Buck (personal name)
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The given name Buck may refer to:
As a pseudonym:
- Buck CanelBuck CanelEloy "Buck" Canel was an American Spanish language sportscaster of Major League Baseball games. Canel was born in Argentina when his father was working for the Spain consulate in that country. He won the 1985 Ford C. Frick Award. He began his career in journalism...
(1906–80), American sportscaster - Buck ClaytonBuck ClaytonBuck Clayton was an American jazz trumpet player who was a leading member of Count Basie’s "Old Testament" orchestra and a leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong...
(1911–91), American jazz musician - Buck HenryBuck HenryHenry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
(born 1930), American actor, writer, and director - Buck JordanBuck JordanBaxter Byerly Jordan was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Giants , Washington Senators , Boston Braves , Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies . Jordan batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
(1907-93), American baseball player - Buck LeonardBuck LeonardWalter Fenner "Buck" Leonard was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in along with his long-time teammate Josh Gibson.-Biography:...
(1907-97), American baseball player - Buck Martinez (born 1948), American baseball player
- Buck O'NeilBuck O'NeilJohn Jordan "Buck" O'Neil was a first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a scout, and became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball...
(1911–2006), American baseball player and manager - Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
(1929–2006), American singer and guitarist - Buck RamBuck RamBuck Ram was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger.-Biography:...
(1907-91), American songwriter and music producer - Buck RodgersBuck RodgersRobert LeRoy "Buck" Rodgers is a former catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he helmed three major league teams: the Milwaukee Brewers , Montreal Expos and California Angels , compiling a career won-lost mark of 784–773 .-Playing career:Rodgers attended Ohio Wesleyan...
(born 1938), former Major League Baseball catcher and manager of the Montreal Expos - Buck ShowalterBuck ShowalterWilliam Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American Major League Baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles. He has previously served in a similar capacity with the New York Yankees , Arizona Diamondbacks , and Texas Rangers...
(born 1956), American baseball player and manager - Buck PierceBuck PierceBuck James Pierce is a professional Canadian football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. Pierce signed with the Blue Bombers for the 2010 CFL season after he was released by the BC Lions, the team he spent the first five years of his professional career with...
(born 1981), Canadian football quarterback
As a pseudonym:
- Buck 65Buck 65Richard Terfry , who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian experimental artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.Terfry is also a radio host,...
, stage name of Canadian hip hop artist Richard Terfry - Buck AngelBuck AngelBuck Angel is a female-to-male transsexual and adult film maker and an LGBT icon of popular culture. He is also founder of Buck Angel Entertainment, as a vehicle to produce media projects...
, a female to male, pre-op transsexual porn star - Frank "Buck" O'NeillFrank "Buck" O'NeillFrank J. "Buck" O'Neill was an American football player and coach. He served as head football coach at Colgate University , Syracuse University , and Columbia University , compiling a career college football coaching record of 81–41–8...
(1875–1958), an American college football coach - Young BuckYoung BuckDavid Darnell Brown , also known as Young Buck, is an American Southern rapper. Buck is a former member of the New York City Hip-Hop group G-Unit, also a former artist of G-Unit Records as of Nov 26, 2011...
, stage name of David Darnell Brown (born 1981), American rapper - "Buck" Buchanan, nickname of James BuchananJames BuchananJames Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....
(1791–1868), the fifteenth President of the United States - "Buck Compton", nickname of Lynn ComptonLynn ComptonLynn D. "Buck" Compton is a retired California Court of Appeals judge who served as the lead prosecutor in Sirhan Sirhan's trial for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. From 1946-1951, Compton served with the Los Angeles Police Department...
(born 1921), retired United States Court of Appeals judge - "Buck Dharma", nickname of American guitarist Donald Roeser (born 1947)
- Alexander "Buck" Choquette, Canadian prospector active in the California, Fraser and Stikine Gold Rushes
- Buck Halperin (1928-85), nickname of Robert Halperin, American Olympic and Pan American Games yachting medalist, college and professional football player, one of Chicago's most-decorated World War II heroes, and Chairman of Commercial Light Co.