Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad clearing" in Old English.
Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular.
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, and England.
Bradley is the surname of the following notable people:
A. C. Bradley (Andrew Cecil Bradley, 1851–1935), English Shakespearean scholarAbraham Bradley, Jr. (1767–1838), first Assistant Postmaster-General of the U.S.Allen Bradley (born c. 1952), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1984 to 1992Arthur Granville Bradley (1850–1943), English authorAvery 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 (disambiguation), several peopleBrian 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 SiamDaniel Bradley (Brooklyn) (1833–1908), New York politicianDaniel Joseph Bradley (1928–2010), Irish physicistDavid W. Bradley, computer game designer and programmerEd Bradley (1941–2006), American journalistEduardo Bradley (1887–1951), Argentine aviatorEoin Bradley, Irish Gaelic footballer, plays for DerryEvelyne Bradley (1925–2013), American judgeF. H. Bradley (Francis Herbert Bradley, 1846–1924), British idealist philosopherFoghorn Bradley (George H. Bradley, 1855–1900), American baseball umpireGene Bradley (born 1957), American football playerGeorge Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleGwendolyn Bradley, American sopranoHenry Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleJames Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleJeb Bradley (Joseph E. Bradley, born 1952), New Hampshire politicianJoe Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleJohn Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleJoseph 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 psychologistLuther Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleMarion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), American science fiction authorMartin Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleMatt Bradley (born 1978), Canadian professional hockey playerMatt Bradley (American football) (born 1960), American football playerMick Bradley (1947–1972), British blues-rock drummerMilton Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleOmar Bradley (1893–1981), U.S. generalPaddy Bradley, Irish Gaelic footballer, plays for DerryReginald Bradley, Canadian ice hockey playerPeter Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleRobert Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleRobert A. Bradley (1917–1998), Bradley method of natural childbirthRyan Bradley (born 1983), American figure skaterScott Bradley (baseball) (born 1960), American baseball player and coachShawn Bradley (born 1972), retired American basketball playerSidney A. J. Bradley, academic, authorTom Bradley (disambiguation), several people named Thomas or TomW. C. Bradley (William Clark Bradley, 1863–1947), American entrepreneur and Coca-Cola chairmanWill H. Bradley (1868–1962), American Art Nouveau illustrator and artistWilliam Bradley (disambiguation), several peopleBradley (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 Beattie (born 1957), former English footballerBradley Cooper (born 1975), American actorBrad Hogg (born 1970), Australian cricketerBradley Hore (born 1981), Australian flyweight boxerBradley James (born 1983), British actorBradley 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 Steven Perry (born 1998), American actorBradley Simpson (born 1995), British musicianBradley Quinn (born 1976), Northern Irish photographerBradley Whitford (born 1959), American actorBradley Wiggins (born 1980), British professional cyclist (road and track)Bradley J. McGirr (born 1956), Attorney, Mayor of Rancho Santa Margarita, CaliforniaBradley was the given name of Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower / video leaker in Wikileaks' Collateral Murder case before she announced her gender transition.