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 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