Buster (nickname)

Buster is the nickname of:

Actors

• William Collier, Jr. (1902–1987), American actor
• Buster Crabbe (1908–1983), American actor and athlete
• 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

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 Cooper (born 1929), American jazz trombonist
• Buster Harding (1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger
• Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2 and Buster & Bill
• Buster Smith (1904–1991), American jazz musician
• Buster Williams (born 1942), jazz bass player
• Buster Wilson (1897–1949), American jazz pianist

In sports

• Buster Bishop (1920–2004), American college golf coach
• Buster Brown (baseball) (1881–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Jack Craigie, Australian rugby league footballer in the 1930s
• Buster Cupit (born 1927), 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 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), sports journalist
• Buster Posey (born 1987), 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
• Vern Stephens (1920–1968), American Major League Baseball player
• Phil Tomney (1862–1892), American baseball player

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), nicknamed Buster, British Royal Navy and MI6 diver