swimmer) (born 1973), American competition swimmer
* Sheila Carey (born 1946), English athlete, maiden name Sheila Janet Taylor
* Walter Carey (1875–1955), South African rugby union player and Bishop of Bloemfontein

### American Football

* Bob Carey (American football) (1930–1988), American NFL football player
* Dana Carey (1903–1976), American football player
* Don Carey (American football official) (born 1947), American NFL official
* Don Carey (cornerback) (born 1987), American football player
* Emerson Carey (1906–1983), American football player
* Joe Carey (American football) (1895–1962), American NFL football player
* Ka'Deem Carey (born 1992), American footballer for Chicago Bears
* Mike Carey (American football) (born 1949), American football official
* Richard Carey (American football) (born 1968), American NFL football player
* Rod Carey (born 1971), American football player and coach
* Tim Carey (born 1975), American football player
* Vernon Carey (born 1981), American footballer for Miami Dolphins

### Australian Rules football

* Bert Carey (1905–1994), Australian rules footballer
* Bill Carey (footballer) (1905–1973), Australian rules footballer
* George Carey (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
* Harry Carey (footballer) (1916–1991), Australian rules footballer
* Peter Carey (Australian rules footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules player for Glenelg
* Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules football umpire
* Stefan Carey (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
* Stephen Carey (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
* Tom Carey (footballer) (1941–2009), Australian rules footballer
* Wayne Carey (born 1971), Australian rules footballer

### Baseball

* Andy Carey (1931–2011), American baseball player
* Mary Carey (baseball) (1925–1977), American professional baseball player
* Max Carey (1890–1976), American center fielder in Major League Baseball
* P. J. Carey (1953–2012), American baseball player, manager and official
* Paul Carey (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball player, brother of Jim Carey
* Roger Carey (1865–1895), American baseball player
* Scoops Carey (baseball) (1870–1916), American baseball player
* Tom Carey (second baseman) (1906–1970), American baseball player
* Tom Carey (shortstop) (1846–1906), American baseball player

### Basketball

* Harvey Carey (born 1979), Filipino-American basketball player
* Jamie Carey (born 1981), American basketball player
* Mike Carey (basketball) (born 1958), American basketball coach
* Vernon Carey Jr. (born 2001), American basketball player and son of Vernon

### Cricket

* Alex Carey (cricketer) (born 1991), Australian cricketer
* Christopher Carey (born 1973), English cricketer
* Paul Carey (cricketer) (1920–2009), English cricketer
* Thomas Carey (cricketer) (1903–1966), American-born Irish cricketer

### Football

* Brian Carey (born 1968), Irish football manager and player, born in Cork
* Chuck Carey (born 1953), American soccer player
* Graham Carey (born 1989), Irish footballer
* Johnny Carey (1919–1995), Irish footballer, born in Dublin, captain of Manchester United and Republic of Ireland
* Louis Carey (born 1977), English footballer
* Peter Carey (English footballer) (born 1933), English footballer
* Shaun Carey (born 1976), English footballer

### Gaelic sports

* Catriona Carey (born 1977), Irish field hockey and camogie player
* Ciarán Carey (born 1970), Irish hurling star, born in County Limerick
* D. J. Carey (born 1970), Irish hurling star, born in County Kilkenny
* Jarlath Carey (1932–2006), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Johnny Carey (Gaelic footballer) (born 1945), Irish Gaelic footballer
* Martin Carey (hurler) (born 1974), Irish hurler
* Sean Carey (Gaelic footballer) (born 1989), Irish sportsman, County Tipperary

### Ice Hockey

* George Carey (ice hockey) (1892–1974), Scottish-Canadian ice hockey right winger
* Greg Carey (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
* Jim Carey (ice hockey) (born 1974), American goaltender, born in Massachusetts
* Matt Carey (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
* Paul Carey (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player

## Actors

* Alycia Debnam-Carey (born 1993), Australian actress
* Anita Carey (1948–2023), British actress born in Halifax, Yorkshire
* Clare Carey (born 1967), Rhodesian born actress
* Denis Carey (actor) (1909–1986), British/Irish actor brother of cinematographer Patrick
* Drew Carey (born 1958), American actor, comedian and game show host
* Emily Carey (born 2003), British actress
* George P. Carey (1852–1909), Australian actor and manager
* Greg Carey (voice actor), Australian-born voice actor
* Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1847), American actor, born in New York; classic 'Cowboy' films
* Harry Carey Jr. (1921–2012), American actor, son of Harry, appeared in 'Westerns'
* Joyce Carey (1898–1993), stage name of English actress born Joyce Lawrence
* Leonard Carey (1887–1977), English actor
* Mary Carey (actress) (born 1980), American pornographic actress
* Lynn Carey (born 1946), American singer and actress
* Macdonald Carey (1913–1994), American actor
* Michele Carey (1942–2018), American television and film actress
* Olive Carey (1896–1988), American film and television actress
* Philip Carey (1925–2009), American film actor, born Eugene Joseph Carey
* Richenda Carey (born 1948), English actress, born in Gloucestershire
* Ron Carey (actor) (1935–2007), American film and television actor
* Timothy Carey (1929–1994), American actor

## Musicians

* Bruce Carey (1876–1960), Canadian singer and choral conductor
* Clive Carey (1883–1968), British singer and composer
* Dan Carey (record producer) (born 1969), English record producer
* Danny Carey (born 1961), American drummer of progressive rock band Tool
* Denis Carey (composer), Irish composer and musician, born in Tipperary
* Gina Carey, American filmmaker and singer
* Ian Carey (born 1975), American musician and record producer, born in Maryland
* Jack Carey (1889–1934), American jazz musician
* Kyle Carey (born 1988), Celtic Americana musical artist
* Mariah Carey (born 1969), American singer–songwriter, record producer and actress
* Mutt Carey (1891–1948), American jazz trumpeter from New Orleans
* Pat Carey (musician) (born 1960), Canadian blues musician
* Percy Carey (born 1970), American hip hop artist and comic book writer
* Rick Carey (singer) (born 1977), Bahamian music producer, singer and musician
* S. Carey, American folk musician, from Wisconsin
* Todd Carey, American musician and singer

## Politicians

* Carleton Carey, American politician
* David M. Carey (1889-1963), American politician
* de Vic Carey (born 1940), Guernsey politician
* Donal Carey (born 1937), Irish politician from County Clare
* Edmond Carey (1883–1943), Irish politician
* Edward Carey (1832–1908), Canadian gold prospector and politician
* Hugh Carey (1919–2011), Irish-American politician, New York governor
* Jon Carey (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Joseph Carey (Canadian politician) (c. 1829–1910), Canadian surveyor and mayor of Vancouver, B. C.
* Peter G. Carey (1828–1897), American politician from Pennsylvania
* William Carey (politician) (1887–1928), Australian politician

## Other people

* Alan C. Carey (born 1962), American military aviation author and historian
* Alex Carey (writer) (1922–1987), Australian writer and social psychologist
* Alice Ross Carey (1948–2013), American architect
* Alvin P. Carey (1916–1944), American soldier and Medal of Honor winner
* André Isidore Carey (1790–?), French ballet dancer
* Anne Carey, American media producer
* Arthur Carey (1822–1844), English-American Episcopal priest
* Babe Carey, a fictional American soap opera character
* Benedict Carey (born 1960), American journalist and health writer
* Bill Carey (songwriter) (1916–2004), American songwriter
* Bridget Carey (born 1984), American journalist
* Brycchan Carey (born 1967), British academic and writer
* Catherine Carey (c. 1524–1569), sister of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
* Catherine A. Carey (born 1945), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1975–1984
* Charles F. Carey Jr. (1915–1945), American soldier and Medal of Honor winner
* Charles James Carey (1838–1891), Royal Navy officer
* Chase Carey (born 1954), Irish-American businessperson
* Chris Carey, British educator
* Constantine Phipps Carey (1835–1906), British army officer
* Diane Carey (born 1954), American fiction writer
* Douglas Carey, Anglican priest
* Duane G. Carey (born 1957), American astronaut, born in Minnesota
* Dwayne Carey-Hill, American animation director
* Edmund Carey (c. 1558–1637), English MP
* Edward Carey (novelist) (born 1970), English novelist
* Eleanor Carey (c. 1495 – after 1528), English nun
* Eleanor Carey (actress) (1852–1915), in Australia and America
* Elijah John Carey (1876–1916), New Zealand writer, trade unionist and soldier
* Elizabeth Carey (social activist) (1835–1920), Canadian homemaker and social activist
* Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley (1576–1635), English courtier and arts patron
* Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908–2006), American author, born in New York
* Frank Reginald Carey (1912–2004), English World War II fighter ace
* Gabrielle Carey (1959–2023), Australian writer
* Galen Carey, American evangelical leader
* George Carey (born 1935), English Anglican priest, Archbishop of Canterbury
* Sir George Carey (c. 1541–1616), English MP for Canterbury
* George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon (1547–1603), English soldier and MP for Hertfordshire and Hampshire
* George Carey (filmmaker) (born 1943), British documentary filmmaker and television journalist
* George Glas Sandeman Carey (1867–1948), British World War I general
* George Jackson Carey (1822–1872), British Army officer
* George R. Carey (1851–1906), American inventor
* George Saville Carey (1743–1807), entertainer and miscellaneous writer
* George W. Carey (1845–1924), American physician
* Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596), son of William Carey and Mary Boleyn
* Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (c. 1580–1666), Royalist Colonel in the English Civil War
* Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth (1595–1661), English nobleman
* Henry Carey (writer) (1687–1743), English poet
* Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879), Irish-American economist, son of Mathew Carey
* Henry Ernest Carey (1874–1964), British-born Australian public servant
* Hilary Carey (born 1957), Australian religious historian
* Hugh Carey (soldier) (1840–1886), Irish born Union soldier and winner of Medal of Honor
* Ida Harriet Carey (1891–1982), New Zealand artist and teacher
* Isiah Carey (born 1970), American broadcast journalist
* Jack Carey (dancer) (1927–2013), American swing dancer
* Jacqueline Carey (born 1964), American fantasy novelist
* Jacqueline Carey (novelist born 1954) (born 1954), American novelist
* Jahleel Brenton Carey (1847–1883), from the Guernsey family, soldier in controversial Zulu War incident
* James Carey (1845–1883), Irish terrorist leader and Informer, born in Dublin
* James Carey (Medal of Honor) (1844 or 1847–1913), Irish born U.S. seaman
* James B. Carey (1911–1973, Irish-American labor union leader
* James J. Carey (born 1939), United States Navy admiral
* James L. Carey (1839–1919), American Civil War winner of Medal of Honor
* James W. Carey (1934–2006), American communications theorist
* Janet Lee Carey (born 1954), American college professor and writer
* Jennifer Davis Carey, American government official
* Joe Carey (born 1975), Irish politician from the County Clare family
* John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover (1608–1677), English peer
* John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617), English peer and politician
* John Carey (blessed) (died 1594), Irish Catholic martyr, born in Dublin
* John Carey (Celticist), American scholar specialising in Celtic studies
* John Carey (classical scholar) (1756–1826), Irish writer and teacher, born in Dublin
* John Carey (congressman) (1792–1875), American politician, after whom the town in Ohio is named
* John Carey (courtier) (c. 1491–1552), courtier to King Henry VIII
* John Carey (critic) (born 1934), British writer and academic
* John Carey (martyr) (died 1594), Irish Catholic martyr
* John Carey (Ohio state legislator) (born 1959), Republican legislator
* John Carey (Wisconsin legislator) (1839–?), Democratic legislator
* John L. Carey (died 1852), American newspaper editor
* Archibald Carey Jr. (1908–1981), American lawyer, politician and clergyman
* Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), American senator and Governor of Wyoming
* Joseph W. Carey (1859–1937), Irish artist
* Josie Carey (1930–2004), stage name of Pennsylvania born Josephine Vicari, children's television presenter
* Kenneth Carey (bishop) (1908–1979), Anglican bishop
* Kevin Carey (born 1970), American education writer and analyst
* Kieran Carey (1933–2007), Irish hurling star, born in County Tipperary
* Leeanne Carey (born 1959), Australian neuroscientist
* Maggie Carey (born c. 1975), American director and screenwriter
* Leslie I. Carey (August 3, 1895 – June 17, 1984), American sound recordist
* Malachy Carey (1956–1992), Irish activist, Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin, born in County Antrim
* Marge Carey (c. 1938–2012), English trade unionist
* Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609–c. 1680), British author of poems and meditations
* Mary Virginia Carey (1925–1994), American writer
* Mary Carey (c. 1499/1500–1543), surname before marriage was Mary Boleyn. Sister of Anne Boleyn
* Mathew Carey (1760–1839), Irish nationalist and Philadelphia publisher, born in Dublin
* Maude Carey (1888–1950), Falklands Islands postmaster
* Michael Carey (priest) (1913–1985), from the Guernsey, Channel Island family, Anglican clergyman
* Michael Carey (United States Air Force officer) (born 1960), American officer
* Mike Carey (politician) (born 1971), American politician from Ohio
* Mike Carey (writer) (born 1959), Liverpool born comic book writer
* Nessa Carey, English epigenetics author
* Nuala Carey (born 1977), Irish radio weather presenter
* Pat Carey (born 1947), Irish politician, born in County Kerry
* Patrick Carey (cinematographer) (1916–1996), British/Irish film maker
* Paul Carey (broadcaster) (1928–2016), American radio broadcaster and sports announcer
* Paul Carey (politician) (1962–2001), American politician, son of Hugh Carey
* Pelham Carey, English courtier
* Peter Carey (historian) (born 1948), British historian
* Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian prize-winning novelist
* Philip J. Carey (1918–1996), American politician and judge
* Rea Carey (born 1966), American LGBT rights activist
* Richard Carey (judge) (died 1789), American judge from Virginia
* Richard Carey (politician) (1929–2013), American politician from Maine
* Richard Adams Carey (born 1951), American writer
* Richelle Carey (born 1976), American TV news reporter
* Rick Carey (born 1963), American competition swimmer
* Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (c. 1560–1639), son of 1st Baron Hunsdon,
* Robert Carey (British Army officer) (1821–1883), from the Guernsey, Channel Islands family
* Robert Carey (died 1587) (c. 1515–1587), English MP
* Robert Carey (gangster) (1894–1932), American criminal
* Robert D. Carey (1878–1937), American politician
* Robert T. Carey, American Whig legislator from Wisconsin
* Ron Carey (labor leader) (1936–2008), American labor organiser
* Ron Carey (Minnesota politician), American politician
* Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), English children's author, born in London's East End
* Sabine Carey (born 1974), German political scientist
* Sam Carey, American Old West outlaw
* Samuel Pearce Carey (1862–1953) English Baptist minister in Melbourne, Australia
* Samuel Warren Carey (1911–2002), Australian geologist
* Sarah Carey, Irish columnist and broadcaster
* Sas Carey (born 1945), American film director and author
* Seamus Carey, American philosopher and academic
* Susan Carey (born 1942), American psychologist
* Tanith Carey, British journalist
* Thomas Carey (Australian politician) (1832 or 1833–1884), Irish emigrant and surveyor
* Thomas Carey (baritone) (1931–2002), American opera singer
* Thomas Carey (English politician) (died 1634), English MP, son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
* Tony Carey (born 1953), American composer, singer/songwriter
* Victor Carey (1871–1957), from the Guernsey family, Bailiff of Guernsey during WWII
* William Carey (Bailiff of Guernsey) (1853–1915), Bailiff of Guernsey
* William Carey (bishop) (1769–1846), English churchman
* William Carey (courtier) (c. 1500–1528), from West Country family, married to Mary Boleyn
* William Carey (missionary) (1761–1834), English Baptist missionary and botanist
* William D. Carey (1916–1998), American publisher
* William P. Carey (1930–2012), American philanthropist and businessman, born in Maryland
* William Paulet Carey (1759–1839), Irish art critic and publicist, born in Dublin
* William R. Carey (1806–1836), Virginian Captain, killed at the Battle of the Alamo