Cary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963), son of Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount FalklandAlice Cary (1820–1871), American poetAnnie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American singerAnthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland (1656–1694), Scottish noblemanCaitlin Cary (born 1968), American country singerCharles P. Cary (1856–1943), American educatorConstance Cary Harrison (1843–1920), American writerDiana Serra Cary (born 1918), American actressDiane Cary, American actressDick Cary (1916–1994), American jazz musicianElizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland (1584–1639), English poet, translator and dramatistElizabeth Cabot Agassiz, born Elizabeth Cabot Cary, (1822–1907), American educatorColumba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), British monkFrank T. Cary (1920–2006), American businessmanGlover H. Cary (1885–1936), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from KentuckyHenry Cary (disambiguation), several peopleHetty Cary (1836–1892), known for making the first three battle flags of the ConfederacyHoward Cary (1908–1991), founder of Applied Physics Corporation (Cary Instruments)John Cary (1754–1835), British cartographerJoyce Cary (1888–1957), Irish novelist and artistLiam Cary (born 1947), American Catholic bishopLott Cary (1780–1828), African-American Baptist ministerLucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c. 1610 – 1643), English politician, soldier and authorLucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland (1803–1884), British colonial administratorLucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland (born 1935), British Liberal Democrat politicianMary Ann Shadd (1823–1893), Quaker and social reformer, married name CaryPatrick Cary (c. 1623-1657), English poet, son of 1st Viscount FalklandPhillip Cary (born 1958), American Augustine scholar and philosophy professorPhoebe Cary (1824–1871), American poetPierre Cary (1793-1957), French landowner and politicianRobert Cary (priest) (c. 1615 – 1688), English chronologistRobert Webster Cary (1890–1967), U.S. Medal of Honor recipientSamuel Fenton Cary (1814–1900), American politician and prohibitionistTristram Cary (1925–2008), English composerTrumbull Cary (1787–1869), New York politician