Terry (surname)

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Terry is a surname which can be a non-Italian version of an Italian surname, or come from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of the English Derek. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Terry, American football player
• Alfred Terry, American Civil War Union general
• Benjamin Franklin Terry, organizer of the American Civil War unit Terry's Texas Rangers
• Bill Terry, American major league baseball player
• Charles L. Terry, Jr. (1900–1970), American judge and politician, Governor of Delaware
• Charles Sanford Terry (historian) (1864–1936), English historian and musicologist
• Charles Sanford Terry (translator), American translator of Japanese literature
• Clark Terry, jazz fluegelhorn/trumpet player and music educator
• Edward Terry (author) (1590-1660), cleric and author of A Voyage to East-India (1655)
• Edward O'Connor Terry, 19th-century English actor and theatre owner
• Edward Richard "Ted" Terry (1904–1967), Tasmanian professional sprinter and Australian rules footballer
• Dame Ellen Terry (1847–1928), English actress
• Harold Terry (born 1925), Louisiana sheriff
• Helen Terry, backing vocals singer with British pop group Culture Club
• James L. Terry, US Army Lieutenant General
• Jason Terry, American basketball player
• Jo Ann Terry, American hurdler
• John Terry (born 1980), English football player
• Joseph Terry, partner in Terry's chocolate makers (1767–2006)
• Luther Leonidas Terry (1911–1985), U.S. Surgeon General (1961–65)
• Michael Terry (1899–1981), Australian explorer and writer
• Nigel Terry (born 1945), English actor
• Olufemi Terry, Sierra Leonean writer
• P. S. Terry, American politician, Missouri senator
• Pat Terry, English footballer
• Paul Terry (cricketer) (born 1959), English cricketer
• Paul Terry (footballer), English footballer and brother of John
• Paul Terry (cartoonist), U.S. cartoonist and animator, and creator of Terrytoons
• Peter Terry, British air marshal
• Ralph Terry, American major league baseball pitcher
• Rob Terry, American professional wrestler
• Samuel Terry (c. 1776–1838), Australian landowner, merchant and philanthropist.
• Sean Terry (born 1991), English cricketer
• Simon Terry, British archer
• T. T. Terry, American politician; mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
• Tomás Terry (died 1886), Cuban slave trader
• Wallace Terry (1938–2003), American journalist and oral historian
• Wallace Terry (baseball) (1850–1908), American 19th century baseball player
• Walter Terry, American politician
• William Terry (congressman), American Civil War Confederate general
• William R. Terry, American Civil War Confederate general

See also

• Terry (given name)
• Terry (disambiguation)