# 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 (b. 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