Terry (surname)
Terry is a surname which comes from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, cognate of the English Derek. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Terry, American football player
- Alberto Terry, Peruvian footballer
- Alfred Terry, American Civil War Union general
- Alice Terry, American film actress and director
- Arthur Terry, English philologist, critic, and translator
- Ben Terry, Test cricket umpire
- Benjamin Franklin Terry, organizer of the American Civil War unit Terry's Texas Rangers
- Bill Terry (disambiguation), several people
- Charles L. Terry, Jr., American judge and politician, Governor of Delaware
- Charles Sanford Terry (historian), English historian and musicologist
- Charles Sanford Terry (translator), American translator of Japanese literature
- Chris Terry, several people
- Clark Terry, jazz fluegelhorn/trumpet player and music educator
- Dalen Terry, American basketball player
- Daniel Terry, English actor and playwright
- David Smith Terry, American politician and jurist, chief justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Dennis Terry, American radio disc jockey and former phone phreak
- Desean Terry, American actor, acting coach and theatre director
- Edward Terry (author), cleric and author of A Voyage to East-India
- Edward O'Connor Terry, 19th-century English actor and theatre owner
- Edward Richard "Ted" Terry, Tasmanian professional sprinter and Australian rules footballer
- Eli Terry, American inventor and clockmaker
- Elizabeth Terry, American chef
- Dame Ellen Terry, English actress
- Fred Terry, English actor and theatre manager
- Georgena Terry, American bicycle designer and businesswoman
- Georgina Terry, British actress
- Harry Terry, English stage and film actor
- Helen Terry, backing vocals singer with British pop group Culture Club
- Henry Dwight Terry, United States Army Brigadier general during the American Civil War
- Henry John Terry, cricketer who played for the French team in the 1900 Olympics
- J. E. Harold Terry, English playwright
- Jack Terry, Polish-American author
- James Terry (basketball), American-Israeli basketball player
- James L. Terry, US Army Lieutenant General
- Jason Terry, American basketball player
- Jermaine Terry II, American football player
- Jo Ann Terry, American hurdler
- John B. Terry, American pioneer, soldier, and territorial legislator
- John Terry, English football player
- Joseph Terry, partner in Terry's chocolate makers
- Keith Terry, American percussionist, rhythm dancer, and educator
- Kelly Terry, Canadian former women's ice hockey player
- Lilian Terry, Italian jazz singer
- Luther Leonidas Terry, U.S. Surgeon General
- Matt Terry, English singer, winner of UK X Factor
- Maureen Terry, American business owner and politician
- Michael Terry (disambiguation), several people
- Michelle Terry, English actress and writer
- Mike Terry (disambiguation), several people
- Nigel Terry, English actor
- Olufemi Terry, Sierra Leonean writer
- P. S. Terry, American politician, Missouri senator
- Parnell Terry, American politician, Maine state legislator
- Pat Terry, English footballer
- Paul Terry (cricketer), 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
- Randall Terry, American politician and activist
- Richard Terry (musicologist), English organist, choir director and musicologist
- Rob Terry, American professional wrestler
- Rodney Terry, American basketball coach
- Ruth Marie Terry, American murder victim
- Ruth Terry, American actress
- Samuel Terry, Australian landowner, merchant and philanthropist
- Sean Terry, English cricketer
- Sheila Terry (disambiguation), several people
- Simon Terry, British archer
- Siobhan Terry, New Zealand para-cyclist
- Sue Mi Terry, American writer and commentator
- Tamorrion Terry, American football player
- Tarahrick Terry, American criminal
- Todd Terry, American DJ, record producer and remixer
- Tomás Terry, Cuban slave trader and businessman
- Troy Terry, American ice hockey player
- Tyrell Terry, American basketball player
- T. T. Terry, American politician; mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
- Victor Terry, English murderer
- Wallace Terry, American journalist and oral historian
- Wallace Terry (baseball), American baseball player
- Walter Terry, American politician
- William Terry (congressman), American general
- William R. Terry, American general