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This page is about the given name and its derivatives. For the acronym, see TED (disambiguation).

Ted may refer to:

Names

A shortened form of the following:

• Edmund
• Edward
• Thaddeus
• Theodore (given name)

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Ted, the Generic Guy, in comic strip Dilbert
• Ted and Ralph sketches from the British TV series The Fast Show
• Ted Buckland, from the American TV series Scrubs
• Father Ted Crilly, from the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted
• Ted Grant, in the comic series DC Comics
• Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle from DC Comics
• Ted Lasso, title character from the eponymous television series
• Ted Mosby, from the American TV series How I Met Your Mother
• Ted Schmidt, from the North American TV series Queer as Folk

Films

• Ted (film), a 2012 American comedy directed by Seth MacFarlane and starring MacFarlane alongside Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis
  • Ted 2, the 2015 sequel to the 2012 film, directed by MacFarlane and starring MacFarlane, Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried

Music

• Ted (album), by Swede Ted Gärdestad
• "Ted", from the 1980 album Virgin Ground by Redgum
• "Ted", from the 2006 album Body Riddle by electronic

Television

• "Ted" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode)
• Ted (TV series), a prequel spinoff of the Seth MacFarlane film series

People

Media

• Ted Allen (born 1965), American writer
• Ted Bassett (businessman) (1921–2025), American executive
• Ted Cassidy (1932–1979), American actor
• Ted Childs (born 1934), British television producer, screenwriter and director
• Ted Cole (born 1971), Canadian voice actor
• Ted Danson (born 1947), American actor
• Ted Donaldson (1933–2023), American actor
• Ted Failon (born 1962), Filipino broadcast journalist
• Ted Healy (1896–1937), American comedian and actor
• Ted Hughes (1930-1998), English Poet Laureate
• Ted Hui (born 1982), Hong Kong politician
• Ted Jackson (born 1955), photographer
• Ted Key (1912–2008), American cartoonist and writer
• Ted King (actor) (born 1965), American actor
• Ted Knight (1923–1986), American actor
• Ted Koppel (born 1940), American broadcast journalist
• Ted Lange (born 1948), American actor, director and screenwriter
• Ted Lowe (1920–2011), English snooker commentator
• Ted Mack (radio-TV host) (1904–1976), US
• Ted McGinley (born 1958), American actor
• Ted Moore (1914–1987), British cinematographer
• Ted Osborne (1900 or 1901–1968), comic artist
• Ted Turner (1938–2026), American businessman
• Ted Shackelford (born 1946), American actor
• Ted Wilson, cast member of You Can't Do That On Television

Music

• Ted Gärdestad (1956–1997), Swedish singer-songwriter
• Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902–1969), English bandleader
• Ted Herold (1942–2021), German singer
• Ted Key (musician) (born 1960), English bass guitarist
• Ted Nichols (1928–2026), American composer, conductor, arranger, educator, and minister of music
• Ted Nugent (born 1948), American guitarist
• Ted Sablay (born 1976), guitarist
• Bruce Slesinger (known simply as Ted), Dead Kennedys drummer

Politics

• Ted Budd (born 1971), American politician
• Ted Carpenter (politician) (1951–2020), American politician from Arizona
• Ted Cruz (born 1970), U.S. Senator
• Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), U.S. Senator
• Ted Knight (politician) (1933–2020), English Labour Party politician
• Ted Lieu (born 1969), U.S. Representative
• Ted Olson (born 1940), former U.S. Solicitor General
• Ted Sorensen (1928–2010), speechwriter
• Ted Stevens (1923–2010), U.S. Senator
• Ted Strickland (born 1941), U.S. politician
• Ted Wilson (mayor) (1939–2024), mayor of Salt Lake City

Sports

• Ted Allen (wrestler) (1955–2010), American professional wrestler
• Ted Arcidi (born 1958/1959), American former professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
• Ted Arison (1924–1999), Israeli businessman
• Ted Atkinson (1916–2005), Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey
• Ted Atkinson (footballer) (1920–2016), Australian rules footballer
• Ted Bachman (born 1951–2023), American football player
• Ted Baker (footballer) (1901–1986), Aussie rules footballer
• Ted Baker (publican) (1872–1936), South Australian sportsman
• Ted Beresford (1910–1990), British professional wrestler and promoter
• Ted Brithen (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
• Ted Christopher (1958–2017), American racing driver
• Ted Dailey (1908–1992), American football player
• Ted Dexter (1935–2021), English cricketer
• Ted DiBiase (born 1954), American retired professional wrestler
• Ted DiBiase Jr. (born 1982), American businessman, actor, and former professional wrestler
• Ted Gerela (1944–2020), Canadian football player
• Ted Ginn Jr. (born 1985), former American football player
• Ted Ginn Sr. (born 1955), American football coach and father of Ted Ginn Jr.
• Ted Glossop (1934–1998), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• Ted Goodwin (born 1951), Australian rugby league footballer
• Ted Green (1940–2019), Canadian professional ice hockey
• Ted Greene (American football) (1932–1982), American football player
• Ted Hampson (born 1936), Canadian former ice hockey player
• Ted Hampson (sprinter) (1910–1990), Australian athlete
• Ted Hankey (born 1968), English professional darts player
• Ted Harris (ice hockey) (born 1936), Canadian former professional ice hockey player
• Ted Hood (1927–2013), American yachtsman and naval architect
• Ted Hurst (born 2004), American football player
• Ted Irvine (born 1944), Canadian former professional NHL hockey player and father of American professional wrestler Chris Jericho
• Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) (1925–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ted King (cyclist) (born 1983), American cyclist
• Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff; 1893–1970), English boxer
• Ted Lindsay (1925–2019), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ted Marchibroda (1931–2016), American football player
• Ted Milian (born 1954), Canadian football player
• Ted Nolan (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
• Ted Oats, American professional wrestler
• Ted Ryan (rower) (born 1957), Irish rower
• Ted Simmons (born 1949), American baseball player
• Ted Tully (1930–2003), Canadian linebacker
• Ted Vincent (born 1956), American football player
• Ted Whitten (1933–1995), Australian football player
• Ted Williams (1918–2002), American baseball player
• Ted Wilson (American football) (born 1964), former American football wide receiver
• Ted Wilson (footballer) (1855–1???), footballer who played for Stoke

Other

• E. E. Fresson (Ernest Edmund "Ted" Fresson, 1891–1963), British engineer and aviation pioneer
• Edmund "Ted" Snow Carpenter (1922–2011), American anthropologist
• Edmund "Ted" Happold (1930–1996), British engineer and founder of Buro Happold
• Ted Baker (chemist) (born 1942), New Zealand scientist
• Ted de Boer (born 1943), Dutch law scholar
• Ted Brown (activist) (born 1950), British gay rights activist
• Ted Bundy (1946–1989), American 1970s serial killer
• Ted J. Case (1947–2015), American ecologist
• Ted Hughes (judge) (1927–2020), Canadian judge
• Ted Kaczynski ("The Unabomber"; 1942–2023), American terrorist
• Ted Maher (born 1958), American Green Beret turned registered nurse
• Ted Jeffrey Otsuki (born 1951), American fugitive
• Ted Price (died 2004), American murder victim
• Ted Thomas (judge) (Edmund Walter Thomas, born 1934), former acting judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
• Ted N. C. Wilson (born 1950), American president of the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church

Other uses

• Ted (airline), United Airlines brand
• Ted (dog), known for appearances on Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
• Ted (word processor)
• Ted, a 2009 novel by Tony DiTerlizzi

See also

• All pages with titles containing Ted
• TED (disambiguation)
• Tedd (given name)
• Teddy (disambiguation)
• Teddy Boy, a youth sub-culture of the 1950s
• Tedi (disambiguation)
• Teds (disambiguation)