Fry (surname)

Fry is an English and Scottish surname which derived from the Old Norse frjó meaning 'seed'. 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 (1890–1952), 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
• Charles M. Fry (1822–1892), American banker
• 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
• Mae Carroll Fry, American politician and schoolteacher
• 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 (cartoonist), 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 (born 1985), American politician
• Russell Fry (footballer) (born 1985), English footballer
• Ruth Fry (1878–1962), British Quaker writer, pacifist and peace activist
• Ryan Fry (born 1978), Canadian curler
• Scott Fry, (born 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

Fictional characters

• 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

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