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 (1944–2019), German football manager and player *Rudolf Rudy Ballieux (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.