# Perry (given name)

Perry is a unisex given name.

## 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 Lister (born 1959), English dancer, singer and actress
* Perry Lindsay (1895–1966), American writer
* 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