Fried is a Yiddish-language surname that is exclusively Ashkenazic Jewish and a German-language surname of German ancestry.
Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911Avraham Fried, popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish communityCharles Fried, conservative American jurist and lawyerDaisy Fried, American poetDaniel Fried, United States career diplomat, Ambassador and Special EnvoyDavid L. Fried, scientist, best known for his contributions to opticsErich Fried, poet known for his political-minded poetryEugen Fried (1900–1943), Czechoslovak communist who played a leading role in the French Communist PartyFerdinand Fried, the pen-name of Ferdinand Zimmermann German (economist and writer)George Fried, American sea captainIna Fried, senior editor for All Things DigitalJake Fried, artist and animatorMichael Fried (art critic), Modernist art critic and art historianNicolás Alejandro Massú Fried (born 1979), Chilean Olympic champion tennis playerOskar Fried, German conductor and composerVolker Fried, former field hockey player from West Germany