Buddy (nickname)

In arts and entertainment

• Buddy Baker , American composer born Norman Dale Baker
• Buddy Bolden, American jazz cornetist
• Buddy Bregman, American arranger and producer
• Buddy Buie, American songwriter and record producer
• Buddy Clark, American pop singer
• Buddy DeFranco, American jazz clarinetist
• Buddy Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer
• Buddy DeSylva, American songwriter, record executive, and film producer
• Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer best known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies
• Buddy Emmons, American country guitarist
• A. Arnold Gillespie, American cinema special effects artist
• Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist
• Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
• Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian
• Buddy Holly, American pioneering rock and roll singer, songwriter, and musician
• Buddy Lester, American comedian and actor
• Buddy Miles, American rock and funk drummer
• Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer and bandleader
• Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor and jazz musician
• Buddy Stewart, American jazz singer
• Buddy Valastro, American celebrity chef, star of the TLC show Cake Boss

  In sports

• Buddy Alexander, American college golf head coach and former amateur golfer
• Buddy Allin, American professional golfer
• Buddy Baer, American boxer
• Buddy Baker, American NASCAR driver
• Buddy Bell, American Major League Baseball player and manager
• Buddy Blattner, American Major League Baseball player, world champion table tennis doubles player and sportscaster
• Buddy Boshers, American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buddy Burris, American college and National Football League player
• Buddy Dear, American Major League Baseball player
• Lance Franklin, Australian rules footballer
• Buddy Gardner, American professional golfer
• Yileen Gordon, Australian rugby league footballer
• Buddy Hall, American professional pool player
• Buddy Hield, Bahamian basketball player
• Buddy Howell, American football player
• Buddy Jackson, American football player
• Buddy Lively, American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buddy Myer, American Major League Baseball player
• Buddy Ryan, American football coach

  Soldiers

• Lee Archer , African-American World War II flying ace, member of the Tuskeegee Airmen and lieutenant colonel
• Charles R. Long, American Korean War sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient
• Horace M. Thorne, American World War II soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

  Politicians

• Buddy Cianci, longtime mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Buddy Dyer, mayor of Orlando, Florida
• Buddy Roemer, American former congressman, Louisiana governor and independent presidential candidate

  Other

• William Moore , German-born steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska
• Pat Nixon, wife of former President Richard M. Nixon; nickname in high school yearbook
• J.C. Nicholson, American judge