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 (given name), Gerald or Geraldine (name), Geraldine. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

*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

* 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 Alexander Gerry Anderson English producer and director (1929–2012) * 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 * G. H. De Silva, 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 (writer), 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) (1933–2025), 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), 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 Jerry Tuttle (American football), Gerry Tuttle (1926–2006), American football player * Gerald Gerry Ward (basketball) (born 1941), American retired National Basketball Association player * Gerald Gerry Ward (footballer) (1936–1994), English footballer * Gerry Bubba Watson (born 1978), American golfer * Gerry Williams (footballer) (1877–1901), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

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

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