Buddy is the nickname of:

In arts and entertainment

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
  • Lance Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
  • Buddy Gardner (born 1955), American professional golfer
  • Yileen 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 Lively (1925–2015), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • 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 Ryan (1931–2016), American football coach
  • Buddy Young (1926–1983), American football player and executive

Soldiers

  • 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

Politicians

  • 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

Other

  • William Moore (steamship captain) (1822–1909), German-born steamship captain, businessman, miner and explorer in British Columbia and Alaska
  • Pat Nixon (1912–1993), wife of former President Richard M. Nixon; nickname in high school yearbook
  • J. C. Nicholson (born 1942), American judge

See also

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