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Perry Adair Oliver Perry Adair (1899 – May 30, 1953) was an American amateur golfer from Atlanta, Georgia, who grew up playing golf at East Lake Golf Club with his friend Bobby Jones. He was a very accomplished player, having won the 1921 and 1923 Southe ...

(1899–1953), American golfer *

Perry Adkisson Perry L. Adkisson (11 March 1929 – 25 June 2020) was Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System. His academic work is known for his research on integrated pest management methods which allowed for a 50% reduction of insecticide use in U.S. ag ...

(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 Perry Anzilotti (born December 11, 1959) is an American television and film actor. Early life and education Anzilotti was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is also a graduate of the Cal ...

(born 1959), American actor *

Perry A. Armstrong Perry Austin Armstrong (April 15, 1823 – December 23, 1904) was a business person, surveyor, attorney, two-time member of the Illinois House of Representatives and historian. Born in Ohio and raised in southern Illinois, he spent most of his ...

(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 Perry Richardson Bass (November 11, 1914 – June 1, 2006) was an American heir, investor, philanthropist and sailor. Early life Perry Richardson Bass was born on November 11, 1914, in Wichita Falls, Texas.Leslie WaynePerry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch ...

(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 Perry Edmund Berezan (born December 5, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1985 and 1993. He was a third round selection, 55th overall, of the Calgary Flames at the 1983 ...

(born 1964), Canadian hockey player *

Perry Bhandal Perry Bhandal (born 12 January 1968) is a British film director, screenwriter, and producer of the films '' Interview with a Hitman'' and ''The Last Boy'' and author of ''_prelude'', a collection of short stories and artwork, and ''The Winter Ma ...

(born 1968), British director and screenwriter *

Perry Blake Perry Blake (born 10 May 1970) is an Irish singer and songwriter from Sligo, Ireland, known for the delicate, downtempo, melancholic style of his songs and his soft singing voice. Career Blake's 1998 self-titled debut album was successful in the ...

(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 Perry Bräutigam (born 28 March 1963) is a German Association football coach and a former player who works as goalkeeper coach for RB Leipzig. Playing career Bräutigam was born in Altenburg. A goalkeeper, he played over 450 matches at the firs ...

(born 1963), German soccer player and coach *

Perry Broad Pery Broad, also Perry Broad (25 April 1921 – 28 November 1993) was a Brazilian non-commissioned officer in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) active at Auschwitz concentration camp from April 1942 to 1945. He reached the rank of ''SS-Unterscharführe ...

(1921–1993), Nazi SS member at Auschwitz * Perry E. Brocchus (1810–1880), justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory *

Perry Bullard Winston Perry Bullard (September 2, 1942 – October 15, 1998), was a Democratic politician and lawyer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bullard was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Harvard University. After serving in the United States Navy during t ...

(1942–1998), American politician *

Perry Caravello Perry Frank Caravello (born November 17, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, and internet personality who is best known as the star of the 2003 movie ''Windy City Heat'' and the host of the internet stream ''Perry Caravello Live''. Early li ...

(born 1963), aspiring actor *

Perry Carter Perry Lynn Carter (born August 15, 1971) is a former American football defensive back for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League. He also played in the Canadian Football League for four seasons with the E ...

(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 Perry Cohea was an American pioneer of the early federal period in Tennessee and Mississippi. He is referred to in historic sources as Major. In the 1830s, he participated in the United States government's Indian Removal, removal of the Choctaw from ...

(died 1848), American pioneer *

Perry Collins Perry McDonough Collins (1813–1900)
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Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...

(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 Perry Cotton (born 11 November 1965) is an association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. He played for Scunthorpe United. Cotton made his full All Whites debut in a 3–0 win over Fiji on 7 June 1992 and ende ...

(born 1965), footballer *

Perry Criscitelli Perry Criscitelli (born 1950) is an American restaurant owner who is an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family. Criscitelli owns several restaurants and previously managed a popular city street festival. In 1996, Criscitelli was selected as p ...

(born 1950), American restaurant owner and alleged member of the Bonanno crime family *

Perry Crosswhite Perry Rothrock Crosswhite AM (born 22 September 1947) is a former Australian Olympic basketballer and leading sport administrator. Personal He was born on 22 September 1947 in Washington, D.C. He moved to Australia in 1969 to play basketball. H ...

(born 1947), Australian Olympic basketball player and administrator *

Perry Currin Perry Gilmore Currin (September 27, 1928 – January 17, 2011) was a professional baseball player. He appeared in three games in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns of the American League during the 1947 season. Listed at 6' 0", 175&nbs ...

(1928–2011), American baseball player *

Perry Daneshgari Perry (Parviz) Daneshgari is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, engineer and author born in Ahvaz, Iran. He founded MCA, which appeared on the TV Program World Business Review, in 1990 and has written many books and articles in specialized magaz ...

(fl. 1980s–2020s), Iranian-American entrepreneur * Perry DeAngelis (1963–2007), American podcaster *

Perry Digweed Perry Digweed (born 26 October 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Wimbledon and Watford, making 226 appearances in the Football League The English Fo ...

(born 1959), English footballer *

Perry Lee Dunn Perry Lee Dunn (January 20, 1941 – October 27, 2018), was a professional American football running back in the National Football League, for the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Colts. He played college football at the Universit ...

(1941–2018), American football player *

Perry B. Duryea (state senator) Perry Belmont Duryea (June 9, 1891 – November 9, 1968) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born on June 9, 1891, in New York City, the son of Carll Smith Duryea (1859–1911) and Almyra J. Howell (1858–191 ...

(1891–1968), American politician *

Perry B. Duryea Jr. Perry Belmont Duryea Jr. (October 18, 1921 – January 11, 2004) was an American politician. A Republican, Duryea was a longtime member of the New York State Assembly. He served as speaker of the Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and ran unsuccessfull ...

(1921–2004), American politician * Perry Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian author and professor *

Perry T. Egbert Perry T. Egbert (April 22, 1893 – July 13, 1970) was an American engineer specializing in internal combustion engines, particularly diesel engines. Most of his career was spent at the American Locomotive Company (ALCo), America's pre-eminent man ...

(1893–1970), American engineer and president of the American Locomotive Company * Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer *

Perry Ellis (basketball) Perry Michael Ellis (born September 14, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A. Ellis played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Playing for coach Bill Self, Ellis averaged 12.5 point ...

(born 1993), American basketball player *

Perry Farrell Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein; March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as part (one of the ...

(born 1959), American musician, known as the frontman of Jane's Addiction and for creating the festival Lollapalooza *

Perry Fellwock Perry Fellwock (born 1947) is a former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst and whistleblower who revealed the existence of the NSA and its worldwide covert surveillance network in an interview, using the pseudonym Winslow Peck, with ''Ramparts ...

(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 Perry Ferguson (November 13, 1901 – December 27, 1963) was an American art director. He was nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Art Direction. He was born in Texas and died in Lo ...

(1901–1963), American art director, nominated for five Academy Awards * Perry Fewell (born 1962), American football coach *

Perry Filkins Perry Filkins (born April 3, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in Bellator MMA, Bellator's Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division. Background Filkins is originally from Millington, Michigan and came from a dys ...

(born 1988), American mixed martial artist *

Perry Florio Perry Florio (born ), is an American former professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL. Personal life Florio has had several arrests. Including a shoplifting charge on August 19, 2021 ...

(born 1967), American hockey player *

Perry Freshwater Perry Thomas Freshwater (born 27 July 1973) is a retired English rugby union footballer. He is a loosehead prop and occasionally a hooker. Biography Born on 27 July 1973 in Wellington, New Zealand, Freshwater started playing rugby union as ...

(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) Perry Green (March 17, 1936) is an American poker player who has won three World Series of Poker bracelets and who has made it to the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event twice. Green, a fur trader from Anchorage, Alaska, began p ...

(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 Perry Grimm (February 19, 1914 – September 11, 1971) was an American racecar driver who raced midget cars in California and Australia. Midget car Grimm drove midget cars for the Edelbrock dirt track racing team. He raced on the West Coas ...

(1914–1971), American racecar driver * Perry Grimm (American football) (1888–1974), American football coach *

Perry Groves Perry Groves (born 19 April 1965) is an English former association football, footballer, known chiefly for his time at Arsenal F.C., Arsenal. He was a fast-paced player who usually played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger, and occasionally as a Stri ...

(born 1965), English footballer * Perry Haddock (born 1959), Australian Rugby League player *

Perry Hale Perry Titus Wells Hale (October 7, 1878 – April 8, 1948) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University was selected to the 1900 College Football All-America Team as a fullback. Hale also played profe ...

(1878–1948), American football player and coach * Perry N. Halkitis (born 1963), American psychologist *

Perry Hannah Perry Hannah (September 22, 1824 – August 16, 1904) was an American politician, businessman, lumber baron, merchant and banker, who was well involved in the settling and early industrialization of the Grand Traverse Bay region of Michigan. Fo ...

(1824–1904), American politician * Perry Harrington (born 1958), American football player *

Perry G. Harrington Perry Green Harrington (July 9, 1812 – September 19, 1876) was an American politician and farmer. Born in Laurens, New York, he moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory in 1836. In 1837, Harrington moved to Sugar Creek, Wisconsin Territo ...

(1812–1876), American politician and farmer

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Perry Harris Perry Colin Harris (11 January 1946 – 8 August 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Harris represented Manawatu at a provincial level, and was called into the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, as a replacement on thei ...

(1946–2021), New Zealand rugby union player * Perry Hartnett (born 1960), American football player * Perry Henzell (1936–2006), Jamaican film director *

Perry Hill (baseball) Perry Wendell Hill (born March 19, 1952) is an American professional baseball coach (baseball), coach. He is the infield coach (baseball), coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He formerly coached for the Texas Rangers (b ...

(born 1952), American Major League Baseball coach *

Perry Hoberman Perry Hoberman (born 1954), is an installation artist who has worked extensively with machines and media. His career has included stints with Laurie Anderson and the USC Interactive Media Division. He has taught at the Cooper Union School of A ...

(born 1954), American installation artist *

Perry Greeley Holden Perry Greeley Holden (October 13, 1865 – October 8, 1959) was the first professor of agronomy in the United States. Biography Holden was born in Dodge Center, Minnesota, to Dennison Franklin Holden and Mary Helen Wilson. He graduated from M ...

(1865–1959), first professor of agronomy in the United States *

Perry Hooper Sr. Perry Oliver Hooper Sr. (April 8, 1925 – April 24, 2016) was an American jurist who served as the twenty-seventh Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1995 to 2001. He was the first Republican since Reconstruction to have been el ...

(1925–2016), American jurist and the 27th Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court * Perry Hooper Jr. (born 1954), American politician *

Perry Howard Perry Wilbon Howard (1835–1907) was a blacksmith and a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875 and also served on the county board of supervisors. ...

(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 Jesse Perry Jackson (April 24, 1905 – June 22, 1973) was a professional American football player who spent three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Providence Steam Roller, from 1928 to 1930. Jackson won an NFL championship ...

(1905–1973), American football player *

Perry Johanson Perry Johanson (9 May 1910 in Greeley, Colorado – 15 June 1981 in Seattle) was a Seattle architect and one of the founders of the architectural firm NBBJ. Johanson enrolled in the architecture program at the University of Washington in 1929 ...

(1910–1981), American architect * Perry Johnson (born 1977), Canadian hockey player *

Perry Jones Perry James Jones III (born September 24, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the TaiwanBeer HeroBears of the T1 League. He played college basketball for Baylor. High school career He was the #7 player in the ESPNU 100, the ...

(born 1991), American basketball player *

Perry T. Jones Perry T. Jones (June 22, 1890 – September 16, 1970) was an amateur tennis official who was a major fundraiser for the Los Angeles Tennis Club and its tournaments. He took control of Southern California Tennis in 1930s and ran the Pacific Southwes ...

(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 Perry Polk Keith, Sr. (October 20, 1847 – February 6, 1935), was a Planter (American South), planter, developer, and a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who was the co-founder and namesake of the unincorporated community of K ...

(1847–1935), American politician and co-founder and namesake of Keithville, Louisiana *

Perry Kemp Commodore Perry Kemp (born December 31, 1961) is a former American football wide receiver. He began his professional career with the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League. He then played for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay P ...

(born 1961), American football player *

Perry Kendall Perry Kendall, (born 1943) is a Canadian Public health physician who was Provincial Health Officer (PHO) for the Canadian province of British Columbia's health ministry from 1999-2018 and was awarded the Order of British Columbia for contributio ...

(born 1943), Canadian physician and the first Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia *

Perry Keyes Perry Keyes (born 1966) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Keyes is based in Waterloo, Sydney and grew up in nearby Redfern. Former singer-songwriter with Sydney band the Stolen Holdens, Keyes' output is best described as heartland rock in th ...

(born 1966), Australian singer-songwriter *

Perry King Perry Firestone King (born April 30, 1948) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on television and in films. King received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the television film ''The Hasty Heart'' (1983), which is a rema ...

(born 1948), American actor *

Perry Kitchen Perry Allen Kitchen (born February 29, 1992) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder. He was part of the Akron Zips side that won the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, and was a firs ...

(born 1992), American soccer player *

Perry Kivolowitz Perry Kivolowitz (born 1961) is an American computer scientist and business person. In 1985, he co-founded Advanced Systems Design Group which built hardware for the Commodore Amiga. This company was renamed Elastic Reality, Inc. and became well ...

(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 Perry Lawson (born 8 March 1982 in Northampton, England) is a British professional basketball player who currently plays for Essex Leopards in the English Basketball League. The in tall guard, able to play both shooting guard and point gu ...

(born 1982), British basketball player *

Perry Lentz Perry Carlton Lentz (born March 27, 1943, in Anniston, Alabama) is an author and professor emeritus of English language and literature at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Early life and education The son of Lucian Boyd Lentz, a sales executive ...

(born 1943), American professor of English language and literature *

Perry Lim Perry Lim Cheng Yeow is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2015 and 2018. Education Lim studied at Raffles Institution and won the President's Scholarship and the Singapore Armed Forces Over ...

(born 1972), Singaporean army general and the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces *

Perry Link Eugene Perry Link, Jr. (; born 1944) is Chancellorial Chair Professor for Innovative Teaching Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages in College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside and Emeritu ...

(born 1944), American professor *

Perry Lipe Perry Hamilton Lipe (February 14, 1875 – January 25, 1955 in Irving, Illinois, United States) was a long-time minor league baseball player and manager. He played from 1898 to 1916, though a statistical record from 1901 to 1916 is all that i ...

(1875–1955), American minor-league baseball player and manager *

Perry Lopez Perry Lopez (born Julio César Lopez; July 22, 1929 – February 14, 2008) was an American film and television actor. His acting career spanned 40 years. Biography Lopez was born in New York City of Puerto Rican descent. Lopez began his acti ...

(1929–2008), American actor *

Perry Marshall Perry Sink Marshall is an American business consultant, and author of books on marketing, business strategy, communications technology, and evolution. Life Marshall is the son of a pastor. He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering f ...

(fl. 1990s–2020s), American entrepreneur and author * Perry Martter (1901–1954), American wrestler *

Perry Maxwell Perry Duke Maxwell (June 13, 1879 – November 15, 1952) was an American golf course architect. He was a founding member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and was an inductee into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. He was kn ...

(1879–1952), American golf course architect * Perry McCarthy (born 1961), British racing driver *

Perry McGillivray Perry McGillivray (August 5, 1893 – July 27, 1944) was an American competition swimmer and water polo player who represented the United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics. In the 1912 Olympics he competed in the 10 ...

(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 Perry Gilbert Eddy Miller (February 25, 1905 – December 9, 1963) was an American intellectual historian and a co-founder of the field of American Studies. Miller specialized in the history of early America, and took an active role in a revis ...

(1905–1963), American historian and an authority on American Puritanism *

Perry Miller (ice hockey) Perry Elvin Miller (born June 24, 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 201 games in the World Hockey Association and 217 games in the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1981. He played fo ...

(born 1952), National Hockey League player * Perry Millward (born 1992), English actor *

Perry Minasian Perry Minasian (born April 1980) is an American baseball executive. He is the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball. He previously served as a scout and assistant general manager in the Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta B ...

(born 1980), American baseball executive *

Perry Moore William Perry Moore IV (November 4, 1971 – February 17, 2011),[http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/02/18/2011-02-18_narnia_producer_dead_in_soho_home.html Weichselbaum, Simone and Kemp, Joe. "'Narnia' Executive Producer Perry Moore Found De ...

(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 Perry Mutapa (born 18 November 1979 in Lusaka) is a Zambian association football, football midfielder. He was part of the Zambia national football team, Zambian 2000 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of c ...

(born 1979), Zambian footballer *

Perry Ng Perry Tian Hee Ng (born 27 April 1996) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for EFL Championship, Championship club Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City. Ng made his pr ...

(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 Beth Israel Congregation ( he, בית ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 5315 Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Organized in 1860 by Jews of German background, it has always been, and remains, the only ...

(1908–1987), the rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1954 to 1973 *

Perry Owens Commodore Perry Owens (July 29, 1852 – May 10, 1919) was an American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West. One of his many exploits was the Owens-Blevins Shootout in Arizona Territory during the Pleasant Valley War. Early life Anthony Per ...

(1852–1919), American lawman and gunfighter of the Old West * Perry Pandrea (born 1970), American musician *

Perry Parker Perry-John Parker (born 25 June 1987 in Crawley, England) is a Professional Rugby player for Stade Dijonnais, Dijon, France. Parker is a second row who can play 4 or 5. In 2012, Parker began playing for the Scottish side Edinburgh Rugby, having ...

(born 1987), Scottish rugby union player *

Perry Diamond Pearl Perry Diamond Pearl (born 1824) was a Michigan politician. Early life Pearl was born around 1824 in New York. Career Pearl was a farmer. On November 5, 1872, Pearl was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of R ...

(c. 1824–?), American politician * Perry Pearn (born 1951), Canadian hockey player * Perry Pelensky (born 1962), professional hockey player *

Perry Phenix Perry Lee Phenix (born November 14, 1974) is a former professional American football safety who played for the Tennessee Oilers/Titans and the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a pr ...

(born 1974), American football player *

Perry Pirkanen Perry Pirkkanen is an American actor. He is best known for starring in the 1980 Italian cannibal film '' Cannibal Holocaust''. In the movie he is erroneously credited as 'Perry Pirkanen'. Pirkkanen, then a student at New York City's Actors Studio ...

(fl. 1980s–1990s), American actor *

Perry T. Rathbone Perry Townsend Rathbone (July 3, 1911- January 22, 2000) was one of the leading American art museum directors of the 20th century. As director of the St. Louis Art Museum from 1940–1955, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1955–1972, he ...

(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 Perry Alphonso Riley Jr. (born May 3, 1988) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at LSU. Early years Riley attended Stephenson ...

, American football player * Perry Robertson, American sound editor and musician * Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer *

Perry Ray Robinson Perry Ray Robinson (12 September 1937 – c. 25 April 1973) was an African-American activist from Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. He had been active in Mississippi and Washington, D.C., supporting the March on Washington and the Poor Pe ...

, American civil rights activist *

Perry Rose Perry Rose is a Belgian-Irish singer, born in Brussels on 9 May 1962, and who has been active in Belgium, France, Switzerland and Ireland since the release of ''Because of You'' in 1991. Rose, who comes from circus families on both his mother and ...

, Belgian-Irish singer *

Perry Rosemond Perry Rosemond, CM (born 15 November 1936) is a Canadian television writer, producer and director. Life and career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Rosemond has created, produced, written and directed international television for over fort ...

, Canadian television writer, producer, and director *

Perry Rosenthal Perry Rosenthal (September 2, 1933 - March 3, 2018), was a Canadian-born American eye surgeon and professor of ophthalmology, known for his work in the development of the first gas-permeable scleral contact lens. Education Following his gradua ...

, Canadian-American eye surgeon and professor *

Perry Rotella Perry Francis Rotella (born May 28, 1963) is an American businessman. He is currently a managing director at Box. He previously served as the senior vice president, supply chain group executive and chief information officer of Verisk Analytics, ...

, American businessman * Perry Russo (1941–1995), a key witness in Jim Garrison's investigation of the JFK assassination *

Perry T. Ryan Perry T. Ryan (born November 26, 1962) is an American lawyer who writes books on American history. Ryan has authored eight books. These include ''The Last Public Execution in America'' (1992), the story of Rainey Bethea, who was legally hanged in ...

(born 1962), American lawyer and author

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* 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 Perry Shields (January 12, 1925 – January 14, 2002) was a judge of the United States Tax Court. Born in Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee, Shields graduated from Everett High School in Maryville, Tennessee in 1943, and enlisted in the U.S. A ...

(1925–2002), American judge of the United States Tax Court *

Perry Smith (American football) Ealthon Perry Smith (born March 29, 1951) is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Smith was a 4th round selection (92nd overall pick) in the 1973 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders o ...

(born 1951), American football player *

Perry Edward Smith Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 – April 14, 1965) was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truma ...

(1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book ''In Cold Blood'' *

Perry Smith (politician) Perry Smith (May 12, 1783June 8, 1852) was a Connecticut lawyer and politician. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1822-1823, 1835-1836) and United States Senate (1837-1843). Biography Smith was born in Woodbury, Litchfield ...

(1783–1852), American congressman *

Perry H. Smith Perry H. Smith, Sr., (March 18, 1828March 29, 1885) was an Americans, American judge, politician, and railroad executive. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1856–1857) and three years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, State ...

(1828–1885), American state senator and state assemblyman *

Perry M. Smith Perry McCoy Smith Jr. (born December 16, 1934, in West Point, N.Y.) is a retired United States Air Force major general. He is a teacher, author and TV and radio commentator. Smith was born at West Point into a military family and travelled exten ...

(born 1934), United States Air Force general *

Perry So Perry Pak Hin So (蘇柏軒) is an orchestral conductor. Between 2008 and 2012 he was the Assistant, subsequently Associate Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009/10 he was a conducting fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. B ...

(born 1982), Hong Kong orchestral conductor *

Perry Stephens Perry Stephens (February 14, 1958 - September 8, 2005), born Perry Stephens Moody in Frankfurt, Germany, was an American actor known primarily for his roles on daytime soap operas, including the role of Jack Forbes on '' Loving'' from 1983 to 1990 ...

(1958–2005), American actor *

Perry Stevenson Perry George Stevenson (born January 23, 1987) is an American high school basketball coach and former basketball player. He is currently an assistant coach at Missouri Western University. A power forward, Stevenson played for the University of ...

(born 1987), American basketball coach * Perry Suckling (born 1965), English footballer * Perry Haydn Taylor (born 1966), English designer and marketer *

Perry Ten Eyck Perry Steele Ten Eyck (September 20, 1907 – August 17, 1959) was a college basketball coach, the head coach at Gonzaga University for the 1932–33 season. A forward and center, he was the captain of the Golden Bears basketball team at the U ...

(1907–1959), American basketball coach *

Perry Thomas Perry Thomas is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Campbellsville University, a position he has held from 2008 to 2022, compiling a record of 65–90. Coaching career In 2010, Thomas's team finished the regular sea ...

(fl. 2000s–2020s), American football coach *

Perry E. Thurston Jr. Perry Eugene Thurston Jr. (born January 30, 1961) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2022. He represented the 33rd district, which includes Lauderhill, Florida, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lak ...

(born 1961), American politician * Perry Trimper (fl. 2010s–2020s), Canadian politician *

Perry Turnbull Perry John Turnbull (born March 9, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 608 career games for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based ...

(born 1959), Canadian hockey player *

Perry Tuttle Perry Tuttle (born August 2, 1959) is a former American football wide receiver. He was a Clemson football standout in the early 1980s. His career continued into the National Football League (NFL) (Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Atlanta ...

(born 1959), American football player * Perry Ubeda (born 1971), Dutch kickboxer *

Perry Van der Beck Perry Van der Beck (born November 5, 1959 in Florissant, Missouri) is an American former soccer midfielder, former coach and technical director, and the former Vice President of Competition and Operations for the United Soccer League. Van der Be ...

(born 1959), American soccer player, manager and executive *

Perry N. Vekroff Perry N. Vekroff (June 3, 1881 – January 3, 1937) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 19 films between 1914 and 1922, including two film serials for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and ...

(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 Perry Lee Warbington (September 7, 1952 – November 9, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the beginning part of the 1974–75 NBA season after being selected 145th overall by them in the ...

(1952–2008), American basketball player *

Perry Watkins Perry Watkins (August 20, 1948 – March 17, 1996) was an American soldier. A gay man, he was one of the first servicemembers to challenge the ban against homosexuals in the United States military. Early life and military career Perry James Henry ...

(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 Percival Wheritt "Perry" Werden (July 21, 1865 – January 9, 1934) was an American baseball player. He was a first baseman for the St. Louis Maroons (1884), Washington Nationals (1888), Toledo Maumees (1890), Baltimore Orioles (1891), St. Louis ...

(1865–1934), American baseball player *

Perry Hunt Wheeler Perry Hunt Wheeler (5 October 1913 – 1989) was an American landscape architect who is primarily known for several garden projects in Washington, D.C., including the White House Rose Garden. He was born in Cordele, Georgia to John L. and Sarah W ...

(1913–1989), American landscape architect *

Perry Williams (cornerback) Perry Lamar Williams (born May 12, 1961) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Giants in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL Draft. He played for the Giants from 1984 to 1993 ...

(born 1961), American football player *

Perry Williams (running back) Perry Andrew Williams (born December 11, 1946) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1969 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue. ...

(born 1946), American football player *

Perry Winslow Perry Winslow (1815–1890) was a whaling ship master out of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Born February 25, 1815, in Nantucket to Joseph Winslow and Betty (Comstock) Winslow, he was the brother of another whaling captain, Joseph Winslow, and the ...

(1815–1890), American whaling ship master * Perry Woodall (1912–1975), American politician * Perry Young (born 1963), American basketball player *

Perry Deane Young Perry Deane Young (March 27, 1941 – January 1, 2019) was a journalist, author, playwright, historian, and professional gardener. He was the author of '' Two of the Missing'', about fellow journalists Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, who went missing ...

(1941–2019), American author and journalist

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Perry Miller Adato Perry Miller Adato (December 22, 1920 – September 16, 2018) was an American documentary film producer and director and writer. Adato was born Lillian Perry Miller in Yonkers, New York. At age 18 she moved to Greenwich Village. She married Neil ...

(1920–2018), American film producer * Perry Bard (fl. 1980s–2010s), Canadian artist *

Perry Buck Perry Buck from Windsor, Colorado is an American politician who currently serves as a County commission, County Commissioner in Weld County, Colorado. Previously, she served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Colorado ...

(fl. 1980s–2020s), American politician *

Perry County Jane Doe Perry County Jane Doe, also nicknamed "Girl with the Turquoise Jewelry" is an unidentified woman whose body was found on June 20, 1979, in Watts Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, near the Juniata River. The cause of her death is not known, bu ...

(1941–1978), American unidentified woman * Perry Mattfeld (fl. 2000s–2020s), American actress and producer *

Perry Wilson Perry Wilson Anthony (born Mary Elizabeth Wilson; July 13, 1916 – December 30, 2009) was an American actress most active during the 1950s and 1960s. She was best known for her role in the 1957 film ''Fear Strikes Out''. Early life and ed ...

(1916–2009), American actress

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* Perry Carter, in the British comedy ''

Kevin the Teenager Kevin Quentin Julius Patterson is a character created and played by the British comedian Harry Enfield. In a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Kevin was ranked 15th on their list of the ''100 Greatest TV characters''. Evolution Kevin originated in 1990 ...

'' 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

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