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1 Place Name
Several places in the United States of America are called Gary (in decreasing population order):
There are other similarly-named towns:
GNIS also lists the following tiny (or uninhabited) towns:
- Gary, Colorado
- Gary, Florida
- Gary, Georgia
- Gary, Illinois
- Gary, Maryland
- Gary, New Mexico
- Gary, South Carolina
- Gary, Texas
- Gary, Virginia
- Gary Springs, Alabama
- Garywood, Alabama
- Gary Estates, Mississippi
- Gary Corner, New Jersey
- Gary Creek, South Carolina
- Garysville, Virginia
2 Person Name
The usage of Gary as a male given name in America is interestingly intertwined with the success of the actor Gary Cooper. According to the Social Security Administration, Gary was relatively rare as a given name in the 1900-1920s period (e.g., in the 1910s it was the 677th most frequent name, given to less than 0.01% of the babies born in that decade). However, when the actor's Gary, Indiana-born agent Nan Collins told him to change his name (then Frank Cooper) to Gary, this name's popularity soared. In the 1930s, 0.38% of the male babies in America were named Gary, and in the 1950s as many as 1.54% of the male babies were given this name, making it the 12th most popular given name of that decade. The name Gary reached its record popularity (9th place) in 1953, the same year that Gary Cooper received his Best Actor Academy Award for his leading role in High Noon. Since then, the popularity of Gary as a given name in America has been on a very slow, but steady decline. In the 1990s, this name is the 170th most popular, given to around 0.1% of newborn males.
Articles on some of the people named Gary: (see also )
- Gary Ablett
- Gary BarlowGary Barlow (born January 20, 1971) is a British singer and songwriter, best known as the ex-leader of the successful boy band, Take That. He was born in Frodsham, Cheshire, and Barlow was generally recognised as the musical talent behind Take That, thoug, Gary BartzGary Bartz (born in 1940) is an American alto and soprano saxophonist. Since graduating from the The Juilliard School he has worked with Charles Mingus, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, Miles Davis, and Jackie McLea, Gary BarwinGary Barwin (b. 1964) is a Canadian novelist and children's author who lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Works: Cruelty to Fabulous Animals 1992 The Mud Game 1995 Big Red Baby 1998 The Racing Worm Brothers 1998 Outside the Hat 1998 The Magic Mustache 1999 Grand, Gary BauerGary Bauer is an American civil servant and conservative politician notable for his ties to several fundamentalist and evangelical Christian groups and campaigns. In 2000, Bauer ran for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States., Gary BeckerGary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American economist. Known for his work at the University of Chicago, he won The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1992 for "having extended the domain of microeconomic, Gary BettmanGary Bettman (born on June 2, 1952) is a former NBA executive who took office as the first commissioner of the National Hockey League on February 1, 1993. He was brought in to try to give the NHL some of the same success the NBA has had in the United Stat, Gary BurghoffGary Burghoff (born May 24, 1943) is the actor who played the character Corporal Walter "Radar" O'Reilly in both the movie and television series M A S H''. He also played Charlie Brown in the 1967 off- Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown''., Gary BurtonGary Burton (born 1943) is a jazz vibraphone player, known for developing the then-innovative technique of playing the instrument with four mallets, rather than the usual two. Burton, who released his debut album in 1961 at the age of 18, spent the early, Gary Busey
- Gary Carter, Gary Cherone, Gary Cole, Gary Coleman, Gary Condit, Gary Cooper
- Gary Dell'Abate, Gary Doer, Gary Dourdan
- Gary Filmon, Gary Fisher, Gary Francione, Gary Frank
- Gary Gabelich, Gary Gaetti, Gary Gilmore, Gary Glitter, Gary Gordon, Gary Graham, Gary LeRoi Gray, Gary Groth, Gary Gygax
- Gary Hall Jr., Gary Hall Sr., Gary Hamel, Gary Hardgrave, Gary Hart, Gary Helms, Gary Hug, Gary Hume, Gary Humphries
- Gary Jennings, Gary Johnson, Gary Jules
- Gary Karr, Gary Kasparov, Gary Kemp, Gary Kildall, Gary Kirsten, Gary Kleck, Gary Klein, Gary Kremen
- Gary LaFree, Gary Larson, Gary Lineker, Gary Locke, Gary Louris
- Gary Masyk, Gary Miller, Gary Moore, Gary Morton, Gary Mounfield
- Gary Nairn, Gary Neville, Gary Nolan, Gary North, Gary Numan
- Gary Oldman, Gary Owen, Gary Owens
- Gary Payton, Gary Peacock, Gary Pettis, Gary Player, Gary Powers, Gary Price
- Gary Ridgway, Gary Roberts, Gary Robichaud
- Gary Shipman, Gary Sick, Gary Sinise, Gary Snyder, Gary Soto, Gary Stewart, Gary Streeter, Gary Sullivan
- Gary Titley
- Gary Ward, Gary Webb, Gary Wilkinson
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