Fry (surname)

Fry is an English and Scottish surname which derived from the Old Norse frjó meaning 'seed'. Notable people with that surname include:


 * Abi Fry (born 1986), Scottish musician
 * Adam Fry (born 1985), English footballer
 * Adrian Fry (born 1969), British musician
 * Alexander Fry (1821–1905), English entomologist
 * Arthur Fry (born 1931), American inventor and scientist
 * Barry Fry (born 1945), English football manager
 * Ben Fry (born 1975), American computer software expert and digital art designer
 * Bertha Fry (1893–2007), American supercentenarian
 * Beverly Jane Fry, Australian ballerina
 * Bob Fry (1930–2019), American football player
 * Birkett D. Fry (1822–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
 * C. B. Fry (1872–1956), British sportsman, politician, writer, editor, and publisher
 * Caroline Fry (1787–1846), British Christian writer
 * Cecil Roderick Fry (1870–1952), English confectioner
 * Chance Fry (born 1964), retired American soccer player
 * Charles Fry (born 1940), British cricketer and cricket administrator, and grandson of C. B. Fry
 * Charlotte Fry (born 1996), British equestrian athlete
 * Chris Fry (footballer) (born 1969), Welsh footballer
 * Christopher Fry (1907–2005), British playwright
 * Colin Fry (1962–2015), English television show host
 * Craig R. Fry (born 1952), American politician from Indiana
 * Dael Fry (born 1997), English footballer
 * Daniel Fry (1908–1992), American 'alien contactee'
 * David Fry (born 1960), English footballer
 * Don Fry, Australian engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Donald Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Doug Fry, Australian rugby league player
 * Douglas Fry (1872–1911), Australian artist
 * Douglas P. Fry (born 1953), American anthropologist
 * Dustin Fry (born 1983), American football player
 * Ed Fry (1879–1968), Australian rugby league and rugby union player
 * Edmund Fry (1754–1835), English type-founder
 * Edward Fry (1827–1918), British judge
 * Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), British prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist
 * Ella Fry (1916–1997), Australian artist and musician
 * Elliott Fry (born 1994), American football player
 * Emma Sheridan Fry (1864–1936), American actress, playwright, teacher
 * Eric Fry (born 1987), American rugby union player
 * F. E. J. Fry (Frederick Ernest Joseph Fry; 1908–1989), Canadian ecologist
 * Franklin Clark Fry (1900–1968), American Lutheran clergyman
 * Franklin Foster Fry, (1864−1933), American Lutheran minister
 * Francis Fry (1803–1886), English businessman and bibliographer
 * Fred Fry, Australian rugby league player
 * Graham Fry (born 1949), British High Commissioner and politician
 * Hannah Fry (born 1984), mathematician and broadcaster
 * Harry Fry (rower) (1905–1985), Canadian rower
 * Harry Fry (racehorse trainer) (born 1986), British racehorse trainer
 * Hayden Fry (1929–2019), American football coach
 * Hedy Fry (born 1941), Canadian politician and physician
 * Henry Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Herbert Fry (1870–1953), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer
 * Isaac N. Fry (1827–1900), American soldier
 * Jacob Fry Jr. (1802–1866), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * James Barnet Fry (1827–1894), American soldier and author
 * Janina Fry (born 1973), Finnish pop singer and model
 * Jeremy Fry (1924–2005), British inventor and engineer
 * Jerry Fry (born 1956), American baseball player
 * Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955), British reformer
 * John Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Johnson Fry (1901–1959), American baseball player
 * Joe Fry (1915–1950), British racing driver
 * Joseph Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Joshua Fry (1699–1754), English surveyor and adventurer
 * Ken Fry (1920–2007), Australian politician
 * L. Fry (1882–1970), pen name of Paquita de Shishmareff, antisemitic activist
 * Laura Anne Fry (1857–1943), American artist
 * Lena Jane Fry (1850–1938), Canadian-American writer
 * Lewis Fry (1832–1921), British Quaker, lawyer, philanthropist and politician
 * Louis Edwin Fry Sr. (1903–2000), American architect and professor
 * Maia Krall Fry (born 1992), English actress and director
 * Margery Fry (1874–1958), British prison reformer
 * Mark Fry (born 1952), English painter and musician
 * Martin Fry (born 1958), English singer
 * Matthew Wyatt Joseph Fry (1863–1943), Irish mathematician and academic
 * Matt Fry (born 1990), English footballer
 * Maxwell Fry (1899–1987), English architect
 * Michael Fry, American cartoonist, online media entrepreneur and screenwriter
 * Mike L. Fry (born 1961), American entrepreneur, entertainer, trainer and marketing expert
 * Nan Fry, American poet
 * Nick Fry (born 1956), British motorsport executive
 * Nina Fry, British actress
 * Norah Fry (1871–1960), British social activist and politician
 * Pat Fry (born 1964), English motor racing engineer
 * Paul Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Peter Fry (1931–2015), British politician
 * Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996), British historian and author
 * Reginald C Fry (1878–1932), English architect
 * Robert Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roger Fry (1866–1934), British artist and arts critic
 * Roger Fry (educationist), British educationist
 * Ron Scot Fry, British entertainment and artistic director
 * Russell Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ruth Fry (1878–1962), British Quaker writer, pacifist and peace activist
 * Ryan Fry (born 1978), Canadian curler
 * Scott Fry, (born c. 1950) American military officer
 * Sherry Edmundson Fry (1879–1966), American sculptor
 * Shirley Fry (1927–2021), American tennis player
 * Simon Fry (born 1966), Australian cricket umpire
 * Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), American lawyer, judge, and soldier
 * Stephen Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Susan Fry, American author and editor
 * Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920), American educator, activist
 * Taylor Fry (born 1981), American actress
 * Theodore Fry (1836–1912), English businessman and politician
 * Tony Fry, design theorist and philosopher
 * Tristan Fry, British drummer and percussionist
 * Varian Fry (1907–1967), American journalist
 * Wesley Fry (1902–1970), American football executive
 * William Fry (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

 * Harold Fry, protagonist of Rachel Joyce's novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
 * Philip J. Fry, fictional protagonist of the animated television series Futurama