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

• Chris Tarry (born 1970), Canadian guitarist
• Ellen Tarry (1906–2008), African-American journalist, author and centenarian
• Gaston Tarry (1843–1913), French mathematician
• Jason Tarry (born 1966/67), British retail executive
• Michael Tarry (died 2013), Canadian popular singer
• Sam Tarry (born 1982), British politician
• Sasura Hussein Tarry (elected 2007), Kenyan politician

• McCallum and Tarry (formed 1999), an artistic combination
• Prouhet–Tarry–Escott problem, in mathematics
• Tarry, a minor planet
• Tarry Flynn, a novel by Patrick Kavanagh
• Tarry Park, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Tarry point, in geometry, named after Gaston Tarry
• Tarry v Ashton, an English court case