Parry

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Parry may refer to:

As a surname

Parry is a name originally derived from shortening 'ap Harry' (Welsh for "son of Harry").

It is a surname of Welsh origin and may refer to:

• Alan Parry (born c. 1947), British football (soccer) and athletics commentator
• Bill Parry (1934–2006), British mathematician
• Charles Parry (disambiguation)
• Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890), American botanist and mountaineer
• Dick Parry, English saxophonist
• Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer) (1893–1972), British naval officer
• Edward Abbott Parry (1863-1943), British judge and dramatist
• Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918), British composer
• John Parry (disambiguation)
• Joseph Parry (1841—1903), Welsh composer and musician
• John Orlando Parry (1810-1879), English actor, pianist and singer
• Maurice Parry, Welsh footballer
• Mark Parry (footballer), Welsh footballer
• Mike Parry, American broadcaster
• Milman Parry (1902–1935), American philologist
• Paul Parry, Welsh footballer
• Rick Parry, British football official
• Stephen Parry (disambiguation)
• Thomas Gambier Parry (1816–1888), British artist and art collector
• Thomas Parry (Chennai merchant) (1768-1824)
• William Parry (disambiguation)
• William Parry (doctor) (d. 1585), would be assassin of Elizabeth I of England
• William Parry (politician) (1878 – 1952), New Zealand politician
• Sir William Edward Parry (1790–1855), British admiral and Arctic explorer

Fictional characters

• Parry, character in the movie The Fisher King.
• Will Parry, character in the series His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.
• Parry, character in the series Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony.
• Stanislaus Grumman, or Colonel John Parry, a fictional character from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.

Places

• Parry Peak, a mountain in the Rocky Mountains.
• Parry Peninsula
• Parry Sound, Ontario
• Parry Sound District, Ontario
• Parry's Corner, Chennai, India
• Parry County, New South Wales
• Parry (crater), a lunar crater

Plants

• Parry Pinyon, a kind of pine tree.
• Parry's Penstemon, a perennial flowering shrub.

Other uses

• A parry, a manoeuvre in fencing.
• PARRY, a simulation program in artificial intelligence.
• The manufacturer of Parry People Movers.
• Parry (automobile company), an American manufacturer, based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

See also

• Perry (disambiguation)

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