# Todd (surname)

Todd is a surname meaning "fox" (from Old English todde). It is an English (mainly northern) and Scottish surname, but probably originated in Scotland for someone thought to resemble a fox in personality (in cunning or slyness) or perhaps more obviously in having red hair. This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland. It may refer to:

## People

* Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904), American author and educator
* Albert E. Todd, Canadian mayor
* Albert M. Todd, US Representative from Michigan
* Alexander Todd (rugby player), English and British Isles rugby union international
* Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Nobel laureate in chemistry
* Alison Todd, Australian scientist
* Alpheus Todd (1821–1884), English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian
* Andrew Todd (New Zealand), New Zealand businessman.
* Andy Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ann Todd (1907–1993), British actress
* Armstrong Todd, MD (1826–1873), nineteenth century English surgeon
* Barbara Euphan Todd, English writer
* Beth Todd, American engineer
* Beverly Todd, American actress
* Bill Todd, NASA program manager and aquanaut
* Bob Todd, British actor
* Bob Todd (baseball), American college baseball coach
* Brendon Todd, American professional golfer
* Brent Todd, New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Bryan Todd (disambiguation), several people
* Caroline and Charles Todd, American mystery novelists
* Charles Todd (astronomer), Australian astronomer
* Charles Todd (industrialist), New Zealand businessman
* Charles Burr Todd, American historian
* Charles Lafayette Todd, American folklorist
* Charles Hawkes Todd, MD (1784–1826), Irish physician and president of the Royal College of Surgeons
* Chris Todd, English footballer
* Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
* Chuck Todd, American television host
* Colin Todd, English football player and manager
* David Todd (architect), American architect
* David Peck Todd, American astronomer
* Deborah Todd, American game designer, writer, and producer
* Dolley Payne Todd, birthname of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison
* Donna Todd, Daughter of Yoda Wilson
* Emmanuel Todd, French sociologist
* Esther Cox Todd (1895-1971) American composer, music educator and organist
* Frederick Todd, landscape architect
* Garfield Todd, South Rhodesian politician
* Geoff Todd, Australian artist
* Hallie Todd, American actress
* H. E. Todd (Herbert Eatton Todd, 1908–1988), English children's writer
* Helen M. Todd (1870–1953), American suffragist and activist
* Henry Todd (priest) (1763–1845), English clergyman
* Henry Alfred Todd (1854–1925), American scholar
* J. A. Todd (John Arthur Todd, 1908–1994), British mathematician
* Jackson Todd, former Major League Baseball pitcher
* James Todd (Canadian settler), Canadian settler in British Columbia
* James Henthorn Todd (1805–1869), Irish scholar
* Jane H. Todd (1890–1966), New York politician
* Janet Todd, British writer and biographer
* Jim Todd, American basketball coach
* John Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Todd, American football player
* Josh Todd (musician), American singer
* Kathleen Todd, pioneering New Zealand child psychiatrist.
* Kathryn Doi Todd, first female Asian American judge in the United States
* Keeley Todd, New Zealand cricketer
* Kendra Todd, American reality TV winner
* Kevin TS Todd, Inventor of the Twinberry Sparkle
* Lance Todd, New Zealand-born British rugby league personality
* Lani Todd, American model
* Larry Todd (b. 1948), American illustrator and cartoonist
* Laurence Todd (1882–1957), American press correspondent
* Lemuel Todd, US Representative from Pennsylvania
* Louise Todd Cope (1930–2020), née Louise Moore Todd, American artist
* Malcolm Todd, British historian
* Margaret Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mark Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States
* Mia Doi Todd, American musician
* Michael Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mort Todd, American humorist
* Olga Taussky Todd, Austrian-American mathematician
* Pat Canning Todd, American tennis player
* Patricia Todd, American politician from Alabama
* Paul H. Todd, Jr., US Representative from Michigan
* Paula Todd, Canadian journalist
* Peta Todd, a former English glamour girl
* Peter Todd, Canadian academic administrator
* Petra Todd, American economist
* Robert Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
* Richard Todd (1919–2009), British actor
* Richard Todd (football player), American football player
* Rick Todd, Canadian professional golfer
* Roland Todd (1900–1969), English boxer of the 1910s, and 1920s
* Ron Todd, British union leader
* Ron Todd (footballer), Collingwood FC footballer.
* Ruthven Todd, Scottish poet
* Thelma Todd, American actress
* Thomas Todd, American judge
* Tony Todd (1954–2024), American actor
* Tweedy John Todd (1789–1840), British biologist and physician
* W. Russell Todd (1928-2023), United States Army officer
* Walker Todd (ca. 1786–1840), New York politician
* Walter Edmond Clyde Todd (1874–1969), American ornithologist
* William Todd (disambiguation), multiple people

## Fictional characters

* Caitlin Todd, character on NCIS
* Jason Todd, a character in DC Universe
* Sweeney Todd, a character in 19th century popular literature
* Ursula Todd, a character in Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
* Warwick Todd, fictional cricketer created by Tom Gleisner