# Judy (given name)

Judy is a (usually) female personal name. It is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism (affectionate diminutive of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Judith.
The great majority of persons named Judy are female, but not all.

## People
### Politics

* Judy Agnew, wife of former American Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew
* Judy Baker (born 1960), American politician
* Judy Bethel (born 1943), Canadian politician
* Judy Biggert (born 1937), American politician
* Judy Bonds (1952–2011), American anti-mountaintop-removal activist
* Judy Boyle, American politician
* Judy Bradley (born 1952), Canadian politician
* Judy Burges (born 1943), American politician
* Judy Chirco, American politician
* Judy Chu (born 1953), American politician
* Judy Clibborn, American politician
* Judy Darcy (born 1950), Canadian politician and national union executive
* Judy Edwards (born 1955), Australian politician
* Judy Emmons, American politician
* Judy Erola (born 1934), Canadian politician
* Judy Foote (born 1952), Canadian politician
* Judy Fryd (1909–2000), British advocate for mentally handicapped children
* Judy Gamin (1930–2022), Australian politician
* Judy Gingell (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Judy Goldsmith, American activist and President of NOW
* Judy Gordon (1948–2020), Canadian politician
* Judy Hopwood (born 1954), Australian politician
* Judy Hughes (born 1959), Australian politician
* Judy Jackson (born 1947), Australian politician
* Judy Junor (born 1948), Canadian politician
* Judy Kany (born 1937), American politician
* Judy Keall (born 1942), New Zealand politician
* Judy Koehler (born 1941), American politician
* Judy Krawczyk (born 1939), American politician
* Judy LaMarsh (1924–1980), Canadian politician, member of the federal cabinet, and author
* Judy Lee (born 1942), American politician
* Judy Maddigan (born 1948), Australian politician
* Judy Mallaber (born 1951), British politician
* Judy Manning (born 1943), American politician
* Judy Manning, Canadian politician
* Judy Martin (politician)
* Judy Marsales, Canadian politician
* Judy Martz (1943–2017), American skater politician, and Governor of Montana
* Judy Mbugua (born 1947), Kenyan activist
* Judy Mundey (born 1944), Canadian activist and communist
* Judy Eason McIntyre (born 1945), American politician
* Judy Nerat (1948–2012), American politician
* Judy Olson Duhamel (born 1939), American politician and educator
* Judy Paradis (born 1944), American politician
* Judy Rebick (born 1945), Canadian activist and journalist
* Judy Richardson, American activist and documentary film producer
* Judy Robson (born 1939), American politician
* Judy Rogers, Canadian politician
* Judy Schwank (born 1951), American politician
* Judy Sgro (born 1944), Canadian politician
* Judy Sheerer (1940–2016), American politician
* Judy Shepard (born 1952), American activist
* Judy Spence (born 1957), Australian politician
* Judy Streatch (born 1966), Canadian politician
* Judy Syjuco, Filipino politician
* Judy Thongori (c. 1965–2025), Kenyan women's rights activist
* Judy Baar Topinka (1944–2014), American politician
* Judy Turner (born 1956), New Zealand politician
* Judy Wakhungu, Kenyan cabinet minister, executive, and academic
* Judy Wasylycia-Leis (born 1951), Canadian politician
* Judy Petty Wolf, American politician

### Entertainment

* Judy Bailey (born 1952/1953), New Zealand broadcaster
* Judy Bailey (pianist) (born 1935), New Zealand jazz pianist
* Judy Banks Australian television host
* Judy Becker, American film production designer
* Judy Bennett (born 1943), English voice actor
* Judy Blair (born 1948), Franco-American jazz and R&B singer and keyboardist
* Judy Boucher, Vincentian reggae and R&B singer
* Judy Brooke (born 1970), English actress
* Judy Buxton (born 1949), English actress
* Judy Campbell (1916–2004), British actress and cabaret singer
* Judy Canova (1913–1983), American comedian, actress, pop singer, and radio personality
* Judy Carmichael (born 1957), American jazz vocalist and pianist
* Judy Carne (1939–2015), English actress
* Judy Chamberlain (born 1944), American singer
* Judy Cheeks (born 1954), American soul and R&B singer
* Judy Clark (1921–2002), American actress
* Judy Clay (1938–2001), American soul and gospel singer
* Judy Collins (born 1939), American folk, popular, and art singer
* Judy Cornwell (born 1940), English actress
* Judy Craig (born 1946), American girl-group singer
* Judy Craymer, English musical theater producer
* Judy Dan (born 1931), Chinese–American actress
* Judy Davis (born 1955), Australian actress
* Judy Dearing (1940–1995) American costume designer
* Judy Dyble (1949–2020), British singer–songwriter
* Judy Farr (set decorator), British
* Judy Farrell (1938–2023), American actress
* Judy Flynn (born c. 1963–1964), British actress
* Judy Freudberg (1949–2012), American television screenwriter
* Judy Garland (1922–1969), American pop singer and actress
* Judy Adelman Gershon of Canadian children's music duo Judy & David
* Judy Gold (born 1962), American comedian, actress, screenwriter, and producer
* Judy Graubart (born 1943), American actress
* Judy Finnigan (born 1948), English television personality and author
* Judy Geeson (born 1948), English actress
* Judy Gilroy, Irish television presenter
* Judy Greer (born 1975), American actress
* Judy Gringer (born 1941), Danish actress
* Judy Gunn (1915–1991), British actress
* Judy Henske (1936–2022), American singer–songwriter
* Judy Herrera, American actress
* Judy Holliday (1921–1965), American actress, comedian, and pop singer
* Judy Holt, British actress
* Judy Huxtable (born 1942), English actress
* Judy Jack, Australian TV host of The Judy Jack Show and Geoff and Judy
* Judy Jacobs (born 1957), American gospel musician
* Judy Johnson (born 1928), American pop singer
* Judy Kaye (born 1948), American singer and actress
* Judy Kelly (1913–1991), Australian-British actress
* Judy Kuhn (born 1958), American actress and singer
* Judy Landers (born 1958), American actress
* Judy Landon, American actress
* Judy Lewis (1935–2011), American Hollywood lovechild and actress
* Judy Loe (born 1947), English actress
* Judy Lynn (1936–2010), American singer and Miss Idaho 1955
* Judy Lynne (born 1943), American-Australian actress
* Judy Malcolm (1910–1998), American actress
* Judy Marte (born 1983), American actress
* Judy Martin (1917–1951), American country music singer
* Judy Matheson, British actress
* Judy McBurney (1948–2018), Australian actress
* Judy McDonald, American comedian
* Judy Minx (born circa 1989), French pornographic actress
* Judy Moorcroft (1933–1991), costume designer
* Judy Morris (born 1947), Australian actress, director, and screenwriter
* Judy Mowatt (born 1952), Jamaican reggae singer
* Judy Munsen (born 1949), television and video game score composer
* Judy Kay Newton, birth name of Juice Newton (born 1952), American country and pop singer
* Judy Niemack (born 1954), American jazz vocalist
* Judy Nugent (born 1940), American actress
* Judy Nunn (born 1945), Australian actress, screenwriter, and novelist
* Judy Ongg (born 1950), Taiwanese actress and singer
* Judy Pace (born 1942), American actress
* Judy Pancoast (born 1959), American children's musician
* Judy Parfitt (born 1935), English actress
* Judy Prescott, American actress and poet
* Judy Reyes (born 1967), American actress
* Judy Roderick (1942–1992), American folk and blues singer
* Judy Rodman (born 1951), American country music singer
* Judy Ann Santos (born 1978), Filipino actress and pop singer
* Judy Sheindlin (born 1942), American television personality known as "Judge Judy"
* Judy Shepherd (died 2009) of the Shepherd Sisters, American singing group
* Judy Small, Australian singer–songwriter and judge
* Judy Strangis (born 1949), American actress
* Judy Street (born c. 1949), American soul singer
* Judy Stone (born 1942), Australian pop and country music singer
* Judy Norton Taylor (born 1958), American actress
* Judy Tenuta (1956–2022), American comedian and musician
* Judy Toll (1958–2002), American comedian and screenwriter
* Judy Lee Tomerlin (1939–2008), model
* Judy Torres (born 1968), American electronic musician and singer
* Judy Trammell (born 1958), American cheerleader and cheer choreographer
* Judy Tyler (1932–1957), American actress
* Judy Tyler (model), American (1947–2013)
* Judy Tylor, birth name of Jud Tylor (born 1979), Canadian actress
* Judy Wadsworth, Miss Nevada 1958
* Judy Wilson (actress), English (1938—2006)
* Judy Blye Wilson, American television casting director
* Judy Weinstein, American dance music scene figure
* Judy Weiss (born 1972), German theater and jazz singer
* Judy Winter (born 1944), German actress

### Athletics

* Judy Amoore (born 1940), Australian runner
* Judy Bell (born 1936), American golfer and golf executive
* Judy Blumberg (born 1957), American ice dancer
* Judy Canty (long jumper), Australian (1931–2016)
* Judy Wills Cline (born 1948), American gymnast and acrobat
* Judy Connor (born 1953), New Zealand tennis player
* Judy Crawford (born 1951), Canadian skier
* Judy-Joy Davies (1928–2016), Australian swimmer
* Judy Devlin (born 1935), American badminton player
* Judy Dickinson (born 1950), American golfer
* Judy Diduck (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
* Judy Dixon (born 1949), American tennis player and coach
* Judy Doyle, Irish camogie player
* Judy Esmond (born 1960), Australian cricket player
* Judy Gans (1886–1949), American Negro leagues baseball player and manager
* Judy Glenney (born 1949), American weightlifter and coach
* Judy Goodrich (born 1939), American fencer
* Judy Green (volleyball coach), American
* Judy Grinham (born 1939), British swimmer
* Judy Guinness (1910–1952), British fencer
* Judy Hahn, American volleyball coach
* Judy Harlan (1896–1978), American football (gridiron) player
* Judy Johnson (1899–1989), American Negro leagues baseball player
* Judy Kimball (born 1938), American golfer
* Judy Leden (born 1959)), British hang glider and paraglider
* Judy Long (born 1969), Chinese-Canadian table tennis player
* Judy MacMillan (1865–1936), Scottish rugby player
* Judy Martin (wrestler), American (born 1955)
* Judy Melick (born 1954)), American swimmer
* Judy Mosley-McAfee (1968–2013), American basketball player
* Judy Nagel (born 1951), American skier
* Judy Masters (1892–1955), Australian football (soccer) player
* Judy Murray (born 1959), Scottish tennis coach
* Judy Oakes (born 1958), British shot putter
* Judy Peckham (born 1950), Australian runner
* Judy Playfair (born 1953), Australian swimmer
* Judy Porter, New Zealand football (soccer) player
* Judy Rabinowitz (born 1958), American skier
* Judy Rankin (born 1945), American golfer
* Judy Reeder (born 1948), American swimmer
* Judy Reynolds (born 1981), Irish dressage rider
* Judy Rose, American basketball coach and athletic director
* Judy Samuel (born 1943), British swimmer
* Judy Schwomeyer (born 1950), American ice dancer
* Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942), American long-distance runner
* Judy Simpson (born 1960), British heptathlete
* Judy Sowinski (1940–2011), American roller derby skater and coach
* Judy Strong (born 1960), American field hockey player
* Judy Tegart (born 1937), Australian tennis player
* Judy Vernon (born 1945), British hurdler

### Academia

* Judy Armitage (born 1951), British biochemist
* Judy Baca (born 1946), American social science professor, artist, and activist
* Judy Bonner, American academic executive
* Judy Birmingham, English-Australian archaeologist
* Judy Clapp (born 1930), American computer scientist
* Judy Delin, British linguist
* Judy Dempsey (born 1956), Irish journalist and researcher
* Judy Feder, American political scientist
* Judy Fierstein, American geologist
* Judy Franz (born 1938), American physicist
* Judy Genshaft (born 1948), American academic executive
* Judy Hample (born 1957), American academic executive
* Judy Ho, Taiwanese-American psychologist, professor, and television personality
* Judy Holdener (born 1965), American mathematician
* Judy Illes (born 1960), American neurologist
* Judy Klitsner, religion lecturer and writer
* Judy Mikovits, American researcher
* Judy Jolley Mohraz (born 1943), American women's studies historian and philanthropist
* Judy Olian, American academic executive
* Judy Roitman (born 1945), American mathematician
* Judy Shepard-Kegl, American linguist
* Judy Stamps, American ecologist
* Judy Wajcman (born 1950), sociologist
* Judy L. Walker, American mathematician
* Judy Yung (1946–2020), American historian
* Judy Zeh, American statistician

### Literature

* Judy Balan, Indian satirical writer
* Judy Blume (born 1938), American children's and young adult novelist
* Judy Blundell, American children's and young adult writer (under the name Jude Watson)
* Judy Blunt (born 1954), American essayist
* Judy Budnitz (born 1973), American fiction writer
* Judy Clemens, American mystery writer
* Judy Corbalis, New Zealand fiction writer
* Judy Croome (born 1958), South African fiction writer and poet
* Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943–1986), American science fiction editor
* Judy Fong Bates (born 1949), Chinese-Canadian writer
* Judy GeBauer, American playwright
* Judy Grahn (born 1940), American poet and writer
* Judy Jordan (born 1961), American poet
* Judy Lucero (deceased), American poet
* Judy Malloy (born 1942), American poet
* Judy Pascoe, Australian novelist and acrobat
* Judy Rothman, American screenwriter
* Judy Troy, American fiction writer and literature professor
* Judy Waite, British picture book writer and young adult novelist
* Judy Upton (born 1967), British playwright

### Journalism

* Judy Bailey (born c. 1952–1953), Australian television news anchor
* Judy Battista (born 1966), American sports journalist
* Judy Bolch, American journalist
* Judy Crichton (1929–2007), American television news producer
* Judy Fortin, American television reporter and anchor
* Judy Lee Klemesrud (1939–1985), American magazine and newspaper journalist
* Judy Licht, American television reporter and fashion writer
* Judy MacDonald (born 1964), Canadian magazine and television journalist, and writer
* Judy Maddren, Canadian radio announcer
* Judy Mann (1943–2005), American newspaper reporter
* Judy Muller, American television reporter
* Judy Stone (journalist) (1924–2017), American film critic
* Judy Waytiuk, Canadian freelance writer and reporter
* Judy Woodruff (born 1946), American television journalist and anchor

### Fine arts

* Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Australian painter
* Judy Chicago (born 1939), American installation artist
* Judy Clark (artist) (born 1949), British
* Judy Dater (born 1941), American photographer
* Judy Dunaway (born 1964), composer and sonic installation artist
* Judy Fox (born 1957), American sculptor
* Judy Fiskin (born 1945), American photographer and art film maker
* Judy Francesconi (born 1957), American photographer
* Judy Jensen (born 1953), American glass artist
* Judy Millar (born 1957), New Zealand painter
* Judy Watson Napangardi, Australian painter
* Judy Nylon, Anglo-American multidisciplinary artist and punk rocker
* Judy Pfaff (born 1946), American installation artist
* Judy Radul (born 1962), American multimedia, performance, and installation artist
* Judy Rifka (born 1945), American painter and video artist
* Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), New Zealand sculptor and fibre artist

### Classical music

* Judy Kang, Canadian violinist, producer, singer, and composer
* Judy Klein (born 1943), American composer, pianist, and music educator

### Crime and justice

* Judy Amar, American burglar
* Judy Buenoano (1943–1998), American murderer
* Judy Clarke (born 1952), American criminal defense attorney
* Judy Moran (born 1944), Australian gangster and murderer

### Culinary arts

* Judy Joo (born 1974), American restaurateur, chef, and television personality
* Judy Mazel (1943–2007), author of "The Beverly Hills Diet"
* Judy Rodgers (1956–2013), American chef and cookbook writer

### Other

* Judy Bentinck (born 1952), couture milliner
* Judy Blame (1960–2018), English club hipster, stylist, designer, and art director
* Judy Cannato, American retreat facilitator, spiritual director, and writer
* Judy Feld Carr (born 1938), Canadian population rescuer
* Judy Gao (born 1994), New Zealand fashion designer and chess player
* Judy Green (socialite) (1931–2001), American
* Judy Harrow (1945–2014), American counselor, Wiccan priestess, and writer
* Judy Horacek (born 1961), Australian cartoonist, illustrator, and children's writer
* Judy Hornby, British-American fashion designer
* Judy Irving, American documentary filmmaker
* Judy Lewent, American business executive
* Judy McGrath (born 1952), American television executive
* Judy Hoback Miller (born 1937), American Watergate scandal figure
* Judy Nelson, American litigant and memoirist
* Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes (born 1958), Israeli socialite and television host
* Judy Peiser (born 1945), American folk music and folklore expert
* Judy Castle Scott, American bind advocate and activist in the field of vision loss
* Judy Smith, American crisis manager
* Judy Spreckels (1933–2015), American confidante of Elvis Presley

## Fictional characters

* Judy, a character in the 1984 American teen sex comedy movie Revenge of the Nerds
* Judy, a character 1991 and 1994 American coming-of-age comedy-drama movies My Girl and My Girl 2
* Judy, a character in the 2000 American comedy film The Photographer
* Judy Alvarez, techie, braindance editor from Cyberpunk 2077
* Judy, wife of Pulcinella in Punch and Judy shows
* Judy, another alias used by the character Judith Myers from the film Halloween
* title character of the film Judy Berlin
* Judy Bolton, protagonist of the Judy Bolton Series of books
* Judy Brownlee, in the TV soap opera Shortland Street
* Judy Foster, protagonist of the radio show A Date with Judy and film A Date with Judy
* Judy Geller, recurring character in the TV show Friends
* Judy Hensler, in the TV sitcom Leave It to Beaver
* Judy Hopps, rabbit protagonist of the animated film Zootopia
* Judy Jetson, cartoon character in the TV sitcom The Jetsons
* Judy Miller, in the TV sitcom Still Standing
* Judy Moody, protagonist of a series of books by Megan McDonald
* Judy of the Jungle, golden-age comic book heroine
* Judy Shepherd, a character in the film Jumanji
* Judy Stoneface, a news reporter of the No Nonsense News from The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder
* Judy, a character from the children's show, Tweenies