Bragg (surname)

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:

Bragg

Language(s)	England
Origin
Word/name	Normandy
Meaning	the boastful person
Other names
Variant form(s)	Frost, Ffrost, Ymffrostgar

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 named

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

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

See also

• Bragge (surname)