Brad (given name)
Appearance
Brad is a given name, usually a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Bradley, Bradford or Brady and generally masculine. It may refer to:
People
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 Holland (born 1956), American basketball player and coach
- Brad Johnson (American football) (born 1968), American football player
- Brad Kaaya (born 1995), American football player
- Brad Lebo (born 1970), American football player
- Brad Loesing (born 1989), American basketball player
- Brad MacGregor (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad McKay (born 1993), Scottish football player
- Brad Newley (born 1985), Australian basketball player
- Brad Noffsinger (born 1960), NASCAR driver
- Brad Rowe (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
- Brad Rowe (footballer) (born 1969), Australian football player
- Brad Seaton (born 1993), American football player
- 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 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 Hawkins (born 1976), American actor
- 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 Whitford (born 1952), American guitarist
- Bradley Whitford (born 1959), American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford"
- 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), comedian and actor
Politics
- Brad Ellsworth (born 1958), American politician
- Brad Henry (born 1963), American politician
- Brad Wall (born 1965), Canadian politician
Other
- Brad Colbert (born 1974), American soldier
- 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), one of the only three people in the world with a condition called hyperthymestic syndrome.
Fictional characters
- Brad Bellick, in the television series Prison Break
- Brad Bodick, in the ABC television series The Middle
- Brad Carbunkle, in the animated television series My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Brad Buttowski, in the animated television series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Brad Burns, in the video game Virtua Fighter
- Brad Chase, in the television series Boston Legal
- Brad Follmer, in the television series The X-Files
- Brad Majors, in the musical The Rocky Horror Show
- 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 Williams (EastEnders), in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Brad Williams, in the American comedy series Happy Endings
- Brad Wong, in the video game Dead or Alive
- Brad Snider in the video game Grand Theft Auto V