Bud (nickname)
Bud is a nickname for:
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
- Bud Flanagan, born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, English music hall and vaudeville entertainer
- 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
- 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
- William Bud Eley, American basketball player
- 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), American football player and coach
- Walter Bud Moore (NASCAR owner), former NASCAR owner
- Paul Bud Moore (racing driver), 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
- Bud Schwenk, American professional football quarterback
- Bud Schultz, American retired tennis player
- Allan Bud Selig, Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Charlies Bud Taylor, American bantamweight boxer
- Frank Bud Taylor (golfer), American amateur golfer
- Charles Bud Wilkinson, American college football head coach
Politicians
- Joseph Bud Boyce, Canadian politician
- Clarence Bud Brown (politician), 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
- Wilson Flagg, US Navy rear admiral
- 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