Peri is a given name and surname in various cultures.
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People with the surname
Achille Peri (1812–1880), Italian composer and conductor
Claude Péri (born 1972), French figure skating coach and former competitor
Cristina Peri Rossi (born 1941), Uruguayan novelist, poet, and author of short stories
Edson Peri (1928–2025), Brazilian water polo player
Enzo Martins Peri, Brazilian Army commander
Gabriel Péri (1902–1941), French communist journalist and politician, member of the French Resistance
Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), Italian composer and singer
Michael Peri (born 1967), US Army soldier convicted of espionage
Peter Laszlo Peri (1899–1967), Hungarian artist, sculptor and architect
Peter Peri (born 1971), British artist, grandson of Peter Laszlo Péri
Yaakov Peri (born 1944), head of the Israeli domestic intelligence agency and CEO of Cellcom Israel
People with the given name
Peri Baumeister (born 1986), German actress
Peri Bearman (born 1953), academic scholar of Islamic law
Peri Drysdale (born 1954), New Zealand businesswoman
Peri Gilpin (born 1961), American actress
Peri Horne (born 1932), British figure skater
Peri Marošević (born 1989), American former soccer player
Peri Neufeld (1913–1982), Israeli association football player
Peri Suzan Özkum (born 1959), Turkish diver
Peri Vaevae Pare (died 2020), Cook Islands politician
Peri Pourier (born 1983), American politician
Peri Sandria (born 1969), Indonesian footballer
Peri Schwartz (born 1951), American painter and printmaker
Peri Sundaram (1890–1957), Ceylonese politician
Peri Tarr, American computer scientist
Fictional characters
Peri Brown in the British science fiction series Doctor Who
Peri Lomax in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
Peri Westmore in Devious Maids
Peri, a girl from Julie's Greenroom
Peri, an orange mutant from TV series, Spliced
Peri, a male fairy from the animated series The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish