Brad is a given name, usually a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Bradley, Bradford, Brady, or Bradney and generally masculine. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
edit- Brad Anae (born 1957), American football player
- Brad Ausmus (born 1969), American baseball player and manager
- Brad Beven (born 1969), Australian triathlete
- Brad Boyes (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Butterworth (born 1959), New Zealand yachtsman
- Brad Erdos (born 1990), Canadian football player
- Brad Farrow (born 1956), Canadian judoka
- Brad Gilbert (born 1961), American tennis player and coach
- Brad Gobright (1988–2019), American rock climber
- Brad Goldberg (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
- Brad Hawpe (born 1979), American baseball player
- Brad Hogg (born 1970), Australian cricketer
- Brad Holland (born 1956), American basketball player and coach
- Brad Holmes (born 1979), American football executive
- Brad Idzik (born 1991), American football coach
- Brad Johnson (American football) (born 1968), American football player
- Brad Kaaya (born 1995), American football player
- Brad Leaf (born 1960), Israeli-American basketball player
- Brad Lebo (born 1970), American football player
- Brad Leonard (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
- Brad Loesing (born 1989), American basketball player
- Brad MacGregor (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Marchand (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player
- Brad Newley (born 1985), Australian basketball player
- Brad Noffsinger (born 1960), American NASCAR driver
- Brad Richards (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Rowe (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
- Brad Rowe (footballer) (born 1969), Australian football player
- Brad Seaton (born 1993), American football player
- Brad Stevens (born 1976), American basketball coach
- Brad Thorn (born 1975), Australian rugby player
- Brad Wilkerson (born 1977), American baseball player
- Brad Williams (cricketer) (born 1974), Australian cricketer
- Brad Williamson (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Williamson (basketball) (born 1981), Australian basketball player
- Brad Willock (born 1962), Canadian volleyball player
- Brad Wing (born 1991), American football player
- Brad Wright (basketball) (born 1962), American basketball player
Arts and entertainment
edit- Brad Altman (born 1954), American producer and husband of actor George Takei
- Brad Bird (born 1957), American director
- Brad Carlson, also known as Bun E. Carlos (born 1950), American drummer
- Brad Delp (1951–2007), American singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Boston
- Brad Delson (born 1977), American guitarist
- Brad Dexter (1917–2002), American actor
- Brad Dourif (born 1950), American actor
- Brad Falchuk (born 1971), American director
- Brad Garrett (born 1960), American actor
- Brad Hall (born 1958), American screenwriter
- Brad Hargreaves (born 1971), American drummer
- Brad Kavanagh (born 1992), British actor
- Brad Mehldau (born 1970), American jazz pianist
- Bradley Nowell (born 1965), American punk rock songwriter
- Brad Paisley (born 1972), American country musician
- Brad Pitt (born 1963), American actor
- Brad Renfro (1982–2008), American actor
- Brad Roberts (born 1964), Canadian musician
- Brad Rowe (actor) (born 1970), American actor
- Brad Sherwood (born 1964), American comedian/actor
- Brad Silberling (born 1963), American director
- Brad Simpson (born 1995), British musician
- Brad Wilk (born 1968), American musician
- Brad Williams (puppeteer) (1951–1993), American puppet designer for TV programs and literacy education
- Brad Williams (comedian) (born 1984), American comedian and actor
- Brad Whitford (born 1952), American guitarist
- Bradley Whitford (born 1959), American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford"
Politics
edit- Brad Cathers, Canadian politician
- Brad Ellsworth (born 1958), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Brad Finstad (born 1976), Minnesota state representative
- Brad Henry (born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma
- Brad Hoylman (born 1965), New York state senator
- Brad Raffensperger (born 1955), Georgia Secretary of State
- Brad Wall (born 1965), Premier of Saskatchewan
Other
edit- Brad Colbert (born 1974), American Marine
- Brad Farmer (born c. 1959), Australian Marine Conservationist
- Brad Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Brad Lomax (1950–84), American human rights and disability activist
- Brad McKay (doctor) (born 1970), Australian medical doctor, skeptic, television personality and author
- 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
Fictional characters
edit- Cheetah, a character in the Canadian-produced sitcom Learning the Ropes
- Brad, a character in the American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries)
- 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, in the television series Prison Break
- Brad Bodick, in the ABC television series The Middle
- Brad Brillnick, a character in the American sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Brad Buttowski, in the animated television series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Brad Burns, in the video game Virtua Fighter
- Brad Carbunkle, in the animated television series My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Brad Chase, in the television series Boston Legal
- Brad Follmer, in the television series The X-Files
- 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
- Brad Langford, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
- Brad Majors, in the musical The Rocky Horror Show
- Brad Park, in the videogames Dead Rising 3 and Dead Rising 4
- Brad Snider in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
- 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
- Brad White, a character in 2001 psychological horror movie Frailty
- Brad Williams (EastEnders), 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
- Brad Wong, in the video game Dead or Alive
This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.