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 political scientist *Rudolf

Rudi Assauer Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (30 April 1944 – 6 February 2019) was a German football player and executive. After his professional career for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen, Assauer served as the general manager of FC Schalke 04 for many years ...

(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 (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 (born 1963), Belgian politician *Rudi Dil, birth name of Ruud Gullit (born 1962), Dutch retired football manager and player *Rudi Dolezal (born 1958), Austrian film director and film producer *Rüdiger Rudi Dornbusch (1942–2002), German economist *Alfred Willi Rudolf Rudi Dutschke (1940–1979), the most prominent spokesperson of the 1960s German student movement *Rudy Florio (born 1950), Canadian football player *Jonathan Rudy Ford (born 1994), American football player *Val Rudy Galindo (born 1969), American retired figure skater *Rudi Garcia (born 1964), French football manager and former player *Rudy Gay (born 1986), American basketball player *Rudolf Rudi Gernreich (1922–1985), Austrian-born American fashion designer *Rudolph Rudy Giuliani (born 1944) former US Associate Attorney General and former Mayor of New York City *Rudy Gobert (born 1992), French basketball player *Rudy Haddad (born 1985), French-Israeli football player *Rudy Horn (1933–2018), German juggler *Rudy Kennedy (1927–2008), British rocket scientist and Holocaust survivor and activist *Rudolph Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004), American basketball player *Rudy Linka (born 1960), Czech-American jazz guitarist *Rudy Pankow (born 1998), American actor *Rudy Ruettiger, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (born 1948), American football player, motivational speaker, and inspiration for the film ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' *Rudy Rupak, Canadian serial entrepreneur *Rudolph Rudy Sikich (1921–1998), American National Football League player *Rudolf Rudi Skácel (born 1979), Czech footballer *Rudy Trouvé (born 1967), Belgian musician *Hubert Rudy Vallée (1901–1986), American singer, actor and bandleader, one of the first modern pop stars *Rudolf Rudi Vis (1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament *Rudolf Rudi Völler (born 1960), German retired football manager and player *Rudolf Vrba (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 (1893–1940), American saxophonist *Preston Rudolph Rudy York (1913–1970), American Major League Baseball player *Rudi Ying (born 1998), Chinese ice hockey player *Albert Rudolph (1928–1973), American entrepreneur and Hindu spiritual teacher

Alias or stage name

*Rudy (footballer), Angolan footballer born Carlos Wilson Cachicote da Rocha (born 1989) *Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar (1934–2006) *Rudy de Mérode, 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 (born 1965), Polish footballer *Florian Rudy (born 1989), German footballer *Gherasim Rudi (1907–1982), Prime Minister of the Moldovan SSR *Henry Rudi (1889–1970), Norwegian huntsman and polar bear hunter *Joe Rudi (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball player *Michał Radziwiłł Rudy (1870–1950), German-Polish diplomat and nobleman *Mikhail Rudy (born 1953), Russian-French pianist *Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962), Indian politician *Ruth Rudy (born 1938), American politician *Sebastian Rudy (born 1990), German footballer *Steven Rudy (born 1978), American politician and businessman

Fictional characters

* Rudy, Abby's stepbrother on ''Sesame Street''. He is performed by Frankie Cordero. * Rudy, from ''The Book Thief'' * Rudi van DiSarzio, a psychedelic monk in ''The Mighty Boosh'' *Rudi Gunn, in the Dirk Pitt adventure novels by novelist Clive Cussler *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), a DC Comics villain *Rudy Pipilo, a gangster in the American drama series ''The Deuce (TV series), The Deuce'' *Rudy Wade, in the British science fiction TV series ''Misfits'' *Rudy Wells, a scientist in the American TV series ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' *Rudy (Pokémon), 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'' *Baron Rudi, 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''

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film

* Rudy (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.