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Bradley is an English masculine given name. It comes from a surname and a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad clearing" in Old English.
It is also an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name O’Brolachán (also O’Brallaghan) from County Tyrone in Ireland. The family moved and spread to counties Londonderry, Donegal and Cork.
People
First name
Bradley (sometimes shortened to Brad) is the first name of several notable people:
Brad Ausmus (born 1969)), American Major League Baseball all-star catcherBradley Ayers (born 1935), CIA operativeBradley Cooper (born 1975), American actorBrad Hogg (born 1970), Australian cricketerBradley Hore (born 1981), Australian flyweight boxerBradley James (born 1984), British actorBradley Manning, alleged whistleblower / leaker of video in Wikileaks' Collateral Murder caseBradley McGee (born 1976), former Australian professional cyclist (road and track)Bradley McIntosh (born 1981), member of S Club 7Bradley Nowell (1968–1996), American musicianBrad Pitt (born 1963), American actorBradley Quinn (born 1976), Northern Irish photographerBradley Whitford (born 1959), American actorBradley Wiggins (born 1980), British professional cyclist (road and track)Surname
Bradley is the surname of these and other notable people:
Abraham Bradley, Jr. (1767–1838), first Assistant Postmaster-General of the U.S.A. C. Bradley (1851–1935), English Shakespearean scholarAvery Bradley (born 1990), American basketball playerBill Bradley (born 1943), American basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former US senator from New JerseyBill Bradley (baseball) (1878–1954), early 20th-century third baseman in Major League BaseballBob Bradley (born 1958), former manager of the United States men's national soccer teamBrian Bradley (born 1965), Canadian hockey playerBruce Bradley (born 1947), American water polo playerCeleste Bradley (fl. 2001), American author of romance novelsCraig Bradley (born 1963), Australian rules footballerDan Beach Bradley (1804–1873), American Protestant missionary to SiamDavid W. Bradley, computer game designer and programmerEd Bradley (1941–2006), American journalistEoin Bradley, Irish Gaelic footballer, plays for DerryF. H. Bradley (1846–1924), British idealist philosopherFoghorn Bradley (1855–1900), American baseball umpireGeorge Bradley (1852–1931), American baseball playerGeorge Bradley (Medal of Honor) (1881–1942), American naval officerGwendolyn Bradley, American sopranoHenry Bradley (1845–1923), Oxford English Dictionary editorJames Bradley (1693–1762), English astronomerJames Bradley (Australian writer), (born 1967), Australian novelistJames Bradley (author) (born 1954), American historian, writerJohn Bradley (disambiguation)Joseph P. Bradley (1813–1892), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1870–1892Keegan Bradley (born 1986), American golferKepler Bradley (born 1985), Australian rules footballer with Essendon Bombers and Fremantle DockersLiam Bradley, Irish Gaelic football managerLoretta Bradley (born 1933), American psychologistMarion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), American science fiction authorMatt Bradley (born 1978), Canadian professional hockey playerMilton Bradley (1836–1911), board game pioneerMilton Bradley (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball playerOmar Bradley (1893–1981), U.S. generalPaddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic footballer, plays for DerryPeter Bradley (born 1953), English politicianRobert A. Bradley (1917–1998), Bradley method of natural childbirthRyan Bradley (born 1983), American figure skaterShawn Bradley (born 1972), retired American basketball playerTom Bradley (American politician) (1917–1998), five-term mayor of Los Angeles, CaliforniaW. C. Bradley (1863–1947), American entrepreneur and Coca-Cola chairmanWill H. Bradley (1868–1962), American Art Nouveau illustrator and artistWilliam J. Bradley (1852–1916), American businessman and New Jersey legislator