Fred may refer to:
People:
- Fred (comics), pen name of French comics creator Fred Othon Aristidès (born 1931)
- Fred Dibnah (1938–2004), industrial archaeologist and broadcaster
- Fred Hollows (1929–1993), Australian Ophthalmologist and philanthropist
- Fred Luter (1957- ), first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Fred Rogers (1928 - 2003), host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Fred Tuttle (1919–2003), American farmer from Vermont who ran for the U.S. Senate, largely under the name Fred
- Fred, nickname of former Olympique Lyon Brazilian footballer Frederico Chaves Guedes (born 1983)
- Fred, nickname of Brazilian footballer Helbert Frederico Carreiro da Silva (born 1979)
- Fred, nickname of Brazilian footballer Frederico Luis Ladeira Campos (born 1984)
- All pages beginning with "Fred"
In fiction:
- Fred Claus, a 2007 Christmas film
- Fred: The Movie, a 2010 independent comedy film
- Winifred "Fred" Burkle, a female character on the TV series Angel
- Fred Figglehorn, a YouTube character created by Lucas Cruikshank
- Fred Flintstone, the main character of the animated series The Flintstones
- Fred Johnson (aka Mr. Johnson), character in the children's TV series Sesame Street
- Fred Jones, a supporting character of the animated series' Scooby-Doo
- Fred Kwon, highest paid member of the Surprise Party
- Fred Leblanc, the main character of the Canadian/European animated series Fred's Head
- Fred the Maintenance Diesel, a locomotive in The Railway Series by Christopher Awdry
- Fred Mertz, a character on the TV series I Love Lucy
- Fred G. Sanford, a character on the TV series Sanford and Son and the spin-off series Sanford
- Fred Weasley, a character from the Harry Potter film series
- Coconut Fred, a character from Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
- Fred, one of Joe's two best friends in the animated series, Time Warp Trio
- Fred, a character in the films Cars and Cars 2
Other:
- Fred (baboon), a notorious car raider from Cape Town, South Africa
- Fred (band), a five-piece Irish alternative band
- Fred (bicycling), a derisive cycling term
- Fred (chatterbot), an acronym for Functional Response Emulation Device
- Fred (XM), channel 44 on XM Satellite Radio prior to 2008
- Fred Records, a record label
- Fred the Computer, at the Middlesex News, the first general-circulation U.S. newspaper on the Internet
- Fred the Red, Manchester United F.C. mascot since 1994
- Fred, also known as Monster Pig, a giant pig shot in 2007
- Tropical Storm Fred (disambiguation)
Famous quotes containing the word fred:
“For me, its enough! Theyve been here long enoughmaybe too long. Its a funny thing, though. All these years Fred was too busy to have much time for the kids, now hes the one whos depressed because theyre leaving. Hes really having trouble letting go. He wants to gather them around and keep them right here in this house.”
—Anonymous Parent. As quoted in Women of a Certain Age, by Lillian B. Rubin, ch. 2 (1979)