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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
  • References

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