Gary and Garry are

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

language masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

Etymology

''Gary'' is likely derived from the

Norman French Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a '' langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical and cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to describe the administrative languages of '' Angl ...

name ''Geiree'', itself descended from the

Old Frankish Frankish ( reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 10th centuries. Franks under king Chlodio settled in Roman Gaul in the 5th century. O ...

name ''Geiserich'', composed of two elements: "*gaizaz" (spear, pike, javelin) plus "*rīkijaz" (kingly, royal). A variant form of ''Gary'' is ''Garry'', the spelling of which has been influenced by that of ''

Barry Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 195 ...

''. An informal

pet form A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it ...

of ''Gary'' is ''Gaz'', a variant of which is ''Gazza''. A given name associated with ''Gary'' and ''Garry'' is ''

Garrison A garrison is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters. A garrison is usually in a city ...

''; the latter is sometimes borne by sons of men bearing the former names. The Gaelic ''

Garaidh Garaidh () is a Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic masculine given name of uncertain derivation but as a name occurs frequently in Middle and Old Irish texts (in its Old Irish form ''Garaid''), for example in the 13th century Acallam na Senórach ...

'' is also associated with ''Gary''. Because of the "Gare" sound at the beginning in

American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lang ...

, Gary is sometimes incorrectly thought to be a diminutive of

Garrett Garrett may refer to: Places in the United States * Garrett, Illinois, a village * Garrett, Indiana, a city * Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Garrett, Meade County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Garrett, ...

, although the names are unrelated.

History

The usage of ''Gary'' as a given name is intertwined with the success of the actor

Gary Cooper Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...

(1901–1961). The American industrialist

Elbert Henry Gary Elbert Henry Gary (October 8, 1846August 15, 1927) was an American lawyer, county judge and business executive. He was a founder of U.S. Steel in 1901 alongside J. P. Morgan, William H. Moore, Henry Clay Frick and Charles M. Schwab. The cit ...

left his name to the town of

Gary, Indiana Gary ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it Indiana's List of municipalities in Indiana, eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historical ...

. The theatrical agent Nan Collins, who lived in this town, suggested the name ''Gary'' to Frank Cooper, one of her clients, who went on to have a successful film career as Gary Cooper. According to the

Social Security Administration The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government that administers Social Security (United ...

, ''Gary'' was relatively rare as a given name in the 1900–1920s period (e.g., in the 1910s it was the 677th most frequent name, given to less than 0.01% of the babies born in that decade). In the 1930s, 0.38% of the male babies in the United States were named ''Gary'', and in the 1950s as many as 1.54% of them were given this name, making it the 12th most popular given name of that decade. The name reached its record popularity (9th place) in 1954, the year after Cooper received his Best Actor

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

for his leading role in ''

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western (genre), Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in Real time (media), real time, centers ...

''. Since then, the popularity of ''Gary'' as a given name in the United States has been on a slow but steady decline. In the 1990s, the name was the 170th most popular, given to around 0.1% of newborn males. In the United Kingdom, the name's popularity was assisted in the later 20th century by the prominence of cricket player

Gary Sobers The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, NH, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a Barbadian born former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowle ...

(whose first name was a pet form of ''

Garfield ''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis (cartoonist), Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976 (later changed to ''Garfield'' in 1977), then in nationwide Print syndication, syndication from 1978, it chro ...

''), association football player

Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker ( ; born 30 November 1960) is an English Sports broadcasting, sports broadcaster and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Lineker is the only player t ...

, and musician

Gary Glitter Paul Francis Gadd (born 8 May 1944), better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer who achieved fame and success during the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was convicted of downloading child pornography i ...

(originally Paul Gadd).. Its popularity peaked during the 1960s (it was the 16th most popular male name in 1964) and still ranked as high as 26th in 1984, but by the 1990s had fallen out of the top 100. In 2013, only 28 babies born in England and Wales were named Gary, leading Garys to be labeled a "dying breed".

People

Frequent combinations

* Gary Anderson (disambiguation) * Gary Barnett (disambiguation) * Gary Beck (disambiguation) * Gary Cohen (disambiguation) * Gary Cohn (disambiguation) * Gary Coleman (disambiguation) * Gary Cooper (disambiguation) *

Gary Davies (disambiguation) Gary Davies may refer to: *Gary Davies (born 1954), DJ *Gary Davies (boxer) (born 1982), British bantamweight boxer See also *Gareth Davies (disambiguation) Gareth Davies may refer to: Musicians *Gareth Glynne Davies (born 1951), Welsh composer ...

* Gary Gill (disambiguation) * Gary Gilmore (disambiguation) * Gary Graham (disambiguation) * Gary Hart (disambiguation) * Gary Hill (disambiguation) * Gary Hughes (disambiguation) * Gary Johnson (disambiguation) * Gary Knight (disambiguation) * Gary Locke (disambiguation) * Gary Marx (disambiguation) * Gary Matthews (disambiguation) *

Gary Mitchell (disambiguation) Gary Mitchell is a Northern Irish dramatist. Gary or Garry Mitchell may also refer to: People * Gary Mitchell (television presenter), Australian presenter and producer on Sweet and Sour (2000s TV series) * Gary Mitchell (strongman) in 1997 World' ...

* Gary Moore (disambiguation) * Gary Morgan (disambiguation) * Gary Owen (disambiguation) * Gary Patterson (disambiguation) * Gary Peters (disambiguation) * Gary Ross (disambiguation) * Gary Russell (disambiguation) * Gary Schwartz (disambiguation) * Gary Shapiro (disambiguation) * Gary Sheffield (disambiguation) *

Gary Stern (disambiguation) Gary Stern is an American economist and banker. Gary Stern may also refer to: *Gary Stern of Stern Pinball *Gary Stern, character in Daybreak (2019 TV series) *Gary Stern, co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Fren ...

* Gary Stewart (disambiguation) * Gary Webb (disambiguation) *

Gary Williams (disambiguation) Gary Williams (born 1945) is an American basketball player and coach. Gary or Garry Williams may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *Gary Anthony Williams (born 1966), American actor *Gary Williams (singer) (born 1970), English singer *Gary Wil ...

* Gary Wilson (disambiguation) * Gary Wood (disambiguation) *

Gary Wright (disambiguation) Gary Wright (1943–2023) was an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Gary Wright may also refer to: * Gary Wright (cricketer) (born 1970), Australian cricketer * Gary Wright (ice hockey) (), American ice hockey coach * Gary Wright (racing d ...

* Senator Gary (disambiguation)

Computer science, engineering, science and medicine

Gary Becker Gary Stanley Becker (; December 2, 1930 – May 3, 2014) was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of ...

, American economist * Gary Evans, Psychologist and professor of Human Ecology in the Cornell University College of Human Ecology *

Gary Fisher Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his ...

, one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike *

Gary Kildall Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, and s ...

, American computer scientist, microcomputer entrepreneur *

Gary Kreps Gary L. Kreps is an American educator. Since 2020, he has been a Distinguished Professor of communication at Virginia's George Mason University, where he directs the Center for Health and Risk Communication. At George Mason University, Kreps serv ...

, American health and risk communication scholar *

Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon (born February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time". McKinnon said that he was looking for evidence of fr ...

, Scottish systems administrator, hacker * Garry Newman, founder of British video game developer Facepunch Studios, namesake of the popular game

Garry's Mod ''Garry's Mod'', commonly clipped as ''GMod'', is a 2006 sandbox game developed by Facepunch Studios and published by Valve. The base game mode of ''Garry's Mod'' has no set objectives and provides the player with a world in which to fre ...

Entertainment

* Gary Bautell, American military radio broadcaster *

Gary Brolsma "Numa Numa" () is an Internet meme based on a video by American Video blog, vlogger Gary Brolsma made after the song "Dragostea din Tei", released by Moldova, Moldovan pop group O-Zone in 2003. Brolsma's video, entitled "Numa Numa Dance", was up ...

, Internet celebrity *

Gary Burghoff Gary Rich Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is an American actor who is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical '' You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reill ...

, American actor *

Gary Busey William Gary Busey (; born June 29, 1944) is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award fo ...

, American actor *

Gary Cole Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series '' M ...

, American television and film actor *

Gary Coleman Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor, known as a high-profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman grew up with his adopted parents, and a kidney disease; due to the co ...

(1968–2010), American actor * Gary Collins, American television and film actor *

, American film actor *

Gary Dell'Abate Gary Dell'Abate (), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'', was released in 2010. Early lif ...

, American radio producer, television host *

Gary Dourdan Gary Dourdan (born Gary Robert Durdin: December 11, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' Shazza Zulu on the television series ''A Different World'' an ...

, American actor *

Gary Farmer Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian First Nations ( Cayuga) actor and musician. He is best known for his Independent Spirit Award-nominated roles in '' Powwow Highway'' (1989), ''Dead Man'' (1995) and '' Smoke Signals'' (1998). ...

, Canadian actor *

Gary LeRoi Gray Gary LeRoi Gray (born February 12, 1987) is an American actor, who has appeared in movies, television and animation. Early life Gary LeRoi Gray was born on February 12, 1987, in Chicago Illinois. Career He is best known for his childhood role a ...

, American actor *

Gary Lucy Gary Edward Lucy (born 27 November 1981) is an English people, English actor, television personality and model who is best known for playing List of The Bill characters (E–L)#Will Fletcher, Will Fletcher in the ITV (TV network), ITV police dra ...

, British actor *

Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American screenwriter, director, producer and actor. Marshall began his career in the 1960s as a writer for ''The Lucy Show'' and ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' until he developed the T ...

(1934–2016), American television producer *

Garry Moore Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit; January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993) was an American entertainer, comedic personality, game show host, and humorist best known for his work in television. He began a long career with the CBS netwo ...

, American actor and television personality *

Gary Oldman Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Gary Oldman, various accolades, including an Academ ...

, English actor, filmmaker, musician *

Gary Ross Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film '' Pleasantville'' (1998), the sports drama film ''Seabiscuit'' (2003), the dystopia ...

, American writer, director, actor *

Garry Shandling Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as '' Sanford and Son'' and ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He made a ...

(1949–2016), American actor and comedian *

Gary Sinise Gary Alan Sinise (; born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, director, producer, musician and humanitarian. Among other awards, he has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has ...

, American actor, film director, musician *

Gary Waldhorn Gary Peter Waldhorn (3 July 1943 – 10 January 2022) was an English actor and comedian known for his roles in British television and theatre. He is particularly remembered for his work in the main casts of several British sitcoms. Notable role ...

(1943–2022), English actor *

Gary Winick Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose films as a director include ''Tadpole'' (2002) and ''13 Going on 30'' (2004), and who also produced such films as ''Pieces of April'' (2003) and ''November'' (2 ...

, American film director, producer

Law, military, and community service

Gary Born Gary B. Born (born September 14, 1955) is an American lawyer. He is chair of the International Arbitration and International Litigation practices at the international law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and the author of commenta ...

, international lawyer and academic * Gary L. Francione, American legal scholar *

Gary Gordon Gary Ivan Gordon (August 30, 1960 – October 3, 1993) was a master sergeant in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death in the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, he was a non-commissioned officer in ...

, American military sniper and

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, military decoration and is awarded to recognize American United States Army, soldiers, United States Navy, sailors, Un ...

recipient

Literature and the arts

Gary Arndt Gary Arndt (born 1969) is an American blogger and photographer. He is the author of the travel blog ''Everything Everywhere'' and a former Minneapolis entrepreneur. Early life Arndt was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended Macalester Colle ...

, American travel photographer *

Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax creat ...

, American writer and game designer * Gary "Garrison" Keillor, American writer *

Gary Larson Gary Larson (born August 14, 1950) is an American cartoonist who created ''The Far Side'', a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended on January 1, 1995, ...

, American cartoonist *

Gary Snyder Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate ...

, American poet *

Garry Trudeau Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist best known for creating the ''Doonesbury'' comic strip. Trudeau won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1975, making him the first comic strip artist to win a ...

, American cartoonist *

Gary Younge Gary Andrew Younge , (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and academic. He was editor-at-large for ''The Guardian'' newspaper, which he joined in 1993. In November 2019, it was announced that Younge had been appointe ...

(born 1969), British journalist, author, broadcaster and academic

Musicians

Gary Barber Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African and American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is also co-founder of Spyglass Media Group. Biography Barber was born to a Jewish family in Johannesburg, South ...

, English singer songwriter *

Gary Barlow Gary Barlow (born 20 January 1971) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He is the lead singer of the pop group Take That. Barlow is one of the United Kingdom's most successful songwriters, having writ ...

, English singer-songwriter *

Garry Gary Beers Garry William Beers (born 22 June 1957), known as Garry Gary Beers, is an Australian musician and was the bass guitarist for the Rock music, rock group INXS. Career Garry William Beers was born to Lola (died 2011) and William Beers. William Be ...

, Australian bassist, INXS *

Gary Brooker Gary Brooker (29 May 1945 – 19 February 2022) was an English singer and pianist, and the founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum. Early life Born in Hackney Hospital, East London, on 29 May 1945, Brooker grew up in Hackney ...

, English singer, songwriter, pianist *

Gary Burton Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz Vibraphone, vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused ...

, American jazz vibraphonist *

Gary Cherone Gary Francis Caine Cherone ( ; born July 26, 1961) is an American rock singer and songwriter. Cherone is known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme (band), Extreme and Van Halen. Early life Cherone grew up in Ma ...

, American rock singer-songwriter * Gary Clark Jr., American musician * Gary Crosby (born 1955), British jazz double bassist, composer and educator. * Gary Garcia, American musician, songwriter * Gary Green, an American conductor * Gary Green (born 1950), English multi-instrumentalist of Gentle Giant, Three Friends * Gary M. Green, an American musician and entrepreneur * Gary Holt, Thrash metal guitarist, Exodus, Slayer *

Gary Kemp Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is an English songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the new wave band Spandau Ballet. Kemp wrote the lyrics and music for all 2 ...

, British musician * Garry Koehler, Australian songwriter *

Gary Lightbody Gareth John Lightbody (born 15 June 1976) is a Northern Irish musician. He is best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. He has also founded the musical supergroups the Reindeer Section and T ...

, Northern Irish musician, songwriter *

Gary Lux Gerhard "Gary" Lux (born 26 January 1959) is a Canadian-born Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions. Career Lux has released solo albums entitled "Dreidimensional" and "Ci ...

, Austrian singer (Eurovision 1985 and 1987) *

Gary Moore Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 19526 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career, he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, Heavy metal music, heavy ...

(1952–2011), Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician *

Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American singer and stage actor who charted a string of hits on the country music charts throughout the 1980s. Morris is known for the 1983 ballad " The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his cred ...

country singer *

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...

, English singer, composer, musician *

Gary Puckett Gary Dale Puckett (born October 17, 1942) is an American singer widely known as the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968, including " Woman Woman", " Young Girl", " Lady Willpower", " Over ...

, American singer, front man for the 1960s group, The Union Gap *

Gary Richrath Gary Dean Richrath (October 18, 1949 – September 13, 2015) was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989. Early life Richrath was born in Peoria, Illinois, on Octob ...

(1949–2015), American rock guitarist, member of REO Speedwagon *

Gary Rossington Gary Robert Rossington (December 4, 1951 – March 5, 2023) was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the ...

, Guitarist with

Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd (, ) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The group originally formed as My Backyard and comprised Ronnie Van Zant (vocals), Gary Rossington (guitar), Allen Collins (guitar), Larry Junstrom ...

* Gary Stewart (1944–2003), American country rock singer-songwriter and musician *

Gary Thain Gary Mervin Thain (May 15, 1948 – December 8, 1975) was a New Zealand bassist, best known for his work with British rock band Uriah Heep. Biography Thain was born in Christchurch. He had two older brothers, Colin and Arthur. He recorded in ...

, New Zealand rock bassist *

Gary Valenciano Edgardo Jose "Gary" Santiago Valenciano (born August 6, 1964) is a Filipino singer and actor. Known for his musical versatility and performances, he is a recipient of various accolades, including 12 Awit Awards, 3 FAMAS Awards and the Myx ...

, Filipino actor, singer-songwriter, and television host * Gary Weinrib, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush

Politics

Gary Bikman Gary W. Bikman (born November 13, 1943) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Cardston-Taber-Warner in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2012 to 2015. Prior to his election to the legislature, Bikman served ...

(born 1943), Canadian politician * Gary Casinghino, American politician *

Gary Condit Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California's California's 18th congressional district, 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives f ...

, California congressman who was briefly a murder suspect *

Gary Drinkwater Gary Drinkwater is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives since December 2018. Electoral history He contested the 121st district in the 2016 Maine House of Representatives election, but lost to ...

, American politician *

Gary Doer Gary Albert Doer (born 31 March 1948) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician and diplomat from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canada's List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States, ambassador to the United States from 19 Octo ...

, Canadian diplomat and politician * Gary Elkins, American politician from Texas *

Gary Hart Gary Warren Hart (''né'' Hartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential nominations, until in 1988, he dropped out amid revelations of ex ...

, American politician, lawyer, author, professor, commentator *

Gary Johnson Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 29th List of governors of New Mexico, governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republica ...

, American businessman and politician *

Gary Locke Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the State of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor ...

, American politician *

Garry McCarthy Garry Francis McCarthy (born May 4, 1959) is an American law enforcement officer who serves as the Chief of Police of Willow Springs, Illinois. He was previously the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was a candidate for mayor o ...

, former superintendent of the Chicago Police Department

Sports

* Gary Ablett, English footballer and manager * Gary Ablett Jr., Australian rules footballer *

Gary Ablett Sr. Gary Robert Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest ...

, Australian rules footballer * Gary Alexander, American baseball player * Gary Alexander (born 1969), American basketball player * Gary Alexander, English footballer * Gary Alexander, American martial artist * Gary Alexander, American Olympic wrestler * Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player * Gary Anderson, American football player * Gary Anderson, American football player * Gary Anderson, American football player *Gary Aramist, Israeli Olympic sport shooter *

Gary Bailey Gary Richard Bailey (born 9 August 1958) is a former footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Manchester United. Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, he grew up in South Africa, but went on to be cap ...

, English footballer *

Gary Baldinger Gary Thomas Baldinger (born October 4, 1963) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college footbal ...

, American football player *

Gary Balough Gary Balough (born September 16, 1947) is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed from 1962 to 2001. Balough has won more than 1000 races throughout his short-track career and has accumulated more than 20 wins in the All-Pro divis ...

, former NASCAR Cup Series driver * Gary Barbaro, American football player *

Gary Barnidge Gary Michael Barnidge (born September 22, 1985) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the ...

, American football player *

Gary Bettman Gary Bruce Bettman (born June 2, 1952) is an American sports executive who serves as the NHL commissioner, commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice preside ...

, American sports commissioner * Gary Birtles, English football player *

Gary Brabham Gary Thomas Brabham (born 29 March 1961) is an Australian former professional racing driver. He is the son of three-time World Formula One Champion Sir Jack Brabham and the brother of Le Mans winners Geoff and David Brabham. His solitary F1 ...

, Australian racing driver and convicted rapist * Gary Brackett, American football player *

Gary Breen Gary Patrick Breen (born 12 December 1973) is a former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. A centre back, Breen played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appear ...

, Irish footballer *

Gary Brightwell Gary Brightwell Jr. (born February 28, 1999) is an American professional football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He has previously played in the NFL for the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns. He ...

(born 1999), American football player *

Gary Brown Gary Brown may refer to: Sports * Gary Brown (running back) (1969–2022), American football running back and coach * Gary Brown (offensive lineman) (born 1971), American football player * Gary Brown (rugby union) (born 1980), Irish rugby player ...

, American football player * Gary Bryant Jr. (born 2001), American football player * Gary Burley, American football player *

Gary Cahill Gary James Cahill (born 19 December 1985) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Cahill began his career playing for the AFC Dronfield youth system in Derbyshire. In 2000, he joined the Aston Villa Academy an ...

, English footballer * Gary Campbell, American football player *

Gary Carter Gary Edmund Carter (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) was an American professional baseball catcher whose 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets. Nicknamed "Kid" for his youth ...

, American baseball player * Gary Clark, American football player *

Gary Cohen Gary Cohen (born ) is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Cohen currently calls Mets games for SNY and WPIX, as well as Seton Hall basket ...

, American baseball commentator * Garry Cobb, American football player * Gary Collins, American football player *

Gary Cunningham Gary Cunningham (born c. 1940/1941) is an American former basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1977 to 1979, guiding ...

(born 1940 or 1941), American basketball coach and athletic director *

Gary Cuozzo Gary Samuel Cuozzo (born April 26, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers. After football, he had a career as an ...

, American football player *

Gary Danielson Gary Dennis Danielson (born September 10, 1951) is an American college football commentator and former football quarterback. Danielson played college football for Purdue from 1969 to 1972. He led the Big Ten Conference in 1971 with a 57.8% ...

, American football player *

Gary David Gary Ocampo David (born July 13, 1978) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Pampanga Giant Lanterns of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He is a five-time All-Star and co-holds the longest stre ...

, Filipino basketball player *

Gary Dunn Gary Edward Dunn (born August 24, 1953) is an American former professional football defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played for 12 seasons. Early life Gary Dunn was born August 24, 1953, in Coral Gables, Florida. His grand ...

, American football player *

Gary Fencik John Gary Fencik (born June 11, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 12 seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs and was sel ...

, American football player *

Gary Garrison Gary Lynn Garrison (born January 21, 1944) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a wide receiver in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football ...

, American football player *

Gary Gillespie Gary Thompson Gillespie (born 5 July 1960) is a Scottish former professional football centre-back who played for Falkirk, Coventry City, Liverpool, Celtic and the Scotland national team. Playing career Falkirk Gillespie started his career with ...

, Scottish football player *

Garry Gilliam Garry Montzell Gilliam Jr. (born November 26, 1990) is an American former professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. He was originally signed as an und ...

, American football player * Gary Greaves, American football player * Gary Green, American football player * Gary Green, American baseball player * Gary Green, American businessman and minor-league baseball team owner * Gary Green, Canadian ice hockey player * Gary Gussman, American football player * Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer *

Gary Hocking Gary Stuart Hocking Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (30 September 1937 – 21 December 1962) was a Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesian former professional motorcycle road racing, road and car racer. He ...

, Rhodesian motorcycle racer *

Gary Hogeboom Gary Keith Hogeboom (born August 21, 1958) is an American former professional football player, real estate developer, and television personality. He played as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapol ...

, American football player * Gary Holt, a Scottish footballer * Gary Holt, a Canadian ice hockey player *

Gary Hughes Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English singer. Apart from his work as a solo artist, he is the frontman and main songwriter of hard rock/melodic rock band Ten. He has also worked as a producer and songwriter on Bob Catley's first three ...

, HGV Driver and FA Coach * Gary Jennings Jr. (born 1997), American football player *

Gary Jeter Gary Michael Jeter (January 24, 1955 – March 9, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). An All-American playing college football for the USC Trojans in 1976, Jeter was ...

, American football player * Gary "Big Hands" Johnson, American football player *

Garry Kallos Garry Kallos (born 5 March 1956) is a Canadian former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and won five gold medals at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, and sambo competitor who won a gold medal at the Pan American Games. Biography Kal ...

(born 1956), Canadian wrestler and sambo competitor *

Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess Elo rating system, ra ...

, Russian chess grand master and former world champion * Gary Kelly, Northern Irish international indoor and lawn bowler * Gary Kelly, British football goalkeeper * Gary Kelly, Irish footballer who played for Leeds United *

Gary Knafelc Gary Knafelc ( ; January 2, 1932 – December 19, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver and a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, primarily with the Green Bay Packers. He played ...

, American football player *

Gary Kubiak Gary Wayne Kubiak (born August 15, 1961) is an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a quarterback for the Denver Broncos before coaching, serving as head coach for the Houst ...

, American football player and coach * Gary Lane, American football player and referee * Gary Larsen, American football player *

, English footballer * Gary Maloncon, American basketball player * Gary Marangi, American football player *

Gary McSheffrey Gary McSheffrey (born 13 August 1982) is an English football manager and former player who is U-21 head coach at Sheffield United. As a player he was a striker and left winger who made more than 450 appearances in the Football League and Pr ...

, English footballer *

Gary Medel Gary Alexis Medel Soto (; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder. Medel has played club football with several tea ...

, Chilean football player *

Gary Moeller Gary Oscar Moeller (; January 26, 1941 – July 11, 2022) was an American football coach best known for being head coach at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1994. During his five seasons at Michigan, he won 44 games, lost 13 and tied 3 fo ...

, American football coach *

Gary Naysmith Gary Andrew Naysmith (born 16 November 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who is the manager of Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir. Naysmith, who played as a left-back or left-winger, started his senior career with Hea ...

, Scottish footballer *

Gary Neville Gary Alexander Neville (born 18 February 1975) is an English football pundit, former coach and player, and co-owner of English Football League club Salford City. As a player, Neville was a right-back and spent his entire career with Manches ...

, English footballer *

Gary O'Neil Gary Paul O'Neil (born 18 May 1983) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently head coach of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. A midfielder, O'Neil made 214 Premier League appearances and scored 16 goals b ...

(born 1983), English former professional footballer * Garry O'Neill (born 1974), Australian martial artist *Gary O'Neill (born 1982), Irish footballer who played for Shelbourne in the 2000s *Gary O'Neill (born 1995) Irish footballer who, as of 2022, plays for

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

Gary Paffett Gary James Paffett (born 24 March 1981 in Bromley) is a British former racing driver. Having become a household name in the DTM, following fifteen years in the series and two championship wins, Paffett moved onto Formula E for the 2018/19 champ ...

, English racing driver *

Gary Parris Gary Thomas Parris (born June 13, 1950) is an American former professional football tight end. He played for three different teams from 1973 to 1980, including the San Diego Chargers, Cleveland Browns and St. Louis (Arizona) Cardinals. Early ...

, American football player *

Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. (born July 23, 1968) is an American former professional basketball player who was a point guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest point guards of all time, he is best know ...

, American basketball player * Gary Phaeton, French basketball player *

Gary Player Gary James Player (born 1 November 1935) is a South African retired professional golfer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. During his career, Player won nine major championships on the regular tour and nine ...

, South African golfer * Gary Plummer, American football player *

Garry Ringrose Garry Ringrose (born 26 January 1995) is an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team. Club career Leinster Following Ringrose's performances for th ...

, Irish rugby union player *

Gary Robinson Gary Robinson is an American software engineer and mathematician and inventor notable for his mathematical algorithms to fight spam. In addition, he patented a method to use web browser cookies to track consumers across different web sites, allow ...

, Canadian football player *

Gary Sheffield Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for eight teams from 1988 to 2009. After his playing career, he became a sports agent. For most of his c ...

, American baseball player *

Gary Spani Gary Spani (born January 9, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1986. He has worked for the Chiefs' front office since 1989, ...

, American football player *

Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting t ...

, Welsh footballer and manager * Gary Stevens, English footballer *

Gary Stills Gary Stills (born July 11, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He was selected by ...

, American football player * Gary Trent Jr., American basketball player * Gary Walker, American football player * Gary Walker, American football player * Gary Wisener, American football player *

Gary Zimmerman Gary Wayne Zimmerman (born December 13, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a Hall of Fame offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL). He earned a Super Bowl ring ...

, American football player

Crime

* Gary Evans (1954–1998), American thief and confessed serial killer *

Gary Gilmore Gary Mark Gilmore (born Faye Robert Coffman; December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he had admitted to committing ...

, executed American criminal *

, English glam rock singer and convicted child molester *

Gary Heidnik Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American murderer and serial rapist who kidnapped, tortured and raped six women, murdering two of them, while holding them captive in a self-dug pit in his basement floor in Philade ...

, American rapist and killer *

Gary Steven Krist Gary Steven Krist (born April 29, 1945) is an American convicted of kidnapping and the trafficking of illegal immigrants. Early life Krist was born in Aberdeen, Washington, on April 29, 1945, and grew up in Pelican, Alaska. He lived part of ...

, American fugitive *

Gary Plauché Leon Gary Plauché ( ; November 10, 1945 – October 20, 2014) was an American man known for publicly killing Jeffrey Doucet ( ; February 3, 1959 – March 17, 1984), a child molester who had kidnapped and raped Plauché's son, Joseph Boyce "Jo ...

(1945–2014), American man known for the 1984 vigilante killing of Jeff Doucet *

Gary Ridgway Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the Green River Killer or the Green River Strangler, is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering forty-nine women between 1982 and 1998 in the northwestern United States. At ...

, American fugitive

Fictional characters

* Gary, a character played

Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian-American actor and television director. Priestly starred as virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000). His other television roles in ...

in the 1986 American fantasy drama film ''

The Boy Who Could Fly ''The Boy Who Could Fly'' is a 1986 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986. The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14- ...

'' * Gary, a character from the adult anthology series ''

Love, Death & Robots ''Love, Death & Robots'' (stylized as LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS; represented in emoji form as ❤️❌🤖) is an adult animation, adult animated Anthology series, anthology television series created by Tim Miller (director), Tim Miller and streamin ...

'' * Gary Chalmers, a superintendent from the animated sitcom series ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...

'' * Gary Davis/Gary David, a character in Philippine drama series '' Mara Clara (1992 TV series)'' and ''

Mara Clara (2010 TV series) ''Mara Clara'' is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. The series is a remake of the 1992 Philippine television series of the same title. Directed by Jerome C. Pobocan and Claudio "Tots" Sanchez-Mariscal IV, it stars Kat ...

'' * Gary Finkel, supportive character in the video game ''

Dead Rising 3 ''Dead Rising 3'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released as a launch title for the Xbox One platform on November 22, 2013; a Microsoft Windows port published by Ca ...

'' * Gary Goodspeed, the main character from the animated space opera comedy series ''

Final Space ''Final Space'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated space opera comedy drama television series created by Olan Rogers and developed by Rogers and David Sacks (writer), David Sacks. The series involves an astronaut named Gary Goodspeed ...

'' * Gary Granger, character in the 1993 film ''

Addams Family Values ''Addams Family Values'' is a 1993 American supernatural black comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Paul Rudnick, based on the characters created by Charles Addams. It is the sequel to ''The Addams Family'' (1991). The film ...

'' * Gary Grooberson, character in the 2021 film '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' * Gary Gulliver, the protagonist of Hanna-Barbera's 1968 animated TV series ''

The Adventures Of Gulliver ''The Adventures of Gulliver'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The show is loosely based on the 1726 satirical novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. The show aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV and las ...

'' * Gary Harrison, in the "All About Mormons" episode of ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand the ...

'' *

Gary Oak Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Places ;Iran *Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;United States *Gary (Tampa), Florida *Gary, Indi ...

, a researcher and gym leader from the ''

Pokémon is a Japanese media franchise consisting of List of Pokémon video games, video games, Pokémon (TV series), animated series and List of Pokémon films, films, Pokémon Trading Card Game, a trading card game, and other related media. The fran ...

'' video game series * Gary Prince, the gender-swapped and real version of Princess Bubblegum in '' Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake'' * Gary "Roach" Sanderson, the main protagonist from the video game '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' * Gary Smith, from the video game ''

Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggressively dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perc ...

'' * Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, the main protagonist of the ''

Kingsman Kingsman or King's man may refer to: * Kingsman (rank), a British Army rank Arts and media * Kingsman (franchise), ''Kingsman'' (franchise) ** Kingsman (comic book), ''Kingsman'' (comic book), the basis for the franchise ** ''Kingsman: The Secre ...

'' comic book and film series *

Gary Walsh Gary Walsh (born 21 March 1968) is an English football coach and former professional player who is a goalkeeping coach at club Port Vale. He played as a goalkeeper in a 21-year professional career, making 282 league and cup appearances. He was ...

, a character in the American political sitcom ''

Veep ''Veep'' is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019. The series was created by Armando Iannucci. The series follows Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), the fictional Vice Pres ...

'' *

Gary Windass Gary Windass is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Mikey North. The character first appeared on 14 November, 2008, along with his parents, Eddie (Steve Huison) and Anna Windass ( Debbi ...

, a character from the British TV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' * Gary the Gadget Guy, a character from the MMO video game ''

Club Penguin ''Club Penguin'' was a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that ran from 2005 to 2017. The game featured a virtual world that included a wide range of online games and activities. It was created by New Horizon Interactive (now known as Di ...

'' *

Gary the Snail The characters in the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' were created by artist, animator, and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character and his various ...

, SpongeBob's pet snail from the animated series ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...

'' * Sleepy Gary, an alien parasite from the animated series ''

Rick and Morty ''Rick and Morty'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated science fiction Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadvent ...

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