Hardy (given name)
Hardy is the given name of:
- Hardy (singer), American country-, country rock-, and hard rock singer and songwriter
- Hardy Ames Hill, American bouncer; contestant on Big Brother 2 (American season)
- Hardy Amies, English fashion designer, businessman, and World War II personnel
- Hardy Åström, Swedish retired NHL player
- Hardy Billington, American politician
- Hardy Binguila, Congolese professional footballer
- Hardy Brian, American newspaper publisher and politician
- Hardy Brown, American NFL-, AAFC-, and AFL player
- Hardy Browning, New Zealand miner-turned-potter
- Hardy Campbell Jr., American horse trainer and owner
- Hardy Caprio, Sierra Leonean-born English rapper and singer
- Hardy Cavero, Chilean footballer
- Hardy Cross, American structural engineer
- Hardy Cross Dillard, American jurist, judge, and army colonel during World War II
- Hardy Cubasch, Australian former champion rower
- Hardy Dhir, Canadian candidate in the 2003 Toronto municipal election
- Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys, Irish band
- Hardy Falconer Parsons, English World War I officer
- Hardy Fox, American musician
- Hardy Haberman, American author, filmmaker, educator, designer, and figure in the leather/fetish/BDSM community
- Hardy Häman Aktell, Swedish NHL- and NL player
- Hardy Hanappi, Austrian political economist
- Hardy Ivy, American alleged first person of European descent to permanently settle in Atlanta, Georgia
- Hardy Jones, American wildlife- and conservation documentary filmmaker
- Hardy Juchli, American Army soldier and medical doctor during the Nuremberg trials
- Hardy Knittel, Chilean politician
- Hardy Krüger, German actor and author
- Hardy Krüger Jr., German actor
- Hardy Künzli, Swiss former slalom canoeist
- Hardy L. Shirley, American forester, author, and dean
- Hardy Limeback, Canadian emeritus professor of dentistry
- Hardy Lucas, Seychelles former politician
- Hardy McLain, American retired hedge fund manager
- Hardy Meza, Mexican professional footballer
- Hardy Momberg, Chilean agricultural technician, businessman, and politician
- Hardy Murfree, American lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War
- Hardy Myers, American lawyer and politician
- Hardy N. Ganong, Canadian sportsman and major general during both World Wars
- Hardy Nickerson, American former NFL player and coach
- Hardy Nickerson Jr., American former NFL- and AFC player
- Hardy Nilsson, Swedish retired DEL player and coach
- Hardy Nongbri, Indian professional footballer
- Hardy Pace, American ferryman, miller, and early settler of Atlanta, Georgia
- Hardy Paredes, Chilean former professional boxer
- Hardy Powers, American minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
- Hardy R. Franklin, American librarian
- Hardy Rafn, Danish film actor
- Hardy Rawls, American television actor
- Hardy Richardson, American MLB player
- Hardy Rodenstock, German publisher and manager of pop- and Schlager music, and wine collector-, connoisseur-, and trader
- Hardy Sauter, American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach
- Hardy Strickland, American Confederate Army soldier and politician
- Hardy Summers, American Supreme Court justice and judge
- Hardy Ward, American world champion archer
- Hardy Williams, American politician
- Hardy Wright, Scottish greyhound trainer
Fictional characters
- Hardy Har Har, in the US animated TV series Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, voiced by Mel Blanc
- Hardy Jenns, in the 1987 US teen romantic drama film Some Kind of Wonderful, played by Craig Sheffer
- Hardy Woodrup, in the 2023 US Christmas comedy drama film The Holdovers, played by Andrew Garman