Buchanan (surname)
Buchanan is a surname of Scottish origin. People with this surname include:
Academia and science
- Alick Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno, British academic, soldier and politician
- Allen Buchanan, American political scientist and academic
- Andrew Buchanan (surgeon), Scottish surgeon and academic
- Bill Buchanan (computer scientist), Scottish computer scientist
- Daniel Buchanan (mathematician), Canadian mathematician
- Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, Scottish surgeon, geographer and naturalist
- George Buchanan, Scottish humanist
- George Wesley Buchanan, American biblical scholar
- Ian Buchanan (philosopher), Australian philosopher
- James M. Buchanan, American Nobel Prize-winning economist
- Janet May Buchanan, Scottish Egyptologist
- John Buchanan (botanist), Scottish-born botanist active in New Zealand
- Judith Buchanan, British scholar of Shakespeare and film
- June Buchanan, American educator
- Mary Buchanan, American mathematician at West Virginia University
- Mark Buchanan, American physicist and author
- Robert Earle Buchanan, American bacteriologist
- Scott Buchanan, American educator and philosopher
Artists and writers
- Edna Buchanan, American journalist and author
- Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan, British artist
- Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, dramatist, and novelist
- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, American writer
- Ruth Buchanan, contemporary New Zealand artist
Military
- Allen Buchanan (Medal of Honor), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Archibald Buchanan (RAF officer), American World War I flying ace with the British RAF
- David M. Buchanan, United States Navy sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Franklin Buchanan, American Confederate admiral
- Sir James Buchanan, 2nd Baronet, British Royal Navy officer
- Norman Buchanan, Royal Canadian Army officer awarded the Military Cross with two bars, later a furniture retailer and political figure
- Peter Buchanan (Royal Navy officer), Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary
- Robert C. Buchanan, American soldier
Music
- Bill Buchanan (songwriter), American songwriter
- Chester and Lester Buchanan, country musicians known as the Buchanan Brothers
- Colin Buchanan (musician), Australian singer, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist
- Georgia Buchanan, English singer and songwriter
- Keisha Buchanan, British-Jamaican singer
- Manley Augustus Buchanan, Jamaican musician
- Michael "HouseShoes" Buchanan, American hip hop producer and DJ, who lives and works in Los Angeles
- Paul Buchanan, member of the musical group The Blue Nile
- Roy Buchanan, American guitarist
- Walter Buchanan (musician), American jazz bassist
Other
- John Buchanan (Virginia colonist) Colonial Virginia magistrate, landowner, and soldier
- Alan Buchanan (bishop), Anglican bishop in Ireland
- Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, British diplomat and baronet
- Archibald C. Buchanan, American lawyer and judge
- Blake Buchanan, founder of Bahama Buck's
- Cheryl Buchanan, Aboriginal Australian activist, partner of Lionel Fogarty
- Claudius Buchanan, Scottish divine
- Sir Colin Buchanan (town planner), British transport expert
- George Buchanan (diplomat), British ambassador in Russia 1911–1919
- George Buchanan (engineer, born 1790), Scottish civil engineer
- George Buchanan (engineer, born 1865), British civil engineer
- Isaac Buchanan, businessman and political figure in Canada West
- James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, British businessman and philanthropist
- "Major" John Buchanan, American frontiersman, founder of present-day Nashville, Tennessee
- Mary Beth Buchanan, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Nathaniel Buchanan, Australian pioneer pastoralist, drover and explorer
- Peter Buchanan (architect), architect, urbanist, writer, critic, lecturer and exhibition curator
- Peter Buchanan (judge), Australian jurist
- Scott "pannenkoek2012" Buchanan, YouTuber specializing in in-depth Super Mario 64 analyses.
- Thomas Boughton Buchanan, Archdeacon of Wilts from 1874 until 1911
- William Buchanan (pastoralist), Australian pastoralist and gold prospector
Politics
USA
- Andrew Buchanan (American politician), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Arthur S. Buchanan, Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
- Bay Buchanan, sister to Pat Buchanan, and former Treasurer of the United States
- Edward Buchanan, American politician and attorney
- Frank Buchanan (Illinois politician), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Frank Buchanan (Pennsylvania politician), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Franklin Buchanan (Tennessee politician), Whig member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States
- James P. Buchanan, American politician
- Joan Buchanan, American politician
- John Buchanan (American politician), Republican presidential candidate in 2004
- John A. Buchanan, American politician and judge
- John Hall Buchanan Jr., American politician
- John P. Buchanan, Governor of Tennessee
- Pat Buchanan, American political commentator and Reform Party presidential nominee in 2000
- Vern Buchanan, U.S. Representative from Florida
Canada
- Alan Buchanan (politician), Canadian university administrator and former politician
- John Buchanan (Canadian politician), Canadian politician
- William Buchanan (Manitoba politician), Canadian politician
- William Ashbury Buchanan, Canadian politician and newspaper publisher
Scotland
- Alick Buchanan-Smith (politician), Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician
- Cameron Buchanan (politician), Scottish politician
- George Buchanan (politician), Scottish politician
- Thomas Ryburn Buchanan, Scottish Liberal politician and bibliophile
Other
- Andrew Buchanan (New Zealand politician), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1862 to 1874
- Charles Pakenham Buchanan, Australian business man and mayor of Brisbane
- David Buchanan (politician), barrister and politician in colonial New South Wales
- Isat Buchanan, Jamaican politician
- Ivan Buchanan, Kittitian politician
- Mike Buchanan, British men's rights activist, leader of the Justice for Men and Boys party
- Pam Buchanan, Australian politician
- Thomas Buchanan, second governor of Liberia
- Thomas Buchanan, Unionist politician from Northern Ireland
Sport
- Aimee Buchanan, American-born Olympic figure skater for Israel
- Archie Buchanan, former association football player
- Barry Buchanan, American professional wrestler
- Brian Buchanan, Major League Baseball outfielder
- Buck Buchanan, American football player
- Cameron Buchanan (footballer), football player
- David Buchanan (cricketer), amateur cricketer, notable for spin bowling
- David Buchanan (footballer, born 1962), English professional footballer
- David Buchanan (footballer, born 1986), professional footballer
- David Buchanan (baseball), American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Henry Buchanan, American boxer
- Izett Buchanan, American basketball player
- Jack Buchanan (rugby league), Australian Rugby League player
- John Buchanan (sailor), Scottish Olympic medalist in sailing
- John Buchanan (footballer, born 1935), Scottish footballer
- John Buchanan (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer
- Kadeisha Buchanan, Canadian soccer player
- Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer
- Laurence Buchanan, English cricketer
- Michael Buchanan (American football), American football defensive end for the New England Patriots
- Mike Buchanan (ice hockey), Canadian former ice hockey defenceman
- Peter Buchanan (footballer, born 1915), Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels
- Peter Buchanan (rugby union), rugby union player who represented Australia
- Ralph "Bucky" Buchanan, Canadian ice hockey right winger
- Ray Buchanan, American football player
- Richard Buchanan (American football), American professional football wide receiver
- Robert Buchanan (footballer), Scottish international footballer
- Robert Gordon Buchanan, retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ron Buchanan, former Canadian professional ice hockey centre
- Shamari Buchanan, American football player
- Shaq Buchanan, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Tajon Buchanan, Canadian soccer/football player
- Teddye Buchanan, American football player
- Tim Buchanan (American football), former American football linebacker
- William Buchanan (footballer), Scottish footballer
Television and film
- Buchanan family, one of the main families in the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Colin Buchanan (actor), Scottish actor
- Edgar Buchanan, American actor
- Gordon Buchanan, Scottish wildlife film maker
- Ian Buchanan, Scottish television actor
- Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor and singer
- Jensen Buchanan, American actress
- Lachlan Buchanan, Australian actor
- Larry Buchanan, film director, producer and writer
- Luciane Buchanan, New Zealand actress
- Neil Buchanan, British television presenter
- Neville Buchanan, British animator and director
- Simone Buchanan, Australian actress
- Stuart Buchanan, American voice actor starring in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs playing the role of Humbert the Huntsman
- Tanner Buchanan, American actor
Buchanan peerages
- Marquess of Graham and Buchanan
- Buchanan baronets, of Dunburgh
- Buchanan baronets, of Lavington
Fictional characters
- Pete Buchanan, fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Princess Buchanan, fictional character from the British soap opera Doctors
- Phoenix Buchanan, fictional character from the children's film Paddington 2
- John Buchanan, fictional DA from the American crime drama ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''