Jed (given name)

Jed

Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Other names
Related names	Jedediah, Yedidiah

Jed is a masculine given name.

Notable people bearing this name include:

• Jed Dobré (Gawler/yellow vice captain sports day 2005)

Politicians:

• Jed Johnson (Oklahoma) (1888–1963), politician from Oklahoma
• Jed Johnson, Jr. (1939–1993), former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, son of Jed Johnson

Athletes:

• Jed Dobre (born 1992), Australian Hand Tennis Champion (06, 07, 08, 09, 10), Australian Kangaroo Polo League (AKPL) founder and CEO.
• Jed Adcock (born 1985), Australian Football League player
• Jed Graef (born 1942), American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
• Jed Lowrie (born 1984), Major League Baseball player
• Jed Ortmeyer (born 1978), minor league ice hockey player
• Jed Weaver (born 1976), former National Football League player
• Jed, nickname of Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (1912–1980), Polish tennis player

Fictional characters:

• Josiah Bartlet ("Jed"), in The West Wing on television
• Jed Clampett, in The Beverly Hillbillies on television
• Jed Wright, the only boss in the Xbox 360 video game demo Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Other:

• Jed Allan (born 1937), actor, particularly on soap operas
• Jed Harris (1900–1979), theater producer and director, film writer
• Jed Johnson (designer) (1948–1996), interior designer
• Jed S. Rakoff (born 1943), federal judge
• Jed Rubenfeld, Yale Law School professor and author
• Jed Smock, also known as Brother Jed (born 1943), confrontational evangelist and campus preacher
• Jed Dayang, Filipino diplomat

See also

• Jedediah