Buster (nickname)

Buster is a nickname of:

Actors

 * William Collier Jr. (1902–1987), American actor
 * Buster Crabbe (1908–1983), American actor and athlete
 * Buster Larsen, Danish comic actor Axel Landing Larsen (1920–1993)
 * Buster Keaton (1895–1966), American actor, filmmaker, producer and writer
 * Buster Merryfield (1920–1999), English actor most famous for his portrayal of 'Uncle' Albert Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses
 * Dolly Buster, film producer and director, actress, author, and former porn star Nora Baumberger (born 1969)

Musicians and singers

 * Buster Bailey (1902–1967), American jazz musician
 * Buster Bennett (1914–1980), American blues saxophonist and vocalist
 * Buster Benton (1932–1996), American blues guitarist and singer
 * Buster Bloodvessel (born 1958), English singer of the ska revival band Bad Manners
 * Buster Brown (musician) (1911–1976), American R&B singer and musician
 * Buster Cooper (1929–2016), American jazz trombonist
 * Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, soul and blues musician
 * Buster Harding (1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger
 * Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2 and Buster & Bill
 * Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of singer David Johansen (born 1950)
 * Buster Smith (1904–1991), American jazz musician
 * Buster Williams (born 1942), jazz bass player
 * Buster Wilson (1897–1949), American jazz pianist
 * Prince Buster, Jamaican musician Cecil Bustamente Campbell (1938–2016)

In sports

 * Buster Adams (1915–1990), American Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Buster Bishop (1920–2004), American college golf coach
 * Buster Brown (baseball) (1881–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer and actor Clarence Linden Crabbe II (1908–1983)
 * Jack Craigie (1913–1994), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Buster Cupit (1927–2023), American retired golfer
 * Buster Douglas (born 1960), American heavyweight boxer
 * Ángel Figueroa (born 1981), Puerto Rican basketball player
 * Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
 * Buster Harvey (1950–2007), Canadian National Hockey League winger
 * Buster Millerick (1905–1986), American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer
 * Buster Mottram (born 1955), English tennis player
 * Buster Narum (1940–2004), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Buster Nupen (1902–1977), South African cricketer
 * Buster Olney (born 1964), American sports journalist
 * Buster Posey (born 1987), American Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman
 * Buster Ramsey (1920–2007), American college football player and National Football League player and head coach
 * Buster Rhymes (born 1962), American retired National Football League wide receiver
 * Buster Skrine (born 1989), American National Football League player
 * Carl "Buster" Smith (1921–1992), American checkers player
 * Vern Stephens (1920–1968), American Major League Baseball shortstop
 * Phil Tomney (1862–1892), American baseball shortstop
 * Luke "Buster" Watson (born 1957), British sprinter

Other

 * Geoffrey Bailey (1899–1929 or later), English First World War flying ace
 * Francis William Beaumont (1903–1941), heir to the Seigneur of Sark, Royal Air Force officer and film producer
 * Buster Edwards (1931–1994), member of the gang that perpetrated the Great Train Robbery
 * Buster Lloyd-Jones (1914–1980), British veterinarian
 * Buster Martin, who claimed to be the oldest employee in the UK
 * Lionel Crabb (1909–c. 1956), British Royal Navy and MI6 diver