Bradley is an English given name derived from a placename meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English. The given name Brad is often a diminutive of Bradley. Like many English given names, Bradley can also be used as a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the given name include: * Bradley Barcola (born 2002), French footballer *

Bradley Beattie Bradley Beattie (born 20 August 1957) is an English former footballer born in Torquay, Devon, who played in the Football League for Torquay United and in Non-League football for Bath City. Beattie, an inside forward, was an apprentice wit ...

(born 1957), English footballer * Bradley Bozeman (born 1994), American football player *

Bradley Chubb Bradley Austin Chubb (born June 24, 1996) is an American football outside linebacker for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC State, and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round o ...

(born 1996), American football player * Bradley Cooper (born 1975), American actor * Bradley Hore (born 1981), Australian flyweight boxer *

Bradley James Bradley James (born 1983 or 1984) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Arthur Pendragon in the BBC TV (NBC in America) series '' Merlin,'' Damien Thorn in ''Damien'', Varga in '' Underworld: Blood Wars'', Giuliano de' Medici '' ...

, English actor *

Bradley McGee Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the ...

(born 1976), Australian professional cyclist (road and track) * Bradley McIntosh (born 1981), British singer, rapper and actor, member of S Club 7 *

Bradley Mousley Bradley Mousley (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian tennis player. Mousley won the Australian Open boys' doubles title in both 2013 and 2014. In August 2014, Mousley received a one-year ban, backdated to 30 May 2014, after testing positive ...

(born 1996), Australian tennis player *

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 mu ...

(1968–1996), American musician *

Bradley Steven Perry Bradley Steven Perry (born November 23, 1998) is an American actor. He played the role of Good Luck Charlie#Gabe Duncan, Gabe Duncan on the Disney Channel family sitcom ''Good Luck Charlie'', and the role of Roger Ellison in Disney's ''High Scho ...

(born 1998), American actor *

Bradley G. Pieper Bradley G. Pieper (born June 16, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. Pieper was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and went to the Minneapolis public schools and to the University of Minnesota. He lived in Burnsville, Minnesota with his w ...

(born 1942), American businessman and politician *

Bradley Simpson The Vamps are a British Pop music, pop band consisting of Brad Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball and Tristan Evans. They formed in 2012 and signed to Mercury Records (now Virgin EMI Records) in the November of the same year. In 2017, ...

(born 1995), British musician with The Vamps *

Bradley Quinn Bradley Quinn (born 1976) is a commercial photographer based in Holywood, County Down, Holywood, Northern Ireland. He is the principal photographer of Northern Irish bands Snow Patrol and Cashier No. 9. He is younger brother to Jonny Quinn, the dr ...

(born 1976), Northern Irish photographer * Bradley Walsh (born 1960), English comedian and TV presenter * Bradley Whitford (born 1959), American actor * Bradley Wiggins (born 1980), British professional cyclist (road and track) * Bradley was the given name of Chelsea Manning (born 1987), the American whistleblower/video leaker in Wikileaks' Collateral Murder case before she announced her gender transition

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