Frye is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Channing Frye, basketball player Charlie Frye, football player for the Oakland Raiders Don Frye, mixed martial arts fighter Donna Frye, San Diego city councilwoman Dwight Frye (1899–1943), American actor George Frederick Frye (1833–1912), Seattle pioneer and the City Council member. Jack Frye (1904–1959), American aviation pioneer John Frye (1933–2005), Scottish footballer Joseph Frye (1712–1794), colonial American soldier and general Marilyn Frye, American philosophy professor and feminist theorist Mark Frye, contemporary American composer Northrop Frye (1912–1991), Canadian literary critic Richard N. Frye (1920–2014), American scholar of Iranian history Sean Frye, American child actor Shirley M. Frye, American mathematics educator Soleil Moon Frye, American actress best known for playing Punky Brewster Spencer Frye, American politician Taylor Frye (1864–1946), American politician and educator Theodore Christian Frye (1869–1962), American botanist Thomas Frye, Anglo-Irish painter Thomas Frye (1666–1748), Deputy Governor of colony of Rhode Island Virgil Frye (1930–2012), American actor Walter Frye, English Renaissance composer William P. Frye (1830–1911), U.S. Senator from Maine
