Ted (disambiguation)
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Ted may refer to:
Names
A shortened form of the following:
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
Other uses
- Ted (airline), United Airlines brand
- Ted (word processor)
- Ted, a crash test dummy on the show MythBusters
- Ted, a 2009 novel by Tony DiTerlizzi