Parry (surname)

Parry is a name of Welsh origin originally derived from shortening 'ap Harry' (Welsh for "son of Harry"). It may refer to:

• Alan Parry (born c. 1947), British football (soccer) and athletics commentator
• 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
• Dick Parry, English saxophonist
• Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer) (1893–1972), British naval officer
• Edward Abbott Parry (1863–1943), British judge and dramatist
• Frederic John Sidney Parry (1810–1885), English entomologist
• Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918), British composer
• James Parry Early web personality
• John Parry (disambiguation)
• Joseph Parry (1841–1903), Welsh composer and musician
• John Orlando Parry (1810–1879), English actor, pianist and singer
• Maurice Parry, Welsh footballer
• Mark Parry (footballer), Welsh footballer
• Mike Parry, American broadcaster
• Milman Parry (1902–1935), American philologist
• Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
• Rick Parry, British football official
• Stephen Parry (disambiguation)
• Thomas Gambier Parry (1816–1888), British artist and art collector
• Thomas Parry (Chennai merchant) (1768–1824)
• William Parry (disambiguation)
• William Parry (doctor) (died 1585), would be assassin of Elizabeth I of England
• Sir William Edward Parry (1790–1855), British admiral and Arctic explorer

• Will Parry (His Dark Materials) and his father Stanislaus Grumman or Colonel John Parry in the series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman