Perl (surname)
- Alfredo Perl, Chilean-German pianist and conductor
- Arnold Perl, American dramatist
- Curdin Perl, Swiss cross-country skier
- Edward Perl, American neuroscientist
- Gisella Perl, Jewish Holocaust survivor and author
- Günter Perl, German football referee
- Gyula Pál, born Gyula Perl, Hungarian-Danish mathematician
- Hille Perl, German musician
- Wubong, born Jacob Perl, Polish Zen master
- Jed Perl, American art critic and writer
- Josef Perl, Holocaust survivor and educator
- Joseph Perl, German-Jewish writer and religious commentator
- Karl Perl, Austrian sculptor and engraver
- Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
- Rafał Perl, Polish diplomat
- Reto Perl, Swiss ice hockey player
- Sasha Perl-Raver, American writer and actress
- Sondra Perl, American academic
- Teri Perl, American mathematics educator
- William Perl, American physicist and Soviet spy
- Zoltán Perl, Hungarian basketball player