# Speed (name)

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**Speed**, as a name, may refer to:

## Surname

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

## Given name

- [Speed S. Fry](/source/Speed_S._Fry) (1817–1892), American lawyer and judge

## Nickname

- [Charles W. "Speed" Holman](/source/Charles_W._%22Speed%22_Holman) (1898–1931), American aviator, barnstormer, wing walker and parachutist
- [Timothy "Speed" Levitch](/source/Timothy_Levitch) (born 1970), American actor, author, and tour guide
- [Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel](/source/Carl_Shipp_Marvel) (1894–1988), American chemist
- [Pepe Smith](/source/Pepe_Smith) (1947–2019), Pinoy rock singer and drummer, member of the trio Speed, Glue & Shinki
- [Art Spector](/source/Art_Spector) (1920–1987), American basketball player
- [Björn Strid](/source/Bj%C3%B6rn_Strid) (born 1978), Swedish heavy metal singer
- Irving [Speed Vogel](/source/Speed_Vogel) (1918–2008), American sculptor, painter, and writer
- William [Speed Weed](/source/Speed_Weed), American television writer and producer
- [William H. "Speed" Gardner](/source/Speed_Gardner) (1895–1972), American auto racer
- Darren Watkins Jr. (born 2005), American YouTuber, streamer and internet personality known as [IShowSpeed](/source/IShowSpeed)

## Fictional characters

- [Blazey H. Speed](/source/Blazey_H._Speed), a character in *Ninjago*
- [Speed (character)](/source/Speed_(character)), member of the Young Avengers in the Marvel Universe
- [Speed Racer (character)](/source/Speed_Racer_(character)), title character of *Speed Racer*, a manga and anime series
- [Speed Saunders](/source/Speed_Saunders), DC Comics character
- Speedy Buggy, title character of *[Speed Buggy](/source/Speed_Buggy)*, a Hanna-Barbera television series
- Tony "Speed" Malatesta, one of the title characters of *[Mother, Jugs & Speed](/source/Mother,_Jugs_%26_Speed)*, a 1976 film
- Speed, one of the characters in *[The Odd Couple](/source/The_Odd_Couple_(play))*, a 1965 play, and its adaptations
- Claude Speed, the main character of *[Grand Theft Auto III](/source/Grand_Theft_Auto_III)* and *[GTA 2](/source/GTA_2)*.

## See also

- [Speed (disambiguation)](/source/Speed_(disambiguation))

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