Braden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Braden, British television theme composerAlison Braden (born 1982), Canadian water polo playerAllen Braden, American poetAndrew D. Braden (1916–1993), American Professor of AccountancyAnne Braden (1924–2006), American activistBernard Braden (1916–1993), Canadian-born English actor and comedianBill Braden (born 1954), Canadian politicianBob Braden, American computer scientistCarl Braden (1914–1975), American activistC. O. Braden, American football coachDallas Braden (born 1983), American baseball playerDave Braden (born 1950), Canadian businessman, environmentalist and politicianDon Braden (born 1963), American jazz saxophonistGeorge Braden (born 1949), Canadian politicianGeorge C. Braden (1868–1942), American politicianGlen Everton Braden (1899–1967), Canadian merchant and politicianGregg Braden (born 1954), American writerHenry Braden (1944–2013), American lawyer, lobbyist and politicianJohn Braden (1949–2004), American screenwriter, film producer and actorJohn Braden (politician) (1841–1926), English-born Canadian politicianJulie Braden (born 1982), American-born engineerKai Braden (born 1988), American actor, dancer and fashion modelKim Braden (born 1949), English actressLonnie Braden (born 1960), Master Meat Cutter, Web DeveloperSpruille Braden (1894–1978), American diplomat, businessman and lobbyistThomas Braden (1917–2009), American journalistThomas H. Braden (1874–?), American politicianVic Braden (1929–2014), American tennis player, coach and broadcasterWilliam Robert Braden (1858–1922), Canadian politician