Bud (nickname)

Bud is a nickname for:

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
 * 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