Fred (given name)

Fred, sometimes spelled Fredd, is a masculine given name. It is often short for Frederick, Manfred, Alfred, or Wilfred.

Mononym

Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of French comics creator Fred Othon Aristidès
Fred (footballer, born 1979), Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva, Brazilian footballer
Fred (footballer, born 1983), Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
Fred (footballer, born 1986), Frederico Burgel Xavier, Brazilian footballer
Fred (footballer, born 1993), Frederico Rodrigues de Paula Santos, Brazilian footballer
Fred and Fred Again, stage names of British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and remixer Frederick Gibson (born 1993)

A

Fred Aandahl (disambiguation)
Fred Abbott (1874–1935), American baseball catcher
Fred Abel (1903–1980), American football player
Fred Abraham Jr. (1886–1918), British Guianese cricketer
Fred Abraham Sr. (1859–?), British Guianese cricketer
Fred Achelam (born 2001), Ugandan cricketer
Fred Acorn (born 1961), American football defensive back
Fred Adams (born 1961), American astrophysicist
Fred Agabashian (1913–1989), American racer of midget cars and Indy cars
Fred Agbedi, educationist and politician from Nigeria
Fred Agius (born 1984), Australian footballer
Fred Agnich (1913–2004), American geophysicist and politician
Fred Ah Kuoi (born 1956), New Zealand rugby league player
Fred Ahern (disambiguation)
Fred Ainsworth (1894–1981), English footballer
Fred Ajudua, Nigerian criminal accused of being an advance-fee fraud scammer
Fred Akers (1938–2020), American football player and coach
Fred Åkerström (1937–1985), Swedish folk guitarist and singer
Fred Akshar, American Republican politician
Fred Akuffo (1937–1979), Ghanaian soldier and politician
Fred Albin (1902–1965), American sound engineer
Fred Alder (1889–1960), Australian rules footballer
Fred Alderman (1905–1998), American sprinter
Fred Aldrich (1904–1979), American actor
Fred Alexander (1880–1969), American tennis player
Fred Alexander (disambiguation)
Fred Allandale (1872–1921), British musical comedy actor, comedian, and producer
Fred Allen (1894–1956), American comedian
Fred Allen (disambiguation)
Fred Alley (1962–2001), American musical theatre lyricist and librettist
Fred Allison (1882–1974), American physicist
Fred Alsop (born 1938), British long jumper
Fred Anderson (disambiguation)
Fred Andrade, Brazilian musician and composer
Fred Andrews (disambiguation)
Fred Andrus (1850–1937), American baseball outfielder and pitcher
Fred Rufus Angevine (1889–1956), American attorney and politician
Fred Anhalt (1896–1996), American architect
Fred C. Anson (1933–2024), American electrochemist and academic
Fred Anton (1934–2017), American businessman
Fred Apostoli (1913–1973), American boxer
Fred Appleby (1879–1956), British long-distance runner
Fred Applegate (baseball) (1879–1968), American baseball pitcher
Fred Applegate (actor) (born 1953), American actor, dancer, and singer
Fred Appleyard (1874–1963), British landscape artist
Fred Appleyard (footballer) (1909–1995), English footballer
Fred Arbanas (1939–2021), American football player
Fred Arbinger (born 1957), German footballer
Fred Archer (disambiguation)
Fred Armisen (born 1966), American actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and musician
Fred Arthur (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
Fred Ascani (1917–2010), United States Air Force major general and test pilot
Fred Ashworth (fl.1907–?), English rugby league footballer
Fred Astaire (1899–1987), American film and Broadway stage dancer
Fredd Atkins (born 1952), American politician
Fred Atkinson (educator) (fl.1900–1902), American Director of Education in the Philippines
Fred Atkinson (footballer) (1919–1991), English footballer
Fred Auckenthaler (1899–1946), Swiss ice hockey player
Fred Avey (1909–1999), English footballer
Fred Ayers (1912–1986), Australian rules footballer
Fred C. Ainsworth (1852–1934), United States Army surgeon
Fred M. Ahern (1884–1950), American lawyer and politician

B

Fred Bachrach (1914–2009), Dutch literary and art historian
Fred Backway (1913–1995), Australian rules footballer
Fred Bacon (fl.1890s), British runner
Fred Baczewski (1926–1976), American baseball player
Fred Baer (1932–2007), American football player
Fred Bailey (baseball) (1895–1972), American baseball player
Fred Baker (disambiguation)
Fred Bakewell (1908–1983), English cricketer
Fred Ball (1915–2007), American movie studio executive and actor
Fred Ball (footballer) (1868–1902), Australian rules footballer
Fred J. Balshofer (1877–1969), American silent film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer
Fred B. Balzar (1880–1934), American politician and Governor of Nevada
Fred Bamford (1849–1934), Australian politician
Fred Bamford (footballer) (1887–1955), Australian rules football player
Fred Bankhead (1912–1972), American baseball player
Fred Banks (born 1962), American football wide receiver
Fred A. Bantz (1895–1982), American Department of Navy official
Fred Barakat (1939–2010), American basketball coach
Fred Barber (born 1963), English footballer
Fred Bardshar (1915–1993), American World War II flying ace
Fred Baring (1890–1961), Australian rules footballer
Fred Barker (1901–1935), American bank robber
Fred Barker (footballer) (1903–1974), Australian rules footballer
Fred Barnard (1846–1896), English illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter
Fred Barnes (disambiguation)
Fred Barnett (born 1966), American football player
Fred Barnett (born 1966), English professional footballer
Fred Baron (disambiguation)
Fred Barr (1882–1922), American trailblazer
Fred Barratt (1894–1947), English cricketer
Fred Barrett (disambiguation)
Fred Barry (1948–2016), American football player
Fred Bartram (1869–1948), New Zealand Member of Parliament
Fred Basolo (1920–2007), American inorganic chemist
Fred Bassetti (1917–2013), American architect
Fred Bateman (1937–2012), economic historian
Fred Baur (1918–2008), American chemist and food storage technician
Fred Baxter (born 1971), American football player
Fred Beckey (1923–2017), American mountaineer and rock climber
Fred Berry (1951–2003), American actor
Fred Beyeler (born 1965), New Zealand cricketer
Fred Bosman (born 1944), Dutch pathologist
Fred Bradshaw (born 1951), Canadian politician
Fred C. Brannon (1901–1954), American film director
Fred Brown (disambiguation)
Fred Aghogho Brume (1942–2011), Nigerian politician
Fred Brumm (1887–1946), American football player

C

Fred Carr (1946–2018), American football linebacker
Fred Carreiro (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
Fred Campos (born 1984), Brazilian footballer
Fred Cheng (born 1983), Canadian-born Hong Kong musician and actor
Fred Clark (disambiguation)
Fred Clarke (disambiguation)
Fred Coby (1916–1970), American actor
Fred Cone (disambiguation)
Fred Cook (disambiguation)
Fred Curatolo (born 1958), Canadian freelance editorial cartoonist
Fred Couples (born 1959), American golfer

D

Fred Davis (disambiguation)
Fred De Bruyne (1930–1994), Belgian champion cyclist
Fred De Palma (born 1989), Italian rapper
Fred Dibnah (1938–2004), British steeplejack, industrial archaeologist, and broadcaster
Fred Dinenage (born 1942), English newsreader and broadcaster
Fred Durst, vocalist of Limp Bizkit

E

Fred Elder (fl. 1968–1976), race car owner
Fred Elliott (disambiguation)
Fred Ellis (disambiguation)

F

Fred Fisher (1875–1942), American songwriter
Fred Fisher (disambiguation)
Fred Ford (disambiguation)
Fred A. Fredrich (1870–1954), American politician
Fred Funk (born 1956), American golfer

G

Fred Gallagher (disambiguation)
Fred Gause (1879–1944), justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Fred Gibson (disambiguation)
Fred Glover (disambiguation)
Fred Goetz (1897–1934), American mobster
Fred Goldsmith (disambiguation)
Fred Graham (disambiguation)
Fred Gray (disambiguation)
Fred Green (disambiguation)
Fred Guttenberg (born 1965), American activist against gun violence

H

Fred Haise (born 1933), American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut
Fred Harvey Harrington (1912–1995), American educator and university president
Fred Harris (disambiguation)
Fred Harrison (disambiguation)
Fred Hartley (1905–1980), Scottish pianist, conductor, and composer
Fred A. Hartley Jr. (1902–1969), American politician
Fred Harvey (disambiguation)
Fred A. Henderich (1879–1941), American architect
Fred Hill (disambiguation)
Fred Hilton (born 1948), American basketball player
Fred Hoey (1885–1949), American baseball broadcaster
Fred Hoey (baseball manager) (1865–1933), American baseball manager
Fred Holliday (disambiguation)
Fred Nall Hollis (born 1948), American artist
Fred Hollows (1929–1993), Australian ophthalmologist and philanthropist
Fred J. Homeyer (1913–1990), justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
Fred W. Hooper (1897–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder
Fred A. Howland (1864–1953), Vermont attorney, businessman, and politician
Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), English astronomer
Fred Hunt (disambiguation)

J

K

Fred Karno (1866–1941), English theatre impresario of the British music hall
Fred Kaplan (disambiguation)
Fred Keller (disambiguation)
Fred Kelly (disambiguation)
Fred Kelsey (1884–1961), American actor, film director, and screenwriter
Fred Kiprop (born 1974), Kenyan long-distance runner
Fred J. Koenekamp (1922–2017), American cinematographer
Fred Kohler (1888–1938), American actor
Fred Krone (1930–2010), American actor and stuntman

L

Fred Lane (disambiguation)
Fred Lawless, British playwright
Fred Luddy (born 1954/1955), American billionaire founder of ServiceNow
Fred Luter (born 1956), African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention
Fred Lyon (1924–2022), American photographer

M

Fred MacAulay (born 1956), Scottish comedian
Fred H. Madden (born 1954), American politician
Fred Matiang'i, Kenyan academic and secretary
Fred Mavin (1884–1957), English footballer and manager
Fred Meyer (disambiguation)
Fred Miller (disambiguation)
Fred Momotenko, Dutch composer Alfred Momotenko Levitsky (born 1970)
Fred Moore (disambiguation)
Fred Morris (disambiguation)
Fred Morrison (born 1963), Scottish musician
Fred Moseley (1913–1989), American ice hockey player
Fred Moseley (economist) (1946), American economist
Fred "Curly" Morrison (1926–2020), American football player
Fred A. Mueller (1868–?), American politician
Fred Mundee (1913–1990), American football player
Fred Murphy (disambiguation)

N

Fred Naumetz (1922–1998), American footballer
Fred Negro (born 1959), Australian satirist, musician, songwriter, and cartoonist
Fred Negus (1923–2005), American footballer
Fred Neher (1903–2001), American cartoonist
Fred Neil (1936–2001), American singer-songwriter
Fred Nesser (1887–1967), American football player
Fred Neufeld (1869–1945), Polish physician
Fred Neulander (born 1941–2024), American rabbi
Fred Newhouse (born 1948), American sprinter
Fred Newman (disambiguation)
Fred Newton (disambiguation)
Fred Niblo (1874–1948), American film actor, director, and producer
Fred Niblo Jr. (1903–1973), American screenwriter
Fred Nicholas (1893–1962), English cricketer
Fred Nicholson (rugby union) (1885–?), Australian rugby union player
Fred Nicholson (1894–1972), American baseball player
Fred Nickson (1919–?), English footballer
Fred Nicole (born 1970), Swiss rock climber
Fred Nidd (1869–1956), English footballer
Fred Nile (born 1934), Australian politician
Fred Nixon (Australian footballer) (1874–1933), Australian rules footballer
Fred Nixon (born 1958), American wide receiver
Fred Nøddelund (1947–2016), Norwegian jazz musician, music arranger, record producer, and bandleader
Fred Nolting (1932–2016), American politician
Fred Nomens (1869–1953), Australian rules footballer
Fred Noonan (1893–1937), American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer
Fred Norcross (1884–1965), American footballer, coach, and mining engineer
Fred Norman (baseball) (born 1942), American baseball player
Fred Norman (musician) (1910–1993), American jazz composer, music arranger, trombonist, and singer
Fred B. Norman (1882–1947), American politician
Fred Norris (born 1955), American radio personality
Fred Norton (1928–2000), American politician, speaker, and judge
Fred Noseworthy (1871–1942), Canadian track and field athlete

P

Fred Penner (born 1946), Canadian children's music performer
Fred Peters (politician) (1867–1935), Dutch-American politician and mayor of Murray, Utah
Fred Peters (artist) (1923–2018), American comic book artist
Fred Phelps (1929–2014), head of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church
Fred Popovici (born 1948), Romanian composer

R

Fred Rice (1918–2005), American football coach
Fred Robinson (disambiguation)
Fred Rogers (1928–2003), American children's television show host
Fred Rose (disambiguation)
Fred Rosen (disambiguation)
Frederico Rodrigues Santos (born 1993), Brazilian footballer

S

Fred Sanford (disambiguation)
Fred Savage (born 1976), American actor and director
Fred A. Seaton (1909–1974), American Secretary of the Interior
Fred Jay Seaver (1877–1970), American mycologist
Fred R. Shapiro (born 1954), American editor
Fred Sherman (disambiguation)
Fred Shields (disambiguation)
Fred Sinowatz (1929–2008), Austrian politician
Fred Slaughter (1942–2016), American basketball player and sports agent
Fred Albert Shannon (1893–1963), American historian
Fred Shook (1919–1992), American football player
Fred Small (disambiguation)
Fred Smith (disambiguation)
Fred E. Soucy (1922–1993), Canadian politician
Fred van der Spek (1923-2017), Dutch politician
Fred Stafford (1926–2009), Australian rules footballer
Fred Stoller (born 1958), American actor, stand-up comedian, and author
Fred Stringer (fl.1914–1916), English football manager

T

Fred Taylor (disambiguation)
Fred Tatasciore (born 1967), American voice actor
Fred Thomas (disambiguation)
Fred Thompson (1942–2015), American politician
Fred Toones (1906–1962), African-American ctor
Fred Tuttle (1919–2003), American farmer who ran, tongue in cheek, for the United States Senate

V

Fred Vail, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Fred Valentine (disambiguation)
Fred VanVleet (born 1994), American basketball player
Fred Vargas (born 1957), French historian, archaeologist, and novelist
Fred Vaughan (1904–1986), American football player
Fred Vaughn (1918–1964), American baseball player
Fred Venturelli (1917–1990), American football player
Fred Vinson (disambiguation)
Fred Vulliamy (1913–1968), Canadian politician

W

Fred Waring (1900–1984), American popular musician, bandleader and radio-television personality
Fred M. Warner (1865–1923), Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan
Fred Warner (baseball) (1855–1886), American baseball player
Fred Warner (American football) (born 1996), American football player
Fred Waters (1927–1989), American baseball player
Fred Waters (American football) (1878–1943), American football player
Fredd Wayne (1924–2018), American actor
Fred Weber (singer), vocalist for the new wave band Devo
Fred Webster (disambiguation)
Fred West (1941–1995), British serial killer
Fred White (1955–2023), American drummer and a member of the Earth, Wind & Fire
Fred Wilcox (disambiguation)
Fred Williams (disambiguation)
Fred Wilson (disambiguation)
Fred Wise (disambiguation)
Fred Wolf (disambiguation)
Fred Wright (disambiguation)

Y

Fredd Young (born 1961), American football player

Z

Fred Zarr (born 1955), American musician
Fred Zinnemann (1907–1997), Austrian-American film director, producer, and screenwriter

Fictional characters

Fred Basset, a comic book dog
Fred Claus, title character in the film Fred Claus
Fred Elliott, in the soap opera Coronation Street
Fred Figglehorn, a YouTube character created and portrayed by Lucas Cruikshank
Fred Finely, in Ninjago
Fred Flintstone, main character of the animated sitcom The Flintstones
Fred Fonseca, in the soap opera EastEnders
Fred Fredburger, in the animated TV series Billy and Mandy
Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo), a supporting character from the animated series Scooby-Doo
Fred Kwon, highest paid member of the Surprise Party
Fred Leblanc, a main character in the animated series Fred's Head
Fred Mertz, a main character in the sitcom I Love Lucy
Fred the Octopus, in Pocoyo
Fred Peterson, in the American sitcom Get a Life (1990–1992)
Fred G. Sanford, main character in the sitcoms Sanford and Son and Sanford
Fred Weasley, in the Harry Potter series
Coconut Fred, title character of the animated series Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
Drop Dead Fred, title character of the '91 black comedy cult film Drop Dead Fred
Freaky Fred, from the animated series Courage the Cowardly Dog
Fred, eponymous character of Ferry Boat Fred
Fred, in the 2021 Canadian-American movie Mister Sister
Fred, in the American sitcom Roseanne
Fred, in the films Cars and Cars 2
Fred, in the indie game Them's Fightin' Herds
Fred, in The Muppet Christmas Carol
Fred the Admin, a deceased character from season 2 of the video game Minecraft: Story Mode
Fred, the Undercover Kitten
Fred, a squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar

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See also