Terran or Terrans may also refer to:

Fictional entities

In science fiction, Terran can be used to refer to

humans Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing ...

, in reference to Terra, the Latin name for planet

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

. Examples include:

Literature

* Terran Federation from ''

Starship Troopers ''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of ...

'' *

Terran Trade Authority Stewart Cowley (born 1947) (also Steven Caldwell, Hubert Venables) is a British writer and artist, best known for his works in the "Terran Trade Authority" universe. Terran Trade Authority The original four books are: * ''Spacecraft 2000-2100 ...

universe of Stewart Cowley * Terran Empire in the books of Poul Anderson

Television

* Terran Federation (Blake's 7) * Terran Empire in the

Mirror Universe The Mirror Universe is the setting of several narratives in the ''Star Trek'' science fiction franchise, a parallel universe existing alongside, but separate from, the fictional universe that is the main setting of ''Star Trek''. It resembles th ...

of ''Star Trek'' * Terran Spacers in the Toward Stars Universe of ''Outlaw Star'' * Terrans meaning Earthlings in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Gaming

* Terran Empire, in ''

Star Hero ''Star Hero'' is a science fiction role-playing game published by Hero Games and Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in 1989. The game uses the Hero System rules also used in other Hero Games publications such as ''Champions'' and ''Danger Internationa ...

'' * Terran, in ''StarCraft'' * Terran Federation (''Starfire'') * Terran Republic, in ''PlanetSide'' * Terrans, in '' Star Command: Revolution'' * Terran Confederation (''Wing Commander'') * ''Terrans'', in the X video game series * ''Terrans'', referencing human species by the martian hero Juno in

Overwatch 2 ''Overwatch 2'' is a 2023 first-person shooter video game by Blizzard Entertainment. As a sequel and replacement to the 2016 hero shooter ''Overwatch'', the game included new gamemodes and a reduction in team size from six to five. The game is ...

People

* Jennifer Terran (fl. from 1997), American singer-songwriter and pianist *

Tony Terran Anthony Terran (May 30, 1926 – March 20, 2017) was an American trumpet player and session musician. He was part of the Wrecking Crew, a group of largely uncredited session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who helped famous artists record ...

(1926–2017), American trumpet player and musician *

Terran Campbell Terran Campbell (born October 10, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC. Early life Campbell began playing soccer at age five with South Burnaby Metro Club. In 2010, he joined the B ...

(born 1998), Canadian soccer player *

Terran Petteway Terran Petteway (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Darkhan United of The League (Mongolia), The League. He played college basketball for Texas Tech University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Univers ...

(born 1992), American basketball player in the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

Terran Sandwith Terran Sandwith (born April 17, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1997–98 season. Bio Sandwith was born in Edmonton, Al ...

(born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player

Other

Terran (grape) Mondeuse noire () is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Savoy region of eastern France. The grape can also be found in Argentina, Australia, California, Switzerland and Sicily. Plantings of Mondeuse noire was hit ha ...

, alternative name for Mondeuse Noire * Terran, the name of space launch vehicles by