Cary (surname)

Cary is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland (born 1963), son of Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland
• Alice Cary (1820–1871), American poet
• Annie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American singer
• Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland (1656–1694), Scottish nobleman
• Austin Cary (1865–1936), American forester
• Caitlin Cary (born 1968), American country singer
• Chad M. Cary, American admiral, director of the NOAA Commissioned Corps
• Charles P. Cary (1856–1943), American educator
• Constance Cary Harrison (1843–1920), American writer
• Diana Serra Cary (1918–2020), American actress
• Diane Cary, American actress
• Dick Cary (1916–1994), American jazz musician
• Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland (1584–1639), English poet, translator and dramatist
• Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, born Elizabeth Cabot Cary, (1822–1907), American educator
• Columba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), British monk
• Frank T. Cary (1920–2006), American businessman
• Glover H. Cary (1885–1936), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky
• Henry Cary (disambiguation), several people
• Hetty Cary (1836–1892), known for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy
• Howard Cary (1908–1991), founder of Applied Physics Corporation (Cary Instruments)
• John Cary (disambiguation)
• Joyce Cary (1888–1957), Irish novelist and artist
• Liam Cary (born 1947), American Catholic bishop
• Lott Cary (1780–1828), African-American Baptist minister
• Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c. 1610–1643), English politician, soldier and author
• Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland (1803–1884), British colonial administrator
• Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland (born 1935), British Liberal Democrat politician
• Mary Ann Shadd (1823–1893), Quaker and social reformer, married name Cary
• Patrick Cary (c. 1623–1657), English poet, son of 1st Viscount Falkland
• Phillip Cary (born 1958), American Augustine scholar and philosophy professor
• Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), American poet
• Pierre Cary (1793–1857), French landowner and politician
• Reby Cary (1920–2018), American politician and writer
• Richard Cary (c. 1730–1789), Virginia judge
• Robert Cary (priest) (c. 1615–1688), English chronologist
• Robert Webster Cary (1890–1967), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient
• Sam Carey (disappeared 1903), American fugitive
• Samuel Fenton Cary (1814–1900), American politician and prohibitionist
• Tristram Cary (1925–2008), English composer
• Trumbull Cary (1787–1869), New York politician
• W. Sterling Cary (1927–2021), American Christian minister

See also

• List of people with surname Carey, a similar name
• All pages with titles beginning with Cary
• All pages with titles containing Cary
• Cary (disambiguation)
• Cary (given name)
• Cari (name)
• Cary family