Bud (nickname)

In arts and entertainment

• William Bud Abbott, American actor/comedian
• Julian Bud Blake, American cartoonist
• Roman Bohnen, American actor
• Bud Collyer, born Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr., American TV game show host and radio actor
• Bud Cort, born Walter Edward Cox, American actor
• Harry Bud Fisher, originator of the comic strip Mutt and Jeff
• Lawrence Bud Freeman, American jazz musician, bandleader and composer
• Buddy Bud Green, Austrian-born American songwriter
• Jonah Bud Greenspan, American documentary filmmaker
• A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter and historian
• William Bud Jamison, American film actor
• Clarence Budington Kelland, American writer and politician
• William Bud Luckey, American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, composer and voice actor
• Henry David Bud Molin, American film editor and television director
• William Bud Neill, Scottish cartoonist
• Leonard Bud Osborne, American film actor
• Lowell Bud Paxson, American media executive
• Earl Bud Powell, American jazz pianist
• Clifford Bud Shank, American jazz musician
• Bud S. Smith, American film editor
• John Bud Sparhawk, American science fiction author
• Bud Spencer, born Carlo Pedersoli, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player
• Charles Bud Tingwell, Australian actor
• Clarence Bud Webster, American science fiction and fantasy writer
• George Bud Westmore, Hollywood makeup artist
• Alan Bud Yorkin, American film and television producer and director

  In sports

• Kenneth Bud Adams, owner of the Tennessee Titans National Football League franchise
• Harry Bud Black, American Major League Baseball manager and retired pitcher
• Robert "Bud" or Buddy Blattner, American baseball player and sportscaster
• Cory "Bud" Bourn, American baseball player
• Leon Bud Carson, American football coach
• Alexander Bud Cook, Canadian National Hockey League player
• Leavitt Bud Daley, American Major League Baseball player
• Grover Bud Delp, American Hall-of-Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• John Bud Fowler, African-American baseball player, field manager and club organizer
• Harry Bud Grant, American athlete and National Football League head coach
• Darrel Bud Harrelson, American retired Major League Baseball player
• Borden Bud Korchak, Canadian football player
• Robert Bud Moore , American football player and coach
• Walter Bud Moore , former NASCAR owner
• Paul Bud Moore , former NASCAR driver
• David Bud Norris, American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Carlos Bud Ogden, American retired college and National Basketball Association player
• John Bud Palmer, American basketball player and sportscaster
• Norman Bud Poile, Canadian National Hockey League player, coach, general manager and league executive; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Allan Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball
• Charles Bud Wilkinson, American college football head coach

  Politicians

• Joseph Bud Boyce, Canadian politician
• Clarence Bud Brown , American politician
• Horace Bud Olson, Canadian businessman and politician
• Louis Bud Sherman, Canadian politician
• Elmer Bud Shuster, American politician
• Charles Bud Wildman, Canadian politician

  Other

• Arthur Bud Collins, American journalist and television commentator
• George Bud Day, US Air Force colonel, pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
• Bernard Bud Konheim, American fashion businessman
• Walker Bud Mahurin, US Air Force World War II ace
• James I. Robertson Jr., American historian
• Edwin Bud Shrake, American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter
• James Bud Walton, co-founder of Wal-Mart and brother of Sam Walton