Dudley

A male given name: from an Old English placename meaning “dry field.”.

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Dudley is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Dudley Bradley (born 1957), American retired basketball player
Dudley Buck (1839–1909), American composer
Dudley Chase (1771–1846), twice US Senator from Vermont
Dudley Digges (c. 1583–1639), English diplomat and politician
Dudley Digges (actor) (1879–1947), Irish stage and film actor
Dudley Doolittle (1881–1957), American politician
Dudley Evans (1886–1972), English cricketer
Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (fl. 1643–1671), Irish scribe, translator, historian and genealogist also known as Dudly Ferbisie
Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 1883–1972), British peer, soldier and industrialist
Dudley Hart (born 1968), American professional golfer
Dudley R. Herschbach (born 1932), American chemist, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dudley Knowles, Scottish political philosopher and professor
Dudley Le Souef (1856–1923), Australian ornithologist
Dudley Moore (1935–2002), English actor and comedian
Dudley Nichols (1895–1960), American screenwriter
Dudley Pope (1925–1997), British writer of nautical fiction and history
Dudley Pope (cricketer) (1906–1934), English cricketer
Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord
Dudley Rippon (1892–1963), English cricketer
Dudley Ryder
Dudley Senanayake (1911–1973), 2nd, 6th and 8th Prime Minister of Ceylon
Dudley, cinematographer
Fictional characters:
Dudley (character), character of Shorty McShorts' Shorts
Dudley (Street Fighter), British boxer from the Street Fighter video game series
Dudley Dursley, in the Harry Potter books
Dudley Do-Right, animated Canadian Mountie
Dudley Liam Smith, James Ellroy's "L.A. Confidential" villain
Dudley Puppy, main protagonist of T.U.F.F. Puppy
Dudley, angel in the film The Bishop's Wife played by Cary Grant

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Combine of Dudda and leah (wood, clearing, meadow, enclosure), means: wood or clearing of Dudda.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Dudley Moore	1935	English actor, comedian, composer and musician
2	Olivia Dudley	1985	American actress
3	Mark LoMonaco	1971	American professional wrestler
4	Matt Hyson	1970	Professional wrestler; school teacher
5	Jared Dudley	1985	American basketball player
6	Devon Hughes	1972	American retired professional wrestler
7	Dudley Sutton	1933	Actor
8	Big Dick Dudley	1968	American professional wrestler
9	Bob Dudley	1955	Businessman and chemical engineer
10	Lord Guildford Dudley	1536	English royal consort
11	Anne Dudley	1956	English composer and pop musician
12	Chris Dudley	1965	American basketball player
13	Dudley O'Shaughnessy	1989	British model
14	William C. Dudley	1952	American banker
15	Dudley W. Morton	1907	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
16	Dudley Randall	1914	American poet
17	Dave Dudley	1928	American musician
18	Dudley Pound	1877	Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
19	Thomas Dudley	1576	Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
20	James Dudley	1910	Baseball player; professional wrestling executive
21	Edmund Dudley	1462	English politician
22	Sophia Sidney, Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley	1796	British Baroness
23	Dudley		Street Fighter character
24	Dudley Nichols	1895	American screenwriter
25	Snot Dudley	1970	American professional wrestler
26	Dances with Dudley		Professional wrestler
27	Dudley R. Herschbach	1932	American chemist
28	Dudley Clarke	1899	British Second World War intelligence officer, and pioneer of strategic military deception tactics
29	Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth	1820	British politician
30	Bill Dudley	1921	American football player
31	Chubby Dudley		American professional wrestler
32	Dudley Pope	1925	British writer
33	Dudley Senanayake	1911	Sri Lankan politician
34	Peter Dudley	1935	British actor
35	Anne Dallas Dudley	1876	American women's suffrage activist
36	Dudley Dickerson	1906	Actor
37	Joseph Dudley	1647	Royal governor of Massachusetts
38	Rick Dudley	1949	Canadian ice hockey player and coach
39	Dudley Dudley	1936	American political activist
40	Erwin Dudley	1981	American basketball player
41	John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley	1400	English politician and Baron
42	Dudley Foster	1924	Actor
43	William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley	1894	British Earl and politician
44	Dudley Simpson	1922	Australian composer
45	Rickey Dudley	1972	American football player
46	William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley	1920	British peer
47	Dudley Digges	1583	English diplomat
48	Dudley Bradley	1957	American basketball player
49	William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley	1867	British politician
50	Dudley Field Malone	1882	American actor, lawyer and politician
51	David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley	1947	British peer
52	Dudley Hart	1969	All-American college golfer, professional golfer, PGA Tour member
53	Dudley Seers	1920	British economist specialized in development economics
54	Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby	1762	British politician
55	Dudley D. Watkins	1907	English cartoonist
56	Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley		English noble
57	Dudley Manlove	1914	Actor, radio announcer
58	Underwood Dudley	1937	American mathematician
59	William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley	1817	British landowner and benefactor
60	Joe Dudley	1939	American businessman
61	Dudley Fishburn	1946	British politician, journalist, philanthropist and businessman
62	John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley	1781	British politician
63	William Lofland Dudley	1859	American chemistry professor
64	Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney	1530	Lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England
65	Dudley de Chair	1864	Royal Navy officer and Governor of New South Wales
66	Dudley Saltonstall	1738	Continental naval officer
67	Dudley Murphy	1897	American film director
68	John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley	1494	English noble
69	Dudley North	1641	English politician and businessman
70	Dudley J. LeBlanc	1894	Louisiana businessman and politician
71	Lou D'Angeli	1972	American entertainment businessman
72	Dudley Allen Sargent	1849	American academic
73	Dudley Chase	1771	American politician
74	Dudley Taft	1966	American musician
75	Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley	1567	English politician and Baron
76	Dudley DeGroot	1899	American football, basketball, ruby player, American football, basketball, and baseball coach
77	Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley	1846	British countess
78	Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester	1573	English diplomat
79	Dudley Andrew	1945	American film theorist
80	Homer Dudley	1896	American electronics engineer
81	Dudley Benjafield	1887	British racing driver
82	Dudley Buck	1839	American composer and organist
83	Dudley Brown	1965	American activist
84	Dudley Richards	1932	Figure skater
85	Dudley Smith	1926	British politician
86	Terence Dudley	1919	Television director, television producer, writer
87	Dudley Brooks	1913	American composer
88	Dudley Burton Napier North	1881	Admiral of the Royal Navy
89	Charles E. Dudley	1780	American politician
90	Dudley C. Rutherford		American clergyman
91	Dudley Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair	1883	3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
92	Dudley Nourse	1910	Cricket player of South Africa.
93	Dudley Wright Knox	1877	American admiral
94	Dudley A. Guglielmo	1909	American politician
95	Dudley Weldon Woodard	1881	American Mathematician
96	Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby	1831	British politician
97	Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley	1525	English noble
98	Laurence Dudley Stamp	1898	British geographer
99	Dudley C. Carter	1891	Artist and woodcarver in the Pacific Northwest
100	Nathan Dudley	1825	Union Army officer
101	Paul Vincent Dudley	1926	Catholic bishop
102	Dud Dudley	1600	British metallurgist
103	Dudley Allen Buck	1927	American electrical engineer
104	Charles Benjamin Dudley	1842	American chemist
105	Robert Dudley	1869	Actor
106	Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby	1798	British politician
107	Charles Dudley	1950	American basketball player
108	Dudley Storey	1939	New Zealand rower
109	Alice Dudley, Duchess of Dudley	1579	Second wife of the explorer Sir Robert Dudley
110	Dudley Russell	1896	British and Indian Army officer 1915 to 1954
111	Andrew Dudley	1507	Soldier and courtier
112	Marion Dudley	1972	American murderer
113	Dudley Graham Johnson	1884	Recipient of the Victoria Cross
114	Philip Sidney, 1st Baron De L'Isle and Dudley	1800	British politician
115	Ed Dudley	1901	Professional golfer
116	Cuddly Dudley	1924	Singer
117	Roger Dudley		English soldier
118	Jane Dudley	1912	American dancer
119	Pendleton Dudley	1876	American public relations executive
120	Richard M. Dudley	1938	American mathematician
121	Dwight Dudley	1954	Florida State Representative
122	Dudley Stanhope, 9th Earl of Harrington	1859	British earl
123	Dudley Thompson	1917	Jamaican politician
124	Dudley North, 3rd Baron North	1581	English Baron
125	Dudley C. Haskell	1842	American politician and merchant
126	Edward R. Dudley	1911	American diplomat
127	Dudley Riggs	1932	American comedian
128	Dudley North, 4th Baron North	1602	English politician and Baron
129	Susan Dudley	1955	American academic
130	Dudley C. Sharp	1905	Asst. Sec. of the Air Force for Materiel under Pres. Eisenhower; son of American businessman Walter Benona Sharp
131	Dudley Colley	1621	Irish politician
132	Edward Bishop Dudley	1789	American politician
133	Martin Dudley	1953	Anglican priest
134	Anthony Dudley	1967	Chief Justice of Gibraltar
135	Dudley Ryder	1691	British politician and judge
136	Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros	1827	British Army general
137	Dudley Docker	1862	English cricketer
138	Dudley Wysong	1939	Professional golfer
139	Dudley Laws	1934	Canadian activist
140	Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby	1903	2nd Viscount Allenby
141	Dudley Perkins	1893	American motorcycle racer
142	James B. Dudley	1859	American academic
143	Dudley Fitts	1903	American writer and academic
144	Dudley E. Littlewood	1903	British mathematician
145	Dudley Leavitt Pickman	1779	American politician
146	Dudley Hardy	1867	British painter and illustrator
147	Dudley Garrett	1924	Canadian ice hockey player,
148	Carl Dudley	1910	American film director
149	Henry Sutton Dudley	1517	English soldier, sailor, diplomat, and conspirator
150	John Michael Dudley		New Zealand researcher
151	Dudley Joel	1904	British politician
152	Dudley S. Gregory	1800	First Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
153	Sherman H. Dudley	1870	American businessman
154	Dudley Klute		American musician
155	Dick Dudley	1915	American actor
156	Frank Dudley	1925	English footballer
157	Craig Dudley	1979	English footballer
158	Dudley Knight	1939	Voice coach, speech/dialect coach, stage and TV actor
159	Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth	1874	British Baron
160	Dudley Leavitt	1720	American minister
161	Dudley Mays Hughes	1848	American politician
162	Guilford Dudley	1907	American diplomat
163	Dudley Doolittle	1881	American politician
164	Dudley Carew	1903	English journalist, writer, poet and film critic
165	Joel Dudley		American medical researcher
166	Dudley Dorival	1975	Athletics competitor
167	Dudley Meredith	1935	American football player
168	Dudley Bradstreet	1711	Irish spy
169	Dudley Mason	1901	British recipient of the George Cross
170	Ernest Dudley	1908	British actor and writer
171	Dudley Selden	1794	American politician
172	Frank A. Dudley	1864
173	Dudley Beaumont	1877	British army officer and painter
174	Kevin Dudley	1982	Player of American football
175	Billy Dudley	1931	Nigerian political scientist
176	Dudley Tyler	1944	Professional footballer
177	Dudley A. White	1901	American politician
178	Dudley Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby		British politician and businessman
179	Dudley M. Du Bose	1834	Confederate Army general
180	Lady Dudley		Honoré de Balzac character
181	Frank V. Dudley	1868	American artist
182	Dudley Fisher	1890	Cartoonist
183	William Dudley	1766	American soldier
184	Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.	1941	United States federal judge
185	Dudley Savage	1920	British organist
186	S. H. Dudley	1864	American singer
187	William Wade Dudley	1842	US Marshal
188	Dudley Maurice Newitt	1894	British chemical engineer
189	Dudley Dean	1871	American football player
190	Dudley Snell	1924
191	Dudley Warren Adams	1831	American surveyor
192	Dudley Roberts	1945	English footballer
193	Dudley Edwards
194	Dudley Marvin	1786	American politician
195	Henry Dudley	1531
196	Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley	1884	British Baron
197	Dudley Wood	1946	British racing driver
198	Dudley Roe	1881	American politician
199	Dudley Newton	1845
200	Mark Dudley	1990	Association football player