Ted

Ted may refer to:

Names
A shortened form of the following:
 * Edmund
 * Edward
 * Thaddeus
 * Theodore (given name)

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

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 Brown (born 1950), British gay rights activist
 * 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