In a listing by the U.S. Census Bureau of the Most Common U.S. Surnames Brady is ranked at #411. Notable people with the surname include: Alice Brady , American silent-film actress, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner Aindrias Mac Brádaigh, bishop of Kilmore, died 1445 Beau Brady , Australian actor Bill Brady , Illinois state senator and candidate for governor Bob Brady , American politician from Pennsylvania Brady baronets, a titled family in Ireland Brian Brady Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála representing Donegal West Charles Brady , American-born Irish painter Charles E. Brady, Jr. , American astronaut Christian M. M. Brady , American targumist Conor Brady, Irish journalist and newspaper editor Cyprian Brady, Irish politician Dan Brady , U.S. politician from Ohio Dan Brady , member of the Illinois House of Representatives E. J. Brady , Australian journalist and writer Edward Thomas Brady , American judge and Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Edwin James Brady , born in Carcour, New South Wales he had an adventurous life in many lands and was the author of some fine sea ballads Elward Thomas Brady, Jr. , American politician Fiachra Mac Brádaigh , Gaelic poet George Brady , Holocaust survivor George K. Brady , United States Army officer, briefly commander of the Department of Alaska Gerard Brady , Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Minister for Education Gilbert Mac Brádaigh Bishop of Ardagh from 1396 to 1400 Graham Brady , British politician and MP Hana Brady , Jewish holocaust victim Aodh Mac Brádaigh first Protestant Bishop of Meath and Kildare Hugh R. Brady President of University College Dublin, Ireland Ian Brady , a perpetrator of the Moors murders James Brady , American White House Press Secretary shot alongside President Ronald Reagan James Bernard MacBrady, Count of the Holy Roman Empire James Buchanan Brady aka "Diamond Jim" , prominent American financier James H. Brady , Governor of Idaho, United States Senator from Idaho James M. Brady, editor of the Washington Post Online James Patrick Brady Canadian Metis political figure James T. Brady , New York City lawyer and politician Jim Brady , American economist, educator, and baseball player and coach Jim Brady , Scottish boxer of the 1930s and '40s Joan Brady, writer, the first woman – and the only American – to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for the Theory of War, lives in Oxford, England Joan Brady, American writer of Christian novels John Green Brady , American politician, Governor of the District of Alaska John Joseph Brady, American journalist and writer John Riker Brady , New York State Supreme Court Justice, administered oath of office to President Chester A. Arthur Joseph V. Brady, neuroscientist Karren Brady , British sporting executive and broadcaster, best known as the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club, the first woman to hold such a post in the top flight of English football when the team was promoted Kevin Brady , American politician from Texas Liam Brady , Irish footballer, coach, and television pundit Mathew Brady , Irish-American photographer who documented the American Civil War Matthew Brady , Australian bushranger Matthew Brady , American district attorney in San Francisco Mike Brady , American professional golfer Mike Brady , Australian musician Michael Mac Brádaigh , Jacobite Nicholas Brady , divine and poet Nicholas Brady , businessman and philanthropist Nicholas Brady , banker and Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas Brady, victim in the Byron David Smith killings Patrick Henry Brady , United States Army Helicopter Pilot, Medal of Honor recipient Paul Brady , Irish singer/songwriter Paul L. Brady, American judge Peter R. Brady , Arizona pioneer; first elected sheriff of Pinal County; sheriff of Pima County, Arizona Fedlim Mac Brádaigh, , Gaelic poet usually referred to as "bold Phelim Brady the bard of Armagh" Phillip Mac Brádaigh, , Gaelic poet and a Protestant clergyman Richard Mac Brádaigh , Franciscan bishop of Kilmore Robert A. Brady , American economist Robert A. ‘Bob’ Brady , a United States Congressman Robert David Brady , American modernist sculptor Royston Brady , Irish businessman and former politician Sarah Brady , American gun control activist, wife of James Brady Scott Brady , American actor Seán Brady , Archbishop of Armagh Tom Brady , American football quarterback and 4 time super bowl winner and 3-time Super Bowl MVP Thomas Mac Brádaigh , farmer's son from Cootehill, County Cavan, became a Field Marshal in the Austrian service and Governor of Dalmatia Thomas A. Mac Brádaigh, Lt. USMC, Among the 40 marines who stormed the "Halls of Montezuma", September 13, 1847 Vincent Brady , Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Government Chief Whip , Minister for Defence Wayne Brady , American comedian and TV personality W. Tate Brady , Pioneer businessman of Tulsa, Oklahoma William J. Brady , Sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars William O. Brady , American Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Paul William Maziere Brady , author of Episcopal Succession in England, Scotland and Ireland