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'. Rud ...

Ruairidh Rory is a given name of Gaelic origin. It is an anglicisation of the ga, Ruairí/''Ruaidhrí'' and gd, Ruairidh and is common to the Irish, Highland Scots and their diasporas. for the given name "Rory". The meaning of the name is "red king", ...

, 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 Rudy Cerami (born December 26, 1988) is an American football defensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the ASI Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He played college football at East Stroudsburg University. Aft ...

(born 1988), American football player *

Rudy D'Amico Rudy D'Amico (born August 18, 1940) is a National Basketball Association (NBA) scout, and former college basketball and professional coach. He was the head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and he led them to the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) ...

(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 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 t ...

(born 1962), Dutch retired football manager and player * Rudi Dolezal (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 (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 r ...

(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 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 198 ...

(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 (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 * Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (born 1948), American football player, motivational speaker, and inspiration for the film '' Rudy'' * Rudy Rupak, 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 The Brooklyn Dodgers were an American football team that ...

(1921–1998), American National Football League player *Rudolf

Rudi Skácel Rudolf Skácel (; born 17 July 1979) is a retired professional Association football, footballer who played Midfielder, attacking midfielder. He was capped at international level by the Czech Republic national football team, Czech Republic. He was ...

(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 (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 Ne ...

(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 Wor ...

(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 Occupation of Poland (1939–1945), German-occup ...

(1924–2006), Slovak-Jewish biochemist, Auschwitz concentration camp escapee who co-wrote a report of the mass murders being committed there *

Rudi Widodo Rudi Widodo (born 13 July 1983, in Pati) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 2 club Persipa Pati. Honours Country honors ;Indonesia * Indonesian Independence Cup: 2008 Club ;Persija Jakarta * Liga 1: 20 ...

(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 (1913–1970), American Major League Baseball player *

Rudi Ying Ying Rudi (; born August 16, 1998) is a Chinese professional ice hockey player currently with HC Kunlun Red Star of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Born in China, Ying first played hockey in Beijing, moving to the United States at age 9 to ...

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

Rudy de Mérode Rudy de Mérode, real name Frédéric Martin (1905 in Silly-sur-Nied, Moselle (department), Moselle – ?, probably in Spain) was a French Collaboration with the Axis powers, collaborator during the German military administration in occupied France ...

, real name Frédéric Martin (1905–?), French collaborator in the Second World War *

Rudy Grayzell Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell (June 8, 1933 - November 26, 2019), also known as Rudy Gray, was a Rockabilly musician. He was born Rudolph Paiz Jimenez in Saspamco, Texas, and took his stage-name from his German great-grandmother. He first formed "The Buck ...

, 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 Ślą ...

(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, Rîbni ...

(1907–1982), Prime Minister of the Moldovan SSR *

Henry Rudi Henry Marentius Rudi (12 March 1889 – 15 June 1970) was a Norwegian trapper and polar bear hunter. Rudi was born in Tromsø, Norway, the son of Ole Olsen Rudi (1859–1935) and Marie Wilhelmine Henriksen (1863–1934). His father had originally ...

(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 Michał Radziwiłł Rudy (8 February 1870 – 6 October 1955 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) was a nobleman and diplomat. Early life He was born to Ferdynand Radziwiłł and Pelagia Sapieha on 8 February 1870 in Berlin. His great-grandfather was Pri ...

(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 (born 1962), Indian politician * Ruth Rudy (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 aca ...

(born 1990), German footballer * Steven Rudy (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) a ...

''. 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 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 is the main protagonist of Rifujin na Magonote's novel series ''Mushoku Tensei''. An unnamed 34-year-old Japanese NEET is abandoned by his family following his parents' death. Upon some self-introspection, he had concluded that his life was ulti ...

, the main character of the Japanese light novel ''Mushoku Tensei'' *

Rudy Huxtable Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable is a fictional character who appears on the American sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992). Portrayed by actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, Rudy is the youngest child of Cliff and Clair Huxtable. First appearing al ...

, 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'' *

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 Rudy w ...

, 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 reb ...

'' * 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 Count Bobby (german: Graf Bobby) is a fictional Vienna, 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 vo ...

, 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 r ...

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.