Speed (name)

Last updated May 28, 2025

Speed, as a name, may refer to:

Surname

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

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

Blazey H. Speed, a character in Ninjago
Speed (character), member of the Young Avengers in the Marvel Universe
Speed Racer (character), title character of Speed Racer, a manga and anime series
Speed Saunders, DC Comics character
Speedy Buggy, title character of Speed Buggy , a Hanna-Barbera television series
Tony "Speed" Malatesta, one of the title characters of Mother, Jugs & Speed , a 1976 film
Speed, one of the characters in The Odd Couple , a 1965 play, and its adaptations