Buddy (nickname)
Buddy is the nickname of:
In arts and entertainment
- Buddy Baker (composer), American composer
- Buddy Bolden, American jazz cornetist
- Buddy Bregman, American arranger and producer
- Buddy Buie, American songwriter and record producer
- Buddy Clark, American pop singer
- Buddy DeFranco, American jazz clarinetist
- Buddy Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer
- Buddy DeSylva, American songwriter, record executive, and film producer
- Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer best known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies
- Buddy Emmons, American country guitarist
- A. Arnold Gillespie, American cinema special effects artist
- Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist
- Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
- Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian
- Buddy Holly, American pioneering rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musician
- Buddy Johnson, American musician
- Buddy Kaye, American songwriter
- Buddy Lester, American comedian and actor
- Buddy Miles, American rock and funk drummer
- Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and bandleader
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor and jazz musician
- Buddy Stewart, American jazz singer
- Buddy Valastro, American celebrity chef, star of the TLC show ''Cake Boss''
In sports
- Buddy Alexander, American college golf head coach and former amateur golfer
- Buddy Allin, American professional golfer
- Buddy Baer, American boxer
- Buddy Baker, American NASCAR driver
- Buddy Bell, American Major League Baseball player and manager
- Buddy Blattner, American Major League Baseball player, world champion table tennis doubles player and sportscaster
- Buddy Boeheim, American basketball player
- Buddy Boshers, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Buddy Burris, American college and National Football League player
- Buddy Daye, Canadian boxer
- Buddy Dear, American Major League Baseball player
- Buddy Franklin, Australian rules footballer
- Buddy Gardner, American professional golfer
- Buddy Gordon, Australian rugby league footballer
- Buddy Groom, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Buddy Hall, American professional pool player
- Buddy Hield, Bahamian basketball player
- Buddy Howell, American football player
- Buddy Jackson, American football player
- Buddy Johnson (American football), American football player
- Buddy Landel, American professional wrestler
- Buddy Lively, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Buddy Matthews, Australian professional wrestler
- Buddy Murphy, ring name of Australian professional wrestler Matthew Adams
- Buddy Myer, American Major League Baseball player
- Hub Pernoll, American baseball pitcher
- Buddy Rogers (wrestler), American professional wrestler
- Buddy Ryan, American football coach
- Buddy Wayne, American professional wrestler
- Buddy Young, American football player and executive
In the military
- Lee Archer (pilot), African-American World War II flying ace, member of the Tuskegee Airmen and lieutenant colonel
- Charles R. Long, American Korean War sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
- Horace M. Thorne, American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Gene Arden Vance Jr., American soldier killed in action in Afghanistan
In politics
- Buddy Cianci, longtime mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- George Darden, American politician
- Buddy Dyer, mayor of Orlando, Florida
- Buddy Roemer, American former congressman, Louisiana governor and independent presidential candidate
In other fields
- Buddy Justus, American spree killer
- William Moore (steamship captain), German-born steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska
- J. C. Nicholson, American judge
- Pat Nixon, wife of former President Richard M. Nixon; nickname in high school yearbook