Polly

People

Female

PJ Harvey (born 1969), English singer/songwriter

Polly Apfelbaum (born 1955), American contemporary visual artist

Polly Arnold (born 1972), British academic

Polly Baca (born 1941), American politician

Polly Bartlett, American serial killer, perhaps fictitious

Polly Barton, American textile artist

Polly Bemis (1853–1933), Chinese-American pioneer

Polly Bennett (1922–2003), American artist

Polly Berry (c. 1818–c. 1870–1880), also known as Polly Crockett and Polly Wash, African-American slave who successfully sued for her freedom and that of her daughter

Polly Borland (born 1959), Australian photographer

Polly Bradfield (fl. 1977–1986), American violinist

Polly Brown (born 1947), English singer

Polly Campion, American politician

Polly Draper (born 1955), American actress, screenwriter, playwright, producer and director

Polly Dunbar (born 1977), British author and illustrator

Polly Emery (1875–1958), British actress

Polly Gage (1805–1882), namesake of Aunt Polly's Wash Tub

Polly Granzow (born 1941), American politician

Polly Guerin (died 2021), American writer

Polly Harrar, British women's rights activist

Polly Hill (economist) (1914–2005), British economic historian

Polly Holliday (1937–2025), American actress

Polly Horvath (born 1957), Canadian author

Polly Irungu, Kenyan-American photographer and journalist

Polly James (broadcaster) (born 1986 or 1987), Welsh radio and television presenter

Polly James (screenwriter) (fl. 1940s–1950s), American screen writer

Polly Klaas (1981–1993), American teen murder victim

Polly Maberly (born 1976), English actress

Polly Matzinger (born 1947), French immunologist

Polly Allen Mellen (1924–2024), American stylist and fashion editor for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue

Polly Nelson (born 1952), American attorney and author

Polly Pattullo, British author, journalist, editor and publisher

Polly Paulusma (born 1976), English singer-songwriter

Polly Renton (1970–2010), British documentary film maker

Polly Riley (1926–2002), American amateur golfer

Polly Samson (born 1962), English journalist and writer

Polly Scattergood (born 1986), English singer-songwriter

Polly Shannon (born 1973), Canadian actress

Pollie Hirst Simpson (1871–1947), English sportswoman, charity organiser and the first agricultural adviser to the National Federation of Women's Institutes (WI)

Polly Smith (inventor), (born 1949), American costume designer, inventor of the sports bra

Polly Stenham (born 1986), English playwright

Polly Stockton (born 1973), British event (horse) rider

Polly Swann (born 1988), British rower and world champion in the women's coxless pairs

Polly Sy, Filipino mathematician

Polly Teale (born 1962), British writer and theater director

Polly Walker (born 1966), English actress

Polly Ann Young (1908–1997), American actress, sister of Loretta Young

Polly Young (1749–1799), English soprano, composer and keyboard player

Polly Adams (born 1939), English actress

Polly Adler (1900–1962), Russian-born American madam and author

Polly Bergen (1930–2014), American actress and singer

Polly Craus (1923–2006), American fencer

Polly Elwes (1928–1987), British television presenter and actress

Polly Hill (horticulturist) (1907–2007), American horticulturist

Polly Knipp Hill (1900–1990), American artist

Polly James (born 1941), British actress

Polly Lada-Mocarski (1902–1997), American bookbinder, inventor and rare book scholar

Polly Marshall (1932–1995), English cricketer

Polly Moran (1883–1952), American actress and comedian

Polly Platt (1939–2011), American film producer, production designer and screenwriter

Polly Powrie (born 1987), New Zealand sailor

Polly Rosenbaum (1899–2003), American politician and teacher

Polly Rowles (1914–2001), American actress

Polly Shackleton (1910–1997), American politician

Polly Smith (photographer) (1908–1980), American photographer

Polly Toynbee (born 1946), British journalist and writer

Polly Lauder Tunney (1907–2008), American philanthropist and socialite, wife of boxer Gene Tunney

Polly Palfrey Woodrow (1906–1997), American tennis player

Male

Bill Perkins (Australian rules footballer) (1920–2009), also known as Polly

Graham Farmer (1935–2019), Australian rules football player and coach, nicknamed Polly

Polly Umrigar (1926–2006), Indian cricketer

Polly Wolfe (1888–1939), American Major League Baseball player

Fictional characters

Alfred Polly, title character of The History of Mr Polly, a novel by H. G. Wells

Aunt Polly, in the novels Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Aunt Polly, in the novel Pollyanna

Aunt Polly, in the TV series Something Special

Cactus Polly, in the American-British children's TV series Oswald

Polly, a character in the Jaws movie franchise

Polly, a minor Peanuts character from the special Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown

Polly Becker, on the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1997–1998)

Polly Chuck, in the anime television series Fables of the Green Forest

Polly Churchill, a main character in Connie Willis' two-part novel Blackout/All Clear (2010)

Polly Cooper, in the American TV series Riverdale

Polly Cronin, from 1991 black comedy movie Drop Dead Fred

Polly Dawson, in the American TV sitcom Soap

Polly Duncan, Jim Qwilleran's girlfriend in The Cat Who... mystery book series by Lillian Jackson Braun

Polly Emmerson, in British medical drama Casualty