Buck (nickname)

Buck is the nickname of the following people (for fictional characters, see Buck):

Notable in multiple fields

• Lynn Compton (1921–2012), lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's trial for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, California Court of Appeals judge and World War II officer portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers
• Robert Halperin (1908–1985), American co-founder of the Lands' End clothing retailer, sailor, National Football League quarterback and US Navy officer during World War II

In sports

• Buck Baker (1919–2002), American race car driver, member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame
• Harry Buckner (1876–1938), American baseball pitcher and outfielder in the Negro Leagues
• Les Burke (1902–1975), American Major League Baseball player
• Buck Canel (1906–1980), American sportscaster
• Harvey Freeman (baseball) (1897–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1921 season
• Jerry Freeman (1879–1952), American Major League Baseball player
• Buck Gurley (born 1978), American former football player
• Alvin Jones (ice hockey) (1917–2007), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Denzil Jones (1926–2010), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Buck Jones (American football) (1888-1985), Native American football player
• Buck Jordan (1907–1993), American Major League Baseball player
• Buck Leonard (1907–1997), American baseball player in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Buck Martinez (born 1948), American former Major League Baseball player and coach
• Frank McCormick (1911–1982), American Major League Baseball player
• Buck O'Neil (1911–2006), American baseball player and manager in the Negro leagues
• Lee Rogers (baseball) (1913–1995), American Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1938 season
• Buck Rodgers (born 1938), American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager
• Buck Shelford (born 1957), New Zealand former rugby union footballer and coach
• Buck Showalter (born 1956), American Major League Baseball manager and former player
• Peter Stewart (cricketer) (1730–1796), English cricketer
• Zack Wheat (1888–1982), American Major League Baseball player, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Kirby White (1884–1943), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buck White (golfer) (born 1911), American retired golfer
• Jesse Winters (1893–1986), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Military officers

• Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1977), US Navy vice admiral and aviator
• William F. Kernan (born 1946), US Army retired general
• Charles T. Lanham (1902–1978), US Army major general, friend of Ernest Hemingway and model for one of the writer's heroes
• William McCandless (1834–1884), Union Army colonel who fought in the American Civil War
• Buck McNair (1919-1971), Canadian Second World War flying ace
• Charles C. Pattillo (born 1924), American retired Air Force lieutenant general
• Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), US Army officer and American Civil War Confederate Army general

In music

• Buck Clayton (1911–1991), American jazz trumpet player
• Josh Graves (1927–2006), American bluegrass musician
• Buck Ram (1907–1991), American songwriter and music producer

Criminals

• Buck Barrow (1903–1933), member of the Barrow Gang, older brother of Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde fame)
• Buck English, American Old West outlaw

Other

• Buck Brannaman (born 1962), American horse trainer
• Buck Choquette (1830–1898), French-Canadian prospector who made the 1861 gold strike which led to the Stikine Gold Rush
• James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925), American tobacco and electric power industrialist and philanthropist for whom Duke University is named
• Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852-1929), American attorney and entrepreneur, second son of President Ulysses S. Grant
• Constantine B. Kilgore (1835–1897), American politician
• Buck Pressly (died 1954), American doctor and minor league baseball player and coach
• Buck Rinehart (born 1946), mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984–1992)
• William M. Walton (1832–1915), American lawyer, Attorney General of Texas, politician and Confederate Army officer

See also

• James Buchanan (1791–1868), fifteenth President of the United States, nicknamed "Old Buck"
• Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), Union Army general during the American Civil War nicknamed "Old Buck"
• John Buckley (hurler) (born 1958), Irish former hurler nicknamed "Bucks"
• Nathan Buckley (born 1972), former Australian rules football player, commentator and coach nicknamed "Bucks"