Todd (surname)
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Todd is a surname
meaning "Fox" (from Old English todde), and may refer to:
Surname
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meaning "Fox" (from Old English todde), and may refer to:
- Albert E. ToddAlbert E. ToddAlbert E. Todd served as mayor of Victoria, BC Canada from 1917 to 1919. He was seen as a visionary whose impact was felt both during his term and after....
, Canadian mayor - Albert M. ToddAlbert M. ToddAlbert May Todd was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He became known as the "Peppermint King" for founding a flourishing business in peppermint....
, US Representative from the state of Michigan - Alexander Todd (rugby player)Alexander Todd (rugby player)Alexander Findlater Todd was an English rugby union forward who played for Cambridge University and Blackheath F.C. at club level, and Kent at county level...
, English and British Isles rugby international - Alexander R. Todd, Baron ToddAlexander R. Todd, Baron ToddAlexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, OM, PRS FRSE was a Scottish biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.Todd was born near Glasgow, attended Allan Glen's School and graduated from...
, Nobel laureate in chemistry - Alpheus ToddAlpheus ToddAlpheus Todd was an English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian, most notable for his publications on parliamentary government.- Life :...
(30 July 1821 – 22 January 1884), English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian - Andrew ToddAndrew Todd (New Zealand)Andrew Todd was one of four brothers who built one of New Zealand's biggest industrial and commercial enterprises. He was an important figure in the car assembly industry.-Early life:...
, New Zealand businessman. - Andy Todd, multiple people
- Ann ToddAnn ToddDorothy Anne Todd was an English actress and producer.She was born in Hartford, Cheshire and was educated at St. Winifrid's School, Eastbourne. She became a popular actress from appearing in such films as Perfect Strangers and The Seventh Veil...
, British actress - Beverly ToddBeverly ToddBeverly Todd is an American actress, producer and writer. Todd gained major work during the 1970s, appearing in notable films such as The Lost Man , They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! , Brother John and A Piece of the Action . This eventually led to other distinguished and more important work...
, American actress - Bob ToddBob ToddBob Todd was an English comedy actor, mostly known for appearing as a straight man in the sketch shows of Benny Hill and Spike Milligan. For many years he lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent....
, British actor - Brendon ToddBrendon ToddBrendon Todd is an American professional golfer who plays on the Nationwide Tour.Todd attended the University of Georgia where he was part of the 2005 team that won the National Championship. Todd joined the Nationwide Tour in 2008 and won the Utah Championship en route to finishing 19th on the...
, American professional golfer - Brent ToddBrent ToddBrent Trevor Todd is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer. Todd represented his country and played at prop forward.-Early years:...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Bryan ToddBryan Todd (New Zealand)Bryan James Todd was one of four brothers who built one of New Zealand's biggest industrial and commercial enterprises. He was an important figure in the development of the New Zealand oil and gas energy industry and, incidentally, in the development of New Zealand tax law.-Early life:Todd was born...
, New Zealand businessman. - Caroline and Charles ToddCaroline and Charles ToddCharles Todd is a pen name used by the American authors Caroline and Charles Todd. This mother-and-son writing team lives in the eastern United States, in North Carolina and Delaware respectively....
, American mystery novelists - Charles Todd (astronomer), Australian astronomer
- Charles ToddCharles Todd (New Zealand)Charles Todd , fellmonger, wool-scourer, motor car importer and assembler, petrol importer and retailer, industrialist and community leader; he was a leading New Zealand businessman and was a principal founder of the Todd Corporation-References:...
, New Zealand businessman. - Charles Burr ToddCharles Burr ToddCharles Burr Todd was an American historian.-Biography:He was born at Redding, Connecticut, educated at the common schools, and fitted for college, but failure of eyesight prevented him from entering...
, American historian - Charles Lafayette ToddCharles Lafayette ToddCharles Lafayette "Lafe" Todd was an American folklorist.He was born in rural western New York State. As an undergraduate studying English literature at Hamilton College, he developed an interest in the Elizabethan ballad...
, American folklorist - Chris ToddChris ToddChristopher Todd , is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Forest Green Rovers.-Swansea City:...
, English footballer - Christine Todd WhitmanChristine Todd WhitmanChristine Todd "Christie" Whitman is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. She was New...
, American politician - Colin ToddColin ToddColin Todd is an English football manager and former player. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing for Sunderland, Derby County, Everton, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Oxford United and Luton Town, and also played in the North American Soccer League...
, English football player and manager - David ToddDavid ToddDavid F. M. Todd was a New York City-based American architect. Todd was best known for designing the Manhattan Plaza complex and serving as chairman of the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1989 and 1990....
, American architect - David Peck ToddDavid Peck ToddDavid Peck Todd was a noted American astronomer. He produced a complete set of photographs of the 1882 transit of Venus.-Biography:...
, American astronomer - Dolley Payne Todd, who became Dolley Payne Todd Madison, wife of President James Madison
- Emmanuel ToddEmmanuel ToddEmmanuel Todd is a French historian, anthropologist, demographer, sociologist and political scientist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies , in Paris...
, French sociologist - Frederick ToddFrederick ToddFrederick Gage Todd was the first resident landscape architect in Canada. For the majority of his life he was one of a small group committed to the art and practice of structuring urban growth in the first half of the century. His projects ranged from Vancouver, B.C...
, landscape architect - Garfield ToddGarfield ToddSir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd was a reformist Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1953 to 1958 and later became an opponent of white minority rule in Rhodesia. He was born in Invercargill, New Zealand.-Background:...
, South Rhodesian politician - Hallie ToddHallie ToddHallie Todd is an American actress, producer and writer, known for her roles as Penny Waters on Brothers and as Jo McGuire on Lizzie Mcguire.-Personal life:...
, American actress - H. E. ToddH. E. Todd- Writing :He is best known for his "Bobby Brewster" children's books. Often the stories would have common household items suddenly coming to life and chatting to young Bobby Brewster....
, English children's writer - J. A. ToddJ. A. ToddJohn Arthur Todd FRS was a British geometer. He was born in Liverpool, and went to Trinity College of the University of Cambridge in 1925. He did research under H.F. Baker, and in 1931 took a position at the University of Manchester. He became a lecturer at Cambridge in 1937...
, British mathematician - James Todd (Canadian settler), Canadian settler in British Columbia
- James Henthorn ToddJames Henthorn ToddJames Henthorn Todd was a biblical scholar, educator, and Irish historian. He is noted for his efforts to place religious disagreements on a rational historical footing, for his advocacy of a liberal form of Protestantism, and for his endeavours as an educator, librarian, and scholar in Irish...
(1805 – 1869), Irish scholar - Janet ToddJanet ToddJanet Margaret Todd is a Welsh-born academic and a well-respected author of many books on women in literature. Todd was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Florida, where she undertook a doctorate on the poet John Clare...
, British writer and biographer - Jasin Todd, American musician
- Jason ToddJason ToddJason Peter Todd is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Jason first appeared in Batman #357 and became the second Robin, sidekick to the superhero Batman, when the previous Robin went on to star in The New Teen Titans under the moniker of Nightwing.Though...
, fictional character from the DC UniverseDC UniverseThe DC Universe is the shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. The fictional characters Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe. Note that in context, "DC Universe" is usually used to refer to the main DC continuity... - Jim ToddJim ToddJim Todd is a professional basketball coach. He was the coach at Salem State College for nearly ten years, and coached the Los Angeles Clippers for half a season in 2000, replacing Chris Ford. His focus was power forwards and centers...
, American basketball coach - John Todd, multiple people, including:
- John Todd (Virginia)John Todd (Virginia)John Todd was a frontier military officer during the American Revolutionary War and the first administrator of the Illinois County of the U.S...
(1750-1782), early Virginia official, and grand-uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln - John Blair Smith ToddJohn Blair Smith ToddJohn Blair Smith Todd was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1814-1872), delegate to US Congress from Dakota Territory - John Todd (abolitionist)John Todd (abolitionist)John Todd was a U.S. Congregationalist minister, co-founder of Tabor College in Tabor, Iowa, a leading abolitionist and a ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad....
(18??-1894), preacher and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad - John Todd (actor)John Todd (actor)John Todd , born Fred McCarthy was an American radio actor.A former stage actor known for Shakespearean roles, Todd soon gained work at Detroit radio station WXYZ, as part of director James Jewell's repertory company, with roles on the various series produced by the station.His most famous work was...
(1877-1957), English-born US actor who played TontoTontoTonto may mean:* Tonto, a band of Apache native Americans.* Tonto, the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger.* "Tonto", a song by the American math rock band Battles, from their album Mirrored.** "Tonto+", the EP centered around said song....
on the The Lone RangerThe Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....
radio series - John Todd (mathematician) (1908-1994), British mathematician and geometer
- John Todd (footballer)John Todd (footballer)John Todd is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. After becoming youngest ever winner of the Sandover Medal in his first year of senior football he suffered a serious knee injury, which affected his playing career...
(b. ~1938), Australian football player - John Todd (biologist)John Todd (biologist)John Todd is a biologist working in what is sometimes considered the general field of ecological design, in that his ideas often involve applications that become the basis of alternative technologies. His principal professional interests have included solving problems of food production and...
(b. 1939), Canadian biologist
- John Todd (Virginia)
- Joseph ToddJoseph ToddJoseph Todd is an Arena Football League defensive specialist for the Arizona Rattlers. In the 2006 season, Todd led Arizona Rattlers in tackles with 53....
, American football player - Josh ToddJosh ToddJosh Todd is an American musician and actor, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Buckcherry.-Background:...
, American singer - Kathleen ToddKathleen ToddKathleen Mary Gertrude Todd was a pioneering New Zealand child psychiatrist.-Early Life:Kathleen Todd was born on 19 November 1898 in Heriot, Otago, She was one of the seven children of Charles Todd, an auctioneer and stock and station agent who founded a firm that became the Todd...
, pioneering New Zealand child psychiatrist. - Kathryn Doi ToddKathryn Doi ToddKathryn Doi Todd is an Associate Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Two, having been appointed to the post by Governor Gray Davis in 2000....
, first female Asian American judge in the United States - Kendra ToddKendra ToddKendra Todd is a real estate agent in Seattle, Washington. In 2005, she was the winner of season 3 of NBC's The Apprentice. She was the first female candidate, and the youngest, to be hired on the U.S. Apprentice.-Overview:...
, American reality TV winner - Lance ToddLance ToddLancelot Beaumont "Lance" Todd was a New Zealand-born rugby league footballer and manager of the early 20th century. As a player he represented his country in 1907 and 1908 and played in England for the Wigan and Dewsbury clubs...
, New Zealand-born British rugby league personality - Lani Todd, American model
- Lemuel ToddLemuel ToddLemuel Todd was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Lemuel Todd was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1839...
, US Representative from the state of Pennsylvania - Malcolm ToddMalcolm ToddMalcolm Todd FSA is a British historian and archaeologist with an interest in the interaction between the Roman Empire and Western Europe....
, British historian - Margaret Todd, multiple people, including:
- Margaret Todd (golfer), Canadian golfer
- Margaret Todd (doctor)Margaret Todd (doctor)Margaret Todd was a Scottish writer and doctor who in 1913 suggested the term "isotope" to chemist Frederick Soddy.-Career:...
, Scottish doctor
- Mark Todd, multiple people, including:
- Mark ToddMark Todd (equestrian)Mark James Todd, CBE is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the discipline of eventing, voted Rider of the 20th Century by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Mark James Todd, CBE (born 1 March 1956) is a New Zealand horseman noted for his accomplishments in the...
, New Zealand equestrian - Mark ToddMark Todd (politician)Mark Wainwright Todd is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
, UK member of Parliament
- Mark Todd
- Mary Todd LincolnMary Todd LincolnMary Ann Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865.-Life before the White House:...
, First Lady of the United States - Mia Doi ToddMia Doi ToddMia Doi Todd is a musician from Los Angeles, California, United States.Mia has collaborated with rock, electronica, and hip-hop musicians, contributing her voice to works by Dntel, Beachwood Sparks, Nobody, Adventure Time, Frausdots, Folk Implosion, The Mission, Saul Williams, Prefuse 73, Flying...
, American musician - Michael Todd, multiple people, including:
- Mike ToddMike ToddMichael Todd was an American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in Eighty Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture...
(1909–1958), American film producer (Todd-AOTodd-AOTodd-AO is a post-production company founded in 1953, providing sound-related services to the motion picture and television industries. The company operates three facilities in the Los Angeles area.-History:...
) - Mike Todd, Jr.Mike Todd, Jr.Michael Todd Jr. was the son of movie producer and cinema pioneer Mike Todd and his first wife, Bertha Freshman Todd. He also a stepson of Elizabeth Taylor eventhough he was older than his famous stepmother through his father's third marriage. Todd Jr...
(1929–2002), Son of American film producer Mike ToddMike ToddMichael Todd was an American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in Eighty Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture...
and stepson to Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth TaylorDame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age... - Michael J. ToddMichael J. ToddMichael J. Todd QPM , was Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police from 2002 until his death.-Biography:...
(1957-2008), senior British police officer - Michael Todd (musician)Michael Todd (musician)Michael Todd or Mic Todd was the bassist for progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. Todd left the band in August 2006 because of personal issues, but officially rejoined the group on April 25, 2007. Upon the time of his initial departure, he had been with the band for ten years. He officially...
, bassist of Coheed and CambriaCoheed and CambriaCoheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York. Formed in 1995, the group incorporates aspects of progressive rock, punk rock, metal and post-hardcore....
- Mike Todd
- Mort ToddMort ToddMort Todd , is an American who has spent his career in comics, animation and entertainment, notably as the editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine, and later, Marvel Music...
, American humorist - Olga Taussky ToddOlga Taussky ToddOlga Taussky-Todd was a Czech-American mathematician....
, Austrian-American mathematician - Pat Canning ToddPat Canning Todd----Mary Patricia Canning Todd , was an American tennis player who had her best results just after World War II...
, American tennis player - Patricia ToddPatricia ToddPatricia Todd is an American politician from Alabama. A Democrat, she is a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing District 54 in downtown Birmingham...
, American politician from Alabama - Paul H. Todd, Jr.Paul H. Todd, Jr.Paul Harold Todd, Jr. was a politician, soldier and business executive from the U.S. state of Michigan.Todd was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the son of Paul H. Todd, mayor of Kalamazoo in 1937, and the grandson of Albert M. Todd, former U.S. Representative and the "Peppermint King" founder of the...
, US Representative from the state of Michigan - Paula ToddPaula ToddPaula Todd is a Canadian journalist, lawyer and author, currently an investigative reporter for W5. She was the founding host of "The Verdict with Paula Todd" a prime-time legal and justice affairs program on CTV News Channel...
, Canadian journalist - Richard ToddRichard ToddRichard Todd OBE was an Irish-born British stage and film actor and soldier.-Early life:Richard Todd was born as Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Andrew William Palethorpe Todd, was an Irish physician and an international Irish rugby player who gained three caps for...
(1919-2009), British actor - Richard Todd (football player)Richard Todd (football player)Richard Todd is a former professional American football quarterback for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints from 1976 to 1985...
, American football player - Rick ToddRick ToddRick Todd is an Canadian professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour and the Canadian Tour....
, Canadian professional golfer - Ron ToddRon ToddRonald Todd , generally known as Ron Todd, was the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union , then the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, from 1985 until 1992....
, British union leader- Ron ToddRon Todd (footballer)Ronald Walford Todd was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League in the 1930s, and with Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association in the 1940s. Todd was an acrobatic and pacy forward, possessing a strong overhead mark...
, CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
footballer.
- Ron Todd
- Ruthven ToddRuthven ToddRuthven Campbell Todd was a Scottish poet, artist and novelist, best known as an editor of the works of William Blake. He wrote also under the pseudonym R. T. Campbell.-Background:...
, Scottish poet - Ruth ToddRuth ToddRuth Todd is an award winning Salt Lake City television news anchor. She most recently worked for ABC4 Television. Ruth joined the ABC4 newsteam in December 2001, but first appeared On-Air April 15, 2002 as the station's lead female anchor...
, American broadcaster - Sweeney ToddSweeney ToddSweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as then antagonist of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls and he was later introduced as an antihero in the broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and its film adaptation...
, fictional character from penny dreadfulPenny DreadfulA penny dreadful was a type of British fiction publication in the 19th century that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing an penny...
s - Thelma ToddThelma ToddThelma Alice Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy...
, American actress - Thomas ToddThomas ToddThomas Todd was an American attorney and U.S. Supreme Court justice. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he studied law and later participated in the founding of Kentucky, where he served as a clerk, judge, and justice. He was married twice and had a total of eight children. Todd joined the U.S...
, American judge - Tony ToddTony ToddAnthony T. "Tony" Todd is an American actor and movie producer, known for his height of 6'5", and deep voice. He is well known for playing the Candyman in the horror movie franchise of the same name, William Bludworth in Final Destination and for guest starring roles on numerous television...
, American actor - Walter Edmond Clyde ToddWalter Edmond Clyde ToddWalter Edmond Clyde Todd , generally known as W.E. Clyde Todd, was an American ornithologist....
, American ornithologist - Warwick ToddWarwick ToddrightWarwick Todd is a fictional character created by author and comedian Tom Gleisner. Todd is the author of four fictional cricket diaries: The Warwick Todd Diaries , Warwick Todd: Back in the Baggy Green , Warwick Todd Goes the Tonk and Warwick Todd - Up in the Block Hole...
, fictional cricketer invented by Tom GleisnerTom GleisnerTom Gleisner is an Australian director, producer, writer, comedian, occasional actor and author. He was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia.-Television, radio and film:...
See also
- Todd (disambiguation)
- Todt (disambiguation)
- Toddy (disambiguation)