Tad is a male given name or shortened version of
Tadhg,
Thaddeus,
or other names. It may refer to:
People
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Tad Boyle (born 1963), University of Colorado men's basketball head coach and former player
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Tad Crawford (born 1984), Canadian Football League player
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Tad Devine (born 1955), American political consultant
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Tad Dorgan (1877–1929), American cartoonist
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Edward T. Foote II (born 1937), fourth president of the University of Miami
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Tad Gormley
Francis Thomas "Tad" Gormley (December 23, 1883 – December 5, 1965) was an American athletic trainer, coach and official. He was a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts and was the head of the New Orleans Gymnastics Club and Amateur Athletic Union ...
(1884–1965), Louisiana State University men's basketball head coach and trainer
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Tad Hilgenbrink
Tad Hilgenbrink (born Tad Davie Hilgenbrinck Quintana, October 9, 1981) is an American actor, known for his role as Matt Stifler in '' American Pie Presents: Band Camp'', Chance Marquis in ''The Curiosity of Chance'' and Tyler in '' The Hills Run ...
(born 1981), American actor
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Tad Jones (politician)
Tad Jones (born October 23, 1972) is a United States Republican politician from Oklahoma. Jones served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as the Majority Floor Leader. (born 1972), American politician
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Tad Kornegay (born 1982), collegiate football and Canadian Football League player
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Tad Lincoln (1853–1871), youngest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
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Tad J. Oelstrom
Tad J. Oelstrom (born February 14, 1943) is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General who served as the Director of the National Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also served as ...
(born 1943), retired US Air Force lieutenant general
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Tad Mosel (1922–2008), American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and dramatist
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Tad Richards (born 1940), American writer and visual artist
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Tad Robinson
Tad Robinson (born June 24, 1956) is an American singer, harmonica player, and songwriter.
Robinson was born and raised in New York City. He graduated the New Lincoln School and attended Indiana University's school of music and graduating in 1 ...
, (born 1956), American soul blues singer
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Tad Schmaltz
Tad M. Schmaltz (born 1960) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prior to that, he was a professor of philosophy at Duke University, where he began his teaching career in 1989. He graduated magna cum laude with a ...
(born 1960), professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan
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Tad Stones (born c. 1952), American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company
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Tad Wieman (1896–1971), American collegiate football player, coach and athletic director
Fictional characters
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Thaddeus "Tad" Martin, on the American soap opera ''All My Children''
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Wayne Terrence "Tad" Reeves, on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
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General Thaddeus Ross, from Marvel Comics, enemy of the
Hulk
The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in the debut issue of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk' ...
* Tad Hamilton, in the movie ''
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!''
* Tad, a
longnose butterflyfish in the ''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'' 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
An animated series is a set of Animation, animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can ...
''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
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Thad
References
{{given name, Tad
Masculine given names
Hypocorisms