Gerry

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

Surname:

• Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice president (1813–1814) for whom the term gerrymander was named
  • Peter G. Gerry (1879–1957), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, great grandson of Elbridge Gerry
    • 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, brothe of Elbridge T. Gerry Sr.

Given name:

• 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
• Gerry Armstrong (activist) (born 1946), critic and former member of the Church of Scientology
• Gerry Armstrong (footballer) (born 1954), Northern Irish footballer
• Gerry Boulet (1946–1990), Canadian rock singer
• Gerry Bertier (1953–1981), Virginia high school football player
• Gerry Brown (disambiguation)
• Gerry Byrne (politician) (born 1966), Canadian politician
• Gerry Byrne (footballer) (1938–2015), English footballer
• Gerry Byrne, chairman of Bank Zachodni WBK
• Gerry Dee (born 1968), Canadian comedian
• Gerry Dick, American journalist and host of Inside Indiana Business
• Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011), American attorney and politician, first female US vice presidential candidate
• Gerry Glaude (1927–2017), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Gerry Kearby (1947–2012), entrepreneur of the "dot-com" boom of the late 1990s
• Gerry Kelly (born 1953), Irish republican politician and former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer
• Gerry Kelly (broadcaster) (born 1948), Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist
• Gerry Kelly (footballer) (1908–1983), English footballer
• Gerry Marsden (born 1942), English musician, frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers
• Gerry Mulligan (1927–1996), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer
• Gerry Murphy (disambiguation)
• Gerry Rafferty (1947–2011), Scottish singer and songwriter
• Gerry Sherry, American football player
• Gerry Tuttle (1926–2006), American football player

See also

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