Trudy is a diminutive of Gertrude. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Trudy Adams (born 1964), American actress *

Trudy Anderson Trudy Lee Anderson (born 26 August 1959) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 2 Test matches and 26 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1993 and 1997. She played domestic cricket for A ...

(born 1959), New Zealand cricketer *

Trudy Bellinger Trudy Bellinger is a British director, producer and writer. She is most known for directing a short film Killing Christmas which won awards at three film festivals including London International Short Film Festival, Tweetfest Film Festival and W ...

, British music video director * Trudy Benson (born 1985), American painter *

Trudy Burke Trudy Burke (born 15 April 1991) is an Australian association football player, who currently plays for North Shore Mariners. Club career Burke started out her sporting career as a promising cricketer, playing in first-grade competition in Sy ...

(born 1991), Australian association football player *

Trudy Camilleri Trudy Camilleri (born 16 September 1991) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. She previously played for the now-defunct Central Coast Mariners and for Western Sydney Wanderers. ...

(born 1991), Australian football player *

Trudy H. Clark Major General#United States, Major General Trudy H. Clark, United States Air Force, USAF (retired) is a former Deputy Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Fort Belvoir, Virginia in the United States. Military career Clark re ...

(born 1951), United States Air Force major general * Trudy Coxe (born 1949), American environmental activist * Trudy Desmond (1945–1999), American singer * Trudy Dittmar (born 1944), American writer * Trudy Ederle (1905–2003), American swimmer * Trudy Elion (1918–1999), American biochemist * Trudy Larkin Förster (1935–2005), American writer * Trudy Govier, Canadian philosopher * Trudy Grant, Canadian television producer * Trudy Groenman (born 1944), Dutch tennis player *

Trudy Harris Trudy Harris is a picture book author from Idaho Falls, Idaho. She taught elementary school for 20 years, mostly in kindergarten. Currently, she teaches children's literature at Brigham Young University - Idaho. She writes books intended both ...

(born 1949), American author *

Trudy Harrison Trudy Lynne Harrison (born 19 April 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland since the February 2017 by-election. It was the first time Copeland had elected a Conservative MP sin ...

(born 1976), British politician * Trudy Haynes (1926–2022), American reporter *

Trudy Hellier Trudy Hellier is an Australian actress, director and screenwriter with many television credits to her name. Selected credits She was a main star in the Australian television programs '' Round the Twist'' and '' Frontline''. She appeared on ...

, Australian actress *

Trudy Kerr Trudy Kerr (born 3 January 1963) is an Australian-born jazz musician, teacher, radio presenter and label owner. Since 1997 she has released ten studio albums and a compilation album, ''Contemplation'' (January 2015). Kerr has performed concerts ...

(born 1963), Australian teacher *

Trudy Kilkolly Trudy Anne Kilkolly (born 4 October 1965 in Wanganui) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Ba ...

(born 1965), New Zealand Olympic athlete *

Trudy Lynn Trudy Lynn (born August 9, 1947) is an American electric blues and soul blues singer and songwriter, whose recorded work has been released on twelve studio albums, one live album, and four compilation albums. The Allmusic journalist, Alex Hende ...

(born 1947), American singer *

Trudy Mackay Trudy Frances Charlene Mackay (born 10 September 1952) is the director of Clemson University's Center for Human Genetics located on the campus of the Greenwood (S.C.) Genetic Center. She is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities o ...

(born 1952), Canadian author *

Trudy Marshall Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall (February 14, 1920 – May 23, 2004) was an American actress and model. Early life Marshall was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Madeline (née Brennan) and Frederick Marshall. She studied drama ...

(1920–2004), American actress *

Trudy McCaffery Trudy V. McCaffery (April 10, 1944 – February 12, 2007) was a Thoroughbred racehorse owner-breeder in California who served on the board of directors of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation, the NTRA Charities, the California Thoroughbred Breeders ...

(1944–2007), thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder *

Trudy McFall Trudy McFall is co-founder and Chairman of Homes for America (HFA), an Annapolis, Maryland based business founded in September 1994. HFA is the tenth largest non-profit developer of affordable housing in the country. Career Ms. McFall is widely ...

, American non-profit executive *

Trudy McIntosh Trudy McIntosh (born 30 July 1984) is an Australian artistic gymnast. McIntosh competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2 ...

(born 1984), Australian artistic gymnast *

Trudy Morgan Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is the first African woman to be awarded a Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the first female Vice President of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers. Born to Sierra Leone Creole parents in ...

(born 1966), African civil engineer *

Trudy Norris-Grey Trudy Norris-Grey is a Welsh businesswoman, and is a well-recognized leader in the U.K., globally and in the Tech industry. In 2020 Trudy was appointed aUCAS' first independent chair of its board of trustees. Trudy was appointed, in 2007, the Cha ...

, Welsh businesswoman *

Trudy Huskamp Peterson Trudy Huskamp Peterson (born January 25, 1945) is first woman to hold the position of Archivist of the United States. She was the Acting Archivist of the United States from March 25, 1993 to May 29, 1995. Education Peterson earned her B.S. ...

(born 1945), American archivist * Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), American jazz singer *

Trudy Richards Gertrude Richards Moreault (April 25, 1920 – April 4, 2008) was an American, Manhattan-born, 1950s jazz and swing singer. She originally did background singing, and soon became lead vocalist with the Charlie Barnet band, with whom she recorded ...

(1920–2008), American singer *

Trudy Ruth Geertruida Hendrika "Trudy" Ruth (born 20 May 1950) is a retired Dutch sprinter. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured i ...

(born 1950), Dutch sprinter *

Trudy Silver Trudy Silver (born April 24, 1953) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Life Born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut, she started playing piano at age 7, often practicing on her aunt's seven-foot Mason & Hamlin concert grand piano. Silv ...

(born 1953), American composer * Trudy Späth-Schweizer (1908–1990), Swiss political figure * Trudy Stevenson (1944–2018), Zimbabwean politician and ambassador to Senegal * Trudy Wade (born 1951), American politician *

Trudy Wroe Trudy Wroe (May 25, 1931 – November 10, 2007) was an American actress. Early years Born in Los Angeles, Wroe majored in art at Manual Arts High School, as she planned a career as a commercial artist. Career In the early 1950s, Wroe worked as ...

(1931–2007), American actress * Trudy Young (born 1950), Canadian actress

Fictional characters

Trudy Trudy is a diminutive of Gertrude. Notable people with the name include: People * Trudy Adams (born 1964), American actress * Trudy Anderson (born 1959), New Zealand cricketer * Trudy Bellinger, British music video director * Trudy Benson (bo ...

, from ''Disney Comics'' * Trudy Chacón, from ''Avatar'' (2009 film) * Trudy, from the TV series '' The Tribe'' *

Trudy Monk The following is a list of characters of ''Monk'', an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series, created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. Except for two changes, the principal ...

, from the TV series ''Monk'' * Trudy Joplin, from the TV series ''

Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two Me ...

'' * Trudy Campbell, from the TV series ''

Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its ...

'' * Trudy Proud, from the TV series ''

The Proud Family ''The Proud Family'' is an American animated television series created by Bruce W. Smith that originally ran on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. A revival, known as '' The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder'', was ann ...

'' * Deputy Trudy Wiegel, from the TV series ''

Reno 911! ''Reno 911!'' is an American comedy television series airing on Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically ''Cops'', with comic actors playing the police officers. Thomas Lennon, Robe ...

People

Fictional characters

See also