Brady

It has been suggested that Francis Brady be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since October 2011.

The Brady Coat of Arms.

Brady is a surname derived from the Irish surname Mac Brádaigh.

In a listing by the U.S. Census Bureau of the Most Common U.S. Surnames Brady is ranked at #411.

Notable Bradys

• Alice Brady (1892–1939), American silent-film actress, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner
• Aindrias Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1445
• Beau Brady (born 1981), Australian actor
• Bob Brady (born 1945), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Brady Haggstrom (born 1989), rising American politician and business leader
• Brian Brady Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála representing Donegal West (1932–1949)
• Charles Brady (artist) (1926–1997), American-born Irish painter
• Charles E. Brady, Jr. (1951–2006), American astronaut
• Christian M. M. Brady (born 1969), American targumist
• Conor Brady, Irish journalist and newspaper editor
• Cyprian Brady, Irish politician
• Dan Brady, American politician from Ohio
• E. J. Brady (1869–1952), Australian journalist and writer
• Edward Thomas Brady (born 1943), American judge and Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
• Edwin James Brady (1869–1952), born in Carcour, New South Wales he had an adventurous life in many lands and was the author of some fine sea ballads.
• Fiachra Mac Brádaigh (fl. 1710-1760), Gaelic poet.
• Francis Brady, British Historian
• George Brady (born 1928), Holocaust survivor
• George K. Brady (1838-1899), United States Army officer. Briefly commander of the Department of Alaska.
• Gerard Brady (born 1936), Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Minister for Education
• Gilbert Mac Brádaigh Bishop of Ardagh from 1396 to 1400
• Graham Brady (born 1967), British politician and MP
• Hana Brady (1931–1944), Jewish holocaust victim
• Aodh Mac Brádaigh (Hugh Brady) first Protestant Bishop of Meath and Kildare
• Hugh R. Brady President of University College Dublin, Ireland
• Ian Brady (born Ian Duncan Stewart 1938), a perpetrator of the Moors murders
• James Brady (born 1940), American White House Press Secretary shot alongside President Ronald Reagan
• James Bernard MacBrady, Count of the Holy Roman Empire
• James Buchanan Brady aka "Diamond Jim" (1856–1917), prominent American financier
• James H. Brady (1862–1918), Governor of Idaho, United States Senator from Idaho
• James M. Brady, editor of the Washington Post Online
• James Patrick Brady (1908-1967?) Canadian Metis political figure
• James T. Brady (1815-1869), New York City lawyer and politician
• Joan Brady, Author, the first woman - and the only American -to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for the Theory of War. Lives in Oxford, England.
• John Green Brady (1847–1918), American politician, Governor of the District of Alaska (1897–1906)
• John Joseph Brady, American journalist and writer
• John Riker Brady (1822-1891), New York State Supreme Court Justice, administered oath of office to President Chester A. Arthur
• Karren Brady (born 1969), British sporting executive and broadcaster, best known as the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club, the first woman to hold such a post in the top flight of English football when the team was promoted
• Kevin Brady (born 1955), American politician from Texas
• Liam Brady (born 1956), Irish footballer, coach, and television pundit
• Mathew Brady (ca. 1823–1896), Irish-American photographer who documented the American Civil War
• Matthew Brady (1799–1826), Australian bushranger
• Matthew Brady (district attorney), American district attorney in San Francisco (1919–1943)
• Mike Brady (golfer) (1887–1972), American professional golfer
• Mike Brady (musician) (born 1947), Australian musician
• Michael Mac Brádaigh (died 1745), Jacobite
• Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1988–1993)
• Patrick Henry Brady (born 1936), United States Army Helicopter Pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (1968)
• Paul Brady (born 1947), Irish singer/songwriter
• Peter R. Brady (1825-1901), Arizona pioneer; first elected sheriff of Pinal County; sheriff of Pima County, Arizona.
• Fedlim Mac Brádaigh, (fl. 1710), a Gaelic poet usually referred to as "bold Phelim Brady the bard of Armagh".
• Phillip Mac Brádaigh, (died 1719), Gaelic poet and a Protestant clergyman
• Richard Mac Brádaigh, Franciscan bishop of Kilmore, died 1607
• Robert A. Brady (1901-1964), an American economist
• Robert A. ‘Bob’ Brady (born 1945), a United States Congressman
• Robert David Brady (born 1946), an American modernist sculptor
• Sarah Brady (born 1942), American gun control activist, wife of James Brady
• Seán Brady (born 1939), Archbishop of Armagh (1996 - )
• Tom Brady (born 1977), American football quarterback and 3 time super bowl winner and 2-time Super Bowl MVP
• Thomas Mac Brádaigh (1752–1827), a farmer's son from Cootehill, County Cavan, became a Field Marshal in the Austrian service and Governor of Dalmatia
• Thomas A. Mac Brádaigh(1813-1847), Lt. USMC, Among the 40 marines who stormed the "Halls of Montezuma", September 13, 1847
• Vincent Brady (born 1936), Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Government Chief Whip (1987–1991), Minister for Defence (1991–1992)
• Wayne Brady (born 1972), American comedian and TV personality
• W. Tate Brady (1870-1925), Pioneer businessman of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• William J. Brady (1829-1878), Sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars
• William O. Brady (1899–1961), American Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Paul (1956–1961)
• William Maziere Brady (1825–1894), author of Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland.

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