{{Wiktionary|Rudy|rudy}} {{about|the name|other uses|Rudy (disambiguation)}} '''Rudy''' or '''Rudi''' is a masculine given name, sometimes short for Rudolf, Rudolph, Rawad, Rudra, Ruairidh, or variations thereof, a nickname and a surname which may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==People== ===Given name or nickname=== *Rudy Andeweg (born 1952), Dutch political scientist *Rudi Assauer (1944–2019), German football manager and player *Rudy Ballieux (1930–2020), Dutch immunologist *Rudi Carrell (1934–2006), Dutch television entertainer *Rudy Clavel (born 1996), Salvadoran footballer *Rudy D'Amico (born 1940), American National Basketball Association scout, and former college and professional basketball coach *Rudy Demotte (born 1963), Belgian politician *Rudi Dil, birth name of Ruud Gullit (born 1962), Dutch retired football manager and player *Rudi Dolezal (born 1958), Austrian film director and film producer *Rudi Dornbusch (1942–2002), German economist *Rudi Dutschke (1940–1979), the most prominent spokesperson of the 1960s German student movement *Rudy Florio (born 1950), Canadian football player *Rudy Ford (born 1994), American football player *Rudy Galindo (born 1969), American retired figure skater *Rudi Garcia (born 1964), French football manager and former player *Rudy Gay (born 1986), American basketball player *Rudi Gernreich (1922–1985), Austrian-born American fashion designer *Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), former US Associate Attorney General and former Mayor of New York City *Rudy Gobert (born 1992), French basketball player *Rudy Haddad (born 1985), French-Israeli football player *Rudy Horn (1933–2018), German juggler *Rudy Kennedy (1927–2008), British rocket scientist and Holocaust survivor and activist *Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004), American basketball player *Rudy Linka (born 1960), Czech-American jazz guitarist *Rudy Pankow (born 1998), American actor *Rudy Ruettiger (born 1948), American football player, motivational speaker, and inspiration for the film ''Rudy'' *Rudy Sikich (1921–1998), American National Football League player *Rudi Skácel (born 1979), Czech footballer *Rudi Spring (1962–2025), German composer, pianist and academic *Rudi Tröger (1929–2025), German painter and academic *Rudy Trouvé (born 1967), Belgian musician *Rudy Turk (1927–2007), American museum director, curator, painter *Rudy Vallée (1901–1986), American singer, actor and bandleader, one of the first modern pop stars *Rudi Vis (1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament *Rudi Völler (born 1960), German retired football manager and player *Rudolf Vrba (1924–2006), Slovak-Jewish biochemist, Auschwitz concentration camp escapee who co-wrote a report of the mass murders being committed there *Rudi Widodo (born 1983), Indonesian footballer *Rudy Wiedoeft (1893–1940), American saxophonist *Rudy York (1913–1970), American Major League Baseball player *Rudi Ying (born 1998), Chinese ice hockey player *Albert Rudolph (1928–1973), American entrepreneur and Hindu spiritual teacher
===Alias or stage name=== *Jan Bytnar, ''nom de guerre'' Rudy (1921–1943), Polish resistance fighter *Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar (1934–2006) *Rudy de Mérode, real name Frédéric Martin (1905–?), French collaborator in the Second World War *Rudy Grayzell, stage name of American rockabilly musician Rudolph Paiz Jimenez (1933–2019)
===Surname=== *Andrzej Rudy (born 1965), Polish footballer *Florian Rudy (born 1989), German footballer *Gherasim Rudi (1907–1982), Prime Minister of the Moldovan SSR *Henry Rudi (1889–1970), Norwegian huntsman and polar bear hunter *Joe Rudi (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball player *Kathy Rudy (born 1956), American women's studies scholar and theologian *Michał Radziwiłł Rudy (1870–1950), German-Polish diplomat and nobleman *Mikhail Rudy (born 1953), Russian-French pianist *Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 1962), Indian politician *Ruth Rudy (born 1938), American politician *Sebastian Rudy (born 1990), German footballer *Steven Rudy (born 1978), American politician and businessman
==Fictional characters== * Rudy, Abby's stepbrother on ''Sesame Street'' * Rudy Steiner, from ''The Book Thief'' * Rudi van DiSarzio, a psychedelic monk in ''The Mighty Boosh'' * Rudi Gunn, in the Dirk Pitt adventure novels by Clive Cussler * Rudeus Greyrat, the main character of the Japanese light novel ''Mushoku Tensei'' * Rudy Huxtable, in the American sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' * Rudy Jones, the best-known incarnation of the Parasite (character), a DC Comics villain * Rudy Pipilo, a gangster in the American drama series ''The Deuce'' * Rudy Tabootie, in the animated series ''ChalkZone'' * Rudy Wade, in the British science fiction TV series ''Misfits'' * Rudy Wells, a scientist in the American TV series ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' * Rudy, a character in season two of the ''Pokémon'' anime series * Rudy, in the 2009 animated film ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' * R.U.D.I, George Jetson's work computer in the animated TV series ''The Jetsons'' * Baron Rudi, in Austrian humor * Regular-Sized Rudy (born Rudolph Stieblitz), a supporting character in the animated series ''Bob's Burgers'' * Rudy Cooper, aka Brian Moser in the ''Dexter'' television series * Rudy, a Frankfurt body, who plays a street barrel-organ and is friend of Clara and Heidi in the ''Heidi'' television series * Rudolph "Rudy" Holiday, character from the videogame Deltarune
== Songs == * "A Message to You, Rudy", a 1967 song by Dandy Livingstone, later covered by The Specials in 1979 * "Rudy", a 1974 song by Supertramp from their album ''Crime of the Century''
==See also== * Rudolph (name)
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