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'''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:
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==People==
===Given name or nickname===
*Rudolf [[Rudy Andeweg]] (born 1952), Dutch political scientist
*Rudolf [[Rudi Assauer]] (1944–2019), German football manager and player
*Rudolf [[Rudy Ballieux]] (1930–2020), Dutch immunologist
*[[Rudi Carrell]] (1934–2006), Dutch television entertainer
*[[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
*Rüdiger [[Rudi Dornbusch]] (1942–2002), German economist
*Alfred Willi Rudolf [[Rudi Dutschke]] (1940–1979), the most prominent spokesperson of the 1960s German student movement
*[[Rudy Florio]] (born 1950), Canadian football player
*Jonathan [[Rudy Ford]] (born 1994), American football player
*Val [[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
*Rudolf [[Rudi Gernreich]] (1922–1985), Austrian-born American fashion designer
*Rudolph [[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
*Rudolph [[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''
*Rudolph [[Rudy Sikich]] (1921–1998), American National Football League player
*Rudolf [[Rudi Skácel]] (born 1979), Czech footballer
*[[Rudy Trouvé]] (born 1967), Belgian musician
*[[Rudy Turk]] (1927–2007), American museum director, curator, painter
*Hubert [[Rudy Vallée]] (1901–1986), American singer, actor and bandleader, one of the first modern pop stars
*Rudolf [[Rudi Vis]] (1941–2010), Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament
*Rudolf [[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
*Rudolph [[Rudy Wiedoeft]] (1893–1940), American saxophonist
*Preston Rudolph [[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 (comics)]], a DC Comics villain
* Rudy Pipilo, a gangster in the American drama series ''[[The Deuce (TV 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 (Dexter)|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 (2015 TV series)|''Heidi'']] television series

== Songs ==
* "Rudy", a 1974 song by Supertramp from their album ''[[Crime of the Century (album)|Crime of the Century]]''

==See also==
* [[Rudolph (name)]]

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