Fry (surname)

This article is about the use of "Fry" as a surname. For other uses, see Fry (disambiguation).

Fry is an English and Scottish surname which derived from the Old Norse frjó meaning 'seed'. [citation needed] Notable people with that surname include:

* Abi Fry (born 1986), Scottish musician
* Adam Fry (born 1985), English footballer
* Adrian Fry (born 1969), British musician
* Alexander Fry (1821–1905), English entomologist
* Arthur Fry (born 1931), American inventor and scientist
* Autumn Fry (born 2012), American YouTuber
* Barry Fry (born 1945), English football manager
* Ben Fry (born 1975), American computer software expert and digital art designer
* Bertha Fry (1893–2007), American supercentenarian
* Beverly Jane Fry, Australian ballerina
* Bob Fry (1930–2019), American football player
* Birkett D. Fry (1822–1891), Confederate general in the American Civil War
* C. B. Fry (1872–1956), British sportsman, politician, writer, editor, and publisher
* Caroline Fry (1787–1846), British Christian writer
* Cecil Roderick Fry (1870–1952), English confectioner
* Chance Fry (born 1964), retired American soccer player
* Charles Fry (born 1940), British cricketer and cricket administrator, and grandson of C. B. Fry
* Charlotte Fry (born 1996), British equestrian athlete
* Chris Fry (footballer) (born 1969), Welsh footballer
* Christopher Fry (1907–2005), British playwright
* Colin Fry (1962–2015), English television show host
* Craig R. Fry (born 1952), American politician from Indiana
* Dael Fry (born 1997), English footballer
* Daniel Fry (1908–1992), American 'alien contactee'
* David Fry (born 1960), English footballer
* Don Fry, Australian engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Donald Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Doug Fry, Australian rugby league player
* Douglas Fry (1872–1911), Australian artist
* Douglas P. Fry (born 1953), American anthropologist
* Dustin Fry (born 1983), American football player
* Ed Fry (1879–1968), Australian rugby league and rugby union player
* Edmund Fry (1754–1835), English type-founder
* Edward Fry (1827–1918), British judge
* Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845), British prison reformer, social reformer and philanthropist
* Ella Fry (1916–1997), Australian artist and musician
* Elliott Fry (born 1994), American football player
* Emma Sheridan Fry (1864–1936), American actress, playwright, teacher
* Eric Fry (born 1987), American rugby union player
* F. E. J. Fry (Frederick Ernest Joseph Fry; 1908–1989), Canadian ecologist
* Franklin Clark Fry (1900–1968), American Lutheran clergyman
* Franklin Foster Fry, (1864−1933), American Lutheran minister
* Francis Fry (1803–1886), English businessman and bibliographer
* Fred Fry, Australian rugby league player
* Graham Fry (born 1949), British High Commissioner and politician
* Hannah Fry (born 1984), mathematician and broadcaster
* Harry Fry (rower) (1905–1985), Canadian rower
* Harry Fry (racehorse trainer) (born 1986), British racehorse trainer
* Hayden Fry (1929–2019), American football coach
* Hedy Fry (born 1941), Canadian politician and physician
* Henry Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herbert Fry (1870–1953), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer
* Isaac N. Fry (1827–1900), American soldier
* Jacob Fry Jr. (1802–1866), American politician from Pennsylvania
* James Barnet Fry (1827–1894), American soldier and author
* Janina Fry (born 1973), Finnish pop singer and model
* Jeremy Fry (1924–2005), British inventor and engineer
* Jerry Fry (born 1956), American baseball player
* Joan Mary Fry (1862–1955), British reformer
* John Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Johnson Fry (1901–1959), American baseball player
* Joe Fry (1915–1950), British racing driver
* Joseph Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joshua Fry (1699–1754), English surveyor and adventurer
* Ken Fry (1920–2007), Australian politician
* L. Fry (1882–1970), pen name of Paquita de Shishmareff, antisemitic activist
* Laura Anne Fry (1857–1943), American artist
* Lena Jane Fry (1850–1938), Canadian-American writer
* Lewis Fry (1832–1921), British Quaker, lawyer, philanthropist and politician
* Louis Edwin Fry Sr. (1903–2000), American architect and professor
* Maia Krall Fry (born 1992), English actress and director
* Margery Fry (1874–1958), British prison reformer
* Mark Fry (born 1952), English painter and musician
* Martin Fry (born 1958), English singer
* Matthew Wyatt Joseph Fry (1863–1943), Irish mathematician and academic
* Matt Fry (born 1990), English footballer
* Maxwell Fry (1899–1987), English architect
* Michael Fry, American cartoonist, online media entrepreneur and screenwriter
* Mike L. Fry (born 1961), American entrepreneur, entertainer, trainer and marketing expert
* Nan Fry, American poet
* Nick Fry (born 1956), British motorsport executive
* Nina Fry, British actress
* Norah Fry (1871–1960), British social activist and politician
* Pat Fry (born 1964), English motor racing engineer
* Paul Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter Fry (1931–2015), British politician
* Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996), British historian and author
* Reginald C Fry (1878–1932), English architect
* Robert Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Roger Fry (1866–1934), British artist and arts critic
* Roger Fry (educationist), British educationist
* Ron Scot Fry, British entertainment and artistic director
* Russell Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ruth Fry (1878–1962), British Quaker writer, pacifist and peace activist
* Ryan Fry (born 1978), Canadian curler
* Scott Fry, (born c. 1950) American military officer
* Sherry Edmundson Fry (1879–1966), American sculptor
* Shirley Fry (1927–2021), American tennis player
* Simon Fry (born 1966), Australian cricket umpire
* Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), American lawyer, judge, and soldier
* Stephen Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* Susan Fry, American author and editor
* Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920), American educator, activist
* Taylor Fry (born 1981), American actress
* Theodore Fry (1836–1912), English businessman and politician
* Tony Fry, design theorist and philosopher
* Tristan Fry (born 1946), British drummer and percussionist
* Varian Fry (1907–1967), American journalist who ran a rescue network in Vichy France
* Wesley Fry (1902–1970), American football executive
* William Fry (disambiguation), multiple people
* W. A. Fry (1872—1944), Canadian sport administrator and newspaper publisher
* William Henry Fry (1813–1864), American composer
* William Fry (Victorian politician) (1909–2000), Australian politician of Higinbotham Province, Victoria
* William Fry (Tasmanian politician) (1912–1965), Australian politician of Launcestion, Tasmania
* William Fry (sociologist), professor at Youngstown State University
* William Mayes Fry (1896–1992), World War I flying ace
* William Thomas Fry (1789–1843), British engraver
* William Fry (British Army officer) (1858–1934), Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
* William H. Fry (died 1929), wood carver and gilder

## Fictional characters

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* Harold Fry, protagonist of Rachel Joyce's novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
* Philip J. Fry, fictional protagonist of the animated television series Futurama

## See also

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* Fry (disambiguation)
* Frey (surname)
* Fried (disambiguation)
* Frye

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Fry.
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