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Bragg (surname)


FieldValue
nameBragg
meaningthe boastful person
languageEngland
originNormandy
variantFrost, Ffrost, Ymffrostgar

NOTOC Bragg is an English surname of Norman origin, the Welsh equivalent of this surname is Frost or Ffrost deriving from Ymffrostgar and may refer to:

People:

A

  • Alvin Bragg (born 1973), American politician, current New York County District Attorney
  • Andrew Bragg (born 1984), Australian senator
  • Art Bragg (1930–2018), American sprinter

B

  • Bernard Bragg (1928–2018), deaf actor, writer, director, poet and artist
  • Billy Bragg (born 1957), English folk musician
  • Braxton Bragg (1817–1876), Confederate Civil War general for whom Fort Bragg was originally named
  • Braxton Bragg (baseball) (born 2000), American baseball player

C

  • Caleb Bragg (1885–1943), American racecar driver, speedboat racer, aviation pioneer and automotive inventor
  • Charles Bragg, (1930–2017), American artist
  • Craig Bragg (born 1982), American football wide receiver

D

  • Darren Bragg (born 1969), former Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Don Bragg (1935–2019), American pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist
  • Don Bragg (basketball) (1933–1985), American basketball player

E

  • Edward S. Bragg (1827–1912), American politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin

J

  • Jacob Bragg (born 2000), Australian long-distance runner
  • Janet Bragg (1907–1993), aviator and first African-American woman to hold a commercial pilot license
  • Jesse Bragg (1887–after 1918), Negro league baseball player
  • John Bragg (disambiguation), various people

K

  • Ken Bragg (born 1950), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives

L

  • Laura Bragg (1881–1978), American museum director
  • Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971), physicist and recipient of the in 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with his father William H Bragg

M

  • Marie-Elsa Bragg (born 1964 or 1965), English priest and writer
  • Melvyn Bragg (born 1939), English broadcaster and author
  • Mike Bragg (born 1946), former National Football League punter

P

  • Patricia Bragg (1929–2023), American author and businesswoman
  • Paul Bragg (1895–1976), nutritionist
  • Philip Bragg (died 1759), Irish lieutenant-general and Member of Parliament

R

  • Rick Bragg (born 1959), Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and journalist
  • Robert Henry Bragg Jr. (1919–2017), physicist
  • Roland L. Bragg (1923–1999), American paratrooper for whom Fort Bragg was renamed in 2025

S

  • Stephen Bragg (1923–2014), engineer

T

  • Thomas Bragg (1810–1872), North Carolina politician and lawyer

W

  • William Henry Bragg (1862–1942), physicist and recipient of the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with his son Lawrence Bragg

Fictional characters

  • Randy Bragg, protagonist of the novel Alas, Babylon
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