# 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 Keselowski (born 1984), American NASCAR driver and team owner
* 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