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 Boyes (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Brad Butterworth (born 1959), New Zealand yachtsman
 * 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 Marchand (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player
 * 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 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 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