Ted

Ted may refer to:

NamesEdit

A shortened form of the following:

Notable fictional characters known by the nickname “Ted” include:

Ted, the Generic Guy, character from the comic strip Dilbert
Ted, gamekeeper of Lord Ralph Mayhew in the "Ted & Ralph" sketches from the UK television comedy series The Fast Show
Ted, the eponymous character from Tony DiTerlizzi's book Ted (2001)
Ted Buckland, character from the U.S. television series Scrubs
Father Ted Crilly, character from the UK television sitcom Father Ted
Theodore Margaret "Ted" Crisp (known as Ted Crisp), title character from the U.S. television series Better Off Ted
Ted Lawson, fictional character on the 1980s syndicated sitcom Small Wonder
Ted "Theodore" Logan, one of the main characters from the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Ted Mosby, from the U.S. television series How I Met Your Mother
Theodore Schmidt (known as Ted Schmidt), character from the North American TV series Queer as Folk
Theodore Sprague (known as Ted Sprague), character from the U.S. television series Heroes
Ted Talbot, Sr., a fictional character in the TV series Rectify
Ted Shackleford, also known as "The Man With the Yellow Hat", a character from the movie and TV series Curious George

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 Ted (2012), directed by MacFarlane and starring MacFarlane, Wahlberg and Amanda Seyfried

Ted Bundy (film), a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Matthew Bright and starring Michael Reilly Burke and Boti Bliss

People known as "Ted" include:

Ted Allen (born 1965), American writer, cookbook author, and television personality
Ted Danson (born 1947), American actor
Ted Failon (born 1962), Filipino broadcast journalist
Ted Healy (1896-1937), American comedian and actor, organized the Three Stooges
Ted Jackson (born 1955), prize-winning photographer
Ted Knight (1923–1986), American actor
Ted Koppel (born 1940), American broadcast journalist
Ted Mack (radio-TV host) (1904-1976) American radio and TV host of The Original Amateur Hour
Ted Turner (born 1938), American media proprietor and philanthropist

Ted Gärdestad (1956–1997), Swedish singer-songwriter
Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902–69), English bandleader
Ted Nugent (born 1948), American hard rock guitarist and vocalist
Ted Sablay (born 1976), guitarist, keyboardist, and touring musician for The Killers
Bruce Slesinger (known simply as Ted), second drummer for the Dead Kennedys

Ted Cruz U.S. Senator from Texas, ran for president 2016
Sir Edward Heath (known as Ted Heath) (1916–2005), British Prime Minister 1970-74
Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Ted Olson (born 1940), former U.S. Solicitor General
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States 1901–1909
Ted Sorensen (1928–2010), speechwriter and adviser to John F. Kennedy
Ted Stevens (1923–2010), U.S. Senator from Alaska, longest-serving Republican in the Senate
Ted Strickland (born 1941), American politician (former governor of Ohio)

Ted Bachman (born 1952), American football player
Ted Brithen (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
Ted Dailey (1908–1992), American football player
Ted Greene (American football), American football player
Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) (1925–2009), Canadian ice hockey player
Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff; 1893–1970), English world champion Hall of Fame welterweight boxer
Ted Milian (born 1954), Canadian football player
Ted Nolan (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
Ted Vincent (born 1956), American football player
Ted Williams (1918–2002), American baseball hall-of-famer

Ted de Boer (born 1943), Dutch law scholar
Ted Bundy (1946–89), serial killer active in the 1970s
Ted Kaczynski (known as "The Unabomber") (born 1942), American mathematician and social critic who carried out a campaign of bombings and mail bombings

Ted (airline), airline brand United Airlines operated in the US
TED (conference), set of "Technology, Entertainment and Design" conferences that defines its mission as "ideas worth spreading"
Ted (word processor), free software word processor for the X Window System environment
Ted, the crash test dummy on the show MythBusters
Television Electronic Disc (abbreviated as TeD), unsuccessful videodisc format developed by Telefunken in 1975