Thad is a masculine given name, often a short form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
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Thaddeus
Thaddeus (, , from ) is a masculine given name.
As of the 1990 United States census, 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while ''Thad'', its diminutive version, was the 846th.
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Thad Allen (born 1949), United States Coast Guard admiral
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Thad Altman (born 1955), American politician
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Thad Balkman (born 1971), American politician, lawyer, and judge
* Thaddeus
Thad Bingel, American educator and political consultant
* Thaddis
Thad Bosley (born 1956), American baseball player
* Thaddeus
Thad F. Brown (1902–1970), American police chief
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Thad Busby (born 1974), American football player
* Thaddeus
Thad Carhart (born 1950), American writer
* Thad Castle, character in the TV series ''
Blue Mountain State''
* William
Thad Cochran (1937–2019), United States Senator from Mississippi
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Thad Cockrell, American singer-songwriter
* Thaddeus
Thad A. Eure (1899–1993), American politician
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Thad McIntosh Guyer (born 1950), American lawyer
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Thad Heartfield (1940–2022), American lawyer and federal judge
* Thaddeus
Thad Hutcheson (1915–1986), American attorney and politician
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Thad J. Jakubowski (1924–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
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Thad Jaracz (born 1946), American basketball player
* Thaddeus
Thad Jones
Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists".
Early life, family and education
Thad Jones was born i ...
(1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
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Thad Krasnesky (fl. 2000s–2020s), American children's author
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Thad Levine
Thad Levine (born November 12, 1971) is an American professional baseball executive. He formerly served as the senior VP and general manager for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2017 to 2024.
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(born 1971), American baseball executive
* Thaddeus
Thad Lewis (born 1987), American football player
* Thaddeus
Thad Luckinbill
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', from August 1999 to November 2010. He reprised the role of J.T. from De ...
(born 1975), American actor and film producer
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Thad Matta (born 1967), American men's basketball coach
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Thad McArthur
Thad McArthur (born November 23, 1928) is an American modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, wer ...
(born 1928), American Olympic modern pentathlete
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Thad McClammy (1942–2021), American politician
* Thaddus
Thad McFadden (American football) (born 1962), American football player
* Thaddus
Thad McFadden (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player
* Thaddeus
Thad Moffitt (born 2000), American racing driver
* Thaddeus
Thad Mumford (1951–2018), American television writer and producer
* Thaddeus
Thad Spencer (1943–2013), American heavyweight boxer
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Thad Starner (fl. 1980s–2010s), American computer scientist
* Thaddeus
Thad Stem Jr. (1916–1980), American author and poet
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Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792August 11, 1868) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Histo ...
(1792–1868), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
* Robert Thaddeus R. Thad Taylor (1925–2006), American theatre director
* Thaddeus
Thad Tillotson (1940–2012), American baseball pitcher
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Thad Vann (1907–1982), American football player and coach
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Thad Viers (born 1978), American politician
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Thad Vreeland Jr. (1924–2010), American materials scientist
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Thad Weber (born 1984), American baseball pitcher
* Thad, one of the side characters from the webseries ''
Murder Drones'' (2021-2024)
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Hypocorisms