Speed (name)

Speed, as a name, may refer to:

Surname

 * Ameer Speed (born 1999), American football player
 * Benjamin Speed, Australian film composer and musician
 * Carol Speed (1945–2022), American author, singer, and actress
 * Chris Speed (born 1967), American jazz musician
 * Doris Speed (1899–1994), English actress
 * E. J. Speed (born 1996), American football player
 * Gary Speed (1969–2011), Welsh football player and manager
 * Harold Speed (1872–1957), English artist
 * Horace Speed (1852–1925), Oklahoma Territory's first US Attorney
 * Horace Speed (baseball) (born 1951), American baseball player
 * James Speed (1812–1887), Kentucky legislator and Attorney General of the United States
 * James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), Louisville businessman and philanthropist
 * James Davis Speed (1915–2006), American politician
 * James S. Speed (1811–1860), ninth mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
 * John Speed (1542–1629), English cartographer
 * John Speed (Kentucky) (1772–1840), American judge and farmer
 * Joshua Fry Speed (1814–1882), American businessman and intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln
 * Keith Speed (1934–2018), English politician
 * Kuini Speed (1949–2004), Fijian chief and politician
 * Lake Speed (born 1948), American stock car driver
 * Lancelot Speed (1860–1931), British book illustrator
 * Lucy Speed (born 1976), English actress
 * Malcolm Speed (born 1948), Australian businessman and sports administrator
 * Ronski Speed (born 1975), German music producer and DJ
 * Scott Speed (born 1983), American race car driver

Given name

 * Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), American lawyer and judge

Nickname

 * Charles W. "Speed" Holman (1898–1931), American aviator, barnstormer, wing walker and parachutist
 * Timothy "Speed" Levitch (born 1970), American actor, author, and tour guide
 * Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel (1894–1988), American chemist
 * Pepe Smith (1947–2019), Pinoy rock singer and drummer, member of the trio Speed, Glue & Shinki
 * Art Spector (1920–1987), American basketball player
 * Björn Strid (born 1978), Swedish heavy metal singer
 * Irving Speed Vogel (1918–2008), American sculptor, painter, and writer
 * William Speed Weed, American television writer and producer
 * William H. "Speed" Gardner (1895–1972), American auto racer
 * Darren Watkins Jr. (born 2005), American YouTuber, streamer and internet personality known as IShowSpeed

Fictional characters

 * Blazey H. Speed, a character in Ninjago
 * Speed (character), member of the Young Avengers in the Marvel Universe
 * Speed Racer (character), title character of Speed Racer, a manga and anime series
 * Speed Saunders, DC Comics character
 * Speedy Buggy, title character of Speed Buggy, a Hanna-Barbera television series
 * Tony "Speed" Malatesta, one of the title characters of Mother, Jugs & Speed, a 1976 film
 * Speed, one of the characters in The Odd Couple, a 1965 play, and its adaptations