Teddy is an English language

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Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

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 Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone ...

(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 Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...

(1932–2009), American senator from Massachusetts *

Teddy Kollek Theodor "Teddy" Kollek (; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978 Jerusalem ...

(1911–2007), six-time mayor of Jerusalem *

Theodore Long Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1947) is an American former professional wrestling Referee (professional wrestling), referee, Manager (professional wrestling), manager and Authority figure (professional wrestling), authority figur ...

(born 1947), general manager for World Wrestling Entertainment *

Teddy Morgan Edward Morgan (22 May 1880 – 1 September 1949) was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the victorious Wales team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks in the famous '' Match of the Century'' and is remembered for scorin ...

(1880–1949), Welsh international rugby union player *

Teddy Park Teddy Park (born Park Hong-jun on September 14, 1978) is a Korean Americans, Korean–American Rapping, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Park moved to the United States with his family as a young child. Wh ...

(born 1978), record producer for YG Entertainment *

Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American Soul music, soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initial ...

(1950–2010), American singer and songwriter * Teddy Pilley (1900–1982), linguist and conference interpreter *

Teddy Riley Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American record producer, singer, and songwriter credited with the creation of the R&B and hip-hop fusion genre, new jack swing. Musical artists who utilized Riley's production and songwri ...

(born 1967), American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer *

Teddy Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as ...

(1858–1919), 26th president of the United States *

Teddy Scholten Dorothea Margaretha "Teddy" Scholten (; 11 May 1926 – 8 April 2010) was a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song " Een beetje", representing the Netherlands. Career In ...

(1926–2010), Dutch singer *

Teddy Sheean Edward "Teddy" Sheean, (28 December 1923 – 1 December 1942) was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. Born in Tasmania, Sheean was employed as a farm labourer when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve ...

(1923–1942), Royal Australian Navy Second World War sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia *

Teddy Sheringham Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career. Sheringham was part of the Manchester United team tha ...

(born 1966), English retired footballer *

Teddy Taylor Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor (18 April 1937 – 20 September 2017), known as Teddy Taylor, was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for forty years, from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 ...

(1937—2017), British conservative politician *

Teddy Wilson Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive Swing music, swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was high ...

(1912–1986), American jazz pianist *

Teddy Yarosz Thaddeus Jarosz (June 24, 1910 – March 29, 1974) was an American boxer. He held the world middleweight boxing championship from 1934 to 1935. Early life Yarosz was born the second of eight children on the North side of Pittsburgh, but wh ...

(1910–1974), world middleweight boxing champion (1934–1935) *

Teddy Yip (businessman) Theodore Yip (; 2 June 1907 - 11 July 2003) was an Indonesian-Dutch businessman and a Formula One team owner of Theodore Racing in the 1970s. He was a polyglot. Early life and business career Yip, an ethnic Indonesian Chinese of Hakka ancestr ...

(1907–2003), Formula One racing team owner

Given name

Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah Teddy Apriyana Romadonsyah (born April 9, 1990), is an Indonesian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, co ...

(born 1990), Indonesian basketball player *

Teddy Robin Kwan Wai Pang (; born 20 March 1945 in Guilin, Guangxi), known professionally as Teddy Robin (), is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer. He began his music career in mid 1960s when Hong Kong English pop ...

( born 1945 ), Hong Kong singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer *

Teddy Lussi-Modeste Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani people in France, Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films ''Jimmy Rivière'' (2011), ''The Price of Success (2017 film), The Price of ...

(born 1978), French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher *

Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French heavyweight judoka. An eleven-time world champion in the heavyweight (+100 kg) division, two-time openweight world champion and one-time world champion with the French men's te ...

(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 Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Tea ...

(born 1980), ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Edward Annis *

(born 1978), South Korean rapper and record producer

Animals

Teddy (horse) Teddy (1913–1936) was a French racehorse and an influential sire, especially for lines in Italy, France, and the United States. He is considered one of the most influential sires in the 20th century. Racing career Teddy was sold to captain ...

, a racehorse and sire * Teddy,

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and studio head who was known as the "King of Comedy" during his career. Born in Danville, Quebec, he started acting i ...

's dog in his silent movies

Fictional characters

* Teddy Burns, from the television series '' Man with a Plan'' * Father Ted Crilly, from the television series ''Father Ted'' * Teddy Poole, a character in ''The Unbelievable GwenPool'' * Teddy (Mr. Bean character), bear character from the television series ''Mr. Bean'' * Teddy, in '' Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown'' * Teddy, coroner's assistant in '' Halloween III: Season of the Witch'', played by Wendy Wessberg * Teddy Altman, a doctor on the TV series ''Grey's Anatomy'', played by Kim Raver * Teddy Duncan, from the television series '' Good Luck Charlie'' * Edward "Teddy" Lupin, from the ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven Fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

'' series *

Teddy Ruxpin Teddy Ruxpin is an electronic children's toy in the form of a talking bear-like creature known as an 'Illiop'. The toy's mouth and eyes move while he tells stories about his adventures played on an audio tape cassette deck built into his back. ...

, an animatronic talking bear * Ted "Teddy" Talbot, Jr., in the TV series '' Rectify'' * Teddy, in the TV series ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is centered on the Belcher family—parents Bob Belcher, Bob and Linda Belcher, Linda and their three children, Tina Belcher, Tina, G ...

'' * Teddy (Square root) Ortiz, a main character in the comic strip ''

Big Nate ''Big Nate'' (stylized as ''big NATE'' in the List of Big Nate collections, comic collections and ''BiG NATE'' in the Big Nate#Book series, books) is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce, syndicated since January ...

'' * Teddy Klaue, from the film ''

Krampus The Krampus () is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (''Krampusnacht''; "Krampus Night"), imme ...

'' * Grizzly Teddy, from '' Demonic Toys'' * Teddy “KGB”, the main antagonist in the film ''

Rounders Rounders is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a wooden, plastic, or metal bat that has a cylindrical end. The players score b ...

'' * Teddy, playable character in ''