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

See also

• Thad

References

1. Tad
2. List of Scottish Gaelic given names
3. Tadd
4. Tad Martin
5. Tad Jude
6. Nite-Wing
7. Tad Reeves
8. List of people with given name Thomas
9. Lincoln (name)
10. Tadas (name)
11. Thaddeus
12. The Dragonbone Chair
13. 2024 Kentucky Derby
14. The Name of the Doctor
15. Tad Martin and Dixie Cooney
16. Chamber of Deputies
17. Washington Redskins name controversy
18. Tad Mosel
19. Tad Wieman
20. Urban Breed