Buddy (nickname)

Buddy is the nickname of:

In arts and entertainment

• Buddy Baker (composer) (1918–2002), American composer
• Buddy Bolden (1877–1931), American jazz cornetist
• Buddy Bregman (1930–2017), American arranger and producer
• Buddy Buie (1941–2015), American songwriter and record producer
• Buddy Clark (1912–1949), American pop singer
• Buddy DeFranco (1923–2014), American jazz clarinetist
• Buddy Deppenschmidt (1936–2021), American jazz drummer
• Buddy DeSylva (1895–1950), American songwriter, record executive, and film producer
• Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor and dancer best known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies
• Buddy Emmons (1937–2015), American country guitarist
• A. Arnold Gillespie (1899–1978), American cinema special effects artist
• Buddy Greco (1926–2017), American jazz and pop singer and pianist
• Buddy Guy (born 1936), American blues guitarist and singer
• Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), American actor and comedian
• Buddy Holly (1936–1959), American pioneering rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musician
• Buddy Johnson (1915–1977), American musician
• Buddy Kaye (1918–2002), American songwriter
• Buddy Lester (1915–2002), American comedian and actor
• Buddy Miles (1947–2008), American rock and funk drummer
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader
• Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904–1999), American actor and jazz musician
• Buddy Stewart (1922–1950), American jazz singer
• Buddy Valastro (born 1977), American celebrity chef, star of the TLC show Cake Boss

In sports

• Buddy Alexander (born 1953), American college golf head coach and former amateur golfer
• Buddy Allin (1944–2007), American professional golfer
• Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer
• Buddy Baker (1941–2015), American NASCAR driver
• Buddy Bell (born 1951), American Major League Baseball player and manager
• Buddy Blattner (1920–2009), American Major League Baseball player, world champion table tennis doubles player and sportscaster
• Buddy Boeheim (born 1999), American basketball player
• Buddy Boshers (born 1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buddy Burris (1923–2007), American college and National Football League player
• Buddy Daye (1928–1995), Canadian boxer
• Buddy Dear (1905–1989), American Major League Baseball player
• Buddy Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Buddy Gardner (born 1955), American professional golfer
• Buddy Gordon (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballer
• Buddy Groom (born 1965), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buddy Hall (born 1945), American professional pool player
• Buddy Hield (born 1993), Bahamian basketball player
• Buddy Howell (born 1996), American football player
• Buddy Jackson (born 1989), American football player
• Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• Buddy Landel (1961–2015), American professional wrestler
• Buddy Lively (1925–2015), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buddy Matthews (born 1988), Australian professional wrestler
• Buddy Murphy (born 1988), ring name of Australian professional wrestler Matthew Adams
• Buddy Myer (1904–1974), American Major League Baseball player
• Hub Pernoll (1888–1944), American baseball pitcher
• Buddy Rogers (wrestler) (1921–1992), American professional wrestler
• Buddy Ryan (1931–2016), American football coach
• Buddy Wayne (1967–2017), American professional wrestler
• Buddy Young (1926–1983), American football player and executive

In the military

• Lee Archer (pilot) (1919–2010), African-American World War II flying ace, member of the Tuskegee Airmen and lieutenant colonel
• Charles R. Long (1923–1951), American Korean War sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
• Horace M. Thorne (1918–1944), American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Gene Arden Vance Jr. (1963–2002), American soldier killed in action in Afghanistan

In politics

• Buddy Cianci (1941–2016), longtime mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• George Darden (born 1943), American politician
• Buddy Dyer (born 1958), mayor of Orlando, Florida
• Buddy Roemer (1943–2021), American former congressman, Louisiana governor and independent presidential candidate

In other fields

• Buddy Justus (1952–1990), American spree killer
• William Moore (steamship captain) (1822–1909), German-born steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska
• J. C. Nicholson (born 1942), American judge
• Pat Nixon (1912–1993), wife of former President Richard M. Nixon; nickname in high school yearbook

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Buddy
• All pages with titles containing Buddy
• Ferenc Puskás (1927–2006), renowned Hungarian footballer nicknamed Öcsi (Buddy)
• Bud (nickname)
• The Secret Life Of Pets