Brad is a given name, usually a

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form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' fo ...

) of Bradley,

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

or Brady and generally masculine. Notable people with the name include:

Sports

Brad Rowe (tennis) Bradley Rowe (born November 20, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Rowe played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1977 and 1979, predominantly featuring in doubles tournaments. He was runner-up i ...

(born 1955), American tennis player *

Brad Farrow Brad Farrow (born October 5, 1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during his ...

(born 1956), Canadian judoka *

Brad Holland John Bradley Holland (born December 6, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played for four years at UCLA (from 1975 to 1979). He was a member of the 1980 Los Angeles Lakers championship team. He was the University of ...

(born 1956), American basketball player and coach * Brad Anae (born 1957), American football player * Brad Butterworth (born 1959), New Zealand yachtsman *

Brad Leaf Brad Leaf ( he, ברד ליף; born May 17, 1960) is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premie ...

(born 1960), Israeli-American basketball player *

Brad Noffsinger Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series; following his stock car racing career, he ...

(born 1960), American NASCAR driver *

Brad Gilbert Brad Gilbert (born August 9, 1961) is a former professional tennis player and an American tennis coach. During his career, he won 20 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1990, and a career-high doubles rank ...

(born 1961), American tennis player and coach * Brad Willock (born 1962), Canadian volleyball player *

Brad Wright (basketball) Bradford William Wright (born March 27, 1962, in Hollywood, California), is an American former professional basketball player. He attended Daniel Murphy High School in Los Angeles, and played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Wright was draf ...

(born 1962), American basketball player * Brad MacGregor (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Johnson (American football) (born 1968), American football player *

Brad Ausmus Bradley David Ausmus (; born April 14, 1969) is an American former professional baseball manager and catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). In his 18-year MLB playing career, Ausmus played for the San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Houston A ...

(born 1969), American baseball player and manager * Brad Beven (born 1969), Australian triathlete * Brad Rowe (footballer) (born 1969), Australian football player * Brad Lebo (born 1970), American football player *

Brad Williams (cricketer) Brad Andrew Williams (born 20 November 1974) is an Australian former cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. Domestic career He is a right arm fast bowler who made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1994–95 season as a nineteen-year-o ...

(born 1974), Australian cricketer *

Brad Thorn Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union footballer. Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a 22-season career as a pl ...

(born 1975), Australian rugby player *

Brad Stevens Bradley Kent Stevens (born October 22, 1976) is an American basketball executive and former coach who is currently the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics. Born and raised in Zionsville, Indiana, Stevens starred on the Zio ...

(born 1976), American basketball coach *

Brad Wilkerson Stephen Bradley Wilkerson (born June 1, 1977) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for eight seasons. Wilkerson played college baseball for the University of Florida, and was selected ...

(born 1977), American baseball player *

Brad Williamson (ice hockey) Brad Williamson (born July 4, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scor ...

(born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player *

Brad Hawpe Bradley Bonte Hawpe (born June 22, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. Hawpe played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Before he be ...

(born 1979), American baseball player * Brad Holmes (born 1979), American football executive *

Brad Richards Bradley Glen Richards (born May 2, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Richards was drafted in the third round, 64th overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and played for the Lightning, New York ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player *

Brad Williamson (basketball) Brad Williamson (born 27 June 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player who is most known for his time spent in the National Basketball League (NBL) playing for the Brisbane Bullets and Townsville Crocodiles. In 2007, he won an NBL C ...

(born 1981), Australian basketball player *

Brad Boyes Bradley Keith Boyes (born April 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who spent thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of seven different teams. Early life Boyes went to Hazel McCallion Senior ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Newley (born 1985), Australian basketball player *

Brad Gobright Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 November 27, 2019) was an American rock climber known for free solo climbing. Early life Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began climbing when he was six. (This article was published in ''Rock and ...

(1988-2019), American rock climber *

Brad Marchand Brad Marchand ( ; born May 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and alternate captain for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins selected Marchand in the third round, 71st overall, of the 2006 ...

(born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Loesing (born 1989), American basketball player * Brad Erdos (born 1990), Canadian football player *

Brad Goldberg Bradley Andrew Goldberg (born February 21, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. In high school, Goldberg was a 2008 preseason ''Baseball America'' All-Ame ...

(born 1990), American baseball pitcher *

Brad Wing Bradley Thomas Wing (born 27 January 1991) is an Australian professional American football punter for the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football a ...

(born 1991), American football player *

Brad Kaaya Bradley Mathias Kaaya Jr. (born September 3, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Miami from 2014 to 2016, and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Ka ...

(born 1995), American football player * Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player *

Brad Seaton Bradley Seaton (born November 23, 1993) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Villanova. Professional career Tennessee Titans Seaton was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the seventh round, 236th overal ...

(born 1993), American football player

Arts and entertainment

Brad Dexter Brad Dexter (born Boris Michel Soso; April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002) was an American actor and film producer. He is known for tough-guy and western roles, including the 1960 film '' The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), and producing several fi ...

(1917–2002), American actor * Brad Carlson, also known as Bun E. Carlos (born 1950), American drummer *

Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his film debut role as Billy Bibbit in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975). He is also kno ...

(born 1950), American actor * Brad Delp (1951–2007), American singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Boston * Brad Williams (puppeteer) (1951–1993), American puppet designer for TV programs and literacy education * Brad Altman (born 1954), American producer and husband of actor George Takei *

Brad Bird Phillip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning forty years in both animation and live-action. Bird was born in Montana and grew up ...

(born 1957), American director *

Brad Hall William Bradford Hall (born March 21, 1958) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known as a ''Weekend Update'' news anchor on '' Saturday Night Live'' and for creating the sitcoms ''The Single Guy'' and ''Watching Ellie''. ...

(born 1958), American screenwriter *

Bradley Whitford Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which he ...

(born 1959), American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford" * Brad Garrett (born 1960), American actor * Brad Whitford (born 1952), American guitarist *

Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Awar ...

(born 1963), American actor * Brad Silberling (born 1963), American director *

Brad Roberts Bradley Kenneth Roberts (born January 10, 1964) is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 album God Shuffl ...

(born 1964), Canadian musician * Brad Sherwood (born 1964), American comedian/actor *

Bradley Nowell Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band Sublime. Born and raised in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California, Nowell developed an interest in mus ...

(born 1965), American punk rock songwriter *

Brad Wilk Brad Wilk (born September 5, 1968) is an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine (1991–2000, 2007–2011, 2019–present), Audioslave (2001–2007, 2017), and Prophets of Rage (2016–2019 ...

(born 1968), American musician *

Brad Mehldau Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Qua ...

(born 1970), American jazz pianist *

Brad Rowe (actor) Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in ''Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss'' (1998) and TNT's '' Purgatory''. Other roles include a short stint as recurring charac ...

(born 1970), American actor * Brad Falchuk (born 1971), American director *

Brad Hargreaves Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recor ...

(born 1971), American drummer *

Brad Paisley Bradley Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album ''Who Needs Pictures'', he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashvil ...

(born 1972), American country musician *

Brad Delson Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the rock band Linkin Park.

(born 1977), American guitarist * Brad Renfro (1982–2008), American actor *

Brad Williams (comedian) Brad Williams (born January 13, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He was born with achondroplasia. Early years Williams was born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism. His ...

(born 1984), American comedian and actor *

Brad Kavanagh Brad Lewis Kavanagh (born 21 August 1992) is an English actor and musician from Whitehaven, Cumbria. He is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer for the English band FLYNT. Kavanagh was part of the original cast of '' Billy Elliott: The Musical ...

(born 1992), British actor * Brad Simpson (born 1995), British musician

Politics

* Brad Raffensperger (born 1955), Georgia Secretary of State *

Brad Ellsworth John Bradley Ellsworth (born September 11, 1958) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he was the Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States Senate, but he was defeated by Dan Coats, ...

(born 1958), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

Brad Henry Charles Bradford Henry (born July 10, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician who was the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected governor in 2002. Henry won re-election for a second term ...

(born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma *

Brad Hoylman Brad Madison Hoylman (born October 27, 1965) is an American Democratic politician. First elected in 2012, Hoylman represents the 27th District in the New York State Senate, covering much of Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. He is C ...

(born 1965), New York state senator *

Brad Wall Bradley John Wall (born November 24, 1965), is a Canadian former politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007 until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. His so ...

(born 1965), Premier of Saskatchewan *

Brad Finstad Bradley Howard Finstad (born May 30, 1976) is an American farmer, agricultural consultant, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for . Finstad represents a large section of southern Minnesota situated along the border with Iowa. The ...

(born 1976), Minnesota state representative

Other

* Brad Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple people * Brad Lomax (born 1950), American human rights and disability activist * Brad A. Myers (born 1956), American professor * Brad Williams (mnemonist) (born c. 1956), American, one of the only three people in the world with a condition called hyperthymestic syndrome *

Brad Farmer Bradley Paul Farmer (born 16 December 1959) is an Australian advocate, author and conservationist. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia on the 2019 Queens Birthday Honours List for a lifetime of voluntary service towards coasts, cons ...

(born c.1959), Australian Marine Conservationist * Brad McKay (doctor) (born 1970), Australian medical doctor, skeptic, television personality and author * Brad Colbert (born 1974), American Marine

Fictional characters

* Brad, a character in the American TV miniseries ''

V (1983 miniseries) ''V'' (or ''V: The Original Miniseries'') is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science-fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Vi ...

'' * Brad Anderson, a character in the 1987 American teen movie '' Adventures in Babysitting'' * Brad Armstrong, a character in the video game '' Lisa: The Painful'' *

Brad Bellick Bradley Bellick is a fictional character from the American television series, '' Prison Break''. He is portrayed by Wade Williams. As one of the principal characters of ''Prison Break'', he has been featured in the first four seasons of the serie ...

, in the television series ''

Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenced ...

'' * Brad Bodick, in the ABC television series '' The Middle'' * Brad Brillnick, a character in the American sitcom ''

It's Garry Shandling's Show ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' is an American sitcom that was initially broadcast on Showtime from September 10, 1986 to May 25, 1990. It was created by Garry Shandling and Alan Zweibel. The series is notable for breaking the fourth wall. S ...

'' * Brad Buttowski, in the animated television series '' Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' *

Brad Burns The following is a list of characters from the ''Virtua Fighter'' fighting game series released by Sega. Starting with ''Virtua Fighter'', this series has spanned five games (not including updates) and has been released on arcade systems as well as ...

, in the video game ''

Virtua Fighter is a series of fighting games created by Sega-AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki. The original '' Virtua Fighter'' was released in October 1993 and has received four main sequels and several spin-offs. The highly influential first ''Virtua Fighter'' ga ...

'' * Brad Carbunkle, in the animated television series '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' * Brad Chase, in the television series ''

Boston Legal ''Boston Legal'' is an American legal drama and comedy drama television series created by former lawyer and Boston native David E. Kelley, produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 200 ...

'' *

Brad Follmer FBI Assistant Director Brad D. Follmer is a fictional character in the American Fox television series ''The X-Files'', a science fiction series about a government conspiracy to hide or deny the truth of Alien existence. Follmer was introduced du ...

, in the television series ''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

'' * Brad Gurdlinger, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie '' We're the Millers'' * Brad Heinmuller, a character in the 1984 American science fiction romance movie '' Starman'' * Brad King, in the soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...

'' * Brad Langford, a character in the American TV sitcom ''

Silver Spoons ''Silver Spoons'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982, to May 11, 1986, and in first-run syndication from September 27, 1986, to May 30, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the f ...

'' * Brad Majors, in the musical ''

The Rocky Horror Show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the Science fiction film, science fiction and Horror film, horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the ...

'' * Brad Snider in the video game

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and the fifteenth in ...

* Brad Snyder (As the World Turns), in the American soap opera ''As The World Turns'' * Brad Taylor, in the television series ''Home Improvement'' * Brad Turner, a character in the animated show '' M.A.S.K. (TV series)'' * Brad Whitaker, in the 1987 James Bond film ''

The Living Daylights ''The Living Daylights'' is a 1987 spy film, the fifteenth entry in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first of two to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, the film's ...

'' * Brad White, a character in 2001 psychological horror movie '' Frailty'' *

Brad Williams (EastEnders) The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 1986, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's co-creator Julia Smith. The first character to be introduced du ...

, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Brad Williams, in the American comedy series '' Happy Endings'' * Brad Wilson, a character in the 1983 superhero movie ''

Superman III ''Superman III'' is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third installment in the ''Superman'' film series and a sequel to '' ...

'' *

Brad Wong The following is a list of characters from the '' Dead or Alive'' video game series, created by Tecmo and Team Ninja. Characters Main series Spin-off series ''Xtreme ''series Introduced in ''Dead or Alive'' Ayane Bass Armstrong Voi ...

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