Grady is a gender-neutral given name of Irish origin, derived from the Irish word ''gráda'', meaning "noble" or "renowned".

Notable people with the given name "Grady" include

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* Grady Adkins (1897–1966), American baseball player *

Grady Alderman Grady Alderman (December 10, 1938 – April 5, 2018) was an American football player and executive. He played professionally as an offensive tackle for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mostly with the Minnesota Vikings. Career ...

(1938–2018), American football player *

Grady Allen Grady Lynn Allen (January 1, 1946 - December 4, 2012) was a professional American football player who played linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons for the Atlanta Falcons. Born in San Augustine, Texas, Allen played d ...

(1946–2012), American football player

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Grady Avenell Grady Avenell (born December 25, 1972) is an American musician. He is the singer for hardcore-metal band Will Haven. Avenell was born in California. He is notable for his intense vocal style, consisting mainly of screaming. He formed Will Have ...

(born 1972), American musician *

Grady Benton Grady Benton (born February 20, 1973) is a former American football quarterback who played one season in the Arena Football League with the Memphis Pharaohs and Texas Terror. He first enrolled at Arizona State University before transferring to ...

(born 1973), American football player *

Grady Booch Grady Booch (born February 27, 1955) is an American software engineer, best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language (UML) with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh. He is recognized internationally for his innovative work in software archit ...

(born 1955), American software engineer *

Grady Brewer Grady Lamont Brewer (born December 22, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2015. A former IBA and International Boxing Council (IBC) Light Middleweight titleholder, he is the 2006 winner of the ESPN reality ...

(born 1970), American boxer * Grady Brown (born 1944), American politician

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Grady Cavness Grady Cavness (born March 1, 1947) is a former American football defensive back. He played for the Denver Broncos in 1969 and for the Atlanta Falcons in 1970. He later joined the CFL and played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1972 to 1973 an ...

(born 1947), American football player *

Grady Champion Grady Champion (born October 10, 1969) is an American electric blues harmonicist, singer, guitarist and songwriter. He has released ten albums to date. His influences include Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Koko Taylor. His "rough, r ...

(born 1969), American blues musician *

Grady Chapman Grady Chapman (October 1, 1929 – January 4, 2011) was best known as the American lead singer of doo wop group The Robins. Biography Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Chapman joined The Robins in 1952, singing alongside Bobby Nunn, Bill ...

(1929–2011), American singer-songwriter *

Grady Clay Grady Edward Clay Jr (November 5, 1916 – March 17, 2013) was an American journalist and urbanist specializing in landscape architecture and urban planning. In 1962, the American Institute of Architects said of Clay: "The editor of ''Landscap ...

(1916–2013), American journalist and landscape architect * Grady Cofer, American visual effects artist * Grady Cooper, American film director * Grady C. Cothen (1920–2017), American minister

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Grady Diangana Grady George Diangana (born 19 April 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championship club West Bromwich Albion. He has previously played for West Ham United. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, D ...

(born 1998), Congolese footballer * Gradey Dick (born 2003), American basketball player

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* Grady Easton (born 2002), American soccer player

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Grady Fuson Grady Lee Fuson (born April 19, 1956) is an American professional baseball scout and executive who is a special adviser for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Early life and education Fuson grew up in Kearny Mesa, San Diego. He atte ...

(born 1956), American baseball scout

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Grady Gaines Grady Gaines (May 14, 1934 – January 29, 2021) was an American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist, who performed and recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s. He backed other musicians such as Dee Clark, Little Wil ...

(1934–2021), American musician *

Grady Gammage Grady Gammage (August 5, 1892 – December 22, 1959) was an Arizonan educator. He served as the president of Northern Arizona University from 1926 to 1933 and as the president of Arizona State University from 1933 to 1959. In 1958, he led A ...

(1892–1959), American educator

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* Grady Hall, American screenwriter *

Grady Hatton Grady Edgebert Hatton Jr. (October 7, 1922 – April 11, 2013) was an American professional baseball second baseman, third baseman, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs, Chicago White Sox, Bost ...

(1922–2013), American baseball player *

Grady Hendrix Grady Hendrix is an American author, journalist, public speaker, and screenwriter known for his best-selling 2014 novel '' Horrorstör''. Hendrix lives in Manhattan and was one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival. Life and career ...

, American author *

Grady Higginbotham Grailey Hewett "Grady" Higginbotham (December 31, 1892 – February 10, 1989) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. Commonly known as Grady, he was also nickn ...

(1892–1989), American football and baseball player * Grady Howard (1911–1989), American politician * Grady Howe (born 1994), American soccer player *

Grady Hunt Grady Hunt (May 16, 1921 – May 5, 2013) was an American costume designer. He was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards in the category Outstanding Costumes for his work on the television programs ''Columbo'', ''The Snoop Sisters'', '' The ...

(1921–2013), American costume designer

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Grady Jackson Grady O'Neal Jackson (born January 21, 1973) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Knoxville College. Jackson also played f ...

(born 1973), American football player * Grady Jarrett (born 1993), American football player *

Grady Judd Grady Judd (born March 10, 1954) is the sheriff of Polk County, Florida. He has served in this position since 2005. Early life and education Grady Judd was born in Lakeland, Florida, in 1954. He earned both bachelor's and master's degrees fr ...

(born 1954), American police officer

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* Grady R. Kent (1909–1964), American theologian

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Grady Lewis Grady W. Lewis (March 25, 1917 – March 11, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners. Lewis played four seasons with the Phillips 66 Oile ...

(1917–2009), American basketball player *

Grady Little William Grady Little (born March 3, 1950) is a former manager in Major League Baseball, currently working in the front office of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He managed the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2003 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 to 2007 ...

(born 1950), American baseball player * Grady Livingston (born 1972), American football player

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Grady Martin Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's " Coal ...

(1929–2001), American musician *

Grady Mathews Grady Mathews (January 3, 1943 in San Antonio, Texas – April 18, 2012), also known as "The Professor" or "Mr. One Pocket", was an American pool (cue sports), pool player and was the first inductee into the One-pocket, One-Pocket Hall of Fame ...

(1943–2012), American pool player *

Grady Louis McMurtry Grady Louis McMurtry (October 18, 1918 – July 12, 1985) was a student of author and occultist Aleister Crowley and an adherent of Thelema. He is best known for reviving the fraternal organization Ordo Templi Orientis, which he headed from 197 ...

(1918–1985), American soldier and occultist *

Grady McWhiney Grady McWhiney (July 15, 1928 – April 18, 2006) was a historian of the American south and the U.S. Civil War. Early life and education McWhiney was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and served in the Marine Corps in 1945. He married in 19 ...

(1928–2006), American historian

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Grady Norton Grady Norton (1894 – October 9, 1954) was an American meteorologist. He is widely recognized as the original director of the National Hurricane Center even though that position would not be created during his lifetime. The son of a farmer, Nort ...

(1894–1954), American meteorologist *

Grady Nutt Grady Lee Nutt (September 2, 1934 – November 23, 1982) was a Southern Baptist minister, humorist, television personality, and author. He was an uncle to performer Joey Lauren Adams. His humor revolved around rural Southern Protestantism a ...

(1934–1982), American minister

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* Grady O'Cummings III (??–1996), American political figure * Grady O'Malley (born 1948), American basketball player

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Grady Patterson Grady Leslie Patterson, Jr. (January 13, 1924 – December 7, 2009) was a Democratic Party politician who served as the South Carolina Treasurer and a United States Air Force Lieutenant General. Born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, Patte ...

(1924–2009), American politician

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* Grady Reynolds, American basketball player * Grady Richardson (born 1952), American football player

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Grady Sizemore Grady Sizemore (born August 2, 1982) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2004 through 2011, but did not play in the majors for the following two years aft ...

(born 1982), American baseball player *

Grady Stiles Grady Franklin Stiles Jr. (June 26, 1937 – November 29, 1992) was an American freak show performer and murderer. His deformity was the genetic condition ectrodactyly, in which the fingers and toes are fused together to form claw-like extremities. ...

(1937–1992), American freak show performer *

Grady Sutton Grady Harwell Sutton (April 5, 1906 – September 17, 1995) was an American film and television character actor from the 1920s to the 1970s. He appeared in more than 180 films. Early years Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sutton was raised ...

(1906–1995), American actor

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Grady Tate Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 – October 8, 2017) was an American jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. In addition to his work as sideman, Tate released many albums as leader and lent his voice to songs in the animated '' Schoolhou ...

(1932–2017), American singer *

Grady Thomas Grady Thomas (born January 5, 1941, in Newark, New Jersey, United States) is a former member of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funk ...

(born 1941), American musician

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Grady Wallace Grady A. Wallace (January 20, 1934 – August 17, 2006) was an All-American basketball player for the South Carolina Gamecocks in 1955–56 and 1956–57. As a senior in 1957, Wallace led the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) i ...

(1934–2006), American basketball player *

Grady Ward William Grady Ward (born April 4, 1951) is an American software engineer, lexicographer, and Internet activist who has been prominent in the Scientology versus the Internet controversy. Biography Grady Ward created the Moby Project, an extensive ...

(born 1951), American software engineer *

Grady Watts Grady Watts (June 30, 1908 – January 1986)"Grady Watts". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, 2004. was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Early life and education Watts was born in Texarkana, Texas. He attended the Allen A ...

(1908–1986), American jazz musician *

Grady Webster Grady Linder Webster (1927–2005) was a plant systematist and taxonomist. He was the recipient of a number of awards and appointed to fellowships of botanical institutions in the United States of America. Webster's research included study of the di ...

(1927–2005), American botanist and taxonomist * Grady Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people

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