# Ted

Ted may refer to:

## Names

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

## Art, entertainment, and media
### Fictional characters

* Ted, a character in the post-apocalyptic short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
* 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
* Ted Bufman, a character in the 1971 American comedy-drama movie B.S. I Love You
* 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 Grant, a character in the comic series DC Comics
* 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 Shackelford, 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

## People
### 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) (1939–2024), mayor of Salt Lake City

### Sports

* Ted Allen (wrestler) (1955–2010), American professional wrestler
* Ted Arcidi (born 1958/1959), American former professional wrestler, actor, and powerlifter
* Ted Atkinson (1916–2005), Canadian-born American thoroughbred horse racing jockey
* Ted Atkinson (footballer) (1920–2016), Australian rules footballer
* Ted Bachman (born 1952), American football player
* Ted Brithen (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
* Ted Christopher (1958–2017), American racing driver
* 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 and father of American professional wrestler Chris Jericho (born 1970)
* 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