# Bush (surname)

The surname Bush is derived from either the Old English word "busc" or the Old Norse "buskr," both of which mean "bush," a shrub, and was probably used for someone who lived in a bushy area.
Variations of the surname "Bush" include: Bushe, Bosch, Boush, Boushe, Busch, Bussche, Buscher, Bysh, and Bysshe.
The Bush family has held a family seat in Yorkshire, northern England.

## People with the Bush name
### Members of the United States political Bush family

* Obadiah Newcomb Bush (1797–1851), father of
** James Smith Bush (1825–1889), father of
*** Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), father of
**** Prescott Bush (1895–1972), senator and financier
***** George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st President of the United States, First Lady Barbara Bush (1925–2018)
****** George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States, First Lady Laura Bush (born 1946)
******* Barbara Bush (born 1981)
******* Jenna Bush Hager (born 1981), TV reporter
****** Jeb Bush (born 1953), Governor of Florida 1999–2007, married to Columba Bush (born 1953)
******* George P. Bush (born 1976), real estate developer and investor, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
******* Noelle Lucila Bush (born 1977)
******* John Ellis "Jebby" Bush Jr. (born 1983)
****** Neil Bush (born 1955), businessman, former banker
******* Lauren Bush (born 1984), fashion model and designer
******* Pierce Bush
****** Marvin Bush (born 1956), financier
****** Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959)
***** Jonathan Bush (1931–2021), banker and political fundraiser and his son:
****** Billy Bush (born 1971), radio and television host
***** William H. T. Bush (1938–2018), banker and venture capitalist

### Other people

* Alan Bush (1900–1995), English classical composer and pianist
* A. S. Bush (1837–1917), American politician
* Archie Bush (umpire), American professional baseball umpire
* Bryan Bush (1925–2008), English footballer
* Carol Bush (born 1962), county judge of Ellis County, Texas
* Charles P. Bush (1809–1857), American politician from Michigan
* Chris Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
* Connie Bush (1919-1997), Australian aboriginal health worker
* Cori Bush (born 1976), American politician from Missouri
* Curtis Bush (born 1962), American kickboxer
* Darren Bush (born 1974), American baseball coach
* Dave Bush (born 1979), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Devin Bush Jr. (born 1998), American football player
* Donie Bush (1887–1972), baseball player and manager of the early 20th century
* Duncan Bush (1946–2017), Welsh poet, novelist and dramatist
* Edith Bush (1882–1977), American mathematician, sister of Vannevar
* Ethel Bush (1916–2016), British police officer awarded a George Medal
* Garnet Bush (1882–1919), baseball umpire
* Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998), English composer
* George Bush (disambiguation)
* George Washington Bush (1779–1863), black pioneer settler of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon & Washington
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Gregg Bush, American politician
* Guy Louis Bush (1929 – 2023), American evolutionary biologist
* Guy Terrell Bush (1901 – 1985), American baseball player
* Irving T. Bush (1869–1948), American businessman
* James Bush (1907 – 1987), American actor
* Lt James Bush M.C. (1891–1917), World War I flying ace
* Jason Eugene "Gunny" Bush (born 1974), convicted to death for the murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores
* Jess Bush, (born 1992), Australian actress and artist
* Joe Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Bush (disambiguation), several people
* Kate Bush (born 1958), English musician
* Ky Bush (born 1999), American baseball player
* Leland Bush (born c. 1951), judge of the District Court of Minnesota
* Lesley Bush (born 1947), Olympic diver
* Luis Bush, American Christian strategist-activist
* Lynn J. Bush (born 1948), judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims
* Marian Spore Bush (1878–1946), American artist and dentist
* Mary Bucci Bush (born 1949), American novelist
* Matt Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
* Michael Bush (born 1984), American football running back
* Norton Bush (1834–1894), American landscape painter
* Percy Bush (1879–1955), Welsh rugby union player
* Reggie Bush (born 1985), American football player
* Robert Bush (disambiguation), several people
* Roger Bush (disambiguation), several people
* Sam Bush (born 1952), American musician
* Sarah Bush Lincoln (1788–1869), stepmother of Abraham Lincoln
* Sophia Bush (born 1982), American actress
* Stan Bush (born 1953), American singer
* Stephen Bush (disambiguation), several people
* Tamara Bush, American biomechanical engineer
* Vannevar Bush (1890–1974), American scientist, brother of Edith
* Wesley G. Bush (born c. 1961), American business executive
* William Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
* Zhan Bush (born 1993), Russian figure skater
* Zoe Bush (born 1954), senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

## Fictional characters

* Mel Bush, companion of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who
* William Bush, a Royal Navy Lieutenant in the book and television series Hornblower