Budden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Henry Budden CBE (1871–1944), Australian architect and winner of the Sir John Sulman Medal
Jackiey Budden (born 1958), mother of reality TV star
Joe Budden (born 1980), American rapper
Julian Budden (1924–2007), British opera scholar and broadcaster
Lionel Bailey Budden (1877–1956), British architect and Roscoe Professor in Architecture at the Liverpool School of Architecture;
