Berry (surname)
Berry is an English, Irish and French surname. It is also a surname of Khatris originating from the Punjab region of the Northern Indian subcontinent.
Some of the first British Jewish families to emigrate to the United States had "Berry" as their surname. It comes from the Polish (eastern Ashkenazic) "Jagoda", which is Russian for "berry" (Anglicised; as a Jewish family name, it is one of the Slavic variants of the Hebrew biblical male proper name Yehuda (in English, Judah). Some other Jewish variants of the "Berry" surname are Perry, Berryman, Barry, etc.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Alexander Berry (1781–1873), Scottish surgeon, merchant and explorer after whom the Australian town is named
- Alf Berry (1883–1945), English footballer
- Amanda Berry (born 1986), among the 2013 Cleveland, Ohio, missing trio of women
- Anthony Berry (1925–1984), British politician murdered by IRA terrorists in the Brighton hotel bombing
- Arthur Berry, several people
- Bertrand Berry, American NFL football player
- Bill Berry (born 1958), former drummer for the band R.E.M.
- Bill Berry (trumpeter) (1930–2002), American jazz trumpeter
- Bob Berry (cricketer) (1926–2006), English cricketer
- Bob Berry (dendrologist), founder of Hackfalls arboretum, Tiniroto, New Zealand
- Bruce Berry (1950–1973), American roadie, subject of the title song from Neil Young's 1975 album Tonight's the Night
- D. Bruce Berry (1924-1998), comic book artist
- Carlotta Berry, American academic in the field of engineering
- Charles A. Berry (1923–2020), American Flight Surgeon
- Chuck Berry (1926–2017), American musician and songwriter
- Cicely Berry (1926–2018), British theatre director and vocal coach
- Clarence Berry (1867–1930), American miner and oilman
- Danielle Bunten Berry (1949–1998), computer game designer
- David Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Davion Berry (born 1991), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Dennis Berry (director) (born 1944), American film director, actor and screenwriter
- Edward Berry (1768–1831), Rear Admiral, Royal Navy
- Edward Wilber Berry (1875–1945), American paleontologist and botanist
- Edwin S. Berry (1845–1934), surveyor and explorer in the Northern Territory of Australia
- Elizabeth Williams Berry (1854 - 1969), Australian-American jockey and horse trainer
- Eric Berry American football player; Kansas City Chiefs strong safety
- Eric Berry (actor) (1913–1993), British stage and film actor
- Erick Berry (1892–1974), American writer, illustrator and editor
- Evan Berry (born 1995), American football player
- Frederick Berry (1949-2018), American politician
- Fred Berry (1951–2003), U.S. actor
- George Packer Berry (1898–1986), American medical educator
- Gérard Berry (born 1948), French computer scientist
- Graham Berry (1822–1904), Australian politician
- Gwen Berry (born 1989), American hammer thrower
- Halle Berry (born 1966), U.S. actress
- Jake Berry (born 1978), British politician
- James Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Jan Berry (1941–2004), American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer, one half of the duo Jan and Dean
- Jarrod Berry (born 1998), Australian rules footballer
- Joe Berry (second baseman) (1894–1976), Major League baseball player
- Joe Berry (pitcher) (1904–1958), Major League baseball player
- John Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Flintoft Berry (1856–1931), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Judith Berry (born 1961), Canadian painter
- Keith Berry (musician) (born 1973), London-based musician and composer
- Keith Berry (fighter) (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
- Ken Berry (1933–2018), American actor, dancer and singer
- Ken Berry (baseball) (born 1941), Major League baseball outfielder
- Kevin Berry (1945–2006), Australian swimmer
- Chu Berry (1908–1941), American jazz saxophonist
- Lillian Gay Berry (1872-1962), first female professor at Indiana University
- Marcellus Flemming Berry, inventor of the American Express Traveler's cheque
- Martha Berry, founder of Berry College
- Mary Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Berry, British actor, musician and writer
- Matthew Berry (born 1969), American writer and fantasy sports analyst
- Michael Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Montgomery P. Berry, American government official
- Orville F. Berry (1852–1921), American lawyer, businessman and politician
- Paula Berry (born 1969), American javelin thrower
- Randy W. Berry (born 1965), American diplomat.
- R. J. Berry (Robert James "Sam" Berry), British geneticist and Christian theorist
- R. Stephen Berry (1931–2020), Professor of physical chemistry
- Randall Berry, American engineer
- Rashod Berry (born 1996), American football player
- Richard Berry (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Mallory Berry, Arctic explorer
- Robert Marion Berry, American politician
- Rod Berry (1948–2013), American politician and lawyer
- Ron Berry (1920–1997), Welsh writer
- Samuel Stillman Berry (1887–1984), U.S. zoologist
- Scott Berry, American college baseball coach
- Sean Berry, former baseball player
- Siân Berry, English politician
- Sidney Bryan Berry (1926–2013), United States Army general
- Tara Alisha Berry, Indian Actress
- Thomas Berry, Catholic priest, historian, and self-described "earth scholar"
- Tom Berry, Governor of South Dakota, U.S.
- Tom Berry (1890–1943), English boxer of the 1910s, '20s and '30s
- Tyrone Berry, English footballer
- Walter Berry (basketball), U.S. basketball player
- Walter Berry (bass-baritone) (1929–2000), Austrian opera singer
- Wendell Berry, writer and poet
- William Berry (disambiguation), several people
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