Judy (given name)

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Judy is a (usually) female personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Judith.

The great majority of persons named Judy are female, but not all.

Politics

Judy Agnew, wife of former American Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew

Judy Baker (born 1960), American politician

Judy Bethel (born 1943), Canadian politician

Judy Biggert (born 1937), American politician

Judy Bonds (1952–2011), American anti-mountaintop-removal activist

Judy Boyle, American politician

Judy Bradley (born 1952), Canadian politician

Judy Burges (born 1943), American politician

Judy Chirco, American politician

Judy Chu (born 1953), American politician

Judy Clinco (born 1948), American patient-care advocate

Judy Clendening, Canadian judge

Judy Clibborn, American politician

Judy Darcy (born 1950), Canadian politician and national union executive

Judy Dodge, American politician

Judy Edwards (born 1955), Australian politician

Judy Emmons, American politician

Judy Erola (born 1934), Canadian politician

Judy Foote (born 1952), Canadian politician

Judy Fryd (1909–2000), British advocate for mentally handicapped children

Judy Gamin (born 1930), Australian politician

Judy Gingell (born 1946), Canadian politician

Judy Goldsmith, American activist and President of NOW

Judy Gordon, Canadian politician

Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Malaysian UN executive

Judy Hopwood (born 1954), Australian politician

Judy Hughes (born 1959), Australian politician

Judy Jackson (born 1947), Australian politician

Judy Junor (born 1948), Canadian politician

Judy Kany (born 1937), American politician

Judy Keall (born 1942), New Zealand politician

Judy Koehler (born 1941), American politician

Judy Krawczyk (born 1939), American politician

Judy LaMarsh (1924–1980), Canadian politician, member of the federal cabinet, and author

Judy Lee (born 1942), American politician

Judy Maddigan (born 1948), Australian politician

Judy Mallaber (born 1951), British politician

Judy Manning (born 1943), American politician

Judy Manning, Canadian politician

Judy Martin (Jersey politician)

Judy Marsales, Canadian politician

Judy Martz (born 1943), American skater politician, and Governor of Montana

Judy Mbugua (born 1947), Kenyan activist

Judy Mundey (born 1944), Canadian activist and communist

Judy Eason McIntyre (born 1945), American politician

Judy Nerat (1948–2012), American politician

Judy Paradis (born 1944), American politician

Judy Rebick (born 1945), Canadian activist and journalist

Judy Richardson, American activist and documentary film producer

Judy Robson (born 1939), American politician

Judy Rogers, Canadian politician

Judy Schwank (born 1951), American politician

Judy Sgro (born 1944), Canadian politician

Judy Sheerer (born 1940), American politician

Judy Shepard (born 1952), American activist

Judy Spence (born 1957), Australian politician

Judy Streatch (born 1966), Canadian politician

Judy Syjuco, Filipino politician

Judy Thongori, Kenyan women's rights activist

Judy Baar Topinka (1944–2014), American politician

Judy Turner (born 1956), New Zealand politician

Judy Wakhungu, Kenyan cabinet minister, executive, and academic

Judy Wasylycia-Leis (born 1951), Canadian politician

Judy Petty Wolf, American politician

Entertainment

Judy Bailey (pianist) (born 1935), New Zealand jazz pianist

Judy Baldwin (1973–2010), American advertising creative director

Judy Banks Australian television host

Judy Becker, American film production designer

Judy Bennett (born 1943), English voice actor

Judy Blair (born 1948), Franco-American jazz and R&B singer and keyboardist

Judy Boucher, Vincentian reggae and R&B singer

Judy Brooke (born 1970), English actress

Judy Buxton (born 1949), English actress

Judy Campbell (1916–2004), British actress and cabaret singer

Judy Canova (1913–1983), American comedian, actress, pop singer, and radio personality

Judy Carmichael (born 1957), American jazz vocalist and pianist

Judy Carne (1939–2015), English actress

Judy Chamberlain (born 1944), American singer

Judy Cheeks (born 1954), American soul and R&B singer

Judy Clark (born c. 1921-1924), American actress

Judy Clay (1938–2001), American soul and gospel singer

Judy Collins (born 1939), American folk, popular, and art singer

Judy Cornwell (born 1940), English actress

Judy Craig (born 1946), American girl-group singer

Judy Craymer, English musical theater producer

Judy Dan (born 1931), Chinese–American actress

Judy Davis (born 1955), Australian actress

Judy Dearing (1940–1995) American costume designer

Judy Dyble (born 1949), British singer–songwriter

Judy Farr (set decorator), British

Judy Farrell (born 1938), American actress

Judy Flynn (born c. 1963–1964), British actress

Judy Freudberg (1949–2012), American television screenwriter

Judy Garland (1922–1969), American pop singer and actress

Judy Adelman Gershon of Judy & David, Canadian children's music duo

Judy Gold (born 1962), American comedian, actress, screenwriter, and producer

Judy Graubart (born 1943), American actress

Judy Finnigan (born 1948), English television personality and author

Judy Geeson (born 1948), English actress

Judy Gilroy, Irish television presenter

Judy Greer (born 1975), American actress

Judy Gringer (born 1941), Danish actress

Judy Gunn (1915–1991), British actress

Judy Henske (born 1936), American singer–songwriter

Judy Herrera, American actress

Judy Holliday (1921–1965), American actress, comedian, and pop singer

Judy Holt, British actress

Judy Huxtable (born 1942), English actress

Judy Jack, Australian TV host of the The Judy Jack Show and Geoff and Judy

Judy Jacobs (born 1957), American gospel musician

Judy Johnson (born 1928), American pop singer

Judy Kaye (born 1948), American singer and actress

Judy Kelly (1913–1991), Australian-British actress

Judy Kuhn (born 1958), American actress and singer

Judy Landers (born 1958), American actress

Judy Landon, American actress

Judy Lewis (1935–2011), American Hollywood lovechild and actress

Judy Loe (born 1947), English actress

Judy Lynn (1936–2010), American singer and Miss Idaho 1955

Judy Lynne (born 1943), American-Australian actress

Judy Malcolm (1910–1998), American actress

Judy Marte (born 1983), American actress

Judy Martin (1917–1951), American country music singer

Judy Matheson, British actress

Judy McBurney (born 1948), Australian actress

Judy McDonald, American comedian

Judy Minx (born circa 1989), French pornographic actress

Judy Moorcroft (1933–1991), costume designer

Judy Morris (born 1947), Australian actress, director, and screenwriter

Judy Mowatt (born 1952), Jamaican reggae singer

Judy Munsen (born 1949), television and video game score composer

Judy Kay Newton, birth name of Juice Newton (born 1952), American country and pop singer

Judy Niemack (born 1954), American jazz vocalist

Judy Nugent (born 1940), American actress

Judy Nunn (born 1945), Australian actress, screenwriter, and novelist

Judy Ongg (born 1950), Taiwanese actress and singer

Judy Pace (born 1942), American actress

Judy Parfitt (born 1935), English actress

Judy Prescott, American actress and poet

Judy Reyes (born 1967), American actress

Judy Roderick (1942–1992), American folk and blues singer

Judy Rodman (born 1951), American country music singer

Judy Ann Santos (born 1978), Filipino actress and pop singer

Judy Sheindlin (born 1942), American television personality known as "Judge Judy"

Judy Shepherd (died 2009) of the Shepherd Sisters, American singing group

Judy Small, Australian singer–songwriter and judge

Judy Strangis (born 1949), American actress

Judy Street (born c. 1949), American soul singer

Judy Stone (born 1942), Australian pop and country music singer

Judy Susman, American dancer and synchronized swimmer

Judy Norton Taylor (born 1958), American actress

Judy Tenuta (born 1956), American comedian

Judy Toll (1958–2002), American comedian and screenwriter

Judy Lee Tomerlin (born 1940), model

Judy Torres (born 1968), American electronic musician and singer

Judy Trammell (born 1958), American cheerleader and cheer choreographer

Judy Tyler (1932–1957), American actress

Judy Tyler (model), American (1947–2013)

Judy Tylor, birth name of Jud Tylor (born 1979), Canadian actress

Judy Valentine (born 1923), American pop singer and children's television actress

Judy Wadsworth, Miss Nevada 1958

Judy Wilson (actress), English (1938—2006)

Judy Blye Wilson, American television casting director

Judy Walsh, American actress

Judy Weinstein, American dance music scene figure

Judy Weiss (born 1972), German theater and jazz singer

Judy Winter (born 1944), German actress

Athletics

Judy Amoore (born 1940), Australian runner

Judy Bell (born 1936), American golfer and golf executive

Judy Blumberg (born 1957), American ice dancer

Judy Canty (long jumper), Australian (born 1931)

Judy Wills Cline (born 1948), American gymnast and acrobat

Judy Connor (born 1953), New Zealand tennis player

Judy Crawford (born 1951), Canadian skier

Judy-Joy Davies (born 1928), Australian swimmer

Judy Devlin (born 1935), American badminton player

Judy Dickinson (born 1950), American golfer

Judy Diduck (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player

Judy Dixon (born 1949), American tennis player and coach

Judy Doyle, Irish camogie player

Judy Esmond (born 1960), Australian cricket player

Judy Gans (1886–1949), American Negro Leagues baseball player and manager

Judy Glenney (born 1949), American weightlifter and coach

Judy Goodrich (born 1939), American fencer

Judy Green (volleyball coach), American

Judy Grinham (born 1939), British swimmer

Judy Guinness (1910–1952), British fencer

Judy Hahn, American volleyball coach

Judy Harlan (1896–1978), American football (gridiron) player

Judy Johnson (1899–1989), American Negro Leagues baseball player

Judy Kimball (born 1938), American golfer

Judy Leden (born 1959)), British hang glider and paraglider

Judy Long (born 1969), Chinese-Canadian table tennis player

Judy MacMillan (1865–1936), Scottish rugby player

Judy Martin (wrestler), American (born 1955)

Judy Melick (born 1954)), American swimmer

Judy Mosley-McAfee (1968–2013), American basketball player

Judy Nagel (born 1951), American skier

Judy Masters (1892–1955), Australian football (soccer) player

Judy Murray (born 1959), Scottish tennis coach

Judy Oakes (born 1958), British shot putter

Judy Peckham (born 1950), Australian runner

Judy Playfair (born 1953), Australian swimmer

Judy Porter, New Zealand football (soccer) player

Judy Rabinowitz (born 1958), American skier

Judy Rankin (born 1945), American golfer

Judy Reeder (born 1948), American swimmer

Judy Reynolds (born 1981), Irish dressage rider

Judy Rose, American basketball coach and athletic director

Judy Samuel (born 1943), British swimmer

Judy Schwomeyer (born 1950), American ice dancer

Judy Simpson (born 1960), British heptathlete

Judy Sowinski (1940–2011), American roller derby skater and coach

Judy Strong (born 1960), American field hockey player

Judy Tegart (born 1937), Australian tennis player

Judy Vernon (born 1945), British hurdler

Academia

Judy Armitage (born 1951), British biochemist

Judy Baca (born 1946), American social science professor, artist, and activist

Judy Bonner, American academic executive

Judy Birmingham, English-Australian archaeologist

Judy Clapp (born 1930), American computer scientist

Judy Delin, British linguist

Judy Feder, American political scientist

Judy Franz (born 1938), American physicist

Judy Genshaft (born 1948), American academic executive

Judy Hample (born 1957), American academic executive

Judy Ho, Tiawanese-American psychologist, professor, and television personality

Judy Holdener (born 1965), American mathematician

Judy Illes (born 1960), American neurologist

Judy Klitsner, religion lecturer and writer

Judith Walzer Leavitt (born 1940), American historian

Judy Mikovits, American researcher

Judy Olian, American academic executive

Judy Roitman (born 1945), American mathematician

Judy Shepard-Kegl, American linguist

Judy Stamps, American ecologist

Judy Wajcman (born 1950), sociologist

Judy L. Walker, American mathematician

Judy Yung (born 1946), American historian

Literature

Judy Balan, Indian satirical writer

Judy Blume (born 1938), American children's and young adult novelist

Judy Blundell, American children's and young adult writer (under the name Jude Watson)

Judy Blunt (born 1954), American essayist

Judy Budnitz (born 1973), American fiction writer

Judy Clemens, American mystery writer

Judy Corbalis, New Zealand fiction writer

Judy Croome (born 1958), South African fiction writer and poet

Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943–1986), American science fiction editor

Judy Fong Bates (born 1949), Chinese-Canadian writer

Judy GeBauer, American playwright

Judy Grahn (born 1940), American poet and writer

Judy Jordan (born 1961), American poet

Judy Lucero (deceased), American poet

Judy Malloy (born 1942), American poet

Judy Pascoe, Australian novelist and acrobat

Judy Rothman, American screenwriter

Judy Troy, American fiction writer and literature professor

Judy Waite, British picture book writer and young adult novelist

Judy Upton (born 1967), British playwright

Journalism

Judy Bailey (born c. 1952–1953), Australian television news anchor

Judy Battista (born 1966), American sports journalist

Judy Bolch, American journalist

Judy Crichton (1929–2007), American television news producer

Judy Fortin, American television reporter and anchor

Judy Lee Klemesrud (1939–1985), American magazine and newspaper journalist

Judy Licht, American television reporter and fashion writer

Judy MacDonald (born 1964), Canadian magazine and television journalist, and writer

Judy Maddren, Canadian radio announcer

Judy Mann (1943–2005), American newspaper reporter

Judy Muller, American television reporter

Judy Stone (journalist), American (born 1924)

Judy Waytiuk, Canadian freelance writer and reporter

Judy Woodruff (born 1946), American television journalist and anchor

Fine arts

Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Australian painter

Judy Chicago (born 1939), American installation artist

Judy Clark (artist) (born 1949), British

Judy Coser, American bead and traditional-clothing artist

Judy Goffman Cutler, American art dealer, art writer, and executive

Judy Dater (born 1941), American photographer

Judy Dunaway (born 1964), composer and sonic installation artist

Judy Fox (born 1957), American sculptor

Judy Fiskin (born 1945), American photographer and art film maker

Judy Francesconi (born 1957), American photographer

Judy Hoffman (artist), American installation artist, sculptor, and bookmaker

Judy Jensen (born 1953), American glass artist

Judy Millar (born 1957), New Zealand painter

Judy Watson Napangardi, Australian painter

Judy Nylon, Anglo-American multidisciplinary artist and punk rocker

Judy Pfaff (born 1946), American installation artist

Judy Radul (born 1962), American multimedia, performance, and installation artist

Judy Rifka (born 1945), American painter and video artist

Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), New Zealand sculptor and fibre artist

Classical music

Judy Kang, Canadian violinist, producer, singer, and composer

Judy Klein (born 1943), American composer, pianist, and music educator

Crime and justice

Judy Amar, American burglar

Judy Buenoano (1943–1998), American murderer

Judy Clarke (born 1952), American criminal defense attorney

Judy Moran (born 1944), Australian gangster and murderer

Culinary arts

Judy Joo (born 1974), American restaurateur, chef, and television personality

Judy Mazel (1943–2007), author of the "The Beverly Hills Diet"

Judy Rodgers (1956–2013), American chef and cookbook writer

Other

Judy Bentinck (born 1952), couture milliner

Judy Blame (born 1960), English club hipster, stylist, designer, and art director

Judy Cannato, American retreat facilitator, spiritual director, and writer

Judy Feld Carr (born 1938), Canadian population rescuer

Judy Green (socialite) (1931–2001), American

Judy Harrow (1945–2014), American counselor, Wiccan priestess, and writer

Judy Horacek (born 1961), Australian cartoonist, illustrator, and children's writer

Judy Irving, American documentary filmmaker

Judy Lewent, American business executive

Judy McGrath (born 1952), American television executive

Judy Hoback Miller (born 1937), American Watergate scandal figure

Judy Nelson, American litigant and memoirist

Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes (born 1958), Israeli socialite and television host

Judy Peiser (born 1945), American folk music and folklore expert

Judy Smith, American crisis manager

Judy Spreckels (born 1933), American confidante of Elvis Presley

Fictional characters

Judy, wife of Pulcinella in Punch and Judy shows

Judy, another alias used by the character Judith Myers from the film Halloween

title character of the film Judy Berlin

Judy Bolton, protagonist of the Judy Bolton Series of books

Judy Brownlee, in the TV soap opera Shortland Street

Judy Foster, protagonist of the radio show A Date with Judy and film A Date with Judy

Judy Hensler, in the TV sitcom Leave It To Beaver

Judy Hopps, rabbit protagonist of the animated film Zootopia

Judy Jetson, cartoon character in the TV sitcom The Jetsons

Judy Miller, in the TV sitcom Still Standing

Judy Moody, protagonist of a series of books by Megan McDonald

Judy of the Jungle, golden-age comic book heroine

Judy Shepherd, in Jumanji

References

Judy (given name) Wikipedia

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