# Butch (nickname)

Butch is a nickname which may refer to:
* Frederick Alan Aikman (1919–1991), Canadian World War II flying ace
* Butch Baird (born 1936), American retired PGA and Senior PGA Tour golfer
* Butch Ballard (1918–2011), American jazz drummer
* Butch Beard (born 1947), American basketball player
* William H. Blanchard (1916–1966), US Air Force four-star general
* Émile Bouchard (1919–2012), Canadian National Hockey League player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
* Butch Buchholz (born 1940), American former tennis player
* Mark Butcher (born 1972), English former Test cricketer
* Butch Cassidy (1866–1908), American outlaw
* Butch Davis (born 1951), American football coach
* Ronald DeFeo, Jr. (1951–2021), American murderer
* Kevin DuBrow (1955–2007), American lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Quiet Riot
* Adrian S. Fisher (1914–1983), American lawyer and public servant
* Butch Goring (born 1949), Canadian National Hockey League player
* William Edward Hanford (1908–1996), American chemist who developed the modern process for making polyurethane
* Butch Harmon (born 1943), American golf instructor and former player
* Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet (1892–1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
* Butch Hartman (born 1965), American animator, writer, director, producer, illustrator and voice actor
* Butch Hartman (racing driver) (1940–1994), American stock car racing national champion
* Bob Heffner (born 1938), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
* Butch James (born 1979), South African former rugby union player
* Butch Johnson (American football) (born 1954), former National Football League wide receiver
* John J. Lenzini, Jr. (1947–1996), American Thoroughbred horse trainer
* Butch Levy (1921–1999), American football player and professional wrestler
* Butch Lindley (1948–1990), American NASCAR driver
* Butch Lochner (1931–2010), South African former international rugby union player
* Obert Logan (1941–2003), American National Football League player
* Graeme Macdougall (born 1940), Australian former rugby union player
* Ed Mierkowicz (1924–2017), American former Major League Baseball player
* Butch Miles (1944-2023), American drummer and musician
* Butch Morris (1947–2013), American jazz cornetist, composer and conductor
* Jonathan Norton (born 1958), original drummer for the band Eels
* Edward O'Hare (1914–1943), American pilot during World War II
* Butch Otter (born 1942), American politician and former governor of Idaho
* Butch Reynolds (born 1964), American former 400-meter sprinter
* Isiah Robertson (1949–2018), American National Football League player
* Harry G. Robinson III (born 1942), American architect and professor
* Roy Sanders (National League pitcher) (1892–1950), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* Walter Schindler (1897–1991), US Navy vice admiral
* Clyde J. Tate II (born 1957), American major general and army lawyer
* Butch Vig (born 1955), American musician and producer, and drummer for the band Garbage
* Roy Marlin Voris (1919–2005), American World War II flying ace and founder of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron
* Bill Walker (Australian footballer, born 1942), New Zealand former Australian rules footballer
* Butch Walker (born 1969), American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer
* Ray Wilkins (1956–2018), English former football player
* Butch Wynegar (born 1956), American Major League Baseball player