Budd (given name)

Budd is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Budd Boetticher (1916–2001), film director during the classical period in Hollywood
 * Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), American politician who committed suicide during a televised press conference
 * Budd S. Ford (1840–1879), American politician from Maryland
 * Budd Friedman (1932–2022), founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club
 * Budd Grossman (1924–2017), American producer and screenwriter
 * Budd Hopkins (1931–2011), central figure in abduction phenomenon and related UFO research
 * Budd Johnson (1910–1984), jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
 * Budd Lynch (1917–2012), Detroit Red Wings' public address announcer at Joe Louis Arena
 * Budd Root (born 1958), American cartoonist, and creator of the independent comic book Cavewoman
 * Budd Schulberg (1914–2009), American screenwriter, novelist and sports writer

Fictional characters:
 * Budd, from the two-part film Kill Bill