Speed (name)

Speed, as a name, may refer to:

Surname

• Ameer Speed (born 1999), American football player
• Benjamin Speed, Australian film composer and musician
• Carol Speed (1945–2022), American author, singer, and actress
• Chris Speed (born 1967), American jazz musician
• Doris Speed (1899–1994), English actress
• E. J. Speed (born 1996), American football player
• Gary Speed (1969–2011), Welsh football player and manager
• Harold Speed (1872–1957), English artist
• Horace Speed (1852–1925), Oklahoma Territory's first US Attorney
• Horace Speed (baseball) (1951–2025), American baseball player
• James Speed (1812–1887), Kentucky legislator and Attorney General of the United States
• James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), Louisville businessman and philanthropist
• James Davis Speed (1915–2006), American politician
• James S. Speed (1811–1860), ninth mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
• John Speed (1542–1629), English cartographer
• John Speed (Kentucky) (1772–1840), American judge and farmer
• Joshua Fry Speed (1814–1882), American businessman and intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln
• Keith Speed (1934–2018), English politician
• Kuini Speed (1949–2004), Fijian chief and politician
• Lake Speed (born 1948), American stock car driver
• Lancelot Speed (1860–1931), British book illustrator
• Lucy Speed (born 1976), English actress
• Malcolm Speed (born 1948), Australian businessman and sports administrator
• Ronski Speed (born 1975), German music producer and DJ
• Scott Speed (born 1983), American race car driver

Given name

• Speed S. Fry (1817–1892), American lawyer and judge

Nickname

• Charles W. "Speed" Holman (1898–1931), American aviator, barnstormer, wing walker and parachutist
• Timothy "Speed" Levitch (born 1970), American actor, author, and tour guide
• Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel (1894–1988), American chemist
• Pepe Smith (1947–2019), Pinoy rock singer and drummer, member of the trio Speed, Glue & Shinki
• Art Spector (1920–1987), American basketball player
• Björn Strid (born 1978), Swedish heavy metal singer
• Irving Speed Vogel (1918–2008), American sculptor, painter, and writer
• William Speed Weed, American television writer and producer
• William H. "Speed" Gardner (1895–1972), American auto racer
• Darren Watkins Jr. (born 2005), American YouTuber, streamer and internet personality known as IShowSpeed

Fictional characters

• Blazey H. Speed, a character in Ninjago
• Speed (character), member of the Young Avengers in the Marvel Universe
• Speed Racer (character), title character of Speed Racer, a manga and anime series
• Speed Saunders, DC Comics character
• Speedy Buggy, title character of Speed Buggy, a Hanna-Barbera television series
• Tony "Speed" Malatesta, one of the title characters of Mother, Jugs & Speed, a 1976 film
• Speed, one of the characters in The Odd Couple, a 1965 play, and its adaptations
• Claude Speed, the main character of Grand Theft Auto III and GTA 2.

See also

• Speed (disambiguation)