This is a list of people with the surname Carey.

Sports people

• Alan Carey (canoeist) (born 1968), Irish sprint canoeist
• Annabelle Carey (born 1989), New Zealand swimmer
• Ashley Carey (born 1969), Australian field hockey player
• Beth Carey (born 1990), Australian volleyball player
• Betty Lowman Carey (1914–2011), Canadian rower
• Bob Carey (racing driver) (1904–1933), American race car driver
• Chelsea Carey (born 1984), Canadian curler
• Dan Carey (curler) (born 1954), Canadian curler
• Dan Carey (lacrosse) (born 1982), Canadian lacrosse player
• Denis Carey (athlete) (1872–1947), Irish field & track athlete, born in Limerick
• Eddie Carey (born 1960), American sprinter
• Kenneth Carey (1893–1981), American Olympic sailor
• Lance Carey (born 1945), Canadian field hockey player
• Michelle Carey (athlete) (born 1981), Irish athlete, born in Dublin
• Ray Carey (born 1986), Irish sportsman, born in County Cork
• Ray Carey (swimmer) (born 1973), American competition swimmer
• Sheila Carey (born 1946), English athlete, maiden name Sheila Janet Taylor
• Walter Carey (1875–1955), South African rugby union player and Bishop of Bloemfontein

American Football

• Bob Carey (American football) (1930–1988), American NFL football player
• Dana Carey (1903–1976), American football player
• Don Carey (American football official) (born 1947), American NFL official
• Don Carey (cornerback) (born 1987), American football player
• Emerson Carey (1906–1983), American football player
• Joe Carey (American football) (1895–1962), American NFL football player
• Ka'Deem Carey (born 1992), American footballer for Chicago Bears
• Mike Carey (American football) (born 1949), American football official
• Richard Carey (American football) (born 1968), American NFL football player
• Rod Carey (born 1971), American football player and coach
• Tim Carey (born 1975), American football player
• Vernon Carey (born 1981), American footballer for Miami Dolphins

Australian Rules football

• Bert Carey (1905–1994), Australian rules footballer
• Bill Carey (footballer) (1905–1973), Australian rules footballer
• George Carey (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
• Harry Carey (footballer) (1916–1991), Australian rules footballer
• Peter Carey (Australian rules footballer) (born 1954), Australian rules player for Glenelg
• Peter Carey (umpire), Australian rules football umpire
• Stefan Carey (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
• Stephen Carey (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
• Tom Carey (footballer) (1941–2009), Australian rules footballer
• Wayne Carey (born 1971), Australian rules footballer

Baseball

• Andy Carey (1931–2011), American baseball player
• Mary Carey (baseball) (1925–1977), American professional baseball player
• Max Carey (1890–1976), American center fielder in Major League Baseball
• P. J. Carey (1953–2012), American baseball player, manager and official
• Paul Carey (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball player, brother of Jim Carey
• Roger Carey (1865–1895), American baseball player
• Scoops Carey (baseball) (1870–1916), American baseball player
• Tom Carey (second baseman) (1906–1970), American baseball player
• Tom Carey (shortstop) (1846–1906), American baseball player

Basketball

• Harvey Carey (born 1979), Filipino-American basketball player
• Jamie Carey (born 1981), American basketball player
• Mike Carey (basketball) (born 1958), American basketball coach
• Vernon Carey Jr. (born 2001), American basketball player and son of Vernon

Cricket

• Alex Carey (cricketer) (born 1991), Australian cricketer
• Christopher Carey (born 1973), English cricketer
• Paul Carey (cricketer) (1920–2009), English cricketer
• Thomas Carey (cricketer) (1903–1966), American-born Irish cricketer

Football

• Brian Carey (born 1968), Irish football manager and player, born in Cork
• Chuck Carey (born 1953), American soccer player
• Graham Carey (born 1989), Irish footballer
• Johnny Carey (1919–1995), Irish footballer, born in Dublin, captain of Manchester United and Republic of Ireland
• Louis Carey (born 1977), English footballer
• Peter Carey (English footballer) (born 1933), English footballer
• Shaun Carey (born 1976), English footballer

Gaelic sports

• Catriona Carey (born 1977), Irish field hockey and camogie player
• Ciarán Carey (born 1970), Irish hurling star, born in County Limerick
• D. J. Carey (born 1970), Irish hurling star, born in County Kilkenny
• Jarlath Carey (1932–2006), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Johnny Carey (Gaelic footballer) (born 1945), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Martin Carey (hurler) (born 1974), Irish hurler
• Sean Carey (Gaelic footballer) (born 1989), Irish sportsman, County Tipperary

Ice Hockey

• George Carey (ice hockey) (1892–1974), Scottish-Canadian ice hockey right winger
• Greg Carey (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jim Carey (ice hockey) (born 1974), American goaltender, born in Massachusetts
• Matt Carey (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Paul Carey (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player

Actors

• Alycia Debnam-Carey (born 1993), Australian actress
• Anita Carey (1948–2023), British actress born in Halifax, Yorkshire
• Clare Carey (born 1967), Rhodesian born actress
• Denis Carey (actor) (1909–1986), British/Irish actor brother of cinematographer Patrick
• Drew Carey (born 1958), American actor, comedian and game show host
• Emily Carey (born 2003), British actress
• George P. Carey (1852–1909), Australian actor and manager
• Greg Carey (voice actor), Australian-born voice actor
• Harry Carey (actor) (1878–1847), American actor, born in New York; classic 'Cowboy' films
• Harry Carey Jr. (1921–2012), American actor, son of Harry, appeared in 'Westerns'
• Joyce Carey (1898–1993), stage name of English actress born Joyce Lawrence
• Leonard Carey (1887–1977), English actor
• Mary Carey (actress) (born 1980), American pornographic actress
• Lynn Carey (born 1946), American singer and actress
• Macdonald Carey (1913–1994), American actor
• Michele Carey (1942–2018), American television and film actress
• Olive Carey (1896–1988), American film and television actress
• Philip Carey (1925–2009), American film actor, born Eugene Joseph Carey
• Richenda Carey (born 1948), English actress, born in Gloucestershire
• Ron Carey (actor) (1935–2007), American film and television actor
• Timothy Carey (1929–1994), American actor

Musicians

• Bruce Carey (1876–1960), Canadian singer and choral conductor
• Clive Carey (1883–1968), British singer and composer
• Dan Carey (record producer) (born 1969), English record producer
• Danny Carey (born 1961), American drummer of progressive rock band Tool
• Denis Carey (composer), Irish composer and musician, born in Tipperary
• Gina Carey, American filmmaker and singer
• Ian Carey (born 1975), American musician and record producer, born in Maryland
• Jack Carey (1889–1934), American jazz musician
• Kyle Carey (born 1988), Celtic Americana musical artist
• Mariah Carey (born 1969), American singer–songwriter, record producer and actress
• Mutt Carey (1891–1948), American jazz trumpeter from New Orleans
• Pat Carey (musician) (born 1960), Canadian blues musician
• Percy Carey (born 1970), American hip hop artist and comic book writer
• Rick Carey (singer) (born 1977), Bahamian music producer, singer and musician
• S. Carey, American folk musician, from Wisconsin
• Todd Carey, American musician and singer

Politicians

• Carleton Carey, American politician
• David M. Carey (1889-1963), American politician
• de Vic Carey (born 1940), Guernsey politician
• Donal Carey (born 1937), Irish politician from County Clare
• Edmond Carey (1883–1943), Irish politician
• Edward Carey (1832–1908), Canadian gold prospector and politician
• Hugh Carey (1919–2011), Irish-American politician, New York governor
• Jon Carey (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Joseph Carey (Canadian politician) (c. 1829–1910), Canadian surveyor and mayor of Vancouver, B. C.
• Peter G. Carey (1828–1897), American politician from Pennsylvania
• William Carey (politician) (1887–1928), Australian politician

Other people

• Alan C. Carey (born 1962), American military aviation author and historian
• Alex Carey (writer) (1922–1987), Australian writer and social psychologist
• Alice Ross Carey (1948–2013), American architect
• Alvin P. Carey (1916–1944), American soldier and Medal of Honor winner
• André Isidore Carey (1790–?), French ballet dancer
• Anne Carey, American media producer
• Arthur Carey (1822–1844), English-American Episcopal priest
• Babe Carey, a fictional American soap opera character
• Benedict Carey (born 1960), American journalist and health writer
• Bill Carey (songwriter) (1916–2004), American songwriter
• Bridget Carey (born 1984), American journalist
• Brycchan Carey (born 1967), British academic and writer
• Catherine Carey (c. 1524–1569), sister of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
• Catherine A. Carey (born 1945), Clerk of the New York State Assembly 1975–1984
• Charles F. Carey Jr. (1915–1945), American soldier and Medal of Honor winner
• Charles James Carey (1838–1891), Royal Navy officer
• Chase Carey (born 1954), Irish-American businessperson
• Chris Carey, British educator
• Constantine Phipps Carey (1835–1906), British army officer
• Diane Carey (born 1954), American fiction writer
• Douglas Carey, Anglican priest
• Duane G. Carey (born 1957), American astronaut, born in Minnesota
• Dwayne Carey-Hill, American animation director
• Edmund Carey (c. 1558–1637), English MP
• Edward Carey (novelist) (born 1970), English novelist
• Eleanor Carey (c. 1495 – after 1528), English nun
• Eleanor Carey (actress) (1852–1915), in Australia and America
• Elijah John Carey (1876–1916), New Zealand writer, trade unionist and soldier
• Elizabeth Carey (social activist) (1835–1920), Canadian homemaker and social activist
• Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley (1576–1635), English courtier and arts patron
• Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908–2006), American author, born in New York
• Frank Reginald Carey (1912–2004), English World War II fighter ace
• Gabrielle Carey (1959–2023), Australian writer
• Galen Carey, American evangelical leader
• George Carey (born 1935), English Anglican priest, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Sir George Carey (c. 1541–1616), English MP for Canterbury
• George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon (1547–1603), English soldier and MP for Hertfordshire and Hampshire
• George Carey (filmmaker) (born 1943), British documentary filmmaker and television journalist
• George Glas Sandeman Carey (1867–1948), British World War I general
• George Jackson Carey (1822–1872), British Army officer
• George R. Carey (1851–1906), American inventor
• George Saville Carey (1743–1807), entertainer and miscellaneous writer
• George W. Carey (1845–1924), American physician
• Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (1526–1596), son of William Carey and Mary Boleyn
• Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover (c. 1580–1666), Royalist Colonel in the English Civil War
• Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth (1595–1661), English nobleman
• Henry Carey (writer) (1687–1743), English poet
• Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879), Irish-American economist, son of Mathew Carey
• Henry Ernest Carey (1874–1964), British-born Australian public servant
• Hilary Carey (born 1957), Australian religious historian
• Hugh Carey (soldier) (1840–1886), Irish born Union soldier and winner of Medal of Honor
• Ida Harriet Carey (1891–1982), New Zealand artist and teacher
• Isiah Carey (born 1970), American broadcast journalist
• Jack Carey (dancer) (1927–2013), American swing dancer
• Jacqueline Carey (born 1964), American fantasy novelist
• Jacqueline Carey (novelist born 1954) (born 1954), American novelist
• Jahleel Brenton Carey (1847–1883), from the Guernsey family, soldier in controversial Zulu War incident
• James Carey (1845–1883), Irish terrorist leader and Informer, born in Dublin
• James Carey (Medal of Honor) (1844 or 1847–1913), Irish born U.S. seaman
• James B. Carey (1911–1973, Irish-American labor union leader
• James J. Carey (born 1939), United States Navy admiral
• James L. Carey (1839–1919), American Civil War winner of Medal of Honor
• James W. Carey (1934–2006), American communications theorist
• Janet Lee Carey (born 1954), American college professor and writer
• Jennifer Davis Carey, American government official
• Joe Carey (born 1975), Irish politician from the County Clare family
• John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover (1608–1677), English peer
• John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617), English peer and politician
• John Carey (blessed) (died 1594), Irish Catholic martyr, born in Dublin
• John Carey (Celticist), American scholar specialising in Celtic studies
• John Carey (classical scholar) (1756–1826), Irish writer and teacher, born in Dublin
• John Carey (congressman) (1792–1875), American politician, after whom the town in Ohio is named
• John Carey (courtier) (c. 1491–1552), courtier to King Henry VIII
• John Carey (critic) (born 1934), British writer and academic
• John Carey (martyr) (died 1594), Irish Catholic martyr
• John Carey (Ohio state legislator) (born 1959), Republican legislator
• John Carey (Wisconsin legislator) (1839–?), Democratic legislator
• John L. Carey (died 1852), American newspaper editor
• Archibald Carey Jr. (1908–1981), American lawyer, politician and clergyman
• Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), American senator and Governor of Wyoming
• Joseph W. Carey (1859–1937), Irish artist
• Josie Carey (1930–2004), stage name of Pennsylvania born Josephine Vicari, children's television presenter
• Kenneth Carey (bishop) (1908–1979), Anglican bishop
• Kevin Carey (born 1970), American education writer and analyst
• Kieran Carey (1933–2007), Irish hurling star, born in County Tipperary
• Leeanne Carey (born 1959), Australian neuroscientist
• Maggie Carey (born c. 1975), American director and screenwriter
• Leslie I. Carey (August 3, 1895 – June 17, 1984), American sound recordist
• Malachy Carey (1956–1992), Irish activist, Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin, born in County Antrim
• Marge Carey (c. 1938–2012), English trade unionist
• Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609–c. 1680), British author of poems and meditations
• Mary Virginia Carey (1925–1994), American writer
• Mary Carey (c. 1499/1500–1543), surname before marriage was Mary Boleyn. Sister of Anne Boleyn
• Mathew Carey (1760–1839), Irish nationalist and Philadelphia publisher, born in Dublin
• Maude Carey (1888–1950), Falklands Islands postmaster
• Michael Carey (priest) (1913–1985), from the Guernsey, Channel Island family, Anglican clergyman
• Michael Carey (United States Air Force officer) (born 1960), American officer
• Mike Carey (politician) (born 1971), American politician from Ohio
• Mike Carey (writer) (born 1959), Liverpool born comic book writer
• Nessa Carey, English epigenetics author
• Nuala Carey (born 1977), Irish radio weather presenter
• Pat Carey (born 1947), Irish politician, born in County Kerry
• Patrick Carey (cinematographer) (1916–1996), British/Irish film maker
• Paul Carey (broadcaster) (1928–2016), American radio broadcaster and sports announcer
• Paul Carey (politician) (1962–2001), American politician, son of Hugh Carey
• Pelham Carey, English courtier
• Peter Carey (historian) (born 1948), British historian
• Peter Carey (novelist) (born 1943), Australian prize-winning novelist
• Philip J. Carey (1918–1996), American politician and judge
• Rea Carey (born 1966), American LGBT rights activist
• Richard Carey (judge) (died 1789), American judge from Virginia
• Richard Carey (politician) (1929–2013), American politician from Maine
• Richard Adams Carey (born 1951), American writer
• Richelle Carey (born 1976), American TV news reporter
• Rick Carey (born 1963), American competition swimmer
• Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (c. 1560–1639), son of 1st Baron Hunsdon,
• Robert Carey (British Army officer) (1821–1883), from the Guernsey, Channel Islands family
• Robert Carey (died 1587) (c. 1515–1587), English MP
• Robert Carey (gangster) (1894–1932), American criminal
• Robert D. Carey (1878–1937), American politician
• Robert T. Carey, American Whig legislator from Wisconsin
• Ron Carey (labor leader) (1936–2008), American labor organiser
• Ron Carey (Minnesota politician), American politician
• Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), English children's author, born in London's East End
• Sabine Carey (born 1974), German political scientist
• Sam Carey, American Old West outlaw
• Samuel Warren Carey (1911–2002), Australian geologist
• Sarah Carey, Irish columnist and broadcaster
• Sas Carey (born 1945), American film director and author
• Seamus Carey, American philosopher and academic
• Susan Carey (born 1942), American psychologist
• Tanith Carey, British journalist
• Thomas Carey (Australian politician) (1832 or 1833–1884), Irish emigrant and surveyor
• Thomas Carey (baritone) (1931–2002), American opera singer
• Thomas Carey (English politician) (died 1634), English MP, son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
• Tony Carey (born 1953), American composer, singer/songwriter
• Victor Carey (1871–1957), from the Guernsey family, Bailiff of Guernsey during WWII
• William Carey (Bailiff of Guernsey) (1853–1915), Bailiff of Guernsey
• William Carey (bishop) (1769–1846), English churchman
• William Carey (courtier) (c. 1500–1528), from West Country family, married to Mary Boleyn
• William Carey (missionary) (1761–1834), English Baptist missionary and botanist
• William D. Carey (1916–1998), American publisher
• William P. Carey (1930–2012), American philanthropist and businessman, born in Maryland
• William Paulet Carey (1759–1839), Irish art critic and publicist, born in Dublin
• William R. Carey (1806–1836), Virginian Captain, killed at the Battle of the Alamo