Terry
Terry is both a masculine and feminine given name, derived directly from French Thierry and eventually from Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa or Terence or Lefteris.People
- Terry Albritton, American shot putter, world record holder in 1976
- Terry Allen, multiple people
- Terry Anderson, multiple people
- Terry Antonis, Australian association football player
- Terry A. Davis,, American programmer
- Terry Baddoo, CNN journalist
- Terry Balsamo, lead guitarist for the rock band Evanescence
- Terry Beckner, American football player
- Terry Bollea, professional wrestler, better known as "Hulk Hogan"
- Terry Bradshaw, American former National Football League quarterback
- Terry Branstad, American politician
- Terry Brooks, American fantasy writer
- Terry Brooks , American college basketball player
- Terry Brunk, professional wrestler known as "Sabu"
- Terry Byrne, English football manager and businessman
- Terry Caldwell, English footballer
- Terry Callier, American jazz and folk singer and guitarist
- Terry Carpenter, American politician
- Terry Cochrane, Northern Irish footballer
- Terry Cochrane , Canadian football player
- Terry Coldwell, member of the pop group East 17
- Terry Cooper, English footballer
- Terry Connor, English football assistant manager and former coach and player
- Terry Crews, American actor and retired football player
- Terry Daniel, American college football punter
- Terry Deitz American Survivor contestant and television host
- Terry Dubrow, American plastic surgeon and television personality
- Terry Ellis, American singer and songwriter
- Terry Etim, English professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the UFC
- Terry Farrell , American actress and model
- Terry Louise Fisher, American screenwriter and producer
- Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist
- Terry Francona, American Major League Baseball manager and former player
- Terry Funk, American professional wrestler
- Terry Gilliam, British-American film director and Monty Python member
- Terry Godwin, American football player
- Terry Goodkind, American fantasy author
- Terry Hall, various people
- Terry Haskins, American politician
- Terry Johnson, various people
- Terry Jones, Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director and Monty Python member
- Terry Karl, professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University
- Terry Kath, American guitarist, singer and founding member of the band Chicago
- Terry Kelly, Canadian singer-songwriter, speaker, and entertainer
- Terry Kilgore, American politician
- Terry Kunz, American football player
- Terry Labonte, American retired NASCAR driver
- Terry Manning, American music producer and engineer
- Terry McAuliffe, former Governor of Virginia and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Terry McDermott, English footballer
- Terry McEniff, Irish hotelier and politician
- Terry McLaurin, American football player
- Terry Moore, multiple people
- Terry Moran, American journalist, former co-anchor of the news show Nightline
- Terry Moran , Australian senior public servant
- Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter and novelist, creator of the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who
- Terry O'Quinn, American actor best known for playing John Locke on the TV series Lost
- Terry Pilkadaris, Australian golfer
- Terry Pratchett, fantasy author known for the Discworld series of books
- Terry Reeves, American district attorney
- Terry Richardson, American fashion photographer
- Terry Richardson, English rugby league footballer in the 1970s and 1980s
- Terry Sanford, American politician and educator, Governor of North Carolina
- Terry Schofield, American basketball player and coach
- Terry Sweeney, American actor, writer and comedian on Saturday Night Live
- Terry Sue-Patt, British actor
- Terry Virgo, a leader in the British New Church Movement
- Terry Tempest Williams, American author, conservationist and activist
- Terry Wogan, Irish/British broadcaster/TV personality in the United Kingdom
- Terry Wright, multiple people
- Terry Yorath, Welsh former football manager and player
- Terry Zwigoff, American documentary and feature film director
Fictional characters
- Terry, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Terry Bernadino, a character from Reno 911!
- Terry Bogard, from SNK's Fatal Fury and King of Fighters video games
- Terry Boot, minor character from the Harry Potter series of novels, by J. K. Rowling
- Terry Chaney, main female character in Final Destination
- Terry Collier, fictional character in The Likely Lads sitcoms and film
- Terry Kimple, a character from The Cleveland Show
- Terry Lee, main character of the comic strip Terry and the Pirates
- Terry Malloy, main protagonist of the 1954 crime drama On the Waterfront
- Terry McCann, from the TV series Minder played by Dennis Waterman
- Terry McScotty, one of the main characters in the anime series Battle B-Daman
- Terry McGinnis, main character in Batman Beyond
- Terry the Tomboy, from AwesomenessTV
- Terry Milkovich, from Shameless
- Scary Terry, from Rick and Morty
- Terry, from the novel Hatchet
- Terry "the Toad", in the movie American Graffiti
