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Avery may refer to:

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In law:

  • Brian Avery, former volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement
  • John Keith Avery, the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991
  • Steven Avery, the first person in the U.S. to be charged with a homicide after being exonerated by DNA evidence for a previous crime

In activism:

  • Byllye Avery, health care activist in the United States of America
  • Greg Avery, British animal rights activist and co-founder of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
  • Rachel Foster Avery, corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association during the late 19th century

In politics:

  • Cyrus Avery, president of the Associated Highway Associations of America
  • Isaac E. Avery, grandson of Waightstill Avery and a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  • John Avery (politician), physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
  • Waightstill Avery, North Carolina's first Attorney General and colonel during the American Revolutionary War
  • William H. Avery (politician), former Governor of Kansas
  • Joseph Avery (politician), former Vice President of SFCC Student Government

In literature:

  • Fiona Avery, comic book and television writer
  • Harold Avery, British author of children's literature
  • Tom Avery, explorer, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker
  • Valeen Tippetts Avery, American biographer and historian best known for her work on Western American and Latter Day Saint history

In sports:

  • John Avery (football player), former National Football League running back and a current Canadian Football League player with the Toronto Argonauts
  • Sean Avery, Professional Hockey player in the National Hockey League who has played for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers
  • Steve Avery, former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers
  • William Avery (basketball), American professional basketball player
  • Avery Johnson, Retired professional basketball player NBA, member of World Champion San Antonio Spurs team, current coach of the Dallas Mavericks

In artistry:

  • Milton Avery, American painter whose works specialize in American Modernism
  • Tex Avery, animator and director

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