Ted

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Ted may refer to:

Names

A shortened form of the following:

Edmund
Edward
Thaddeus
Theodore (given name)

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Ted, a living teddy bear in the films Ted and Ted 2, and the television series Ted
Ted, a homeless war veteran in the comic book series Kingsman: The Red Diamond
Ted Bartelo, a character in the American sitcom television series Kate & Allie
Ted Bufman, a character in the 1971 American comedy-drama B.S. I Love You
Ted, the Generic Guy, in comic strip Dilbert
Ted and Ralph sketches from the UK TV series The Fast Show
Ted "Theodore" Logan, a character in the Bill & Ted film series
Ted Buckland, from the U.S. TV series Scrubs
Father Ted Crilly, from the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted
Ted Crisp, in U.S. TV series Better Off Ted
Ted Denslow, a character in 1998 the American sports comedy movie BASEketball
Ted Franklin, in TV sitcom iCarly
Ted Glen, a character in the Postman Pat series
Ted Henderson, a character in the film and TV series Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle from DC Comics
Ted Lawson, in sitcom Small Wonder (TV series)
Ted Lasso, title character from the eponymous television series
Ted Mosby, from the U.S. TV series How I Met Your Mother
Ted Ramsey, a character in the American television sitcom Diff'rent Strokes
Ted Salter, a character in the 1937 British musical movie Song of the Forge
Theodore Schmidt, from the North American TV series Queer as Folk
Ted Shackleford, in the movie and TV series Curious George
Theodore Sprague, from the U.S. TV series Heroes
Ted Stoody, a character in the American sitcom television series George and Leo
Ted Stroehmann, a character played by Ben Stiller in the 1998 movie There's Something About Mary
Ted Talbot Sr., in the TV series Rectify
Theodore Wong, a character from the American web series Video Game High School

Films

Ted (film), a 2012 American comedy film 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 Childs (born 1934), British television producer, screenwriter and director
Ted Danson (born 1947), 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 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 Mack (radio-TV host) (1904–1976), US
Ted McGinley (born 1958), American actor
Ted Moore (1914–1987), British cinematographer
Ted Turner (born 1938), American businessman
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 (born 1928), 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 Cruz (born 1970), U.S. Senator
Sir Edward Heath (known as Ted Heath) (1916–2005), British Prime Minister 1970–1974
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), U.S. Senator
Ted Lieu (born 1969), U.S. Representative
Ted Olson (born 1940), former U.S. Solicitor General
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th US President 1901–1909
Ted Sorensen (1928–2010), speechwriter
Ted Stevens (1923–2010), U.S. Senator
Ted Strickland (born 1941), U.S. politician
Ted Wilson (mayor) (born 1939), mayor of Salt Lake City

Sports

Ted Arcidi (born 1958/1959), American former professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
Ted Atkinson (1916–2005), Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey
Ted Bachman (born 1952), American football player
Ted Brithen (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
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 Glossop (1934–1998), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Ted Greene (American football) (1932–1982), American football player
Ted Irvine (born 1944), Canadian former professional NHL hockey player
Tim Kennedy (fighter) (born 1979), American retired mixed martial artist
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 Simmons (born 1949), American baseball player
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 de Boer (born 1943), Dutch law scholar
Ted Bundy (1946–1989), American 1970s serial killer
Ted Kaczynski ("The Unabomber"; 1942–2023), US terrorist
Ted Maher (born 1958), American Green Beret turned registered nurse
Ted Jeffrey Otsuki, American fugitive
Ted Thomas (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