Buck (surname)

Buck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

 * David Buck (1936–1989), British actor
 * Detlev Buck (born 1962), German film director
 * Dudley Buck (1839–1909), American composer
 * John E. Buck (born 1946), American sculptor and printmaker
 * Julie Buck (born 1974), American artist and photographer
 * Margaret Warriner Buck (1857–1929), American botanical artist
 * Mary K. Buck (1849-1901), Bohemian-born American author
 * Nathaniel Buck (died 1759/1774), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Samuel Buck
 * Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), American novelist
 * Percy Buck (1871–1947), English musician
 * Peter Buck (born 1956), American musician
 * Rinker Buck (born 1950), American author
 * Rob Buck (1958–2000), American guitarist and songwriter
 * Samantha Buck (born 1974), American actress
 * Samuel Buck (1696–1779), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Nathaniel Buck
 * Tara Buck (born 1975), American actress
 * Zechariah Buck (1798–1879), English organist and choirmaster

Politics, law, and government

 * Antony Buck (1928–2003), British politician
 * Arthur Buck (born 1935), Canadian politician
 * Clarence F. Buck (1870–1944), American politician and businessman
 * C. Douglass Buck (1890–1965), American engineer and politician, Governor and Senator of Delaware
 * Daniel Buck (1753–1816), United States Representative from Vermont
 * Daniel Buck (judge) (1829–1905), American jurist and politician
 * Ed Buck (born 1954), American Democrat political activist and fundraiser
 * Edward Charles Buck (1838–1916), British civil servant (Indian Civil Service)
 * Frank Buck (Tennessee politician) (born 1943), American politician
 * George L. Buck (1866–1939), American politician
 * John R. Buck (1835–1917), United States congressman
 * Ken Buck (born 1959), American politician
 * Leonard W. Buck (1834–1895), American businessman, rancher and politician
 * Peter Buck (mayor) (died 1625), English mayor and naval official
 * Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi Hīroa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
 * Tim Buck (1891–1973), long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada
 * Tom Buck (1938–2020), American lawyer and politician
 * Walt Buck (1930–2013), Canadian politician

Science, mathematics, and medicine

 * Dudley Allen Buck (1927–1959), American scientist, engineer, educator, and inventor
 * Gurdon Buck (1807–1877), American surgeon, performed first clinical photograph, contributed to numerous fields of surgery
 * Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi Hīroa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
 * Robert Creighton Buck (1920–1998), American mathematician

Sports

 * Bill Buck (cricketer) (born 1946), English cricketer
 * Bill Buck (footballer) (1900–1980), Australian footballer
 * Bob Buck (1938–1996), American sportscaster
 * Craig Buck (born 1958), American former volleyball player
 * David Buck (footballer) (1946–1996), English footballer
 * Fred Buck (1880–1952), British football player
 * Gilles Buck (1935–2010), French sailor who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
 * Harold Buck, British rugby league footballer
 * Harry Buck (1884–1943), American coach and physical education instructor
 * Jack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscaster
 * Joe Buck (born 1969), American sportscaster
 * John Buck (baseball player) (born 1980), American baseball player
 * Richard Buck (born 1986), English sprinter
 * Travis Buck (born 1983), American baseball player
 * Mike Buck (American football) (born 1967), American football player
 * William Buck (baseball) (fl. 1866–1871), American baseball player and umpire

Other fields

 * Bill Buck (environmentalist), American environmentalist and producer
 * Carl Darling Buck (1866–1955), American linguist
 * Carrie Buck (1906–1983), unsuccessful plaintiff in Buck v. Bell, which upheld compulsory sterilization
 * David J. Buck, United States Air Force general
 * Frank Buck (animal collector) (1884–1950), American hunter, animal collector, and film director
 * George Buck (1560–1622), English antiquarian
 * Jim Buck (dog walker) (1931–2013), American dog walker
 * Paul Herman Buck (1899–1978), American historian
 * Peter Buck (restaurateur) (1930–2021), American restaurateur and philanthropist
 * Robbie Buck (born 1972), Australian radio announcer
 * Robert N. Buck (1914–2007), American aviator
 * Solon J. Buck (1884–1962), Archivist of the United States
 * William Buck (translator) (1933–1970), American writer who produced English versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana