Gerry

Gerry is both a surname and a masculine or feminine given name. As a given name, it is often a short form (hypocorism) of Gerard, Gerald or Geraldine. Notable people with the name include:

Surname[edit]

Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice president (1813–1814) after whom the term gerrymander was named
- Ann Gerry (1763–1849), wife of Elbridge
  - Thomas Russell Gerry (1794–1848), son of Elbridge and Ann
    - Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837–1927), American lawyer and reformer, son of Thomas
      - Peter G. Gerry (1879–1957), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, great grandson of Elbridge
        Edith Stuyvesant Gerry (1873–1958), American philanthropist and wife of Peter
        
        Elbridge T. Gerry Sr. (1908–1999), American banker and polo player, great-great grandson of the vice president
        
        Robert L. Gerry Jr. (1911–1979), American polo player, brother of Elbridge Sr
        Robert L. Gerry III (born 1937), American businessman, son of Robert L. Jr
Alan Gerry (born 1929), American billionaire and founder of Cablevision Industries
Elbridge Gerry (Maine politician) (1813–1886), American lawyer and politician
Eloise Gerry (1885–1970), American forestry research scientist
Nathan Gerry (born 1995), American football player
Robert Gerry (politician) (1858–1931), American politician

Given name[edit]

Gerard Gerry Adams (born 1948), Irish republican politician
Gerry Adams Sr. (1926–2003), Irish Republic Army volunteer, father of the Irish politician and alleged abuser of his family
Gerry Adams (fencer) (born 1962), Australian fencer
Doroteo Gerardo Gerry Alanguilan Jr. (1968–2019), Filipino comic book artist and writer
Gerald Gerry Armstrong (activist) (born 1946), critic and former member of the Church of Scientology
Gerard Gerry Armstrong (footballer) (born 1954), Northern Irish footballer
Gerry Barney (born 1939), British designer
Gerry Bohanon (born 1999), American football player
Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald Gerry Boulet (1946–1990), Canadian rock singer
Gerry Bertier (1953–1981), Virginia high school football player
Gerry Brown (disambiguation)
Gerard Gerry Brownlee (born 1956), New Zealand politician
Gerry Byrne (politician) (born 1966), Canadian politician
Gerald Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2015), English footballer
Gerald Gerry Cheevers (born 1940), Canadian retired National Hockey League goaltender, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
Gerry Cinnamon, Scottish musician born Gerald Crosbie in 1985
Gerry Collins (disambiguation)
Gerry Cooney (born 1956), American former boxer
Gerry Davis (disambiguation)
Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian born Gerard Donoghue in 1968
Gerry De Silva (born 1940), general, Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 1994-1996
Gerry Dick, American journalist and host of Inside Indiana Business
Gerry Duggan, American writer
Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), American attorney and politician, first female US vice presidential candidate
Gerald Gerry Francis (born 1951), English former footballer and manager
Gerald Gerry Francis (footballer, born 1933), South African-born footballer, first black footballer to play for Leeds United
Pierce Gerry Geran (1896–1981), American ice hockey player
Gerry Gibeault (born 1953), Canadian politician
Gerry Glaude (1927–2017), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
Gerald Gerry Goffin (1939–2014), American lyricist, husband of Carole King
Gerry Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
Gerry Harvey (born 1939), Australian entrepreneur
Gerald Gerry Hitchens (1934–1983), English footballer
Gerald Gerry Kearby (1947–2012), entrepreneur of the "dot-com" boom of the late 1990s
Gerard Gerry Kelly (born 1953), Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer
Gerald Gerry Kelly (broadcaster) (born 1948), Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist
Gerard Gerry Kelly (footballer) (1908–1983), English footballer
Gerry Leonard (born 1961/1962), Irish musician
Gerald Gerry Lindgren (born 1946), American track and field runner
Gerry McMonagle, political figure in Ireland
Gerry McCoy (born 1960), Scottish footballer
Gerard Gerry Marsden (1942–2021), English musician, frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gerry Morrow (born 1949), Martinique-born Canadian professional wrestler
Gerald Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer
Gerry Murphy (disambiguation)
Gerry O'Connor (disambiguation)
Geronimo Gerry Peñalosa (born 1972), Filipino former boxer and WBC and WBO world champion
Gerald Gerry Peyton (born 1956), Irish former football goalkeeper and coach
Gerry Philipsen (born 1944), American academic and ethnographer
Gerry Phillips (born 1940), Canadian politician
Gerald Gerry Rafferty (1947–2011), Scottish singer and songwriter
Gerard Gerry Reynolds (Irish politician) (born 1961), Irish politician
Gerald Gerry Reynolds (British politician) (1927–1969), British politician
Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982), Filipino politician
Gerry Ryan (disambiguation)
Phillip Edward Gerald Gerry Sayer (1905–1942), chief test pilot for Gloster Aircraft
Geraldine Mary Gerry Scott (1944–2007), English television production designer
Virginio Gerry Scotti (born 1956), Italian television presenter
Gerry Sharpe (disambiguation)
Gerald Gerry Sherry, American football player
Gerald Gerry Spence (born 1929), American semi-retired trial lawyer
Gerald Gerry Steinberg (1945–2015), British politician
Gerard Gerry Sutcliffe (born 1953), British politician
Gerald Gerry Tuttle (1926–2006), American football player
Gerald Gerry Ward (footballer) (1936–1994), English footballer
Gerald Gerry Ward (basketball) (born 1941), American retired National Basketball Association player
Gerry Bubba Watson (born 1978), American golfer
Gerry Williams (footballer) (1877–1901), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters[edit]

Gerry, a character from The Ridonculous Race
Gerard 'Gerry' Keays from The Magnus Archives

Surname[edit]

Given name[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

See also[edit]