Trudy is a diminutive of Gertrude. Notable people with the name include:

People

Trudy Adams Trudy Adams is an American actress and retired female professional wrestler, who wrestled in the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling as Amy the Farmer's Daughter and in the Powerful Women of Wrestling, the Ladies Sports Club and the American Wrestling A ...

(born 1964), American actress *

Trudy Anderson Trudy Lee Anderson (born 26 August 1959) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 2 Test matches and 26 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1993 and 1997. She played domestic cricket for A ...

(born 1959), New Zealand cricketer *

Trudy Bellinger Trudy Bellinger is a British director, producer and writer. She is most known for directing a short film Killing Christmas which won awards at three film festivals including London International Short Film Festival, Tweetfest Film Festival and W ...

, British music video director *

Trudy Benson Trudy Benson (born 1985) is an American abstract painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Early life and work Trudy Benson was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1985. She received a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 and an MFA ...

(born 1985), American painter *

Trudy Burke Trudy Burke (born 15 April 1991) is an Australian association football player, who currently plays for North Shore Mariners. Club career Burke started out her sporting career as a promising cricketer, playing in first-grade competition in Sy ...

(born 1991), Australian association football player *

Trudy Camilleri Trudy Camilleri (born 16 September 1991) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. She previously played for the now-defunct Central Coast Mariners and for Western Sydney Wanderers. Tr ...

(born 1991), Australian football player *

Trudy H. Clark Major General#United States, Major General Trudy H. Clark, United States Air Force, USAF (retired) is a former Deputy Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in Fort Belvoir, Virginia in the United States. Military career Clark re ...

(born 1951), United States Air Force major general *

Trudy Coxe Gertrude M. "Trudy" Coxe (born 1948) is an American environmental activist and historic preservationist who is the current CEO of the Preservation Society of Newport County and the former Secretary of Environmental Affairs in the Commonwealth of ...

(born 1949), American environmental activist *

Trudy Desmond Trudy Desmond (October 11, 1945 – 19 February 1999) was a Canadian jazz singer. Career After moving from New York to Toronto, she worked as an actress, interior designer, club manager, and theatrical producer. She was one of the 16 original me ...

(1945–1999), American singer *

Trudy Dittmar Trudy Dittmar (born 1944) is an American nature writer and essayist. Life She is the daughter of George Julius and Florence G. Dittmar. Her work appeared in ''North Dakota Quarterly'', ''High Plains Literary Review'', and ''North American Review' ...

(born 1944), American writer * Trudy Ederle (1905–2003), American swimmer * Trudy Elion (1918–1999), American biochemist *

Trudy Larkin Förster Trudy Larkin Forster (c. 1935 – February 4, 2005) was an American writer, known for her book '' Los Gatos del Casino'', set in Pichilemu, Chile and Agustín Ross Casino. Biography Trudy Larkin Forster travelled to Chile in October 1994, and ...

(1935–2005), American writer *

Trudy Govier Trudy Rose Govier (born August 3, 1944) is a Canadian philosopher known for her work in informal logic and argumentation. She is the author of the influential text ''A Practical Study of Argument''. She has also been a frequent commentator in Ca ...

, Canadian philosopher *

Trudy Grant Trudy Grant, President of Sullivan Entertainment International and COO of the Sullivan Entertainment Group, has been part of the establishment of the Canadian entertainment industry for nearly thirty years. Grant, who is married to Kevin Sullivan ...

, Canadian television producer *

Trudy Groenman Trudy Groenman (born 15 January 1944) is a Dutch former tennis player. She was three times Netherlands champion. Career Groenman was Netherlands girls' junior champion in 1961 in the 18-and-under class, and Netherlands women's champion in 1964, 1 ...

(born 1944), Dutch tennis player *

Trudy Harris Trudy Harris is a picture book author from Idaho Falls, Idaho. She taught elementary school for 20 years, mostly in kindergarten. Currently, she teaches children's literature at Brigham Young University - Idaho. She writes books intended both ...

(born 1949), American author *

Trudy Harrison Trudy Lynne Harrison (born 19 April 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Copeland since the February 2017 by-election. It was the first time Copeland had elected a Conservative MP sinc ...

(born 1976), British politician *

Trudy Haynes Gertrude Haynes (née Daniels; November 23, 1926 – June 7, 2022) was an American news reporter. She became the nation's first African American TV weather reporter when she was hired by WXYZ-TV in Detroit in 1963. In 1965, she became the first A ...

(1926–2022), American reporter *

Trudy Hellier Trudy Hellier is an Australian actress, director and screenwriter with many television credits to her name. Selected credits She was a main star in the Australian television programs ''Round the Twist'' and ''Frontline''. She appeared on ' ...

, Australian actress * Trudy Kerr (born 1963), Australian teacher *

Trudy Kilkolly Trudy Anne Kilkolly (born 4 October 1965 in Wanganui) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the National Women's Field Hockey Team, nicknamed ''The Black Sticks'', at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Ba ...

(born 1965), New Zealand Olympic athlete *

Trudy Lynn Trudy Lynn (born August 9, 1947) is an American electric blues and soul blues singer and songwriter, whose recorded work has been released on twelve studio albums, one live album, and four compilation albums. The Allmusic journalist, Alex Hende ...

(born 1947), American singer *

Trudy Mackay Trudy Frances Charlene Mackay (born 10 September 1952) is the director of Clemson University's Center for Human Genetics located on the campus of the Greenwood (S.C.) Genetic Center. She is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities o ...

(born 1952), Canadian author *

Trudy Marshall Gertrude Madeline "Trudy" Marshall (February 14, 1920 – May 23, 2004) was an American actress and model. Early life Marshall was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Madeline (née Brennan) and Frederick Marshall. She studied drama ...

(1920–2004), American actress *

Trudy McCaffery Trudy V. McCaffery (April 10, 1944 – February 12, 2007) was a Thoroughbred racehorse owner-breeder in California who served on the board of directors of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation, the NTRA Charities, the California Thoroughbred Breeders ...

(1944–2007), thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder *

Trudy McFall Trudy McFall is co-founder and Chairman of Homes for America (HFA), an Annapolis, Maryland based business founded in September 1994. HFA is the tenth largest non-profit developer of affordable housing in the country. Career Ms. McFall is widel ...

, American non-profit executive *

Trudy McIntosh Trudy McIntosh (born 30 July 1984) is an Australian artistic gymnast. McIntosh competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She also competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', o ...

(born 1984), Australian artistic gymnast *

Trudy Morgan Trudy Morgan (born 1966) is the first African woman to be awarded a Fellowship of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the first female Vice President of the Sierra Leone Institution of Engineers. Born to Sierra Leone Creole parents in L ...

(born 1966), African civil engineer *

Trudy Norris-Grey Trudy Norris-Grey is a Welsh businesswoman, and is a well-recognized leader in the U.K., globally and in the Tech industry. In 2020 Trudy was appointed aUCAS' first independent chair of its board of trustees. Trudy was appointed, in 2007, the Cha ...

, Welsh businesswoman *

Trudy Huskamp Peterson Trudy Huskamp Peterson (born January 25, 1945) is first woman to hold the position of Archivist of the United States. She was the Acting Archivist of the United States from March 25, 1993 to May 29, 1995. Education Peterson earned her B.S. ...

(born 1945), American archivist * Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), American jazz singer * Trudy Richards (1920–2008), American singer *

Trudy Ruth Geertruida Hendrika "Trudy" Ruth (born 20 May 1950) is a retired Dutch sprinter. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured i ...

(born 1950), Dutch sprinter *

Trudy Silver Trudy Silver (born April 24, 1953) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Life Born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut, she started playing piano at age 7, often practicing on her aunt's seven-foot Mason & Hamlin concert grand piano. Silv ...

(born 1953), American composer *

Trudy Späth-Schweizer Gertrud ("Trudy") Späth-Schweizer (6 December 1908 – 19 October 1990) was the first woman to hold a political office in Switzerland. She was elected to the ''Bürgerrat'', the executive council of the Bürgergemeinde, of Riehen in 1958. Gertrud ...

(1908–1990), Swiss political figure *

Trudy Stevenson Lottie Gertrude Stevenson ( née Bevier; 16 September 1944 – 24 August 2018) was a Zimbabwean ambassador and politician. She was a member of parliament for Harare North in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. She was also a founding member of the Move ...

(1944–2018), Zimbabwean politician and ambassador to Senegal *

Trudy Wade Trudy Wade (born July 18, 1951) is an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 27th district from 2013 to 2019. She represented the state's twenty-seventh Senate district, which consists of Guilford County, North Carol ...

(born 1951), American politician * Trudy Wroe (1931–2007), American actress * Trudy Young (born 1950), Canadian actress

Fictional characters

Trudy Trudy is a diminutive of Gertrude. Notable people with the name include: People * Trudy Adams (born 1964), American actress * Trudy Anderson (born 1959), New Zealand cricketer * Trudy Bellinger, British music video director * Trudy Benson ( ...

, from ''Disney Comics'' * Trudy Chacón, from ''Avatar'' (2009 film) * Trudy, from the TV series '' The Tribe'' * Trudy Monk, from the TV series ''Monk'' * Trudy Joplin, from the TV series ''

Miami Vice ''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ...

'' *

Trudy Campbell This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Mad Men'', all of whom have appeared in multiple episodes. Overview ;Cast notes: * Maxwell Huckabee and Aaron Hart have split the role of Bobby Draper in the first season, whil ...

, from the TV series '' Mad Men'' * Trudy Proud, from the TV series '' The Proud Family'' * Deputy Trudy Wiegel, from the TV series '' Reno 911!''

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