Parry (surname)

Parry is a surname of Welsh origin originally derived from shortening 'ap Harry' (Welsh for "son of Harry").

People with the name include:

• Adam Parry (1928–1971), American classical scholar
• Alan Parry (born c. 1947), British football and athletics commentator
• Albert Parry (1874–1950), Anglican Dean of St David's from 1940 to 1949
• Albert Parry (academic) (1901–1992), historian
• Ben Parry (musician), born 1965, British composer, conductor and singer
• Bill Parry (mathematician) (1934–2006), British mathematician
• Bill Parry (politician) (1878–1952), New Zealand politician
• Bruce Parry (born 1969), British TV presenter and adventurer
• Cecil Parry (1866–1901), English cricketer
• Charles Parry (disambiguation)
• Charles Christopher Parry (1823–1890), American botanist and mountaineer
• David Parry (disambiguation)
• Diane Parry (born 2002), French tennis player
• Dick Parry (born 1942), English saxophonist
• Edward Parry (disambiguation)
• Frederic John Sidney Parry (1810–1885), English entomologist
• Harold Parry (1896–1917), English World War I poet
• Hubert Parry (1848–1918), British composer
• James Parry (disambiguation)
• John Parry (disambiguation)
• Joseph Parry (1841–1903), Welsh composer and musician
• Maurice Parry (1877–1935), Welsh footballer
• Mark Parry (footballer) (born 1970), Welsh footballer
• Mike Parry (born 1954), English journalist and radio presenter
• Mike Parry (politician) (born 1953), American politician
• Milman Parry (1902–1935), American scholar of epic poetry
• Paul Parry (born 1980), Welsh footballer
• Richard Parry (disambiguation)
• Rick Parry (born 1955), British former chief executive of Liverpool Football Club and former head of the FA Premier League
• Robert Parry (disambiguation)
• Stephen Parry (disambiguation)
• Thomas Parry (disambiguation)
• Thomas Gambier Parry (1816–1888), British artist and art collector
• Wilfred Parry (1908–1979), pianist and accompanist taught at Trinity College, London
• William Parry (disambiguation)

Characters

• Will Parry (His Dark Materials), in the series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
  • Stanislaus Grumman aka Colonel John Parry, father of Will Parry