# Buck (surname)

Buck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Arts and entertainment

* David Buck (1936–1989), British actor
* Detlev Buck (born 1962), German film director
* Dudley Buck (1839–1909), American composer
* Frederick Buck (1771–1840), Irish portrait miniature painter
* John E. Buck (born 1946), American sculptor and printmaker
* Julie Buck (born 1974), American artist and photographer
* Margaret Warriner Buck (1857–1929), American botanical artist
* Mary K. Buck (1849-1901), Bohemian-born American author
* Nathaniel Buck (died 1759/1774), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Samuel Buck
* Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), American novelist
* Percy Buck (1871–1947), English musician
* Peter Buck (born 1956), American musician
* Rinker Buck (born 1950), American author
* Rob Buck (1958–2000), American guitarist and songwriter
* Samantha Buck (born 1974), American actress
* Samuel Buck (1696–1779), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Nathaniel Buck
* Tara Buck (born 1975), American actress
* Zechariah Buck (1798–1879), English organist and choirmaster

## Politics, law, and government

* Antony Buck (1928–2003), British politician
* Arthur Buck (born 1935), Canadian politician
* Clarence F. Buck (1870–1944), American politician and businessman
* C. Douglass Buck (1890–1965), American engineer and politician, Governor and Senator of Delaware
* Daniel Buck (1753–1816), United States Representative from Vermont
* Daniel Buck (judge) (1829–1905), American jurist and politician
* E. C. Buck (1852–1925), American politician from Virginia
* Ed Buck (born 1954), American Democrat political activist and fundraiser
* Edward Charles Buck (1838–1916), British civil servant (Indian Civil Service)
* Frank Buck (Tennessee politician) (born 1943), American politician
* Fred C. Buck (died 1964), American politician from Virginia
* George L. Buck (1866–1939), American politician
* John R. Buck (1835–1917), United States congressman
* Ken Buck (born 1959), American politician
* Leonard W. Buck (1834–1895), American businessman, rancher and politician
* Peter Buck (mayor) (died 1625), English mayor and naval official
* Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi Hīroa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
* Tim Buck (1891–1973), long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada
* Tom Buck (1938–2020), American lawyer and politician
* Walt Buck (1930–2013), Canadian politician

## Science, mathematics, and medicine

* Dudley Allen Buck (1927–1959), American scientist, engineer, educator, and inventor
* Gurdon Buck (1807–1877), American surgeon, performed first clinical photograph, contributed to numerous fields of surgery
* Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi Hīroa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
* Robert Creighton Buck (1920–1998), American mathematician

## Sports

* Bill Buck (cricketer) (born 1946), English cricketer
* Bill Buck (footballer) (1900–1980), Australian footballer
* Bob Buck (sportscaster) (1938–1996), American sportscaster
* Craig Buck (born 1958), American former volleyball player
* David Buck (footballer) (1946–1996), English footballer
* Fred Buck (1880–1952), British football player
* Gilles Buck (1935–2010), French sailor who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
* Harold Buck, British rugby league footballer
* Harry Buck (1884–1943), American coach and physical education instructor
* Jack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscaster
* Joe Buck (born 1969), American sportscaster
* John Buck (baseball player) (born 1980), American baseball player
* Richard Buck (born 1986), English sprinter
* Travis Buck (born 1983), American baseball player
* Mike Buck (American football) (born 1967), American football player
* William Buck (baseball) (fl. 1866–1871), American baseball player and umpire

## Other fields

* Bill Buck (environmentalist), American environmentalist and producer
* Carl Darling Buck (1866–1955), American linguist
* Carrie Buck (1906–1983), unsuccessful plaintiff in Buck v. Bell, which upheld compulsory sterilization
* David J. Buck, United States Air Force general
* Florence Buck (1860-1925), American Unitarian minister, educator, suffragist
* Frank Buck (animal collector) (1884–1950), American hunter, animal collector, and film director
* George Buck (1560–1622), English antiquarian
* Jim Buck (dog walker) (1931–2013), American dog walker
* Paul Herman Buck (1899–1978), American historian
* Peter Buck (restaurateur) (1930–2021), American restaurateur and philanthropist
* Robbie Buck (born 1972), Australian radio announcer
* Robert N. Buck (1914–2007), American aviator
* Solon J. Buck (1884–1962), Archivist of the United States
* William Buck (translator) (1933–1970), American writer who produced English versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana