Terpstra Family Crest, Coat of Arms

Contemporary Notables of the name Terpstra (post 1700) +

Vern Terpstra (1927-2013), American business theorist, Professor Emeritus of international business at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Mike Terpstra (b. 1963), American assistant NBA coach for the Washington Wizards
A. R. Terpstra, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1952
Niki Terpstra (b. 1984), Dutch three-time gold medalist cyclist
Mike Terpstra (b. 1987), Dutch cyclist, brother of Niki Terpstra
Erica Terpstra (b. 1943), Dutch politician, Undersecretary for Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands (1994-1998)
Anne Terpstra (b. 1991), Dutch Olympic cross-country cyclist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
John Terpstra, Canadian poet, awarded the Bressani Prize in 1988 and was a poetry finalist, Governor General's Awards in 2004

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)