Terry
Encyclopedia
Terry is:
- A surnameSurnameA surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
from the medieval Norman given nameGiven nameA given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
ThierryThierryThierry is a French male given name, derived from the Germanic "Theodoric" and the cognate of German "Dietrich" and "Dieter", English Derek and Derrick, and of various forms in other European languages.It may refer to:Given name:...
, cognate of the English DerekDerekDerek is a male name derived from the same root as the Old German Theodoric, meaning power of the tribe or ruler of the people. Variants recently revived are Deryk, Deric, Derak, the Dutch form Dirk, popularised by the actor Dirk Bogarde, and the Low German Dirk... - A male given name transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms
- A female given name, diminutive of TeresaTeresaTeresa, Theresa, and Therese are feminine given names. The name is thought to be derived from the Greek verb θήρίζεἰν therizein, meaning to harvest....
or any of its alternative forms
People surnamed Terry
- Adam TerryAdam TerryAdam Terry is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
, American football player - Alfred TerryAlfred TerryAlfred Howe Terry was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886.-Early life and career:...
, American Civil War Union general - Benjamin Franklin Terry, organizer of the American Civil War unit Terry's Texas RangersTerry's Texas RangersThe 8th Texas Cavalry, , popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a group of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861...
- Bill TerryBill TerryWilliam Harold Terry was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. In 1999, he ranked number 59 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee...
, American major league baseball player - Charles L. Terry, Jr.Charles L. Terry, Jr.Charles Layman "Charlie" Terry, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court and as Governor of Delaware.-Early life and family:Terry was born at Camden, Delaware,...
(1900–1970), American judge and politician, Governor of Delaware - Charles Sanford Terry (historian)Charles Sanford Terry (historian)Charles Sanford Terry was an English historian and musicologist who published extensively on Scottish and European history as well as the life and works of J. S. Bach.-Career:...
(1864–1936), English historian and musicologist - Charles Sanford Terry (translator), American translator of Japanese literature
- Clark TerryClark TerryClark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
, jazz fluegelhorn/trumpet player and music educator - Edward O'Connor TerryEdward O'Connor TerryEdward O'Connor Terry , English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era.-Life and career:...
, 19th century English actor and theatre owner - Edward Richard "Ted" TerryTed TerryEdward Richard "Ted" Terry was an outstanding all-round Tasmanian schoolboy athlete.He was an accomplished professional sprinter, and he also played Australian rules football in Tasmania before moving to the mainland and playing with St Kilda in the VFL, and with Prahran in the Victorian Football...
(1904-1967), Tasmanian professional sprinter and Australian rules footballer - Dame Ellen TerryEllen TerryDame Ellen Terry, GBE was an English stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain. Among the members of her famous family is her great nephew, John Gielgud....
(1847–1928), English actress - Helen TerryHelen TerryHelen Terry is a British singer, known for her backing vocal work with Culture Club. As a solo performer, she scored a Top 40 hit single in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost", and released one album in 1986, Blue Notes....
, backing vocals singer with British pop group Culture Club - Jason TerryJason TerryJason Eugene Terry is an American professional basketball player playing with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. He plays shooting guard, although he also can play point guard. His nickname, "JET," derives from his initials...
, American basketball player - Jo Ann TerryJo Ann TerryJo Ann Terry-Grissom is a retired female hurdler from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960. Affiliated with the Tennessee State University she won the 80m hurdles event at the 1963 Pan American Games.-References:*...
, American hurdler - John TerryJohn TerryJohn George Terry is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League...
(born 1980), English football player - Joseph TerryJoseph TerrySir Joseph Terry was an English industrialist.Terry was born in York, England, and educated at St Peter's School, York. In 1854, he took over his father’s confectionery business, together with his two younger brothers....
, partner in Terry's chocolate makers (1767–2006) - Luther Leonidas TerryLuther Leonidas TerryLuther Terry was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the ninth Surgeon General of the United States from 1961 to 1965, and is best known for his warnings against the dangers of and the impact of tobacco use on health.-Early years:Luther Leonidas Terry was born in Red...
(1911–1985), US Surgeon General (1961–65) - Michael TerryMichael TerryMichael Terry, FRGS, FRGSA was an Australian explorer, surveyor, prospector and writer.He was born at Gateshead, County Durham, England. During the First World War he served with No. 2 Squadron of the RNAS Armoured Cars in Russia against the Bolsheviks, by whom he was captured at Kursk though...
(1899–1981), Australian explorer and writer - Nigel TerryNigel TerryNigel Terry is an English stage and film actor probably best known by film audiences for his portrayal of King Arthur in John Boorman's Excalibur . However, he has had a long career in classical theatre....
(b.1945), English actor - Olufemi TerryOlufemi TerryOlufemi Terry is a Sierra Leone-born writer. He won the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing for his second short story "Stickfighting Days," which was originally published in Vol. 12/13. The judges said he was "a talent with an enormous future"...
, Sierra Leonean writer - Pat TerryPat TerryPatrick Alfred "Pat" Terry was an English professional football player. His clubs included Charlton Athletic, Newport County, Swansea City, Gillingham, Northampton Town, Millwall, Reading, Swindon Town and Brentford....
, English footballer. - Paul Terry (footballer)Paul Terry (footballer)Paul Laurence Terry is an English footballer who plays for Conference South club Thurrock as a midfielder. He made 206 appearances in the Football League for Yeovil Town and Leyton Orient between 2003 and 2009.-Club career:...
, English footballer and brother of John - Paul Terry (cartoonist)Paul Terry (cartoonist)Paul Houlton Terry was an American cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and one of the most prolific film producers in history...
, U.S. cartoonist and animator, and creator of Terrytoons - Peter TerryPeter TerryAir Chief Marshal Sir Peter David George Terry GCB is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander.-Royal Air Force career:...
, British air marshal - Ralph TerryRalph TerryRalph Willard Terry is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Kansas City Athletics , Cleveland Indians and New York Mets...
, American major league baseball pitcher - Rob TerryRob TerryRobert "Rob" Terry is a Welsh professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Before signing with TNA, he was under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and competed in the company's developmental territory, Florida Championship...
, American professional wrestler - Samuel TerrySamuel TerrySamuel Terry was transported to Australia as a criminal where he became a wealthy landowner, merchant and philanthropist. His extreme wealth made him by far the richest man in the colony and compared with the wealth of the richer in England...
(c. 1776–1838), Australian landowner, merchant and philanthropist. - Simon TerrySimon TerrySimon Duncan Terry is a British archer from Grantham in Lincolnshire.-1992 Summer Olympics:Stirling-born Terry participated at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In both the Individual and Team Events he won a Bronze medal for Great Britain. In the Individual games he was beaten by Sébastien Flute...
, British archer - Tomás TerryTomás TerryTomás Terry y Adán was a Cuban business magnate.Of Venezuelan origin, Terry initially became involved in the slave trade in Cuba, making his first $10,000 by buying sick slaves, nursing them back to health, and then reselling them healthy for a large profit. He bought the Caracas sugar mill for...
(died 1886), Cuban slave trader - Wallace TerryWallace TerryWallace Houston Terry, II was an African American journalist and oral historian, best known for his book about black soldiers in Vietnam, Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War , the first chapter of which served as a basis for the 1995 crime thriller Dead Presidents.Terry had a wide-ranging...
(1938–2003), American journalist and oral historian - Wallace Terry (baseball)Wallace Terry (baseball)Walter W. Terry was a first baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Nationals of the National Association. Batting side and throwing arm are unknown....
(1850–1908), American 19th century baseball player - Walter TerryWalter TerryWalter E. Terry was a Wisconsin Politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1959 to 1965 and later Wisconsin Senate, serving the 27th Senate district of Wisconsin from 1967 to 1969. Terry was a graduate of Baraboo High School and Notre Dame University...
, American politician - William Terry (congressman), American Civil War Confederate general
- William R. TerryWilliam R. TerryWilliam Richard Terry was a businessman, politician, prison superintendent and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, American Civil War Confederate general
Terry as given name
- Terry AlbrittonTerry AlbrittonTerence Hillary Albritton was an American athlete, former Shot put world record holder, and coach. He was born in Newport Beach, California.-Athletic accomplishments:...
, athlete - Terry Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
- Terry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Terry BaddooTerry BaddooTerry Baddoo is a television sports presenter. He is half English and half Ghanaian, and comes from a theatrical family.-Biography:Baddoo was born in London, England, and earned a Bachelors degree in Education from London University...
, CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
journalist - Terry BalsamoTerry BalsamoTerry Balsamo , is an American guitarist. He is the former guitarist of the alternative metal band Cold and the current guitarist of Evanescence.-Early projects and Cold:...
, lead guitarist for rock band Evanescence - Terry ByrneTerry ByrneTerry Byrne is an English businessman, director of various companies connected to football that are active in the United Kingdom and the United States...
, English football manager - Terry Bollea, professional wrestler known as "Hulk Hogan"
- Terry BradshawTerry BradshawTerry Paxton Bradshaw is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League . He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of Fox NFL Sunday...
, former American football quarterback - Terry BrooksTerry BrooksTerence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...
, fantasy author - Terry Brunk, professional wrestler known as "Sabu"
- Terry CaldwellTerry CaldwellTerence "Terry" Caldwell is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a defender for Huddersfield Town, Leeds United, Carlisle United and Barrow.-References:...
, former footballer who once played for Leeds United, Huddersfield Town and Carlisle United - Terry CarpenterTerry CarpenterTerry McGovern Carpenter was a Nebraska politician. Though he changed his party five times, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and later served 22 years in the Nebraska Legislature. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Senate, Governor and Lieutenant...
, 20th Century Nebraska politician - Terry Coldwell, former member of pop group East 17
- Terry Cooper, English footballer formally of Leeds United
- Terry CrewsTerry CrewsTerrence Alan "Terry" Crews is an American actor, comedian, voice artist and a former player in the National Football League....
, American actor and retired football player - Terry EllisTerry EllisTerry Lynn Ellis is an African-American R&B singer best known for her work with the quartet En Vogue.-Biography:...
, music artist - Terry EtimTerry EtimTerence Lee "Terry" Etim is an English mixed martial artist and Thai boxer who trains with Team Kaobon and RFT. He is trained by Colin Heron and Marcelo Brigadeiro...
, English professional mixed martial artist currently signed to the UFC - Terry Farrell (actress)Terry Farrell (actress)Theresa Lee "Terry" Farrell is an American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker.-Early life:...
, American actress - Terry FoxTerry FoxTerrance Stanley "Terry" Fox , was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer research activist. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research...
, athlete and activist - Terry FranconaTerry FranconaTerry Jon Francona , nicknamed "Tito," is a former Major League Baseball manager and a former player. He was a first baseman and outfielder in the majors from 1981 to 1990. After retiring as a player, he managed several minor league teams in the 1990s before managing the Philadelphia Phillies for...
, former Boston Red Sox manager - Terry FunkTerry FunkTerrence "Terry" Funk is an American professional wrestler and actor known chiefly for the hardcore wrestling style he adopted in the latter part of his career that inspired many younger wrestlers, including Mick Foley...
, professional wrestler - Terry GilliamTerry GilliamTerrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
, British-American film director and Monty Python member - Terry GoodkindTerry GoodkindTerry Goodkind is an American writer and author of the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series, and The Omen Machine, which is a direct sequel thereof. Before his success as an author Goodkind worked...
, fantasy author - Terry Johnson (dramatist)Terry Johnson (dramatist)Terry Johnson is a British dramatist and director working for stage, television and film. He is a Literary Associate at the Royal Court Theatre. At The Court he directed Dumb Show by Joe Penhall and opened his play Piano/Forte...
, playwright - Terry JonesTerry JonesTerence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator, and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team....
, British writer, film-maker and Monty Python member - Terry KathTerry KathTerry Alan Kath , born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago...
, guitarist for the band Chicago - Terry KilgoreTerry KilgoreTerry Gene Kilgore is an American politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993. He the 1st district in the far southwestern corner of the state, near Cumberland Gap....
(born 1961), American politician serving in the Virginia House of Delegates - Terry LabonteTerry LabonteTerrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who occasionally drives in the Sprint Cup Series when called upon and is a two-time Winston Cup and IROC champion. He currently drives the #32 U.S. Chrome Ford for FAS Lane Racing. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had...
, semi-retired NASCAR driver - Terry ManningTerry ManningTerry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
, music producer and engineer - Terry McAuliffeTerry McAuliffeTerence Richard "Terry" McAuliffe is a longtime leader and political advisor for the United States Democratic Party. He served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005. He served as Co-Chairman of President William Jefferson Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign and also...
, former chairman Democratic National Committee - Terry Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
- Terry MoranTerry MoranTerry Moran is the co-anchor of Nightline.-Biography:Moran was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Lawrence University in 1982.-Professional career:-Career as Correspondent:...
, ABC-TV correspondent - Terry PilkadarisTerry PilkadarisTerry Peter Pilkadaris is an Australian professional golfer.Pilkadaris was born in Perth, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1998, joining the PGA Tour of Australasia. Since 2002 he has played on the Asian Tour where he has won three tournaments. He was fifth on the Asian Tour Order of...
, Australian golfer - Terry PratchettTerry PratchettSir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
, fantasy author who writes the Discworld series of books - Terry SanfordTerry SanfordJames Terry Sanford was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina , a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator...
, United States politician and educator from North Carolina - Terry SweeneyTerry SweeneyTerry Sweeney is an American writer, comedian and actor.-Saturday Night Live:Sweeney is best known for his appearances as a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live during that program's 1985-86 season....
, actor, writer, and comedian (Saturday Night Live) - Terry Tempest WilliamsTerry Tempest WilliamsTerry Tempest Williams , is an American author, conservationist and activist.Williams’ writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of her native Utah in which she was raised...
, book writer - Terry-ThomasTerry-ThomasThomas Terry Hoar Stevens was a distinctive English comic actor, known as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads and toffs, with the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, smoking jacket, and catch-phrases such as...
, actor - Terry WoganTerry WoganSir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL , or also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career...
, Irish/British broadcaster/TV personality in the United Kingdom - Terry YorathTerry YorathTerence Charles Yorath is a former footballer and has been a manager at both club and international level. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan....
, Welsh footballer formally of Leeds United - Terry ZwigoffTerry ZwigoffTerry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheros, and themes of alienation. His fiction films are the features Ghost World , Bad Santa , and Art School Confidential...
, American documentary and feature film director
Fictional characters
- Terry, Carl Brutananadilewski's cousin from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Terry BogardTerry Bogardis a video game character created by SNK Playmore , and is the main character of the Fatal Fury series. In the series, he is an American fighter who enters the worldwide tournaments called The King of Fighters to kill Geese Howard, a criminal who killed Terry's father. Terry becomes a formidable...
, from the SNK video games - Terry Boot, minor character from the Harry Potter series of novels, by J. K. Rowling
- Terry Collier, fictional character in The Likely Lads sitcoms and film
- Terry Kimple, character in the TV series The Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland ShowThe Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States...
- Terry McCann, fictional character in the TV series MinderMinder (TV series)Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
played by Dennis Waterman - Terry Chaney, a main female character in Final DestinationFinal DestinationFinal Destination is a 2000 supernatural slasher film written and directed by James Wong. The film was co-written by Glen Morgan and Jeffrey Reddick, both of them having previously worked with Wong in the TV series The X-Files. The film stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith and Tony Todd...
, who is hit by bus. - Terry McGinnisTerry McGinnisBatman is a fictional superhero in comics published by DC Comics as well as the main protagonist of the animated television series Batman Beyond , in which he has succeeded Bruce Wayne as the protector of Gotham City. He was voiced by Will Friedle...
, the main character and the new batman in Batman BeyondBatman BeyondBatman Beyond is an American animated television series created by Warner Bros. Animation in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy...
.
See also
- Terrifield (the Squirrel Scout), a character from Camp Lazlo