Bradford Ripley Alden (May 6, 1811 – September 10, 1870) was the ninth Commandant of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.

After graduation at West Point in 1831, he passed through the usual experiences of young officers in camp and garrison life with the 4th Infantry.

After three years of garrison duty he was appointed commandant at West Point, 14 Dec, 1845, and remained there until 1 Nov., 1852.

In the frontier service that followed, he led an important expedition against the Rouge river Indians, was severely wounded in action, 24 August 1853, at the Battle of Evans Creek, and resigned in consequence on the 29th of September in the same year.

He was a man of fine literary taste and culture, and passed several years of his civil life in Europe.