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Thaddeus (
Latin : Thaddaeus ,
Ancient Greek : Θαδδαῖος ,
romanized : Thaddaĩos , from
Imperial Aramaic : תדי , romanized: Ṯaday ) is a masculine
given name .
As of the
1990 Census , Thaddeus was the 611th most popular male name in the
United States , while
Thad , its diminutive version, was the 846th most popular.
[1]
Alternate forms
Biblical figures
Apostle
Jude son of James (Lebbaeus, Thaddeus) ,
brother of Jesus ,
[4]
Thaddeus of Edessa , one of the
Seventy Disciples ,
bishop of
Beirut ,
[5]
Venerable Thaddeus of
Lukh ,
[6]
New
Hieromartyr
Archbishop Thaddeus (Uspensky) of
Tver ,
[7]
Venerable Thaddeus of
Stepantsminda ,
[8]
Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion ,
[9]
Saints Thaddeus .
[10]
People
Thaddeus
Thaddeus of Naples (fl. 1291), crusade chronicler
Thaddeus (bishop of Caffa) , 14th-century Armenian Catholic friar and bishop
Thaddeus Bullard, American professional wrestler better known as
Titus O'Neil
Thaddeus Cahill (1867–1934), American inventor of the
telharmonium
Thaddeus P. Dryja , American ophthalmologist and geneticist
Thaddeus Grauer , Austrian art dealer
Thaddeus William Harris (1795–1856), American entomologist, botanist and librarian
Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer
Thaddeus B. Hurd , American architect and amateur historian
Thaddeus Kirkland (born 1955), American politician
Thaddeus Kosciuszko , Polish general in the American Revolution
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
Thaddeus McCotter (born 1965), American politician
Thaddeus Moss (born 1998), American football player
Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 1947), Irish film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
Ari Thaddeus Pilichowski, 20th-century French-British linguist and conference interpreter, better known as
Teddy Pilley
Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of
Ezra Pound
Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction
Thaddeus Ward (born 1997), American baseball player
Thaddeus Young , American basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
Thaddeus Joy , boat captain of "Seneca Chief" on Erie Canal.
Thad
Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader
Thad Lewis (born 1987), American National Football League quarterback
Thad Luckinbill , American actor on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Thad Starner , American computer scientist, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, technical lead of Google Glass
Fictional characters
General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross , Marvel comics character, mainly an antagonist of
Hulk
Agent John Thaddeus Myers, character in
Hellboy (2004) by
Guillermo Del Toro
Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana , DC comics character, an antagonist of
Captain Marvel
Thaddeus Sholto, character in
The Sign of the Four by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
Tadzio, character in the
film and
novella Death in Venice by
Thomas Mann
Thaddeus Beaumont in
The Dark Half by
Stephen King
Tadeus, character in "
Requiem: a Halucination " by
Antonio Tabucchi
Thaddeus Caractacus Evillard “Pecker” Bird, major Character in the
Starbuck Chronicle by
Bernard Cornwell
"The Chief" in the
CONTROL spy agency in
Get Smart
Thaddeus Thatch, paternal grandfather of Milo James Thatch in
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Thaddeus Bile , a character in the 2001
Disney /
Pixar
animated film
Monsters, Inc.
Thaddeus, character in the film
Your Highness
Dr. Thaddeus Morocco, an antagonist in the animated series
Transformers: Rescue Bots
Thad Castle, on television series
Blue Mountain State
Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, on the animated series
The Venture Bros.
Thaddeus Bradley, in the movie
Now You See Me
Brother Thaddeus, in the film
Heaven Help Us
See also
References