In arts and entertainment
William Bud Abbott (1895-1974), American actor/comedian
Julian Bud Blake (1918-2005), American cartoonist
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
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
Bud Konheim, American fashion businessman
William Bud Luckey (born 1934), American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, composer and voice actor
Leonard Bud Osborne (1884-1964), American film actor
Earl Bud Powell (1924-1966), American jazz pianist
Clifford Bud Shank (1926-2009), American jazz musician
Charles Bud Tingwell (1923-2009), Australian actor
George Bud Westmore (1918-1973), Hollywood makeup artist
Alan Bud Yorkin (born 1926), American film and television producer and director
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 (born 1927), 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) (born 1925), former NASCAR owner
Paul Bud Moore (racing driver) (born 1941), 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
Allan Bud Selig (born 1934), Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Charles Bud Wilkinson (1916-1994), American college football head coach
Joseph Bud Boyce (1924-1984), Canadian politician
Clarence Bud Brown (politician) (born 1927), American politician
Horace Bud Olson (1925-2002), Canadian businessman and politician
Elmer Bud Shuster (born 1932), American politician
Arthur Bud Collins (born 1929), American journalist and television commentator
George Bud Day (1925-2013), US Air Force colonel, pilot and Medal of Honor recipient
Walker Bud Mahurin (1918-2010), US Air Force World War II ace
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
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