Bull (surname)
Bull is a surname.
In addition to people bearing "Bull" as an Old World-derived surname, "Bull" has been part of the names of some Native Americans, in some cases as part of a traditional name of their respective cultures. Some of these, and some others, either have borne it as part of a legal surname or been treated as bearing it.
Those bearing Bull as a surname include:
A
- Aksel-Otto Bull, Norwegian theatre director
- Alfred E. Bull, American football player and coach
- Alyssa Bull, Australian canoeist
- Amos Bull, American composer
- Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Lakota artist, son of Bad Heart Bull, passed that whole name on to both his sons in surname fashion
- Amy Bull, British suffragist and rural district councillor
- Anders Henrik Bull, Norwegian electrical engineer
- Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull, Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
- Andy Bull, Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney
- Anthony Bull, British transport engineer and president of the Institute of Transport
- Arthur Bull (cricketer), English cricketer
- Arthur Gilbert Bull, England rugby international player
B
- Bart Bull, American writer, reporter, author, columnist, and critic
- Bartholomew Bull, immigrant and land owner in Upper Canada
- Bartle Bull, American writer, magazine editor and journalist
- Bartle Bull (politician), Canadian-British barrister and politician
- Ben Bull, English footballer
- Benjamin Bull, American lawyer and politician
- Benjamin Pinto Bull, independence activist in Guinea-Bissau
- Bernard Bull, American scholar and academic administrator
- Bernt Bull, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
- Birke Bull-Bischoff, German politician
- Brynjulf Bull, Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician
- Bull (Kent cricketer), English cricketer with unknown given name
C
- Carla Bull, Australian sprinter
- Cavinder Bull, Singaporean lawyer
- Cecil Robert Bull, Canadian politician
- Charles Bull (politician), Australian politician and lawyer
- Charles Livingston Bull, American illustrator
- Charlie Bull, English cricketer
- Chloe Bull, Welsh footballer
- Christian Bull, Norwegian ice hockey player
- Christoph Bull, German composer and musician
- Clarence Sinclair Bull, American portrait photographer
- Clive Bull, English radio talk show host
- Cran Bull, New Zealand cricketer and administrator
D
- Dan Bull, British rapper
- Dan Bull (politician), Australian politician and musician
- Daniel Bull, Australian adventurer, mountain climber and professional speaker
- Dave Bull (bishop), British Anglican bishop
- David Bull (politician), English politician and television personality
- David Bull (craftsman), Canadian artist specializing in Japanese woodblock printmaking
- David Bull (Scouting), English former chairman of European Scout Region
- David Roger Bull, English professor of electronic engineering
- Deborah Bull, English dancer, writer, and broadcaster
- Dell Bull, United States Navy officer
- Desmond Bull, Australian cricketer
- Dixie Bull, English sea captain and pirate
- Donald Bull, rugby union player who represented Australia
- Dontae Bull, Canadian football player
E
- Ed Bull, American professional stock car racing driver
- Edvard Bull, Sr., Norwegian historian and politician
- Edvard Bull, Jr., Norwegian historian
- Edvard Isak Hambro Bull, Norwegian physician
- Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian judge and politician
- Edvard Hagerup Bull (composer), Norwegian composer
- Edward Bull, English steam engine engineer
- Einar M. Bull, Norwegian diplomat
- Eleanor Bull, owned establishment where Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet, died in 1593
- Ella Holm Bull, Southern Sámi teacher and author
- Elliott Ronald Bull, Aboriginal Australian artist
- Emma Bull, American science fiction and fantasy author
- Emma Bull (art director), English director and creative consultant
- Ephraim Wales Bull, American farmer and politician, inventor of the Concord grape
- Eric Bull, Australian cricketer
- Everett L. Bull, American computer scientist
F
- Fran Bull, American artist
- Francis Bull, Norwegian literary historian, professor at University of Oslo
- Frederick Bull, English cricketer who played for Essex
- Frederick Bull (Lord Mayor of London), British radical politician
- Fredrik Rosing Bull, Norwegian engineer and Information technology pioneer
- Fredrik Bull-Hansen, Norwegian military officer
G
- Gary Bull, English footballer
- Geoff Bull, Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- Geoffrey Bull, Scottish Christian missionary and author
- Geoffrey Bull (cricketer), English cricketer
- Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect and chief building inspector
- Georg Jacob Bull, Norwegian jurist and politician
- George Bull, English theologian and Bishop of St David's
- George Bull (British Army officer), British brigadier-general
- George Bull (cricketer), English cricketer of the 1900s
- George Bull (journalist), English translator, author and journalist
- George Stringer Bull, English cleric and social reformer
- Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer
- Graham MacGregor Bull, South African and British physician
- Grant Short Bull, Lakota leader; passed Short Bull on to both his sons in surname fashion
H
- Hank Bull, Canadian artist and illusionist
- Hans Peter Bull, German constitutional lawyer and jurist
- Harcourt Burland Bull, Canadian journalist and political figure
- Harold R. Bull, Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force under Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Hedley Bull, Australian-born political scientist
- Henrik Bull, Norwegian architect and designer
- Henrik Bull (judge), Norwegian judge
- Henrik H. Bull, a founder of Bull Stockwell Allen Architects in San Francisco
- Henrik Johan Bull, Norwegian businessman who patented the grenade-harpoon gun used for whaling
- Henry Bull (theologian), English Protestant writer
- Henry Bull (MP), English member of parliament
- Henry Bull (settler), British Royal Navy officer and pioneer settler of the Swan River Colony in Australia
- Henry Bull (governor), governor of Rhode Island, 1685–86, 1690
- Henry Bull (speaker), speaker of the House of Deputies of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Henry Bull (cricketer), English cricketer.
- Henry Graves Bull, British medical doctor, botanist and mycologist
- Hiram C. Bull, American politician
I
- Ida Bull, Norwegian archivist and historian
J
- Jacob Breda Bull, Norwegian author
- James G. Bull, mayor of Columbus, Ohio
- James J. Bull, Professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin
- James Bull (cricketer), English cricketer
- Jan Bull, Norwegian author and theater instructor
- Jasmine Bull, English footballer
- Jens Bull, Norwegian jurist and diplomat
- Johan Bull, American painter
- Johan Lausen Bull, Norwegian jurist and politician
- Johan Peter Bull, Norwegian theatre worker
- Johan Randulf Bull, Norwegian judge
- John Bull (composer), Baroque English composer and musician
- John Bull (prophet), English self-proclaimed prophet
- John Bull (Continental Congress), American statesman, Continental Congressman from South Carolina
- John Bull (congressman), US Congressman from Missouri
- John Bull (priest), Archdeacon of Barnstaple
- John S. Bull, American pilot and astronaut
- John Bull (gunman), gunman of the American Old West
- John Wrathall Bull, settler, inventor and colonial author of South Australia
- John Bull (American Revolution), American politician and military officer
- John Bull (businessman), businessman in the City of London
- John Edward Bull, British Army officer and public servant in New South Wales
- Josh Bull, Australian politician
K
- Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull,, Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912
- Kieran Bull, Welsh cricketer
- Kirsti Strøm Bull, Norwegian professor of law
- Kirstin Bull, Australian ultramarathoner and long-distance runner
- Knud Bull, Norwegian painter and counterfeiter
- Kjell Bull-Hansen, Norwegian resistance member
L
- Leonard Bull, Kenyan sports shooter
- Les Bull, Australian rugby league footballer
- Leslie George Bull, British RAF pilot
- Lionel Bull, Australian veterinary scientist
- Lucien Bull, Irish-born French pioneer in chronophotography
- Lyder Bull, Norwegian civil servant
- Lyle F. Bull, American rear admiral
M
- Marcus Bull, British historian
- Marie Magdalene Bull, Norwegian actress and photographer
- Melville Bull, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
- Mette Bull, Norwegian actress
- Michael Bull, British academic
- Micky Bull, English footballer
- Mike Bull, pole vaulter and decathlete from Northern Ireland
- Moses Bull, American politician
N
- Nathaniel Bull, Australian politician
- Nikki Bull, English footballer
- Norma Bull, Australian artist
O
- Obadiah Bull, Irish lawyer during the reign of Henry VII
- Odd Bull, Royal Norwegian Air Force officer
- Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet
- Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist
- Ole Bornemann Bull (physician), Norwegian ophthalmologist
- Ole Jacob Bull, Norwegian translator and cultural director
P
- Peter Bull, British character actor
- Phil Bull, English professional gambler, racehorse owner and publisher
R
- Ray Bull, British psychologist
- Reidar Bull, Norwegian judge
- René Bull, British illustrator and photographer
- Renee Bull, American beauty pageant titleholder
- Richard Bull (actor), American actor
- Richard Bull (aviator), U.S. naval officer
- Richard S. Bull, U.S. naval officer, also an aviator
- Richard Bull (Australian politician), New South Wales politician
- Richard Bull (MP), British politician
- Robert Bull, British Royal Horse Artillery officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars
- Rolf Bull-Hansen, Norwegian educator and author
- Ronnie Bull (footballer), English footballer
- Ronnie Bull (American football), American football running back
- Roy Bull, Australian rugby player and coach
S
- Sandy Bull, American folk musician
- Sara Chapman Bull, American writer and philanthropist
- Schak Bull, Norwegian architect
- Scott Bull, American professional football player
- Silke Bull, East German sprint canoer
- Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer and baronet
- Steve Bull, English footballer
- Storm Bull, American musician, composer and educator
- Storm Bull (engineer), Norwegian-American engineer and educator
- Sverre Hagerup Bull, Norwegian banker, composer and writer
T
- Tas Bull, Australian trade union leader
- Ted Bull, Australian rower
- Theodor Bull, Norwegian businessperson and genealogist
- Thomas Bull (judge), Swedish jurist
- Thomas Bull (Pennsylvania politician), American politician
- Thomas Bull (settler), early settler in the Connecticut Colony
- Thomas K. Bull, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Thomas Short Bull, American politician from South Dakota
- Tim Bull, Australian politician
- Tom Bull, Australian politician
- Tony Bull (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Bull (wrestler), British wrestler
- Tove Bull, Norwegian linguist
- Trevor Bull, British cyclist
- Trygve Bull, Norwegian lecturer and politician
- Tyson Bull, Australian artistic gymnast
V
- Vincents Stoltenberg Bull, Norwegian engineer
- Vika Bull and Linda Bull, Australian vocal duo performing as Vika and Linda
W
- Walter Bull, English football player and manager
- Wendy Lucas-Bull, South African executive
- William Bull (diver), British Olympic diver
- William Bull (governor), landowner and politician in the Province of South Carolina
- William Bull II, lieutenant governor of the Province of South Carolina
- William Bull (minister), English independent minister
- William Bull (botanist), English botanist
- William Bull (landowner), founder of Bilbul, a small town in New South Wales, Australia
- Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet, British solicitor and politician
- William Frederick Bull, Canadian diplomat
- William Ford Bull, American football player and coach
- William T. Bull, American football player and coach
- William L. Bull, American banker and president of the New York Stock Exchange
- William James Bull, 1st Baronet, British solicitor, Conservative politician, Member of Parliament
People bearing Bull as part of a traditional Native-American name
- Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Sioux leader and performer
- Amos Bad Heart Bull, Oglala Lakota artist and historian
- Grant Short Bull, Oglala Lakota leader
- Arnold Short Bull, Sičháŋǧu Lakota leader
- White Bull (Native American), Sioux leader