Gerry
For other uses, see Gerry (disambiguation).
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, U.S. Vice President (1813–4) for whom the term gerrymander was named
- Peter G. Gerry, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, grandson of Elbridge Gerry
Given name:
- Gerry Adams, Irish republican politician
- Gerry Boulet, Canadian rock singer from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
- Gerry Bertier, Virginia high school football player
- Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian
- Gerry Dick, American journalist, and host of Inside Indiana Business
- Gerry Ferraro, 1984 U.S. Vice Presidential candidate
- Gerry Glaude, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Gerry Kearby, entrepreneur of the "dot-com" boom of the late 1990s
- Gerry Marsden, English musician, frontman of Gerry and the Pacemakers
- Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer and songwriter
- Gerry Sherry, American football player
- Gerry Tuttle, American football player
See also
- Gery (disambiguation)
- Geraldine (disambiguation)
- Gerhard, a male given name
- Geri (disambiguation)
- Jerry (given name)
- Gerrymandering
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