Judge (surname) explained

Judge is an occupational surname of British origin.^[1] The first recorded instance of the surname is in 1309 in the Middle, English Occupation Register, Worcester, England.^[2]

Notable people with the surname include:

In arts and entertainment

• Arline Judge (1912–1974), American actress
• Christopher Judge (born 1964), American actor
• David Judge (actor) (born 1983), British actor
• Frank Judge (1946–2021), American poet, publisher, translator, journalist, film critic, teacher, and arts administrator
• Gurbani Judge (born 1987), Indian Actress and Model better known as VJ Bani
• Jack Judge (1872–1938), British songwriter
• Jonathan Judge, American television director and producer
• Malcolm Judge (1918–1989), British cartoonist
• Mark Judge (writer) (born 1964), American author and journalist
• Maureen Judge (born 1955), Canadian filmmaker
• Mike Judge (born 1962), American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician
• Simran Judge, Indian-American actor

In government and politics

• Carl Judge (born 1968), Australian politician
• David Judge (born 1950), British political scientist
• Francis G. Judge (1908–1994), American politician
• Igor Judge (1941–2023), British judge
• John Judge (politician) (born 1944), American politician
• Patty Judge (born 1943), American politician
• Thomas Lee Judge (1934–2006), American politician
• Virginia Judge (born 1956), Australian former politician

In religion

• Mychal Judge (1933–2001), American Catholic priest
• William Judge (1850–1899), American Jesuit priest
• William Quan Judge (1851–1896), Irish-American mystic, esotericist, occultist, Theosophist

In sport

• Aaron Judge (born 1992), American baseball player
• Alan Judge (English footballer) (born 1960)
• Alan Judge (Irish footballer) (born 1988)
• Betty Judge (1921–2015), Australian athlete
• David Judge (field hockey) (1936–2015), Irish field hockey player and coach, represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympics
• Joe Judge (baseball) (1894–1963), American baseball player
• Joe Judge (American football) (born 1981), American football coach
• Joe Judge (footballer) (born 1947), Scottish footballer
• Ken Judge (1958–2016), Australian football player and coach
• Matthew Judge (born 1985), English footballer
• Michael Judge (born 1975), Irish snooker player
• Peter Judge (cricketer) (1916–1992), British cricketer
• Samantha Judge (born 1978), British hockey player
• Tim Judge (born 1964), American former professional bicycle motocross racer

In other fields

• Anthony Judge (born 1940), Australian knowledge management researcher
• Barbara Judge (1946–2020), American-British lawyer and businesswoman
• Bernard M. Judge (1940–2019), American journalist
• Darrell Lynn Judge (1934–2014), American physicist
• Joan Judge, British history professor
• Mark Judge (architect), British architect
• Oney Judge (1773–1848), American slave of George Washington's family
• Paul Judge (1949–2017), British businessman and government advisor, endowed Cambridge Judge Business School

See also

• Judge (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Surname Database: Judge Last Name Origin.
2. Web site: Judge Surname Resource Center.