Gerry

For other uses, see Gerry (disambiguation).

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

Surname

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

Fictional characters

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

See also

• Gery (disambiguation)
• Geraldine (disambiguation)
• Gerhard, a male given name
• Geri (disambiguation)
• Jerry (given name)