Derry (given name)
Derry is a male given name, often an abbreviation of Diarmuid or its anglicisiation Dermot. It can also be a diminutive of Alexander. Among those with the name are:
- Derry Beckett (born 1918), Gaelic footballer and hurler from Cork, Ireland
- Derry Clarke, Irish celebrity chef
- Derry Grehan (born 1937), Canadian guitarist with Honeymoon Suite
- Derry Hayes (c.1928–2005), hurler from Cork, Ireland
- Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg (born 1940), British lawyer, judge, and political figure
- Derry Mathews (born 1983), English lightweight boxer
- Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda (born 1957), photographer
- Derry O'Sullivan, Irish poet
- Derry Power (born 1935), Irish actor in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
- Derry Wilkie (1941–2001), British singer with Derry and the Seniors
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