Berry (surname)
Berry is a surname with numerous etymological origins.
Some of the first British Jewish families to emigrate to the United States had "Berry" as their surname. It comes from the Polish "Jagoda", which is Polish for "berry". Some other Jewish variants of the "Berry" surname are Perry, Berryman, Barry, etc.
It is also an alternate spelling of Beri, a surname of Khatris originating from the Punjab region of the Northern Indian subcontinent.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon and Australian explorer
- Alf Berry, English footballer
- Alonna Berry, American politician from Delaware
- Amanda Berry, victim of Ariel Castro kidnappings
- Angelina J. Knox, American inventor, abolitionist
- Anthony Berry, British politician killed in Brighton hotel bombing
- Arthur Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Barnett Berry, American research professor
- Bertrand Berry, American NFL football player
- Bill Berry, American former drummer for the band R.E.M.
- Bill Berry (trumpeter), American jazz trumpeter
- Bob Berry, multiple people
- *Bob Berry (cricketer), English cricketer
- *Bob Berry (dendrologist), founder of Hackfalls arboretum, Tiniroto, New Zealand
- Brian Berry, British-American geographer and planner
- Bruce Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Carlotta Berry, American academic in the field of engineering
- Charles Berry, multiple people
- *Charles A. Berry, American Flight Surgeon
- *Charles Albert Berry, English Congregationalist minister
- *Charles W. Berry, New York City Comptroller
- *Chuck Berry, American musician and songwriter
- Chu Berry, American jazz saxophonist
- Cicely Berry, British theatre director and vocal coach
- Clarence Berry, American miner and oilman
- Colin Berry, British radio disc jockey, presenter and newsreader
- Colin Berry (pathologist), British academic, medical professor and pathologist
- Damien Berry, American football player
- Danielle Bunten Berry, computer game designer
- David/Dave Berry, multiple people
- * Dave Berry (Canadian football), Canadian football player
- * Dave Berry, mixed martial artist who fought in UFC 11
- * David Berry (landowner), Scottish livestock breeder in Australia
- * David Berry, American songwriter and music producer
- * Dave Berry (American football), American football manager
- * Dave Berry (musician), British musician
- * David Berry (writer), American playwright
- * Dave Berry (footballer), English footballer
- * David Berry (politician), Australian politician
- * David Berry (inventor), American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
- * Dave Berry (presenter), British television presenter and radio DJ
- * David Berry (educator), English lecturer and writer
- * David Berry (special effects artist), special effects artist
- * David Berry (actor), Australian actor
- Davion Berry, American player in Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Dennis Berry (director), American film director, actor and screenwriter
- Edward Berry, multiple people
- *Edward Berry, rear admiral, Royal Navy
- *Edward Wilber Berry, American paleontologist and botanist
- Edwin S. Berry, surveyor and explorer in the Northern Territory of Australia
- Elizabeth Williams Berry, Australian-American jockey and horse trainer
- Eric/Erick Berry, multiple people
- *Eric Berry American football player; Kansas City Chiefs strong safety
- *Eric Berry (actor), British stage and film actor
- *Erick Berry, American writer, illustrator and editor
- Evan Berry, American football player
- Frederick Berry, American politician
- Fred Berry, US actor
- Garrett Berry, American racing driver
- George Berry (disambiguation), multiple people, including
- * George Berry, drummer and producer for Bears in Trees
- * George Berry (footballer), Welsh international football player
- * Bill Berry (footballer, born 1904), English footballer, known in France as George Berry
- * George Berry (American football), American football player
- * George Berry (Australian politician), Australian politician
- * George Berry (captain), French and Indian War captain
- * George Berry (surgeon), British eye surgeon and politician
- * George J. Berry, Commissioner of Industry, Trade, and Tourism for State of Georgia
- * George L. Berry, president of the International Pressmen and Assistants' Union
- * George Packer Berry, American medical educator
- * George Ricker Berry, Semitic scholar and archaeologist
- Gérard Berry, French computer scientist
- Graham Berry, Australian politician
- Gwen Berry, American hammer thrower
- Halle Berry, US actress
- Harlem Berry, American football player
- Jack Berry, multiple people
- *Jack Berry, Irish sportsperson
- *Jack Berry (journalist), American sports journalist
- Jacob Berry, American baseball player
- Jake Berry, British politician
- James Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- * James Berry, Puritan leader of Seat Pleasant, Maryland
- * James Berry (artist), New Zealand stamp and coin designer
- * James Berry (barrister), British politician
- * James Berry (executioner), English executioner, 1884–1891
- * James Berry (footballer), English footballer
- * James Berry (major-general), fought in the English Civil War
- * James Berry (poet), Jamaican poet
- * James Berry (surgeon), British surgeon
- * James Berry (writer), Irish writer
- * James Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, Welsh publisher
- * James E. Berry, longest-serving Lieutenant Governor in Oklahoma
- * James Henderson Berry, Governor and U.S. Senator of Arkansas
- Jan Berry, American singer, songwriter and record producer, of Jan and Dean
- Jessica N. Berry, American philosopher
- Jim Berry, multiple people
- * Jim Berry, of List of presidents of the United States Chess Federation
- * Jim Berry (cartoonist), American comic strip artist
- * Jim Berry (hurler), Wexford hurler
- * Jim Berry (news anchor), Miami news anchor
- * Jim Berry (soccer), Canadian soccer player
- Jarrod Berry, Australian rules footballer
- Jo Berry, multiple people
- *Jo Berry, British activist
- *Jo Berry (actress), Filipino actress
- Joe Berry, multiple people
- *Joe Berry (second baseman), Major League baseball player
- *Joe Berry (pitcher), Major League baseball player
- John Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- * John Berry (administrator), US Ambassador to Australia
- * John Berry (arts administrator), British musician and arts administrator
- * John Berry (congressman), US Representative
- * John Berry (cricketer), British cricketer
- * John Berry (film director), American film director
- * John Berry (illustrator), British illustrator
- * John Berry (Beastie Boys), member of the Beastie Boys
- * John Berry (New Jersey governor), Deputy Governor of New Jersey
- * John Berry (priest), Church of England priest and Royal Navy chaplain
- * John Berry (Royal Navy officer), involved in the settlement of Newfoundland
- * John Berry (rugby), rugby union footballer
- * John Berry (country singer), American country singer
- * John Berry (speedway promoter), England national team manager
- * John Berry (zoologist), Scottish zoologist and ecologist
- * John Cutting Berry, American medical missionary to Japan
- * John James Berry, Manchester United and England footballer
- * John M. Berry, American jurist and politician
- * John Stevens Berry, attorney
- * John W. Berry (librarian), American librarian
- * John W. Berry (psychologist), Canadian psychologist
- * John Walter Berry, Canadian politician
- * John Wesley Berry, Tacoma councilman
- Jonathan Berry (chess player), chess master
- Joseph Flintoft Berry, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Josephine Thorndike Berry, American educator, home economist
- Judith Berry, Canadian painter
- Justin Berry,, American pornographer
- Keith Berry, multiple people
- *Keith Berry (musician), London-based musician and composer
- *Keith Berry (fighter), American mixed martial artist
- Ken Berry, multiple people
- *Ken Berry, American actor, dancer and singer
- *Ken Berry (baseball), Major League baseball outfielder
- Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer
- Lillian Gay Berry, first female professor at Indiana University
- Lisa Berry, Canadian Actress
- Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor of the American Express Traveler's cheque
- Mark Berry, multiple people
- Martha Berry, founder of Berry College
- Martia L. Davis Berry, American social reformer
- Martin Berry, Australian businessman and racing driver
- Mary Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matt Berry, British actor, musician and writer
- Matthew Berry, American writer and fantasy sports analyst
- Michael Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mike Berry (singer), English singer and actor
- Montgomery P. Berry, American government official
- Nyall Berry, English boxer
- Orville F. Berry, American lawyer, businessman and politician
- Paula Berry, American javelin thrower
- Quintin Berry, American baseball player and coach
- Rachel Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- *Rachel Berry (legislator), American suffragist and politician
- *Rachel Berry in 1999 United States Figure Skating Championships
- *Rachel Berry and her husband Richard, owners of Richard Berry, Jr., House (Springfield, Kentucky)
- Randy W. Berry, American diplomat.
- R. J. Berry, British geneticist and Christian theorist
- R. Stephen Berry, Professor of physical chemistry
- Randall Berry, American engineer
- Rashod Berry, American football player
- Richard Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- *Richard Berry, 3rd Viscount Kemsley, British peer
- *Richard Berry (actor), French actor
- *Richard Berry (missionary), care worker in South Australia
- *Richard Berry (musician), African-American singer
- *Richard Berry (scientist), British-Canadian chemist
- *Richard J. Berry, American politician and mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico
- *Richard N. Berry, American politician from Maine
- *Richard Nixon Berry, Canadian dentist and politician
- Richard James Arthur Berry, British surgeon and professor of anatomy in Australia
- Rick Berry, Canadian ice hockey player
- Rick Berry (artist), American expressionistic figurative artist
- Ricky Berry, American basketball player
- Ritu Beri, Indian fashion designer
- Robert Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- * Robert Berry, American guitarist
- * Robert Berry (MP), MP for Ludlow (UK Parliament constituency)
- * Robert Berry (runner), died at the 2014 London Marathon
- * Robert E. Berry, American food scientist
- * Robert Edward Fraser Berry, Anglican bishop
- * Robert Griffith Berry, Welsh minister
- * Robert Mallory Berry, Arctic explorer
- * Robert Marion Berry, American politician
- Rod Berry, American politician and lawyer
- Ron Berry, Welsh writer
- Ross Berry, American politician
- Samuel Stillman Berry, US zoologist
- Scott Berry, American college baseball coach
- Sean Berry, former baseball player
- Sharon Berry, British charity founder
- Siân Berry, English politician
- Sidney Bryan Berry, United States Army general
- Stan Berry, American politician
- Sudesh Berry, Indian film and television actor
- Suman Bery, Indian economist
- Tara Alisha Berry, Indian actress
- Thomas/Tom Berry, multiple people
- *Thomas Berry, Catholic priest, historian, and self-described "earth scholar"
- *Tom Berry (rugby union), English rugby union player and administrator
- *Tom Berry (South Dakota politician), Governor of South Dakota
- *Tom Berry (boxer), English boxer of the 1910s, '20s and '30s
- Tyrone Berry, English footballer
- Walter Berry, multiple people
- *Walter Berry (basketball), US basketball player
- *Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Austrian opera singer
- Wendell Berry, writer and poet
- William Berry (disambiguation), multiple people
- * William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, British newspaper publisher
- * William Berry (artist), illustrator and professor at the University of Missouri
- * William Berry (cricketer), English cricketer
- * William Berry (footballer, born 1867), Scottish footballer
- * William Berry (footballer, born 1934), English footballer
- * William Berry (genealogist), English genealogist
- * William Berry (journalist), New Zealand journalist and newspaper editor
- * William Berry (Maine settler), Revolutionary War soldier and Baptist deacon
- * William Berry (pioneer), First Settler of Hampton, New Hampshire
- * William Berry (Roundhead), fought in English Civil War, MP
- * William A. Berry (judge), justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- * William D. Berry (artist), Alaskan artist
- * William D. Berry (political scientist), professor at Florida State University
- * William H. Berry, Treasurer of Pennsylvania
- Zeke Berry, American football player
Fictional characters
- Marvin Berry, a character from the movie Back to the Future
- Rachel Berry, a character from the television show ''Glee''