Terence Alphonso Todman (March 13, 1926 – August 13, 2014) was an American diplomat who served as the U.S.

Ambassador to Chad, Guinea, Costa Rica, Spain, Denmark, and Argentina.

Todman graduated from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico summa cum laude.

[5] His appointment as ambassador to Costa Rica in 1974 represented the first African American to be given the title in a Spanish-speaking country.

[3] On August 13, 2014, Todman died at the age of 88, at the Roy L. Schneider Hospital in Saint Thomas.