Bud is a nickname for:

In arts and entertainment

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  • William Bud Abbott (1897–1974), American actor/comedian
  • Julian Bud Blake (1918–2005), American cartoonist
  • Roman Bohnen (1901–1949), American actor
  • Bud Collyer (1908–1969), born Clayton Johnson Heermance, Jr., American TV game show host and radio actor
  • Bud Cort (born 1948), born Walter Edward Cox, American actor
  • Harry Bud Fisher (1885–1954), originator of the comic strip Mutt and Jeff
  • Bud Flanagan (1896–1968), born Chaim Reuben Weintrop, English music hall and vaudeville entertainer
  • Lawrence Bud Freeman (1906–1991), American jazz musician, bandleader and composer
  • Buddy Bud Green (1897–1981), Austrian-born American songwriter
  • Jonah Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), American documentary filmmaker
  • A. B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901–1991), American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, screenwriter and historian
  • William Bud Jamison (1894–1944), American film actor
  • Clarence Budington Kelland (1881–1964), American writer and politician
  • William Bud Luckey (1934–2018), American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, composer and voice actor
  • Henry David Bud Molin (1925–2007), American film editor and television director
  • William Bud Neill (1911–1970), Scottish cartoonist
  • Leonard Bud Osborne (1884–1964), American film actor
  • Lowell Bud Paxson (1935–2015), American media executive
  • Earl Bud Powell (1924–1966), American jazz pianist
  • Clifford Bud Shank (1926–2009), American jazz musician
  • Bud S. Smith, American film editor
  • John Bud Sparhawk (born 1937), American science fiction author
  • Bud Spencer (1929–2016), born Carlo Pedersoli, Italian actor, swimmer, and water polo player
  • Charles Bud Tingwell (1923–2009), Australian actor
  • Clarence Bud Webster (1952–2016), American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • George Bud Westmore (1918–1973), Hollywood makeup artist
  • Alan Bud Yorkin (1926–2015), American film and television producer and director

In sports

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  • Kenneth Bud Adams (1923–2013), owner of the Tennessee Titans National Football League franchise
  • Harry Bud Black (born 1957), American Major League Baseball manager and retired pitcher
  • Robert "Bud" or Buddy Blattner (1920–2009), American baseball player and sportscaster
  • Leon Bud Carson (1930–2005), American football coach
  • Alexander Bud Cook (1907–1993), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Leavitt Bud Daley (born 1932), American Major League Baseball player
  • Grover Bud Delp (1932–2006), American Hall-of-Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
  • John Bud Fowler (1858–1913), African-American baseball player, field manager and club organizer
  • Harry Bud Grant (1927–2023), American athlete and National Football League head coach
  • Darrel Bud Harrelson (born 1944), American retired Major League Baseball player
  • Borden Bud Korchak (1927–2010), Canadian football player
  • Robert Bud Moore (American football) (born 1939), American football player and coach
  • Walter Bud Moore (NASCAR owner) (1925–2017), former NASCAR owner
  • Paul Bud Moore (racing driver) (1940–2017), former NASCAR driver
  • David Bud Norris (born 1985), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Carlos Bud Ogden (born 1946), American retired college and National Basketball Association player
  • John Bud Palmer (1921–2013), American basketball player and sportscaster
  • Norman Bud Poile (1924–2005), Canadian National Hockey League player, coach, general manager and league executive; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Bud Schwenk (1917–1980), American professional football quarterback
  • Bud Schultz (born 1959), American retired tennis player
  • Allan Bud Selig (born 1934), Commissioner of Major League Baseball
  • Charlies Bud Taylor (1903–1962), American bantamweight boxer
  • Frank Bud Taylor (golfer) (1916–1991), American amateur golfer
  • Charles Bud Wilkinson (1916–1994), American college football head coach

Politicians

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Other

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  • Arthur Bud Collins (1929–2016), American journalist and television commentator
  • George Bud Day (1925–2013), US Air Force colonel, pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Wilson Flagg (1938–2001), US Navy rear admiral
  • Bernard Bud Konheim (1935–2019), American fashion businessman
  • Walker Bud Mahurin (1918–2010), US Air Force World War II ace
  • James I. Robertson Jr. (1930–2019), American historian
  • Edwin Bud Shrake (1931–2009), American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter
  • James Bud Walton (1921–1995), co-founder of Wal-Mart and brother of Sam Walton

See also

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