Brad (given name)
Brad is a given name, usually a diminutive form of Bradley, Bradford, or Brady. It is generally masculine. Notable people with the name include:
Sports
- Brad Anae, American football player
- Brad Ausmus, American baseball player and manager
- Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
- Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer
- Brad Boyes, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Butterworth, New Zealand yachtsman
- Brad Cecil, American football player
- Brad Erdos, Canadian football player
- Brad Farrow, Canadian judoka
- Brad Firth, Gwichʼin Canadian long-distance runner
- Brad Gilbert, American tennis player and coach
- Brad Gobright, American rock climber
- Brad Goldberg, American baseball pitcher
- Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
- Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer
- Brad Holland, American basketball player and coach
- Brad Holmes, American football executive
- Brad Idzik, American football coach
- Brad Jackson, American football player and coach
- Brad Jackson (quarterback), American football player
- Brad Johnson (American football), American football player
- Brad Kaaya, American football player
- Brad Keselowski, American NASCAR driver and team owner
- Brad Leaf, Israeli-American basketball player
- Brad Lebo, American football player
- Brad Leonard, New Zealand cricketer
- Brad Loesing, American basketball player
- Brad MacGregor, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Maddox, American professional wrestler
- Brad Mantsounga, Congolese footballer
- Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad McKay, Scottish football player
- Brad McStravick, British athlete
- Brad Newley, Australian basketball player
- Brad Noffsinger, American NASCAR driver
- Brad Pauls, English professional boxer
- Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Rowe (tennis), American tennis player
- Brad Rowe (footballer), Australian football player
- Brad Seaton, American football player
- Brad Stevens, American basketball coach
- Brad Strand, English professional boxer
- Brad Thorn, Australian rugby player
- Brad Wilkerson, American baseball player
- Brad Williams (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Brad Williamson (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brad Williamson (basketball), Australian basketball player
- Brad Willock, Canadian volleyball player
- Brad Wing, American football player
- Brad Wright (basketball), American basketball player
Arts and entertainment
- Brad Altman, American producer and husband of actor George Takei
- Brad Bird, American director
- Brad Carlson, also known as Bun E. Carlos, American drummer
- Brad Delp, American singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Boston
- Brad Delson, American guitarist
- Brad Dexter, American actor
- Brad Dourif, American actor
- Brad Falchuk, American director
- Brad Garrett, American actor
- Brad Hall, American screenwriter
- Brad Hargreaves, American drummer
- Brad Kavanagh, British actor
- Brad Mehldau, American jazz pianist
- Bradley Nowell, American punk rock songwriter
- Brad Paisley, American country musician
- Brad Pitt, American actor
- Brad Renfro, American actor
- Brad Roberts, Canadian musician
- Brad Rowe (actor), American actor
- Brad Sherwood, American comedian/actor
- Brad Silberling, American director
- Brad Simpson, British musician
- Brad Wilk, American musician
- Brad Williams (puppeteer), American puppet designer for TV programs and literacy education
- Brad Williams (comedian), American comedian and actor
- Brad Whitford, American guitarist
- Bradley Whitford, American actor sometimes credited as "Brad Whitford"
Politics
- Brad Cathers, Canadian politician
- Brad Christ, American politician
- Brad Ellsworth, U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Brad Finstad, Minnesota state representative
- Brad Henry, Governor of Oklahoma
- Brad Hoylman, New York state senator
- Brad Lander, American politician
- Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State
- Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan
Other
- Brad Colbert, American Marine
- Brad Farmer, Australian Marine Conservationist
- Brad Flora, American journalist and investor
- Brad Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Brad Keywell, American billionaire entrepreneur
- Brad Lomax, American human rights and disability activist
- Brad McKay (doctor), Australian medical doctor, skeptic, television personality and author
- Brad A. Myers, American professor
- Brad Sigmon, American convicted murderer
- Brad Williams (mnemonist), American, one of the only three people in the world with a condition called hyperthymestic syndrome
Fictional characters
- Brad, in the Canadian-produced sitcom Learning the Ropes, played by Gordon Michael Woolvett
- Brad, in the US TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries), played by William Russ
- Brad Anderson, in the 1987 US teen comedy film Adventures in Babysitting, played by Keith Coogan
- Brad Armstrong, in the 2014 post-apocalyptic role-playing video game Lisa: The Painful
- Brad Bellick, in the US crime drama TV series Prison Break, played by Wade Williams
- Brad Bottig, in the US TV sitcom The Middle, played by Brock Ciarlelli
- Brad Brillnick, in the US TV sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show, played by Bruno Kirby
- Brad Buttowski, in the US animated TV series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, voiced by Danny Cooksey
- Brad Burns, in the fighting video game Virtua Fighter
- Brad Carbunkle, in the US animated science fiction superhero comedy TV series My Life as a Teenage Robot, voiced by Chad Doreck
- Brad Chase, in the US legal comedy drama TV series Boston Legal, played by Mark Valley
- Brad Chiles, Fred Jones' father in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Brad Follmer, in the US science fiction drama TV series The X-Files, played by Cary Elwes
- Brad Gurdlinger, in the 2013 US crime comedy film We're the Millers, played by Ed Helms
- Brad Heinmuller, in the 1984 US science fiction romance film Starman, played by John Walter Davis
- Brad King, in the UK soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Tom Benedict Knight
- Brad Langford, in the US sitcom TV series Silver Spoons, played by Billy Jayne
- Brad Majors, in the musical The Rocky Horror Show, played by Christopher Malcolm, Bill Miller, Adrian Edmondson/Craig Ferguson, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Jarrod Emick, Matthew Morrison, Ben Forster, Richard Meek, Ethan Jones, and Connor Carson
- Brad Park, in the action-adventure video games Dead Rising 3 and Dead Rising 4
- Brad Snider, in the 2013 action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto V
- Brad Snyder (As the World Turns), in the US TV soap opera As the World Turns, played by Nick Kokotakis, Roy Eudon, John Loprieno, and Austin Peck
- Brad Taylor, in the US sitcom TV series Home Improvement, played by Zachery Ty Bryan
- Brad Turner, in the 1985 science fiction animated TV series M.A.S.K. (TV series), voiced by Graeme McKenna
- Brad Vickers, in the 1996 survival horror video game Resident Evil
- Brad Whitaker, in the 1987 James Bond spy film The Living Daylights, played by Joe Don Baker
- Brad White, in the 2001 US psychological horror film Frailty, played by Alan Davidson
- Brad Williams (EastEnders), in the UK TV soap opera EastEnders, played by Jonathan Stratt
- Brad Williams, in the US TV sitcom Happy Endings, played by Damon Wayans Jr.
- Brad Wilson, in the 1983 superhero film Superman III, played by Gavan O'Herlihy
- Brad Wong, in the fighting video game series Dead or Alive, portrayed by Song Lin; voiced by Grant George, Yukimasa Kishino, and Unshō Ishizuka