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 (born 1985), American painter * Trudy Burke (born 1991), Australian association football player * Trudy Camilleri (born 1991), Australian football player * Trudy H. Clark (born 1951), United States Air Force major general * Trudy Coxe (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 (1935–2005), American writer * Trudy Govier, 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 Sulliva ...

, Canadian television producer * Trudy Groenman (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 sin ...

(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, Australian actress *

Trudy Kerr Trudy Kerr (born 3 January 1963) is an Australian-born jazz musician, teacher, radio presenter and label owner. Since 1997 she has released ten studio albums and a compilation album, ''Contemplation'' (January 2015). Kerr has performed concerts ...

(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 Breeder ...

(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 wide ...

, 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)'', ...

(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 (born 1945), American archivist *

Trudy Pitts Gertrude E. "Trudy" Pitts (August 10, 1932 – December 19, 2010) was an American soul jazz keyboardist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was known primarily for playing the Hammond B3 organ. Biography Trained as a musician and a music e ...

(1932–2010), American jazz singer * Trudy Richards (1920–2008), American singer * Trudy Ruth (born 1950), Dutch sprinter * Trudy Silver (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. Gert ...

(1908–1990), Swiss political figure * Trudy Stevenson (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 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 ( ...

(born 1950), Canadian actress

Fictional characters

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

Trudy Monk The following is a list of characters of ''Monk'', an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series, created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. Except for two changes, the principal ca ...

, 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 for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs, two M ...

'' * Trudy Campbell, from the TV series ''

Mad Men ''Mad Men'' is an American period drama television series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. It ran on the cable network AMC from July 19, 2007, to May 17, 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. Its f ...

'' * Trudy Proud, from the TV series ''

The Proud Family ''The Proud Family'' is an American animated television series created by Bruce W. Smith that originally ran on Disney Channel from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. A revival, known as '' The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder'', was announ ...

'' * Deputy Trudy Wiegel, from the TV series ''

Reno 911! ''Reno 911!'' is an American comedy television series airing on Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically '' Cops'', with comic actors playing the police officers. Thomas Lennon, Ro ...

People

Fictional characters

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