Buster (nickname)

Buster is a nickname of:

Actors

• William Collier Jr. (1902–1987), American actor
• Buster Crabbe (1908–1983), American actor and athlete
• Buster Larsen, Danish comic actor Axel Landing Larsen (1920–1993)
• Buster Keaton (1895–1966), American actor, filmmaker, producer and writer
• Buster Merryfield (1920–1999), English actor most famous for his portrayal of 'Uncle' Albert Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses
• Dolly Buster, film producer and director, actress, author, and former porn star Nora Baumberger (born 1969)

Musicians and singers

• Buster Bailey (1902–1967), American jazz musician
• Buster Bennett (1914–1980), American blues saxophonist and vocalist
• Buster Benton (1932–1996), American blues guitarist and singer
• Buster Bloodvessel (born 1958), English singer of the ska revival band Bad Manners
• Buster Brown (musician) (1911–1976), American R&B singer and musician
• Buster Cooper (1929–2016), American jazz trombonist
• Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, soul and blues musician
• Buster Harding (1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger
• Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2 and Buster & Bill
• Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of singer David Johansen (born 1950)
• Buster Smith (1904–1991), American jazz musician
• Buster Williams (born 1942), jazz bass player
• Buster Wilson (1897–1949), American jazz pianist
• Prince Buster, Jamaican musician Cecil Bustamente Campbell (1938–2016)

In sports

• Buster Adams (1915–1990), American Major League Baseball outfielder
• Buster Bishop (1920–2004), American college golf coach
• Buster Brown (baseball) (1881–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer and actor Clarence Linden Crabbe II (1908–1983)
• Jack Craigie (1913–1994), Australian rugby league footballer
• Buster Cupit (1927–2023), American retired golfer
• Buster Douglas (born 1960), American heavyweight boxer
• Ángel Figueroa (born 1981), Puerto Rican basketball player
• Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), American Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
• Buster Harvey (1950–2007), Canadian National Hockey League winger
• Buster Millerick (1905–1986), American Hall of Fame racehorse trainer
• Buster Mottram (born 1955), English tennis player
• Buster Narum (1940–2004), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Buster Nupen (1902–1977), South African cricketer
• Buster Olney (born 1964), American sports journalist
• Buster Posey (born 1987), American Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman
• Buster Ramsey (1920–2007), American college football player and National Football League player and head coach
• Buster Rhymes (born 1962), American retired National Football League wide receiver
• Buster Skrine (born 1989), American National Football League player
• Carl "Buster" Smith (1921–1992), American checkers player
• Vern Stephens (1920–1968), American Major League Baseball shortstop
• Phil Tomney (1862–1892), American baseball shortstop
• Luke "Buster" Watson (born 1957), British sprinter

Other

• Geoffrey Bailey (1899–1929 or later), English First World War flying ace
• Francis William Beaumont (1903–1941), heir to the Seigneur of Sark, Royal Air Force officer and film producer
• Buster Edwards (1931–1994), member of the gang that perpetrated the Great Train Robbery
• Buster Lloyd-Jones (1914–1980), British veterinarian
• Buster Martin, who claimed to be the oldest employee in the UK
• Lionel Crabb (1909–c. 1956), British Royal Navy and MI6 diver

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Buster
• All pages with titles containing Buster