Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine).

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Terry Albritton Terence Hillary Albritton (January 14, 1955 – September 1, 2005) was an American track and field athlete, former shot put world record holder, and coach. Career Albritton was born in Newport Beach, California and attended Newport Harbor High S ...

(1955–2005), American shot putter, world record holder in 1976 * Terry Antonis (born 1993), Australian association football player * Terry A. Davis, (1969–2018), American programmer *

Terry Baddoo Terry Baddoo is a television executive and a former TV host. He is half-English and half-Ghanaian, and lives in the USA. Biography Baddoo was born in London, England, and earned a bachelor's degree in Education from London University. He began h ...

, CNN journalist * Terry Balsamo (born 1972), American lead guitarist for the rock band Evanescence * Terry Beckner (born 1997), American football player * Terry Bollea (born 1953), professional wrestler, better known by his ring name

Hulk Hogan Terry Eugene Bollea (; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 19 ...

* Terry Bowden (born 1956), American football coach and former player * Terry Bradshaw (born 1948), American former National Football League quarterback * Terry Branstad (born 1946), American politician * Terry Brooks (born 1944), American fantasy writer * Terry Brooks (basketball) (born c. 1968), American college basketball player * Terry Brunk (born 1964), professional wrestler known as "Sabu" * Terry Byrne (born 1966), English football manager and businessman * Terry Caldwell (born 1938), English footballer * Terry Callier (1945–2012), American jazz and folk singer and guitarist * Terry Carpenter (1900–1978), American politician * Terry Cochrane (born 1953), Northern Irish footballer * Terry Cochrane (Canadian football) (born 1963), Canadian football player * Terry Coldwell, member of the pop group East 17 * Terry Cooper (footballer, born 1944), English footballer * Terry Connor (born 1962), English football assistant manager and former coach and player * Terry Crews (born 1968), American actor and retired football player *

Terry Daniel Terry Daniel is a former American football punter who played college football at Auburn University. He was a consensus All-American in 1993. Mississippi State Bulldogs coach Jackie Sherrill accused Daniel of filling footballs with helium Heli ...

, American college football punter (1992–1994) * Terry Deitz (born 1959) American Survivor contestant and television host * Terry Dubrow (born 1958), American plastic surgeon and television personality * Terry Etim (born 1986), English professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the UFC * Terry Fair (basketball) (1960–2020), American-Israeli professional basketball player * Terry Farnsworth (born 1942), Canadian Olympic judoka * Terry Fator (born 1965), American singing ventriloquist * Terry Fontenot (born 1980), American football executive * Terry Fox (1958–1981), Canadian athlete and activist * Terry Francona (born 1959), American professional baseball manager and former player * Terry Funk (born 1944), American professional wrestler * Terry Gilliam (born 1940), British-American film director, and Monty Python member * Terry Godwin (born 1996), American football player * Terry Goodkind (1948–2020), American fantasy author *

Terry Haskins Terry Edward Haskins (January 31, 1955 – October 24, 2000) was a South Carolina Republican politician who served as the Speaker pro-tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1995 until his death five years later. Background ...

(1955–2000), American politician * Terry Jones (1942–2020), Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and Monty Python member * Terry Kath (1946–1978), American guitarist, singer and founding member of the band Chicago * Terry Kay (1938–2020), American writer * Terry Kelly (singer), Canadian singer-songwriter, speaker, and entertainer * Terry Kilgore (born 1961), American politician *

Terry Kunz Terry Tim Kunz (born October 26, 1952) is a former American football running back who played one season with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the eighth round of the 1976 NFL Draft. K ...

(born 1952), American football player * Terry Labonte (born 1956), American retired NASCAR driver * Terry Lin (born 1966), Taiwanese singer * Terry Malone, American football coach * Terry Manning, American music producer and engineer * Terry McAuliffe (born 1957), American politician; former Governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee * Terry McDermott (born 1951), English footballer * Terry McEniff, Irish hotelier and politician *

Terry McGroom Terry McGroom (March 16, 1966 – April 17, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2004. He challenged for the IBF cruiserweight title in 2001. Early life McGroom attended Wells High School in Chicago, which was "f ...

(1966–2016), American boxer * Terry McLaurin (born 1996), American football player *

Terry Metcalf Terrance Randolph Metcalf (born September 24, 1951) is a former American football running back who played six total seasons in the National Football League (NFL), five of them with the St. Louis Cardinals and one with the Washington Redskin ...

(born 1951), American football player *

Terry Moore (disambiguation) Terry Moore may refer to: *Terry Moore (actress) (born 1929), American film actress * Terry Moore (Australian footballer) (born 1951), Australian rules footballer *Terry Moore (baseball) (1912–1995), American Major League Baseball player * Te ...

, multiple people * Terry Moran (born 1959), American journalist, former co-anchor of the news show ''Nightline'' * Terry Moran (public servant) (born 1947), Australian senior public servant * Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter and novelist, creator of the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who * Terry Nichols, US convicted accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing * Terry O'Quinn (born 1952), American actor best known for playing John Locke on the TV series ''Lost'' * Terry Pilkadaris (born 1973), Australian golfer * Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English fantasy author known for the '' Discworld'' book series * Terry Richardson (born 1965), American fashion photographer *

Terry Richardson (ice hockey) Terrance Paul Richardson (born May 7, 1953) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender. He played 20 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues between 1973 and 1979. The rest of his career, which lasted fr ...

(born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player *

Terry Richardson (rugby league) Terrence "Terry" Richardson (birth unknown) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Castleford and Kent Invicta, as a ...

, English rugby league footballer in the 1970s and 1980s * Terry Rozier (born 1994), American basketball player * Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American politician and educator, Governor of North Carolina (1961–1965) * Terry Saul (1921–1976),

Choctaw The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...

/ Chickasaw illustrator, painter, muralist, commercial artist, and educator. * Terry Schofield (born 1948), American basketball player and coach * Terry Stotts (born 1957), American basketball coach * Terry Sweeney (born 1950), American actor, writer and comedian on ''Saturday Night Live'' * Terry Sue-Patt (1964–2015), British actor * Terry Teachout (1956–2022), American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist. * Terry Virgo (born 1940), a leader in the British New Church Movement * Terry Wogan (1938–2016), Irish-British broadcaster and television personality * Terry Yorath (born 1950), Welsh former football manager and player * Terry Zwigoff (born 1949), American documentary and feature film director

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* Terry Alderete (1945–2013), American businesswoman * Terry Babcock-Lumish (born 1976), American professor * Terry Baum (born 1946), American playwright * Terry Bellamy, American former mayor * Terry Bergeson (born 1942), American educator * Terry Berkowitz, American video artist * Terry Berlier (born 1972), American artist and sculptor * Terry Beyer (born 1951), American politician * Terry Braunstein (artist) (born 1942), American photomontage artist * Terry Castle (born 1953), American scholar * Terry Cole-Whittaker (born 1939), American writer * Terry Acebo Davis (born 1953), Filipino-American artist and nurse * Terry Dexter (born 1978), American singer-songwriter * Terry Van Duyn (born 1951), Democratic politician * Terry Ehret (born 1955), American poet * Terry Ellis (born 1963), American singer * Terry Farrell (actress) (born 1963), American actress * Terry Finn (born 1955), American actress * Terry Fulmer, American gerontologist * Terry Gabreski (born 1952), American vice commander * Terry Van Ginderen (1931–2018), Flemish television presenter * Terry Hu (born 1953), Taiwanese actress, writer and translator * Terry Huntingdon (born 1940), American film actress * Terry Irwin (designer), American designer * Terry D. Johnston (born 1947), American politician and businesswoman * Terry Karl (born 1947), American professor * Terry Moore (actress) (born 1929), American film actress * Terry M. McGovern (born 1961), American activist * Terry McMillan (born 1951), American novelist * Terry Meza (born 1949), American politician * Terry Neese, American political figure * Terry O'Flaherty, Irish mayor * Terry a. O'Neal (born 1973), American writer * Terry Oroszi (born 1966), American author * Terry Orr-Weaver, American molecular biologist * Terry Plank (born 1963), American volcanologist * Terry Pheto (born 1981), South African actress * Terry Reintke (born 1987), German politician * Terry Spear, American author * Terry Underwood (born 1944), Australian author * Terry Wahls (born 1955), American physician * Terry Tempest Williams (born 1955), American writer

Fictional characters

* Terry, a character from ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * Terry, a Pterosaur, pterodactyl boss character from the video game ''Banjo Tooie'' * Terry Bernadino, a character from ''Reno 911!'' * Terry Bogard, from SNK's ''Fatal Fury'' and ''The King of Fighters'' video games * Terry Carmichael, a character in the 1996 John Woo film ''Broken Arrow (1996 film), Broken Arrow'' * Terry Boot, minor character from the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels, by J. K. Rowling * Terry Chaney, main female character in ''Final Destination (film), Final Destination'' * Terry Collier, fictional character in ''The Likely Lads'' sitcoms and film * Terry "The Toad" Fields, a character in the 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movie ''American Graffiti#Cast, American Graffiti'' * Terrance "Terry" Hawthorne, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy film ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure#Cast, Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * Terry Ives, mother of Eleven (Stranger Things), Eleven in the television series Stranger Things, ''Stranger Things'' * Terry Kimple, a character from ''The Cleveland Show'' * Terry Lee, main character of the comic strip ''Terry and the Pirates (comic strip), Terry and the Pirates'' * Terry Malloy, main protagonist of the 1954 crime drama film ''On the Waterfront'' * Terry McCann, from the TV series Minder (TV series), ''Minder'' played by Dennis Waterman * Terry McScotty, one of the main characters in the anime series ''Battle B-Daman'' * Batman (Terry McGinnis), Terry McGinnis, main character in ''Batman Beyond'' * Terry Milkovich, from ''Shameless (British TV series), Shameless'' * Terry Silver, a character in the 1989 American martial arts drama film ''The Karate Kid Part III#Cast, The Karate Kid Part III'' * Terry the Tomboy, from ''AwesomenessTV (TV series), AwesomenessTV'' * Terry Williams (Hollyoaks), Terry Williams, a character in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Scary Terry, from ''Rick and Morty'' * Terry, from the novel ''Hatchet (novel), Hatchet'' * Terry, from the 2013 animated film ''Monsters University'' * Terry, from the 2020 animated film ''Soul (2020 film), Soul'' * Terry Benedict, casino owner, the main antagonist in the ''Ocean's (franchise), Ocean's'' trilogy''

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