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Buck (nickname)

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Buck is the nickname of the following people (for fictional characters, see Buck):

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Notable in multiple fields

  • Lynn Compton (1921–2012), lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's trial for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, California Court of Appeals judge and World War II officer portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers
  • Robert Halperin (1908–1985), American co-founder of the Lands' End clothing retailer, sailor, National Football League quarterback and US Navy officer during World War II

    • In sports

  • Buck Baker (1919–2002), American race car driver, member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame
  • Harry Buckner (1876–1938), American baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro Leagues
  • Les Burke (1902–1975), American Major League Baseball player
  • Buck Canel (1906–1980), American sportscaster
  • Harvey Freeman (baseball) (1897–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1921 season
  • Jerry Freeman (1879–1952), American Major League Baseball player
  • Buck Gurley (born 1978), American former football player
  • Alvin Jones (ice hockey) (1917–2007), Canadian National Hockey League player
  • Denzil Jones (1926–2010), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
  • Buck Jones (American football) (1888-1985), Native American football player
  • Buck Jordan (1907–1993), American Major League Baseball player
  • Buck Leonard (1907–1997), American baseball player in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Buck Martinez (born 1948), American former Major League Baseball player and coach
  • Frank McCormick (1911–1982), American Major League Baseball player
  • Buck O'Neil (1911–2006), American baseball player and manager in the Negro leagues
  • Lee Rogers (baseball) (1913–1995), American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1938 season
  • Buck Rodgers (born 1938), American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager
  • Buck Shelford (born 1957), New Zealand former rugby union footballer and coach
  • Buck Showalter (born 1956), American Major League Baseball manager and former player
  • Peter Stewart (cricketer) (1730–1796), English cricketer
  • Zack Wheat (1888–1982), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Kirby White (1884–1943), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Buck White (golfer) (born 1911), American retired golfer
  • Jesse Winters (1893–1986), American Major League Baseball pitcher

    • Military officers

  • Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1977), US Navy vice admiral and aviator
  • William F. Kernan (born 1946), US Army retired general
  • Charles T. Lanham (1902–1978), US Army major general, friend of Ernest Hemingway and model for one of the writer's heroes
  • William McCandless (1834–1884), Union Army colonel who fought in the American Civil War
  • Buck McNair (1919-1971), Canadian Second World War flying ace
  • Charles C. Pattillo (born 1924), American retired Air Force lieutenant general
  • Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), US Army officer and American Civil War Confederate Army general

    • In music

  • Buck Clarke (1934–1988), American jazz percussionist
  • Buck Clayton (1911–1991), American jazz trumpeter
  • Josh Graves (1927–2006), American bluegrass musician
  • Buck Owens (1929–2006), American country musician
  • Buck Ram (1907–1991), American songwriter and music producer

    • Criminals

  • Buck Barrow (1903–1933), member of the Barrow Gang, older brother of Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde fame)
  • Buck English, American Old West outlaw

    • Other

  • Buck Brannaman (born 1962), American horse trainer
  • Bunkhouse Buck (born 1950), American professional wrestler
  • Buck Choquette (1830–1898), French-Canadian prospector who made the 1861 gold strike which led to the Stikine Gold Rush
  • James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925), American tobacco and electric power industrialist and philanthropist for whom Duke University is named
  • Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852-1929), American attorney and entrepreneur, second son of President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Buck Henry (born 1930), stage name of Henry Zuckerman, American actor, film and television director, and screenwriter
  • Buck Jones (1891–1942), American actor, stuntman, and cowboy
  • Constantine B. Kilgore (1835–1897), American politician
  • Buck Pressly (died 1954), American doctor, baseball player and coach
  • Buck Rinehart (born 1946), mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984–1992)
  • William M. Walton (1832–1915), American lawyer, Attorney General of Texas, politician and Confederate Army officer

    • References

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