Buddy (nickname)

Buddy is the nickname of:

In arts and entertainment

 * Buddy Baker (composer) (1918–2002), American composer
 * Buddy Bolden (1877–1931), American jazz cornetist
 * Buddy Bregman (1930–2017), American arranger and producer
 * Buddy Buie (1941–2015), American songwriter and record producer
 * Buddy Clark (1912–1949), American pop singer
 * Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014), American jazz clarinetist
 * Buddy Deppenschmidt (1936–2021), American jazz drummer
 * Buddy DeSylva (1895–1950), American songwriter, record executive, and film producer
 * Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor and dancer best known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies
 * Buddy Emmons (1937–2015), American country guitarist
 * A. Arnold Gillespie (1899–1978), American cinema special effects artist
 * Buddy Greco (1926–2017), American jazz and pop singer and pianist
 * Buddy Guy (born 1936), American blues guitarist and singer
 * Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), American actor and comedian
 * Buddy Holly (1936–1959), American pioneering rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musician
 * Buddy Kaye (1918–2002), American songwriter
 * Buddy Lester (1915–2002), American comedian and actor
 * Buddy Miles (1947–2008), American rock and funk drummer
 * Buddy Rich (1917–1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader
 * Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904–1999), American actor and jazz musician
 * Buddy Stewart (1922–1950), American jazz singer
 * Buddy Valastro (b. 1977), American celebrity chef, star of the TLC show Cake Boss

In sports

 * Buddy Alexander (born 1953), American college golf head coach and former amateur golfer
 * Buddy Allin (1944–2007), American professional golfer
 * Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer
 * Buddy Baker (1941–2015), American NASCAR driver
 * Buddy Bell (born 1951), American Major League Baseball player and manager
 * Buddy Blattner (1920–2009), American Major League Baseball player, world champion table tennis doubles player and sportscaster
 * Buddy Boeheim (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Buddy Boshers (born 1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Buddy Burris (1923–2007), American college and National Football League player
 * Buddy Daye (1928–1995), Canadian boxer
 * Buddy Dear (1905–1989), American Major League Baseball player
 * Lance Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
 * Buddy Gardner (born 1955), American professional golfer
 * Yileen Gordon (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Buddy Hall (born 1945), American professional pool player
 * Buddy Hield (born 1993), Bahamian basketball player
 * Buddy Howell (born 1996), American football player
 * Buddy Jackson (born 1989), American football player
 * Buddy Lively (1925–2015), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Buddy Murphy (born 1988), ring name of Australian professional wrestler Matthew Adams
 * Buddy Myer (1904–1974), American Major League Baseball player
 * Hub Pernoll (1888–1944), American baseball pitcher
 * Buddy Ryan (1931–2016), American football coach
 * Buddy Young (1926–1983), American football player and executive

Soldiers

 * Lee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), African-American World War II flying ace, member of the Tuskegee Airmen and lieutenant colonel
 * Charles R. Long (1923–1951), American Korean War sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Horace M. Thorne (1918–1944), American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Politicians

 * Buddy Cianci (1941–2016), longtime mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
 * George Darden (born 1943), American politician
 * Buddy Dyer (born 1958), mayor of Orlando, Florida
 * Buddy Roemer (1943–2021), American former congressman, Louisiana governor and independent presidential candidate

Other

 * William Moore (steamship captain) (1822–1909), German-born steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska
 * Pat Nixon (1912–1993), wife of former President Richard M. Nixon; nickname in high school yearbook
 * J. C. Nicholson (born 1942), American judge