Terence (given name)
Terence is a masculine given name, derived from the Latin name Terentius. The diminutive form is Terry. Spelling variants include Terrence, Terrance, Terance and Torrance.
Notable people with this name
- Terence, Latin playwright
- Saint Terence, several people
- Geezer Butler, British musician of Black Sabbath fame
- Terence Atmane, French tennis player
- Terry Callier, American jazz and folk singer and guitarist
- Terence Chang, Hong Kong and American film producer
- Terence Crawford, American boxer
- Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer and songwriter
- Terry A. Davis, American programmer, developer of TempleOS
- Terence Davies, English film director and screenwriter
- Terrence Deyalsingh, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Terence Dials, American basketball player
- Terry Fox, Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist
- Terence Garvin, American football player
- Terrence Giddy, known as Terry Giddy, Australian Paralympic athlete
- Torry Gillick, Scottish footballer
- Terence Hill, Italian actor
- Terrence Hodson, Australian murder victim
- Terrence Howard, American actor and singer
- Terrence Hughes, American professional wrestler
- Terrence Jenkins, American actor, TV personality, and model
- Terence Kelly, many people
- Terry Labonte, American race car driver
- Terence Lam, Hong Kong composer, singer-songwriter, and record producer
- Terrence Magee, American football player
- Terrence Malick, American filmmaker
- Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork who died on hunger strike during the Irish War of Independence
- Terry McAuliffe, American politician and businessman
- Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher
- Terence McKenna (film producer), Canadian film producer
- Terence Millin, Irish surgeon
- Terence Morris, NBA and Israel Basketball Premier League basketball player
- Terence Newman, American football player
- Terrence O'Connor, Canadian judge
- Terence O'Loghlin, Irish soldier of the British Army
- Terence O'Neill, Ulster Unionist politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Terence Parkin, deaf South African swimmer and the most decorated Deaflympic athlete in history
- Terry Pratchett, English author
- Terence Ranger, British historian of Africa
- Terence Rattigan, British dramatist
- Terrence Romeo, Filipino basketball player
- Terence Sanders, British rower
- Terrence Shannon Jr., American basketball player
- Terence Siufay, Macanese singer and actor
- Terence Smith (disambiguation), several people
- Terence Stamp, British actor
- Terence Steele, American football player
- Terence Tao, Australian mathematician, winner of a Fields Medal
- Terrence Trammell, American track and field athlete
- Terence Tse, educator, speaker, advisor and commentator
- Terrence Watson, American-Israeli basketball player
- Terrence Wilcutt, American astronaut
- Terence Winter, American television and film writer
- Terence Wilson, also known as Astro, former British singer and member of British band UB40
- Terence Yin, Hong Kong film actor, singer, producer, and media relations specialist
- Terence Young (director), British film director
- Terence Young (politician), Canadian politician
- Terence Yung, American classical pianist
Fictional characters
- Terence (EastEnders), a fictional dog
- Terence or Terrence Granchester, male character in Candy Candy
- Terence the Tractor in The Railway Series and Thomas and Friends
- Terence, the large red bird from the Angry Birds video game series
- Terence, a pixie dust sparrow-man from Disney Fairies
- Terence, a bath toy crocodile in Rubbadubbers
- Terence Morris, a character in the X-Files TV series, episodes "Dreamland" and "Dreamland II"
- Terence Fletcher, the main antagonist of the 2014 film Whiplash
- Terrance "Terry" Silver, antagonist of The Karate Kid Part III and later Cobra Kai.
- Sir Terrance Henry Stoot, one half of Terrance and Phillip, a duo of characters in the animated TV series, South Park
- Terrence (Terry) McGinnis, the main character of Batman Beyond
- Terrence, Mac's older brother, in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Terrence "Terry" Jeffords, a sergeant in the 99th precinct in ''Brooklyn Nine Nine''