In the experimental post 1960s eras, which saw the development of free jazz and jazz-rock fusion, some of the influential bassists included Charles Mingus ( 1922 – 1979 ), who was also a composer and bandleader whose music fused hard bop with black gospel music, free jazz and classical music ; free jazz and post-bop bassist Charlie Haden ( born 1937 ) is best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman and for his role in the 1970s-era Liberation Music Orchestra, an experimental group ; Eddie Gomez and George Mraz, who played with Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson, respectively, and are both acknowledged to have furthered expectations of pizzicato fluency and melodic phrasing, fusion virtuoso Stanley Clarke ( born 1951 ) is notable for his dexterity on both the upright bass and the electric bass, and Terry Plumeri, noted for his horn-like arco fluency and vocal tone.

* Terry Moor ( born 1952 ), American tennis player

* Terry L. Punt ( born 1949 ), Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

Terrence Vance " Terry " Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940 ) is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

He was first married to Maxine Caroll Lawrence in 1956 at age 18, with whom he had four children: Terry Vance Jennings ( born January 21, 1957 ), Julie Rae Jennings ( born August 12, 1958 ), Buddy Dean Jennings ( born March 21, 1960 ), and Deana Jennings.

* Terry Wiles, born with phocomelia of both arms and legs, has become known internationally through the television drama On Giant's Shoulders and the best-selling book of the same name

* Batman Beyond ( 1999 ): Terry McGinnis to be born on August 18.

Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Rolland " Rolly " Fox and Betty Fox.

Terry Stephen Puhl ( born July 8, 1956 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada ) is a former professional baseball outfielder.

Terry Scott Taylor ( born May 24, 1950 ) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Camarillo Eddy ).

* Artist Paul Kidby, known for his association with author Terry Pratchett's Discworld, was born in Northolt

Terry Edward Branstad ( born November 17, 1946 ) is an American politician who is the 42nd and current governor of Iowa since January 2011.

* Terry Everett ( born 1937 ), American politician

* Terry Moore, born in Vernon, major league baseball player

* Terry Riley ( born 1935 )), renowned minimalist composer

The 1920s bandleader and bassist Thelma Terry was born in Bangor.

* Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python fame and his family moved here soon after Gilliam was born in Minneapolis in 1940.

* Terry Deitz ( born 1959 ), third-place finisher on Survivor: Panama.

* Terry Hanratty, an All-American quarterback from Notre Dame who won the National Championship in 1966 and went on to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1970s as a back-up, was born in Butler, PA in 1948.

Former professional baseball player, Terry Mulholland was born and raised in the Hopwood area.

* Terry Mulholland, former Major League Baseball Player, was born and raised in Uniontown.

* Clark Terry ( born 1920 ), jazz trumpeter.

* Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root ( Editors, 2001 ), Wildlife Responses to Climate Change: North American Case Studies, Island Press ; December 2001.

* December 22 – Alice Terry, American actress ( b. 1899 )

* March 16 – Associated Press reporter Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut ( he is released on December 4, 1991 ).

In December 2006, he starred in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather on Sky1 as Albert.

On November 2, 1956, he married actress Neile Adams, by whom he had a daughter, Terry Leslie ( June 5, 1959-March 19, 1998 ), and a son, Chad ( born December 28, 1960 ).

In December 1991 at Palais Omnisports, Bercy, France, Castro lost to Terry Norris by a wide unanimous decision in a challenge for the WBC super welterweight title.

* December 23-In the first Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game in 25 years ( and the franchises first playoff win ), rookie Franco Harris salvages and converts into a touchdown a final seconds Terry Bradshaw incomplete pass in what has been called the greatest play in NFL history -- The Immaculate Reception -- to beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7.

In December 2006, he starred in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather on Sky1 as Lord Downey.

The first Terry and the Pirates Sunday strip | Sunday page was launched on December 9, 1934.

Seeking creative control of his own work, Caniff left the strip in 1946, his last Terry strip being published on December 29.

* Lunsford, Terry F. The " Free Speech " Crises at Berkeley, 1964-1965: Some Issues for Social and Legal Research, A Report form the Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, December 1965.

In December 1990, U. S. District judge Terry Hatter, Jr. dismissed Ashton-Tate's lawsuit and invalidated Ashton-Tate's copyrights for not disclosing that dBase had been based, in part, on the public domain JPLDIS.

In December 1991, a group of these illustrators approached Marvel president Terry Stewart and demanded that the company give them ownership and creative control over their work.

In December 2006 he appeared as the crazed assassin Mr. Teatime in Sky1's adaptation of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.

James Terry Conway ( born December 26, 1947 ) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star General who was the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps.

On December 23, 1998, CEO Terry Thoren concluded an eleven-month negotiation with Mercedes-Benz and moved the company into the state of the art studio in the heart of Los Angeles.

In December 2006 Terry Cline was appointed as SAMHSA's Director.

Terry Wallace ( born 13 December 1958 ) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.

Alfred Howe Terry ( November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890 ) 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.

Terry became a strong opponent of the Ku Klux Klan after being assigned as the last military governor of the Third Military District, based in Atlanta, where he served beginning on December 22, 1869.

On the day that the PFA was formed in 1907 – 2 December – there was a match between an England Legends XI – captained by Alan Shearer and managed by Terry Venables – and a World Legends XI – captained by Gianfranco Zola and managed by Jürgen Klinsmann – culminating in a gala dinner in the evening involving a host of top entertainers.

Terence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, ( born December 29, 1935 ) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

In December 2003 Terry Anderson announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket to represent the 20th District in the Ohio Senate.

Depicting teenager Terry McGinnis as a new Batman in a futuristic Gotham City under the tutelage of an elderly Bruce Wayne, the series began airing on January 10, 1999, and ended its run on December 18, 2001.