Tad (given name)

Tad is a male given name or shortened version of Tadhg, Thaddeus, Thomas or other names. It may refer to:

People

 * Tad Boyle (born 1963), University of Colorado men's basketball head coach and former player
 * Tad Crawford (born 1984), Canadian Football League player
 * Tad Devine (born 1955), American political consultant
 * Tad Dorgan (1877–1929), American cartoonist
 * Edward T. Foote II (1937–2016), fourth president of the University of Miami
 * Tad Friend (born 1962), American journalist
 * Tad Gormley (1884–1965), Louisiana State University men's basketball head coach and trainer
 * Tad Hilgenbrink (born 1981), American actor
 * Tad Jones (politician) (born 1972), American politician
 * Tad Kornegay (born 1982), collegiate football and Canadian Football League player
 * Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), youngest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
 * Tad J. Oelstrom (born 1943), retired US Air Force lieutenant general
 * Tad Mosel (1922–2008), American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and dramatist
 * Tad Richards (born 1940), American writer and visual artist
 * Tad Robinson, (born 1956), American soul blues singer
 * Tad Schmaltz (born 1960), professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan
 * Tad Stones (born c. 1952), American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company
 * Tad Wieman (1896–1971), American collegiate football player, coach and athletic director

Fictional characters

 * Thaddeus "Tad" Martin, on the American soap opera All My Children
 * Wayne Terrence "Tad" Reeves, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
 * General Thaddeus Ross, from Marvel Comics, enemy of the Hulk
 * Tad Hamilton, in the movie Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
 * Tad Spencer, a wealthy resident of Bullworth and member of the Prep clique from Bully (video game)
 * Tad, a longnose butterflyfish in the Finding Nemo franchise
 * Tad Ghostal, the real name of Space Ghost in Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
 * Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture from the American animated television series The Venture Bros.
 * Tad Strange, most average citizen in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon
 * Tad Cooper, Dragon from the tv show Galavant