Hardy is the given name of:
Hardy Åström (born 1951), Swedish retired National Hockey League goaltender
Hardy Binguila (born 1996), Congolese footballer
Hardy Brown (1924-1991), American National Football League and American Football League player
Hardy Campbell, Jr. (c. 1863-1898), American horse trainer and owner
Hardy Cross (1885-1959), American structural engineer
Hardy Cross Dillard (1902-1982), American jurist, judge on the International Court of Justice
Hardy N. Ganong (1890-1963), Canadian sportsman and major general
Hardy Haberman (born 1950), American author, filmmaker, educator, designer and prominent figure in the leather/fetish/BDSM community
Hardy Ivy (1779–1842), said to be the first person of European descent to permanently settle in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Hardy Jones, American wildlife and conservation documentary filmmaker
Hardy Krüger, (born 1928), German actor born Franz Eberhard August Krüger
Hardy Künzli, Swiss former slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s
Hardy Limeback, Canadian associate professor of dentistry
Hardy Lucas, a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles
Hardy Murfree (1752-1809), American lieutenant colonel in the American Revolutionary War
Hardy Myers (born 1939), American lawyer and politician
Hardy Nickerson (born 1965), American former National Football League player
Hardy Nilsson (born 1947), Swedish retired ice hockey player and coach
Hardy Pace (1785–1864), American ferryman, miller and early settler of Atlanta, Georgia
Hardy Falconer Parsons (1897-1917), English First World War officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross
Hardy Rafn (1930-1997), Danish actor
Hardy Rawls (born 1952), American actor
Hardy Richardson (1855-1931), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "Hardy"
Hardy Strickland (1818-1884), Confederate politician and soldier
Hardy Ward (born c. 1950), American former world champion archer
Hardy Williams (1931-2010), American politician