Rudy or Rudi is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad,

Rudra Rudra (; sa, रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. Ru ...

, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to:

People

Given name or nickname

*Rudolf

Rudy Andeweg Rudolf Bastiaan "Rudy" Andeweg (born 28 February 1952) is a former Professor of Empirical Political Science at Leiden University. He has written on political psychology, voting behavior, political elites, political leadership, comparative politics ...

(born 1952), Dutch political scientist *Rudolf Rudi Assauer (1944–2019), German football manager and player *Rudolf

Rudy Ballieux Rudolf Eugène Pierre Albertus "Rudy" Ballieux (17 September 1930 – 22 October 2020) was a Dutch immunologist. Career Ballieux was born on 17 September 1930 in Pekalongan in the Dutch East Indies. After attending the Hogere Burgerschool he s ...

(1930–2020), Dutch immunologist *

Rudi Carrell Rudi Carrell (born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar; 19 December 1934 – 7 July 2006) was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, he was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in ...

(1934–2006), Dutch television entertainer * Rudy Cerami (born 1988), American football player * Rudy D'Amico (born 1940), American National Basketball Association scout, and former college and professional basketball coach *

Rudy Demotte Rudy or Rudi is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad, Rudra, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to: People Given name or nickname *Rudolf Rudy Andeweg (born 1952), Dutch poli ...

(born 1963), Belgian politician *Rudi Dil, birth name of

Ruud Gullit Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ...

(born 1962), Dutch retired football manager and player *

Rudi Dolezal Rudi Dolezal ( sl, Doležal, born 5 February 1958) is an Austrian film producer and film director best known for his music videos. He has directed and produced videos for artists such as Tom Waits, the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, M ...

(born 1958), Austrian film director and film producer *Rüdiger

Rudi Dornbusch Rüdiger Dornbusch (June 8, 1942 – July 25, 2002) was a German economist who worked in the United States for most of his career. Early life and education Dornbusch was born in Krefeld in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia. After completing his ...

(1942–2002), German economist *Alfred Willi Rudolf

Rudi Dutschke Alfred Willi Rudolf "Rudi" Dutschke (; 7 March 1940 – 24 December 1979) was a German sociologist and political activist who, until severely injured by an assassin in 1968, was a leading charismatic figure within the West German Socialist Stu ...

(1940–1979), the most prominent spokesperson of the 1960s German student movement *

Rudy Florio Rudy Florio (born March 26, 1950) is a former Canadian football running back who played six seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes and BC Lions. He was drafted by the BC Lions in the fifth round of the 1973 CFL Draft. ...

(born 1950), Canadian football player *Jonathan

Rudy Ford Johnathan "Rudy" Ford (born November 1, 1994) is an American football free safety for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn, and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth roun ...

(born 1994), American football player *Val

Rudy Galindo Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo (born September 7, 1969) is an American former competitive figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion, 1987 World Junior Champion, and 19 ...

(born 1969), American retired figure skater *

Rudi Garcia Rudi José Garcia (; ; born 20 February 1964) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr. Early life Rudi Garcia's father, José, was a Spanish expatriate who playe ...

(born 1964), French football manager and former player *

Rudy Gay Rudy Carlton Gay Jr. (born August 17, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'8" forward played college basketball for the University of Connecticut before being d ...

(born 1986), American basketball player *Rudolf

Rudi Gernreich Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich (August 8, 1922 April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashio ...

(1922–1985), Austrian-born American fashion designer *Rudolph

Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani (, ; born May 28, 1944) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He previously served as the United States Associate Attorney General from 1981 to 19 ...

(born 1944) former US Associate Attorney General and former Mayor of New York City *

Rudy Gobert Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel ( ; born June 26, 1992) is a French professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the French national team in their international competitions ...

(born 1992), French basketball player *

Rudy Haddad Rudy Haddad ( he, רודי חדד; born 5 February 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Career Haddad is Jewish, and was born in Paris and raised in France to a family of Tunisian Jewish descent. He ...

(born 1985), French-Israeli football player *

Rudy Horn Rudy Horn (14 February 1933 – 12 October 2018) was a well-regarded juggler. Information He began at age 7 and later toured around the world. He appeared on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' four times. He retired from juggling in 1975 and became a tennis ...

(1933–2018), German juggler *

Rudy Kennedy Rudy Kennedy (born Rudi Karmeinsky October 24, 1927 – November 10, 2008) was a British rocket scientist, Holocaust survivor, and a protester for Jewish causes. He spent a substantial period of his youth in Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz, M ...

(1927–2008), British rocket scientist and Holocaust survivor and activist *Rudolph

Rudy LaRusso Rudolph A. LaRusso (November 11, 1937 – July 9, 2004) was an American professional basketball player who was a five-time All-Star in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed "Roughhouse Rudy." Early life LaRusso was Jewish ...

(1937–2004), American basketball player *

Rudy Linka Rudy Linka (born 29 May 1960) is a jazz guitarist from the Czech Republic. From 1975–1979, he studied classical guitar as a teenager at the Prague Conservatory and learned jazz through his mentor, Karel Velebný. After travelling to Germany i ...

(born 1960), Czech-American jazz guitarist *

Rudy Pankow Rudy Pankow () is an American actor. He stars as JJ Maybank on the Netflix teen drama series ''Outer Banks''. Early life Pankow was born and raised in Ketchikan, Alaska. He began his interest in acting and production in middle school via YouTube ...

(born 1998), American actor * Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (born 1948), American football player, motivational speaker, and inspiration for the film '' Rudy'' *

Rudy Rupak Acharyya "Rudy" Rupak (born 14 November 1968) is a serial entrepreneur known for introducing the business of medical tourism as the founder of the world's first medical tourism company, PlanetHospital. He is also known for producing '' Snowbo ...

, Canadian serial entrepreneur *Rudolph

Rudy Sikich Rudolph H. Sikich (February 12, 1921 – January 4, 1998) was an American football tackle who played one season with the Cleveland Rams of the NFL. He was drafted by the Brooklyn Tigers in the fourth round of the 1944 NFL Draft. Sikich played c ...

(1921–1998), American National Football League player *Rudolf Rudi Skácel (born 1979), Czech footballer *

Rudy Trouvé Rudy Trouvé (born 28 January 1967 in Wilrijk) is a Belgian musician from Antwerp. In the early nineties he founded the Heavenhotel record label and released dozens of records since. Between 1993 and 1995 he was part of Deus, quitting the band ...

(born 1967), Belgian musician *Hubert

Rudy Vallée Hubert Prior Vallée (July 28, 1901 – July 3, 1986), known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, musician, actor, and radio host. He was one of the first modern pop stars of the teen idol type. Early life Hubert Prior Val ...

(1901–1986), American singer, actor and bandleader, one of the first modern pop stars *Rudolf

Rudi Vis Rudolf Jan Vis (4 April 1941 – 30 May 2010) was a Dutch-born British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green from 1997 to 2010. Early life Vis was born in 1941 in the town of Alkmaar, in the ...

(1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament *Rudolf

Rudi Völler Rudolf "Rudi" Völler (; born 13 April 1960), nicknamed "''Tante Käthe''" ("Aunt Käthe"), is a German former professional football player and manager who serves as the sporting director for Bayer Leverkusen. A forward, Völler won the FIFA W ...

(born 1960), German retired football manager and player *

Rudolf Vrba Rudolf "Rudi" Vrba (born Walter Rosenberg; 11 September 1924 – 27 March 2006) was a Slovak-Jewish biochemist who, as a teenager in 1942, was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. He escaped from the ca ...

(1924–2006), Slovak-Jewish biochemist, Auschwitz concentration camp escapee who co-wrote a report of the mass murders being committed there * Rudi Widodo (born 1983), Indonesian footballer *Rudolph

Rudy Wiedoeft Rudolph Cornelius Wiedoeft (January 3, 1893 – February 18, 1940) was an American saxophonist. Biography Born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of German immigrants, at a young age Wiedoeft started playing with his family orchestra, first using a v ...

(1893–1940), American saxophonist *Preston Rudolph

Rudy York Preston Rudolph York (August 17, 1913 – February 5, 1970) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman between and , most notably as a member of the ...

(1913–1970), American Major League Baseball player * Rudi Ying (born 1998), Chinese ice hockey player *

Albert Rudolph Rudi, born Albert Rudolph (January 24, 1928 – February 21, 1973), also known as Swami Rudrananda, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Rudi was a spiritual teacher and an antiquities entrepreneur in New York City.Swami Rudrananda udi ''Spiri ...

(1928–1973), American entrepreneur and Hindu spiritual teacher

Alias or stage name

Rudy (footballer) Carlos Wilson Cachicote da Rocha (born 5 January 1989), commonly known as Rudy, is an Angolan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Basildon. Club career Born in Oeiras, Lisbon District, Rudy played l ...

, Angolan footballer born Carlos Wilson Cachicote da Rocha (born 1989) *

, Dutch entertainer born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar (1934–2006) *

Rudy de Mérode Rudy de Mérode, real name Frédéric Martin (1905 in Silly-sur-Nied, Moselle – ?, probably in Spain) was a French collaborator during the German occupation of France in the Second World War. Life Originating in Luxemburg, his family emigrated ...

, real name Frédéric Martin (1905–?), French collaborator in the Second World War * Rudy Grayzell, stage name of American rockabilly musician Rudolph Paiz Jimenez (1933–2019)

Surname

Andrzej Rudy Andrzej Rudy (born 15 October 1965) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Playing career Born in Ścinawa, Rudy started his career in football with Odra Ścinawa (1981–83). He debuted professionally with Ś ...

(born 1965), Polish footballer *

Florian Rudy Florian Rudy (born January 7, 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for SV Heimstetten. He is the brother of Sebastian Rudy. Career Rudy played as a youth for four of southwest Germany's top clubs (VfB Stuttgart, 1899 Hoffenheim, ...

(born 1989), German footballer *

Gherasim Rudi Gherasim Rudi (4 March 1907 in Sărăţei – 26 June 1982 in Chișinău) also Russified as Gerasim Yakovlevich Rud () was a Moldavian SSR politician and member of the Moldovan resistance during World War II. Rudi was born in Sărăţei, Rî ...

(1907–1982), Prime Minister of the Moldovan SSR * Henry Rudi (1889–1970), Norwegian huntsman and polar bear hunter *

Joe Rudi Joseph Oden Rudi (born September 7, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder between and , most prominently as an integral member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won thre ...

(born 1946), American former Major League Baseball player * Michał Radziwiłł Rudy (1870–1950), German-Polish diplomat and nobleman *

Mikhail Rudy Mikhail Rudy ( rus, Михаил Рудый: born April 3, 1953), is an Uzbekistan-born French pianist, who has won several awards for his recordings including the Grand Prix du disque. Life and career Rudy was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan whe ...

(born 1953), Russian-French pianist *

Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, and a Member of Parliament representing Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India. In 2014. Rudy became the Minister of State (Independent Cha ...

(born 1962), Indian politician *

Ruth Rudy Ruth Corman Rudy (born January 3, 1938) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of ...

(born 1938), American politician *

Sebastian Rudy Sebastian Rudy (born 28 February 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim. He represented the Germany national team. Club career VfB Stuttgart Rudy joined VfB Stuttgart's youth acad ...

(born 1990), German footballer *

Steven Rudy Steven Jack Rudy (born August 9, 1978) is a Kentucky politician and agribusiness owner, serving as a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives since defeating longtime Representative Charles Geveden in 2004. He has served as th ...

(born 1978), American politician and businessman

Fictional characters

* Rudy, Abby's stepbrother on ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) and ...

''. He is performed by Frankie Cordero. * Rudy, from '' The Book Thief'' *

Rudi van DiSarzio ''The Mighty Boosh'' is a British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. Recurring characters from the The Mighty Boosh, television series, the The Mighty Boosh (radio series), radio series, and the various stage sho ...

, a psychedelic monk in ''The Mighty Boosh'' *Rudi Gunn, in the

Dirk Pitt Dirk Pitt is a fictional character created by American novelist Clive Cussler and featured in a series of novels published from 1976 to 2021. Pitt is a larger-than-life hero reminiscent of pulp magazine icon Doc Savage. Pitt is a citizen of the ...

adventure novels by novelist

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list ...

* Rudeus Greyrat, the main character of the Japanese light novel ''Mushoku Tensei'' * Rudy Huxtable, in the American sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' *Rudy Jones, the best-known incarnation of the

Parasite (comics) Parasite is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each version of the character has the ability to temporarily absorb the life-energy, superpowers, and knowledge of others. The most recurring ...

, a DC Comics villain *Rudy Pipilo, a gangster in the American drama series '' The Deuce'' *

Rudy Wade Rudy Wade is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 science fiction comedy-drama '' Misfits'', portrayed by Joe Gilgun. After Robert Sheehan, who played Nathan Young, announced his departure, it was announced a new character called Rud ...

, in the British science fiction TV series ''Misfits'' *

Rudy Wells ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin is reb ...

, a scientist in the American TV series ''

The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin is r ...

'' * Rudy (''Pokémon''), in season two of the ''Pokémon'' anime *Rudy, in the 2009 animated film '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' *R.U.D.I, George Jetson's work computer in the animated TV series ''

The Jetsons ''The Jetsons'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, on ABC, then later aired in reruns via syndication, with new episodes produced f ...

'' *

Baron Rudi Count Bobby (german: Graf Bobby) is a fictional Viennese comic figure, originating as the subject of a traditional joke cycle. Graf Bobby is a refined aristocrat who finds everyday events incomprehensible and speaks in a bland, monotone voice. Ma ...

, in Austrian humor *Rudy Ransom, a Starfleet captain in an episode of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' (" Equinox (Star Trek: Voyager)") *Regular-Sized Rudy (born Rudolph Stieblitz), a supporting character in the animated series ''

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard that premiered on Fox on January 9, 2011. The show centers on the Belcher family—parents Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise—who ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film

* ''Rudy'' (film), a 1993 American biographical sports film directed by David Anspaugh and starring Sean Astin. * '' Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story'', a 2003 American television film starring James Woods as former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.