Fred (name)

Fred is a given name and a surname.

Given name

Fred is a given name. It is often short for Frederick, Manfred, or Wilfred. It can sometimes be short for Alfred, although this name is unrelated.

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 la marmotte (Fred the groundhog), Canadian groundhog who predicts weather on Groundhog Day

A

• Fred Aandahl (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 Again, British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and remixer
• 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), multiple people
• 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 sprint runner and gold medalist
• Fred Aldrich (1904–1979), American character actor of both film and television
• Fred Alexander (1880–1969), American tennis player
• Fred Alexander (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Allandale (1872–1921), British musical comedy actor, comedian, and producer
• Fred Allen (1894–1956), American comedian
• Fred Allen (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Andrade, Brazilian musician and composer
• Fred Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 Anton (1934–2017), American businessman from Pennsylvania
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Armisen (born 1966), American actor, screenwriter, producer, director, and musician
• Fred Arthur (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
• Fred Ascani (1917–2010), American major general and Air Force test pilot
• Fred Ashworth (1907–?), English rugby league footballer
• Fred Astaire (1899–1987), American film and Broadway stage dancer
• Fred Atkinson (educator) (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), surgeon in the United States Army
• 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 (1890s), British runner
• Fred Baczewski (1926–1976), American baseball player
• (1934–2009), American mayor of Pineville, Louisiana
• Fred Baer (1932–2007), American football player
• Fred Bailey (1895–1972), American baseball player
• Fred Baker (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 air 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), multiple people
• Fred Barnett (born 1966), American football player
• Fred Barnett (born 1966), English professional footballer
• Fred Baron (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Barr (1882–1922), American trailblazer
• Fred Barratt (1894–1947), English cricketer
• Fred Barrett (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Clarke (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Coby (1916–1970), American character actor
• Fred Cone (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Curatolo (born 1958), Canadian freelance editorial cartoonist
• Fred Couples, American professional golfer

D

• Fred Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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 ( 1968–1976), race car owner
• Fred Elliott (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

F

• Fred Fisher (1875–1942), American songwriter
• Fred Fisher (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Ford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred A. Fredrich (1870–1954), American politician from Wisconsin
• Fred Funk, American professional golfer

G

• Fred Gallagher (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Gause (1879–1944) Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
• Fred Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Glover (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Goetz (1897–1934), Chicago Outfit mobster
• Fred Goldsmith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Graham (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Gray (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Green (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Harrison (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Hartley (1905–1980), Scottish pianist, conductor and composer
• Fred A. Hartley Jr. (1902–1969), American politician from New Jersey
• Fred Harvey (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred A. Henderich (1879–1941), American architect
• Fred Hennings (1895–1981), Austrian actor
• Fred Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• 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 Republican politician
• Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), English astronomer
• Fred Hunt (disambiguation), multiple people

J

• Fred Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederick Jones (disambiguation), multiple people

K

• Fred Karno (1866–1941), English theatre impresario of the British music hall
• Fred Kaplan (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Keller (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Kelly (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• 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 from New Jersey
• Fred Matiang'i, Kenyan academic and secretary
• Fred Mavin (1884–1957), English footballer and manager
• Fred Meyer (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Momotenko (Alfred Momotenko Levitsky, born 1970), Dutch composer
• Fred Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Morris (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Morrison (born 1963), Scottish musician
• Fred Moseley (1913–1989), American ice hockey player
• Fred (Baker) Moseley (1946), American economist
• Fred "Curly" Morrison (1926–2020), American football player
• Fred A. Mueller (1868–?), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Fred Mundee (1913–1990), American football player
• Fred Murphy (disambiguation), multiple people

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 footballer
• Fred Neufeld (1869–1945), Polish physician
• Fred Neulander (born 1941–2024), American rabbi
• Fred Newhouse (born 1948), American sprinter
• Fred Newman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Rogers (1928–2003), American host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
• Fred Rose (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Rosen (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederico Rodrigues Santos (born 1993), Brazilian footballer

S

• Fred Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Shields (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred E. Soucy (1922–1993), Canadian politician
• Fred Stafford (1926–2009), Australian Rules footballer
• Fred Stoller (born 1958), American actor, stand-up comedian and author
• Fred Stringer (1914–1916), English football manager

T

• Fred Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Tatasciore (born 1967), American voice actor
• Fred Thomas (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Thompson (1942–2015), American politician
• Fred Toones (1906–1962), African-American film actor
• Fred Tuttle (1919–2003), American farmer from Vermont who ran for the U.S. Senate, largely under the name Fred

V

• Fred Vail, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
• Fred Valentine (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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), multiple people
• Fred Vulliamy (1913–1968), Canadian chartered accountant and 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
• Fred Weber, vocalist for the new wave band Devo
• Fred Webster (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred West (1941–1995), British serial killer
• Fred White (1955–2023), American drummer and a member of the Earth, Wind & Fire
• Fred Wilcox (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Williams (1927–1982), Australian painter
• Fred Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Wise (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Wolf (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Wright (disambiguation), multiple people

Z

• Fred Zinneman, Austrian-American film director

Variations

Ffred

• Ffred Ffransis (born 1948), Welsh activist and linguist
• Alun Ffred Jones (born 1949), Welsh politician

Fredd

• Fredd Atkins (born 1952), American politician
• Fredd Wayne (1924–2018), American actor
• Fredd Young (born 1961), American football player

Surname

Fred is also found as a surname.

• Edwin Broun Fred (1887–1981), American bacteriologist
• Jalo Aatos Fred (1917–2003), Finnish chess player
• John Fred (1941–2005), American musician

Fictional characters

• Coconut Fred, title character from 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, a character from the animated series Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Fred, eponymous character of Ferry Boat Fred
• Fred, a character in the 2021 Canadian-American movie Mister Sister
• Fred, a character in the American sitcom television series Roseanne
• Fred, a character in the films Cars and Cars 2
• Fred, a character from the indie game Them's Fightin' Herds
• Fred, a character in The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Fred the Admin, a deceased character from season 2 of the video game '
• Fred Basset, a comic book dog
• Fred Claus, title character in the film Fred Claus
• Fred Elliott, a character from the soap opera Coronation Street
• Fred Figglehorn, a YouTube character created and portrayed by Lucas Cruikshank
• Fred Finely, a character in Ninjago
• Fred Flintstone, the main character from the animated sitcom The Flintstones
• Fred Fonseca, a character from the soap opera EastEnders
• Fred Fredburger, a character from 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 from the animated series Fred's Head
• Fred Mertz, a character from the sitcom I Love Lucy
• Fred the Octopus, in Pocoyo
• Fred Peterson, a character from the American TV sitcom Get a Life (1990–1992)
• Fred G. Sanford, a character from the sitcoms Sanford and Son and Sanford
• Fred Weasley, a character from the Harry Potter series
• Fred, the Undercover Kitten
• Fredzilla, a character from the comic book series Big Hero 6, as well as the Disney film of the same name
• Fred, a squirrel in The Penguins of Madagascar

See also

• Fred (disambiguation)

• Alfred (name)
• Federico
• Freddy (given name)
• Frédéric
• Frederick (given name)
• Frederico
• Fredrik
• Fredro
• Freek (given name)
• Friedrich (given name)
• Fryderyk (given name)