Brad (given name)

Brad is a given name, usually a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Bradley, Bradford, Brady, or Bradney and generally masculine. Notable people with the name include:

Sports

• Brad Anae (born 1957), American football player
• Brad Ausmus (born 1969), American baseball player and manager
• Brad Beven (born 1969), Australian triathlete
• Brad Binder (born 1995), South African motorcycle racer
• Brad Boyes (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brad Butterworth (born 1959), New Zealand yachtsman
• Brad Cecil (born 1999), American football player
• Brad Erdos (born 1990), Canadian football player
• Brad Farrow (born 1956), Canadian judoka
• Brad Gilbert (born 1961), American tennis player and coach
• Brad Gobright (1988–2019), American rock climber
• Brad Goldberg (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
• Brad Hawpe (born 1979), American baseball player
• Brad Hogg (born 1970), Australian cricketer
• Brad Holland (born 1956), American basketball player and coach
• Brad Holmes (born 1979), American football executive
• Brad Idzik (born 1991), American football coach
• Brad Johnson (American football) (born 1968), American football player
• Brad Kaaya (born 1995), American football player
• Brad Leaf (born 1960), Israeli-American basketball player
• Brad Lebo (born 1970), American football player
• Brad Leonard (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
• Brad Loesing (born 1989), American basketball player
• Brad MacGregor (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brad Maddox (born 1984), American professional wrestler
• Brad Marchand (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player
• Brad McStravick (1956-2024), British athlete
• Brad Newley (born 1985), Australian basketball player
• Brad Noffsinger (born 1960), American NASCAR driver
• Brad Richards (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brad Rowe (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
• Brad Rowe (footballer) (born 1969), Australian football player
• Brad Seaton (born 1993), American football player
• Brad Stevens (born 1976), American basketball coach
• Brad Thorn (born 1975), Australian rugby player
• Brad Wilkerson (born 1977), American baseball player
• Brad Williams (cricketer) (born 1974), Australian cricketer
• Brad Williamson (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brad Williamson (basketball) (born 1981), Australian basketball player
• Brad Willock (born 1962), Canadian volleyball player
• Brad Wing (born 1991), American football player
• Brad Wright (basketball) (born 1962), American basketball player

Arts and entertainment

• Brad Altman (born 1954), American producer and husband of actor George Takei
• Brad Bird (born 1957), American director
• Brad Carlson, also known as Bun E. Carlos (born 1950), American drummer
• Brad Delp (1951–2007), American singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Boston
• Brad Delson (born 1977), American guitarist
• Brad Dexter (1917–2002), American actor
• Brad Dourif (born 1950), American actor
• Brad Falchuk (born 1971), American director
• Brad Garrett (born 1960), American actor
• Brad Hall (born 1958), American screenwriter
• Brad Hargreaves (born 1971), American drummer
• Brad Kavanagh (born 1992), British actor
• Brad Mehldau (born 1970), American jazz pianist
• Bradley Nowell (born 1965), American punk rock songwriter
• Brad Paisley (born 1972), American country musician
• Brad Pitt (born 1963), American actor
• Brad Renfro (1982–2008), American actor
• Brad Roberts (born 1964), Canadian musician
• Brad Rowe (actor) (born 1970), American actor
• Brad Sherwood (born 1964), American comedian/actor
• Brad Silberling (born 1963), American director
• Brad Simpson (born 1995), British musician
• Brad Wilk (born 1968), American musician
• Brad Williams (puppeteer) (1951–1993), American puppet designer for TV programs and literacy education
• Brad Williams (comedian) (born 1984), American comedian and actor
• Brad Whitford (born 1952), American guitarist
• Bradley Whitford (born 1959), American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford"

Politics

• Brad Cathers, Canadian politician
• Brad Christ, American politician
• Brad Ellsworth (born 1958), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• Brad Finstad (born 1976), Minnesota state representative
• Brad Henry (born 1963), Governor of Oklahoma
• Brad Hoylman (born 1965), New York state senator
• Brad Raffensperger (born 1955), Georgia Secretary of State
• Brad Wall (born 1965), Premier of Saskatchewan

Other

• Brad Colbert (born 1974), American Marine
• Brad Farmer (born c. 1959), Australian Marine Conservationist
• Brad Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple people
• Brad Lomax (1950–84), American human rights and disability activist
• Brad McKay (doctor) (born 1970), Australian medical doctor, skeptic, television personality and author
• Brad A. Myers (born 1956), American professor
• Brad Sigmon (born 1957), American convicted murderer
• Brad Williams (mnemonist) (born c. 1956), American, one of the only three people in the world with a condition called hyperthymestic syndrome

Fictional characters

• Cheetah, a character in the Canadian-produced sitcom Learning the Ropes
• 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, in the television series Prison Break
• 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
• Brad Carbunkle, in the animated television series My Life as a Teenage Robot
• Brad Chase, in the television series Boston Legal
• Brad Follmer, in the television series The X-Files
• 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
• Brad Langford, a character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
• Brad Majors, in the musical The Rocky Horror Show
• Brad Park, in the videogames Dead Rising 3 and Dead Rising 4
• Brad Snider in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
• 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
• Brad Williams (EastEnders), in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Brad Williams, in the American comedy series Happy Endings
• Brad Wilson, a character in the 1983 superhero movie Superman III
• Brad Wong, in the video game Dead or Alive