Teddy
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Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore or Theodora. It may refer to:
People
Nickname
- Teddy Atlas (born 1956), American boxing trainer and fight commentator
- Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer
- Teddy Bridgewater (born 1992), American football quarterback
- Teddy Dunn (born 1981), American actor
- Teddy Edwards (1924–2003), American jazz saxophonist
- Tivadar Farkasházy (born 1945), Hungarian humorist, author, mathematician, economist and journalist
- Teddy Gipson (born 1980), American basketball player
- Teddy Higuera (born 1957), former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Teddy Hoad (1896–1986), West Indian cricketer
- Ted Kennedy (1932–2009), American senator from Massachusetts
- Teddy Kollek (1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem
- Theodore Long (born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment
- Teddy Morgan (1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player
- Teddy Park (born 1978), record producer for YG Entertainment
- Teddy Pendergrass (1950–2010), American singer and songwriter
- Teddy Pilley (1900–1982), linguist and conference interpreter
- Teddy Riley (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
- Teddy Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th president of the United States
- Teddy Scholten (1926–2010), Dutch singer
- Teddy Sheean (1923–1942), Royal Australian Navy Second World War sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia
- Teddy Sheringham (born 1966), English retired footballer
- Teddy Taylor (1937—2017), British conservative politician
- Teddy Wilson (1912–1986), American jazz pianist
- Teddy Yarosz (1910–1974), world middleweight boxing champion (1934–1935)
- Teddy Yip (businessman) (1907–2003), Formula One racing team owner
Given name
- Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah (born 1990), Indonesian basketball player
- Teddy Averlant (born 1999), Gabonese footballer
- Teddy Indra Wijaya (born 1989), Indonesian military officer and politician
- Teddy Robin ( born 1945 ), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer
- Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 1978), French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher
- Teddy Riner (born 1989), French judoka
- Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 1966), New Zealand operatic baritone
- Teddy Stiga (born 2006), American ice hockey player
- Teddy Tamgho (born 1989), French triple jumper
- Teddy Wang (1933–?), Chinese businessman kidnapped in 1990 and declared legally dead
- Teddy, Australian murder victim. He and his family were murdered by his son Sef Gonzalez
Stage name
- Teddy Geiger (born 1988), American singer and songwriter
- Teddy Hart (born 1980), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Edward Annis
- Teddy Park (born 1978), South Korean rapper and record producer
Animals
- Teddy (horse), a racehorse and sire
- Teddy, Mack Sennett's dog in his silent movies
Fictional characters
- Teddy Altman, a doctor on the TV series Grey's Anatomy
- Teddy Burns, from the TV series Man with a Plan
- Father Ted Crilly, from the TV series Father Ted
- Teddy Duncan, from the television series Good Luck Charlie
- Teddy Klaue, from the film Krampus
- Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the Harry Potter series
- Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip Big Nate
- Teddy Ruxpin, an animatronic talking bear
- Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., in the TV series Rectify
- Teddy (Mr. Bean character), a bear character from the TV series Mr. Bean
- Teddy, in the TV series Bob's Burgers
- Teddy “KGB”, the main antagonist in the film Rounders
- Teddy, in the film Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown
- Teddy, coroner's assistant in the film Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- Grizzly Teddy, in the film Demonic Toys
- Teddy, a playable character in the video game Mother
Other
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