Bud is a nickname for:

Contents

• In arts and entertainment
• In sports
• Politicians
• Other
• See also

In arts and entertainment

• William Bud Abbott (1897–1974), American actor/comedian
• Julian Bud Blake (1918–2005), American cartoonist
• Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), American actor
• Bud Collyer (1908–1969), born Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr., American TV game show host and radio actor
• Bud Cort (born 1948), born Walter Edward Cox, American actor
• Harry Bud Fisher (1885–1954), originator of the comic strip Mutt and Jeff
• Bud Flanagan (1896–1968), born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, English music hall and vaudeville entertainer
• Lawrence Bud Freeman (1906–1991), American jazz musician, bandleader and composer
• Buddy Bud Green (1897–1981), Austrian-born American songwriter
• Jonah Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), American documentary filmmaker
• A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991), American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter and historian
• William Bud Jamison (1894–1944), American film actor
• Clarence Budington Kelland (1881–1964), American writer and politician
• William Bud Luckey (1934–2018), American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, composer and voice actor
• Henry David Bud Molin (1925–2007), American film editor and television director
• William Bud Neill (1911–1970), Scottish cartoonist
• Leonard Bud Osborne (1884–1964), American film actor
• Lowell Bud Paxson (1935–2015), American media executive
• Earl Bud Powell (1924–1966), American jazz pianist
• Clifford Bud Shank (1926–2009), American jazz musician
• Bud S. Smith, American film editor
• John Bud Sparhawk (born 1937), American science fiction author
• Bud Spencer (1929–2016), born Carlo Pedersoli, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player
• Charles Bud Tingwell (1923–2009), Australian actor
• Clarence Bud Webster (1952–2016), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• George Bud Westmore (1918–1973), Hollywood makeup artist
• Alan Bud Yorkin (1926–2015), American film and television producer and director

In sports

• Kenneth Bud Adams (1923–2013), owner of the Tennessee Titans National Football League franchise
• Harry Bud Black (born 1957), American Major League Baseball manager and retired pitcher
• Robert "Bud" or Buddy Blattner (1920–2009), American baseball player and sportscaster
• Leon Bud Carson (1930–2005), American football coach
• Alexander Bud Cook (1907–1993), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Leavitt Bud Daley (born 1932), American Major League Baseball player
• Grover Bud Delp (1932–2006), American Hall-of-Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• William Bud Eley (born 1975), American basketball player
• John Bud Fowler (1858–1913), African-American baseball player, field manager and club organizer
• Harry Bud Grant (1927–2023), American athlete and National Football League head coach
• Darrel Bud Harrelson (born 1944), American retired Major League Baseball player
• Borden Bud Korchak (1927–2010), Canadian football player
• Robert Bud Moore (American football) (born 1939), American football player and coach
• Walter Bud Moore (NASCAR owner) (1925–2017), former NASCAR owner
• Paul Bud Moore (racing driver) (1940–2017), former NASCAR driver
• David Bud Norris (born 1985), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Carlos Bud Ogden (born 1946), American retired college and National Basketball Association player
• John Bud Palmer (1921–2013), American basketball player and sportscaster
• Norman Bud Poile (1924–2005), Canadian National Hockey League player, coach, general manager and league executive; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Bud Schwenk (1917–1980), American professional football quarterback
• Bud Schultz (born 1959), American retired tennis player
• Allan Bud Selig (born 1934), Commissioner of Major League Baseball
• Charlies Bud Taylor (1903–1962), American bantamweight boxer
• Frank Bud Taylor (golfer) (1916–1991), American amateur golfer
• Charles Bud Wilkinson (1916–1994), American college football head coach

Politicians

• Joseph Bud Boyce (1924–1984), Canadian politician
• Clarence Bud Brown (politician) (1927–2022), American politician
• Horace Bud Olson (1925–2002), Canadian businessman and politician
• Louis Bud Sherman (1926–2015), Canadian politician
• Elmer Bud Shuster (1932–2023), American politician
• Charles Bud Wildman (born 1946), Canadian politician

Other

• Arthur Bud Collins (1929–2016), American journalist and television commentator
• George Bud Day (1925–2013), US Air Force colonel, pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
• Wilson Flagg (1938–2001), US Navy rear admiral
• Bernard Bud Konheim (1935–2019), American fashion businessman
• Walker Bud Mahurin (1918–2010), US Air Force World War II ace
• James I. Robertson Jr. (1930–2019), American historian
• Edwin Bud Shrake (1931–2009), American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter
• James Bud Walton (1921–1995), co-founder of Wal-Mart and brother of Sam Walton

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Bud
• All pages with titles containing Bud
• Buddy (nickname)

List of people with the same nickname

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