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 Alice Cary (April 26, 1820February 12, 1871) was an American poet, and the older sister of fellow poet Phoebe Cary (1824–1871). Biography Alice Cary was born on April 26, 1820, in Mount Healthy, Ohio, off the Miami River near Cincinnati. He ...

(1820–1871), American poet * Annie Louise Cary (1842–1921), American singer *

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland PC (16 February 1656 – 24 May 1694; the surname is spelt Carey in some sources) was an English born, Scottish nobleman and English politician. He was born at Farley Castle, Somerset, the son of Henry Cary, ...

(1656–1694), Scottish nobleman *

Caitlin Cary Caitlin Cary (born October 28, 1968) is an alternative country musician and visual artist from Seville, Ohio. Early life Caitlin Cary is the youngest of seven siblings (all older brothers). Her entire family was involved in music to some degre ...

(born 1968), American country singer * Charles P. Cary (1856–1943), American educator *

Constance Cary Harrison Constance Cary Harrison ( pen name, Refugitta; April 25, 1843 – November 21, 1920), also referred as Mrs. Burton Harrison, was an American playwright and novelist. She and two of her cousins were known as the "Cary Invincibles"; the three sewed ...

(1843–1920), American writer *

Diana Serra Cary Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; October 29, 1918 – February 24, 2020), known as Baby Peggy, was an American child film actress, vaudevillian, author and silent film historian. She was the last living person with a substantial car ...

(1918–2020), American actress *

Diane Cary Diane Cary is an American actress who has guest-starred in many TV shows. This includes a recurring role on the short-lived '' Misfits of Science'', where she was credited as Diane Civita. She also starred in '' V'' and '' V: The Final Battle' ...

, American actress *

Dick Cary Richard Durant Cary (July 10, 1916 – April 6, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Cary earned a bachelor's degree in music from Wesleyan University in 1938 and star ...

(1916–1994), American jazz musician *

Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (''née'' Tanfield; 1585–1639) was an English poet, dramatist, translator, and historian. She is the first woman known to have written and published an original play in English: ''The Tragedy of Mariam''. F ...

(1584–1639), English poet, translator and dramatist *

Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College. A researcher of natural history, she was an author ...

, born Elizabeth Cabot Cary, (1822–1907), American educator *

Columba Cary-Elwes Dom Columba Cary-Elwes, OSB (born Charles Evelyn George Cary-Elwes; 6 November 1903 – 22 January 1994) was an English Benedictine monk who professed vows at Ampleforth Abbey in York, England. As a missionary he travelled to Uganda, Tanzania a ...

(1903–1994), British monk *

Frank T. Cary Frank T. Cary (December 14, 1920 – January 1, 2006) was an American executive and businessman. Cary served as the Chairman of IBM from 1973 to 1983 and CEO from 1973 to 1981. Early life and education Frank Taylor Cary was born on December 1 ...

(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 Hetty Carr Cary (May 15, 1836 – September 27, 1892) was the wife of Confederate General John Pegram and, later, of pioneer physiologist H. Newell Martin. She is best remembered for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy (al ...

(1836–1892), known for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy * Henry Howard Cary (1908–1991), founder of Applied Physics Corporation (Cary Instruments) *

John Cary John Cary (c. 1754 – 1835) was an English cartographer. Life Cary served his apprenticeship as an engraver in London, before setting up his own business in the Strand in 1783. He soon gained a reputation for his maps and globes, his atlas ...

(1754–1835), British cartographer *John Cary (born 1953), American physicist specializing in particle accelerators, plasma physics, and computational physics. Professor University of Colorado Boulder and Founder of Tech-X corporation *

Joyce Cary Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. Early life and education Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary was born in his grandparents' home, above the Belfast Bank in Derry, Ireland in 1 ...

(1888–1957), Irish novelist and artist * Liam Cary (born 1947), American Catholic bishop *

Lott Cary Lott Cary (also in records as Lott Carey and Lott Gary) (1780 – November 10, 1828) was an African-American Baptist minister and lay physician who was a missionary leader in the founding of the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa in ...

(1780–1828), African-American Baptist minister *

Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland PC (c. 1610 – 20 September 1643) was an English author and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War and was killed in action at the ...

(c. 1610–1643), English politician, soldier and author *

Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland Lucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland GCH, PC (5 November 1803 – 12 March 1884), styled Master of Falkland until 1809, was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Background Falkland was the son of Charles John Car ...

(1803–1884), British colonial administrator *

Lucius Cary, 15th Viscount Falkland Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary, 15th Viscount of Falkland (born 8 May 1935), styled Master of Falkland from 1961 to 1984, is a British nobleman and politician. Background and education Cary is the eldest of four children, and the only ...

(born 1935), British Liberal Democrat politician *

Mary Ann Shadd Mary Ann Camberton Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 – June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in North America and the first woman publisher i ...

(1823–1893), Quaker and social reformer, married name Cary *

Patrick Cary Patrick may refer to: * Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

(c. 1623-1657), English poet, son of 1st Viscount Falkland *

Phillip Cary Phillip S. Cary (born 1958) is an American philosopher who serves as a professor at Eastern University with a concentration on Augustine of Hippo and the history of the reception of Augustine's thought. Born on June 10, 1958, he received his Do ...

(born 1958), American Augustine scholar and philosophy professor *

Phoebe Cary Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 – July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820–1871).She was a great poet who composed a Legend of Northland which is a very beautiful poem. The sisters co-published poe ...

(1824–1871), American poet *

Pierre Cary Pierre Cary was a politician, born in Boulogne-Sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of ...

(1793-1857), French landowner and politician *

Reby Cary Reby Cary (September 9, 1920 – December 7, 2018) was an American educator, politician, and historian in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. He was the first black school board member in Fort Worth and served in the Texas House of Representativ ...

(1920-2018), American politician and writer *

Robert Cary (priest) Robert Cary (1615?–1688) was an English churchman, for a short while archdeacon of Exeter, known as a chronologist. Life Born at Cockington or Berry Pomeroy, Devon, he was the second son of George Cary of Cockington, and Elizabeth, daughter of ...

(c. 1615 – 1688), English chronologist *

Robert Webster Cary Rear Admiral Robert Webster Cary, Jr. (August 18, 1890 – July 15, 1967) is one of the most decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy and recipient of the Medal of Honor. Education Robert Cary was born in Kansas City, Missouri. ...

(1890–1967), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient *

Sam Carey "Laughing" Sam Carey, possibly also Laughing Dick Carey, was one of the least known American Old West outlaws who was a member of the loosely knit Hole in the Wall Gang during the latter part of the 19th century. Both of the above names are list ...

(disappeared 1903), American fugitive *

Samuel Fenton Cary Samuel Fenton Cary (February 18, 1814 – September 29, 1900) was an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio and significant temperance movement leader in the 19th century. Cary became well known natio ...

(1814–1900), American politician and prohibitionist *

Tristram Cary Tristram Ogilvie Cary, OAM (14 May 192524 April 2008), was a pioneering English-Australian composer. He was also active as a teacher and music critic. Career Cary was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and We ...

(1925–2008), English composer *

Trumbull Cary Trumbull Cary (August 11, 1787 Mansfield, Connecticut – June 20, 1869 Batavia, New York) was an American banker, lawyer, and politician from New York. Early life Trumbull Cary was born in Mansfield, Connecticut on August 11, 1787. He wa ...

(1787–1869), New York politician * W. Sterling Cary (1927–2021), American Christian minister

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