Brad is a given name, usually a

diminutive A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...

form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

) of Bradley, Bradford or Brady and generally masculine. Notable people with the name include:

Sports

* Brad Rowe (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player *

Brad Farrow Brad Farrow (born October 5, 1956 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during his car ...

(born 1956), Canadian judoka * Brad Holland (born 1956), American basketball player and coach *

Brad Anae Brad Anae (born October 3, 1957) is a former American football defensive end who played three seasons in the United States Football League (USFL) with the Philadelphia Stars, Houston Gamblers and San Antonio Gunslingers. He first enrolled at the ...

(born 1957), American football player * Brad Butterworth (born 1959), New Zealand yachtsman *

Brad Leaf Brad Leaf ( he, ברד ליף; born May 17, 1960) is an American-Israeli basketball coach and former player. He played 17 years of professional basketball in Israel, first for Hapoel Galil Elyon and later for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israel Premie ...

(born 1960), Israeli-American basketball player *

Brad Noffsinger Brad Noffsinger (born August 29, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver and crew chief. Now retired as a driver, he formerly competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and Busch Series; following his stock car racing career, he ...

(born 1960), American NASCAR driver * Brad Gilbert (born 1961), American tennis player and coach *

Brad Willock Bradley Scott Willock (born September 15, 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former Olympic and CIAU All-Canadian volleyball player. Willock was a two-time CIAU All-Canadian playing with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, in 1981-2 ...

(born 1962), Canadian volleyball player * Brad Wright (basketball) (born 1962), American basketball player *

Brad MacGregor Brad MacGregor (born July 22, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. MacGregor attended Boston University, where he played four seasons (1982–1986) of NCAA college hockey with the Boston University Terriers, scoring 24 ...

(born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Johnson (American football) (born 1968), American football player * Brad Ausmus (born 1969), American baseball player and manager *

Brad Beven Bradley William Beven (born 18 September 1969) is a retired triathlete from Mirriwinni, Cairns Region, Queensland Australia. Hall of Fame In 2009 Beven was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. Personal life Brad Bev ...

(born 1969), Australian triathlete *

Brad Rowe (footballer) Brad Rowe (born 23 November 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 72 games in total for three clubs, and kicked 80 goals. Recruited from East Fremantle, Rowe was drafted by ...

(born 1969), Australian football player * Brad Lebo (born 1970), American football player *

Brad Williams (cricketer) Brad Andrew Williams (born 20 November 1974) is an Australian former cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. Domestic career He is a right arm fast bowler who made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1994–95 season as a nineteen-year- ...

(born 1974), Australian cricketer *

Brad Thorn Bradley Carnegie Thorn (born 3 February 1975) is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union footballer. Born in New Zealand, he represented Australia in rugby league and New Zealand in rugby union in a 22-season career as a pl ...

(born 1975), Australian rugby player * Brad Stevens (born 1976), American basketball coach *

Brad Wilkerson Stephen Bradley Wilkerson (born June 1, 1977) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for eight seasons. Wilkerson played college baseball for the University of Florida, and was selected ...

(born 1977), American baseball player *

Brad Williamson (ice hockey) Brad Williamson (born July 4, 1977) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Awards and honors References External links * 1977 births Living people Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Thunder ...

(born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Hawpe (born 1979), American baseball player * Brad Holmes (born 1979), American football executive * Brad Richards (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player *

Brad Williamson (basketball) Brad Williamson (born 27 June 1981) is an Australian professional basketball player who is most known for his time spent in the National Basketball League (NBL) playing for the Brisbane Bullets and Townsville Crocodiles. In 2007, he won an NB ...

(born 1981), Australian basketball player *

Brad Boyes Bradley Keith Boyes (born April 17, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who spent thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of seven different teams. Early life Boyes went to Hazel McCallion Seni ...

(born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Newley (born 1985), Australian basketball player *

Brad Gobright Brad Gobright (June 16, 1988 November 27, 2019) was an American rock climber known for free solo climbing. Early life Gobright was born in Orange County, California, and began climbing when he was six. (This article was published in ''Rock and I ...

(1988-2019), American rock climber * Brad Marchand (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player * Brad Loesing (born 1989), American basketball player * Brad Erdos (born 1990), Canadian football player * Brad Goldberg (born 1990), American baseball pitcher * Brad Wing (born 1991), American football player *

Brad Kaaya Bradley Mathias Kaaya Jr. (born September 3, 1995) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Miami from 2014 to 2016, and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Kaa ...

(born 1995), American football player * Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player * Brad Seaton (born 1993), American football player

Arts and entertainment

* Brad Dexter (1917–2002), American actor * Brad Carlson, also known as Bun E. Carlos (born 1950), American drummer *

Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his film debut role as Billy Bibbit in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1975). He is also k ...

(born 1950), American actor * Brad Delp (1951–2007), American singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Boston *

Brad Williams (puppeteer) Bradford Cody "Brad" Williams (January 8, 1951 – October 17, 1993) was an American puppeteer, designer and teacher. He died from injuries sustained in a car accident at the age of 42. He is named as one of the puppet artists whose legacy inspire ...

(1951–1993), American puppet designer for TV programs and literacy education *

Brad Altman George Takei (; ja, ジョージ・タケイ; born Hosato Takei (武井穂郷), April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the fictional starship USS ''Enterprise'' in the televis ...

(born 1954), American producer and husband of actor George Takei * Brad Bird (born 1957), American director * Brad Hall (born 1958), American screenwriter * Bradley Whitford (born 1959), American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford" *

Brad Garrett Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Possessing a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action and ...

(born 1960), American actor * Brad Whitford (born 1952), American guitarist *

Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ...

(born 1963), American actor * Brad Silberling (born 1963), American director *

Brad Roberts Bradley Kenneth Roberts (born January 10, 1964) is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 album God Shuffl ...

(born 1964), Canadian musician * Brad Sherwood (born 1964), American comedian/actor *

Bradley Nowell Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996) was an American musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the ska punk band Sublime. Born and raised in Belmont Shore, Long Beach, California, Nowell developed an interest in mu ...

(born 1965), American punk rock songwriter * Brad Wilk (born 1968), American musician *

Brad Mehldau Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quar ...

(born 1970), American jazz pianist *

Brad Rowe (actor) Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in ''Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss'' (1998) and TNT's '' Purgatory''. Other roles include a short stint as recurring charac ...

(born 1970), American actor * Brad Falchuk (born 1971), American director *

Brad Hargreaves Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recor ...

(born 1971), American drummer *

Brad Paisley Bradley Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album '' Who Needs Pictures'', he has released eleven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nash ...

(born 1972), American country musician * Brad Delson (born 1977), American guitarist * Brad Renfro (1982–2008), American actor *

Brad Williams (comedian) Brad Williams (born January 13, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He was born with achondroplasia. Early years Williams was born with achondroplasia, a type of dwarfism. H ...

(born 1984), American comedian and actor *

Brad Kavanagh Brad Lewis Kavanagh (born 21 August 1992) is an English actor and musician from Whitehaven, Cumbria. He is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer for the English band FLYNT. Kavanagh was part of the original cast of ''Billy Elliot the Musical, B ...

(born 1992), British actor * Brad Simpson (born 1995), British musician

Politics

* Brad Raffensperger (born 1955), Georgia Secretary of State *

Brad Ellsworth John Bradley Ellsworth (born September 11, 1958) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he was the Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States Senate, but he was defeated by Dan Coats, ...

(born 1958), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

Brad Henry Charles Bradford Henry (born July 10, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician who was the 26th governor of Oklahoma from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected governor in 2002. Henry won re-election for a second term ...

(born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma * Brad Hoylman (born 1965), New York state senator *

Brad Wall Bradley John Wall (born November 24, 1965), is a Canadian former politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007 until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. His s ...

(born 1965), Premier of Saskatchewan * Brad Finstad (born 1976), Minnesota state representative

Other

Brad Hawkins (disambiguation) Brad Hawkins may refer to: * Brad Hawkins (actor) (born 1976), American actor * Brad Hawkins (American football) (born 1998), American football player *Brad Hawkins (politician) Bradley Matthew Hawkins (born November 16, 1975) is an American pol ...

, multiple people *

Brad Lomax Brad Lomax (born Bradford Clyde Lomax; September 13, 1950 – August 28, 1984) was a member of the Black Panther Party and a disability rights activist who helped lead the 504 Sit-in in San Francisco. Early life and education Lomax was born in ...

(born 1950), American human rights and disability activist *

Brad A. Myers Brad Allan Myers is a professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and became its Director in 2023. He earned his PhD in computer science at the University of Toronto in 1987, under Bill Buxton. Educati ...

(born 1956), American professor * Brad Williams (mnemonist) (born c. 1956), American, one of the only three people in the world with a condition called hyperthymestic syndrome * Brad Farmer (born c.1959), Australian Marine Conservationist * Brad McKay (doctor) (born 1970), Australian medical doctor, skeptic, television personality and author * Brad Colbert (born 1974), American Marine

Fictional characters

* Brad, a character in the American TV miniseries '' V (1983 miniseries)'' * Brad Anderson, a character in the 1987 American teen movie '' Adventures in Babysitting'' * Brad Armstrong, a character in the video game '' Lisa: The Painful'' *

Brad Bellick Bradley Bellick is a fictional character from the American television series, '' Prison Break''. He is portrayed by Wade Williams. As one of the principal characters of ''Prison Break'', he has been featured in the first four seasons of the seri ...

, in the television series ''

Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows ( Dominic Purcell) and Michael Scofield ( Wentworth Miller); Burrows has been sentenc ...

'' * Brad Bodick, in the ABC television series '' The Middle'' * Brad Brillnick, a character in the American sitcom '' It's Garry Shandling's Show'' * Brad Buttowski, in the animated television series '' Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil'' * Brad Burns, in the video game ''

Virtua Fighter is a series of fighting games created by Sega-AM2 and designer Yu Suzuki. The original ''Virtua Fighter (video game), Virtua Fighter'' was released in October 1993 and has received four main sequels and several spin-offs. The highly influential ...

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Brad Carbunkle ''My Life as a Teenage Robot'' is an American animated superhero fiction, superhero television comedy, comedy television series created by Rob Renzetti for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Set ...

, in the animated television series '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' *

Brad Chase '' Boston Legal'' is an American legal- comedy-drama created by David E. Kelley. The series, starring James Spader, with Candice Bergen, and William Shatner, was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC. ''Boston Legal ...

, in the television series '' Boston Legal'' * Brad Follmer, in the television series ''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

'' * Brad Gurdlinger, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie '' We're the Millers'' * Brad Heinmuller, a character in the 1984 American science fiction romance movie '' Starman'' * Brad King, in the soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a da ...

'' * Brad Langford, a character in the American TV sitcom ''

Silver Spoons ''Silver Spoons'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982, to May 11, 1986, and in broadcast syndication, first-run syndication from September 27, 1986, to May 30, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy ...

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Brad Majors ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is a 1975 Musical film, musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White (producer), Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman an ...

, in the musical '' The Rocky Horror Show'' * Brad Snider in the video game

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

* Brad Snyder (As the World Turns), in the American soap opera ''As The World Turns'' * Brad Taylor, in the television series ''Home Improvement'' * Brad Turner, a character in the animated show '' M.A.S.K. (TV series)'' * Brad Whitaker, in the 1987 James Bond film '' The Living Daylights'' * Brad White, a character in 2001 psychological horror movie ''

Frailty Frailty may refer to: Music * ''Frailty'' (The Banner album), 2008 studio album by the Banner * ''Frailty'' (Jane Remover album), 2021 studio album by Jane Remover * Frailty (band), death-doom metal band, from Riga (Latvia) formed in 2003 Othe ...

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Brad Williams (EastEnders) The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in 1986, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the show's co-creator Julia Smith. The first character to be introduced du ...

, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Brad Williams, in the American comedy series ''

Happy Endings A happy ending is a type of plot conclusion. Happy Ending or Happy Endings may also refer to: Film and television * ''Happy Ending'' (film), a 2014 Bollywood film * ''Winter Passing'', a 2005 American film released in the UK in 2013 as ''Happy ...

'' * Brad Wilson, a character in the 1983 superhero movie '' Superman III'' *

Brad Wong The following is a list of characters from the '' Dead or Alive'' video game series, created by Tecmo and Team Ninja. Characters Main series Spin-off series ''Xtreme ''series Introduced in ''Dead or Alive'' Ayane Bass Armstrong Voi ...

, in the video game ''Dead or Alive'' {{given name English masculine given names Masculine given names Hypocorisms