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
 * 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