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Brady - wikipedia Brady Jump to : navigation , search For other uses , see Brady ( disambiguation ) . The Brady Coat of Arms Brady is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Brádaigh or Mac Brádaigh , meaning `` Spirited ; Broad . '' In a listing by the U.S. Census Bureau of the Most Common U.S. Surnames , Brady is ranked at # 411 . Notable people whose first name is Brady include : Brady Haran , Australian - British YouTuber , podcaster , and journalist Notable people whose surname is Brady include : 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 Bill Brady ( politician ) , Illinois state senator and candidate for governor Brady baronets , a titled family in Ireland 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 ( Ohio politician ) , U.S. politician from Ohio Dan Brady ( Illinois politician ) , member of the Illinois House of Representatives 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 ) , Australian poet Elward Thomas Brady , Jr. ( c. 1926 -- 2007 ) , American politician Fiachra Mac Brádaigh ( fl. 1710 -- 1760 ) , Gaelic poet 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 ( 1940 -- 2014 ) , 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 Jim Brady ( baseball ) ( born 1936 ) , American economist , educator , and baseball player and coach Jim Brady ( boxer ) , Scottish boxer of the 1930s and 1940s Joan Brady , writer , 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 Joan Brady , American writer of Christian novels 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 Joseph V. Brady , ( 1922 -- 2011 ) neuroscientist 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 Brady ( poet ) ( 1659 -- 1726 ) , divine and poet Nicholas Brady ( philanthropist ) ( 1878 -- 1930 ) , businessman and philanthropist Nicholas Brady ( banker ) ( born 1930 ) , banker and Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas Brady , victim in the Byron David Smith killings Patrick Henry Brady ( born 1936 ) , United States Army Helicopter Pilot , Medal of Honor recipient ( 1968 ) Paul Brady ( born 1947 ) , Irish singer / songwriter Paul L. Brady , American judge Peter R. Brady ( 1825 -- 1901 ) , Arizona pioneer ; first elected sheriff of Pinal County ; sheriff of Pima County , Arizona Fedlim Mac Brádaigh , ( fl. 1710 ) , 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 ( died 1607 ) , Franciscan bishop of Kilmore Robert A. Brady ( 1901 -- 1964 ) , American economist Robert A. ' Bob ' Brady ( born 1945 ) , a United States Congressman Robert David Brady ( born 1946 ) , American modernist sculptor Royston Brady ( born 1972 ) , Irish businessman and former politician Samuel Brady ( 1756 -- 1795 ) , American military captain during the Ohio Valley 's frontier days Sarah Brady ( 1942 -- 2015 ) , American gun control activist , wife of James Brady Scott Brady ( 1924 -- 1985 ) , American actor Seán Brady ( born 1939 ) , Archbishop of Armagh ( 1996 -- ) Terence Brady ( born 1947 ) , Australian Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney since 2007 Terence Brady ( 1939 -- 2016 ) , Irish actor and writer Tom Brady ( born 1977 ) , American football quarterback and 5 time super bowl winner and 4 - time Super Bowl MVP Thomas Mac Brádaigh ( 1752 -- 1827 ) , 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 Brady may also refer to : Brady v Brady ( 1989 ) AC 755 , an English judicial decision of the House of Lords Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ Most Common U.S. Surnames This page lists people with the surname Brady . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page , you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brady&oldid=814694247 '' Categories : Surnames Anglicised Irish - language surnames Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 10 December 2017 , at 10 : 06 . About Wikipedia
1. Brady surname
2. Notable people with the surname Brady
3. Irish origin of the Brady surname
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5. Brady as a common U.S. surname