Buck (surname)

Buck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

• Adolf Buck (1896–1952), German-Liechtensteiner photographer
• David Buck (1936–1989), British actor
• Detlev Buck (born 1962), German film director
• Dudley Buck (1839–1909), American composer
• Frederick Buck (1771–1840), Irish portrait miniature painter
• John E. Buck (born 1946), American sculptor and printmaker
• Julie Buck (born 1974), American artist and photographer
• Margaret Warriner Buck (1857–1929), American botanical artist
• Mary K. Buck (1849–1901), Bohemian-born American author
• Nathaniel Buck (died 1759/1774), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Samuel Buck
• Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), American novelist
• Percy Buck (1871–1947), English musician
• Peter Buck (born 1956), American musician
• Rinker Buck (born 1950), American author
• Rob Buck (1958–2000), American guitarist and songwriter
• Samantha Buck (born 1974), American actress
• Samuel Buck (1696–1779), English engraver and printmaker, brother of Nathaniel Buck
• Tara Buck (born 1975), American actress
• Zechariah Buck (1798–1879), English organist and choirmaster

Politics, law, and government

• Antony Buck (1928–2003), British politician
• Arthur Buck (born 1935), Canadian politician
• Clarence F. Buck (1870–1944), American politician and businessman
• C. Douglass Buck (1890–1965), American engineer and politician, Governor and Senator of Delaware
• Daniel Buck (1753–1816), United States Representative from Vermont
• Daniel Buck (judge) (1829–1905), American jurist and politician
• E. C. Buck (1852–1925), American politician from Virginia
• Ed Buck (born 1954), American Democrat political activist and fundraiser
• Edward Charles Buck (1838–1916), British civil servant (Indian Civil Service)
• Frank Buck (Tennessee politician) (born 1943), American politician
• Fred C. Buck (died 1964), American politician from Virginia
• George L. Buck (1866–1939), American politician
• John R. Buck (1835–1917), United States congressman
• Kathleen A. Buck (1948–2001), American politician and attorney
• Ken Buck (born 1959), American politician
• Leonard W. Buck (1834–1895), American businessman, rancher and politician
• Molly Buck, American politician
• Peter Buck (mayor) (died 1625), English mayor and naval official
• Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi HÄ«roa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
• Tim Buck (1891–1973), long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada
• Tom Buck (1938–2020), American lawyer and politician
• Walt Buck (1930–2013), Canadian politician
• Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945), German politician

Science, mathematics, and medicine

• Dudley Allen Buck (1927–1959), American scientist, engineer, educator, and inventor
• Gurdon Buck (1807–1877), American surgeon, performed first clinical photograph, contributed to numerous fields of surgery
• Peter Henry Buck or Te Rangi HÄ«roa (1877–1951), New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director
• Robert Creighton Buck (1920–1998), American mathematician

Sports

• Bill Buck (cricketer) (born 1946), English cricketer
• Bill Buck (footballer) (1900–1980), Australian footballer
• Bob Buck (sportscaster) (1938–1996), American sportscaster
• Craig Buck (born 1958), American former volleyball player
• David Buck (footballer) (1946–1996), English footballer
• Fred Buck (1880–1952), British football player
• Gilles Buck (1935–2010), French sailor who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Harold Buck, British rugby league footballer
• Harry Buck (1884–1943), American coach and physical education instructor
• Jack Buck (1924–2002), American sportscaster
• Joe Buck (born 1969), American sportscaster
• John Buck (baseball player) (born 1980), American baseball player
• Richard Buck (born 1986), English sprinter
• Travis Buck (born 1983), American baseball player
• Mike Buck (American football) (born 1967), American football player
• William Buck (baseball) (), American baseball player and umpire

Other fields

• Bill Buck (environmentalist), American environmentalist and producer
• Carl Darling Buck (1866–1955), American linguist
• Carrie Buck (1906–1983), unsuccessful plaintiff in Buck v. Bell, which upheld compulsory sterilization
• David J. Buck, United States Air Force general
• Florence Buck (1860–1925), American Unitarian minister, educator, suffragist
• Frank Buck (animal collector) (1884–1950), American hunter, animal collector, and film director
• George Buck (1560–1622), English antiquarian
• Jim Buck (dog walker) (1931–2013), American dog walker
• Paul Herman Buck (1899–1978), American historian
• Peter Buck (restaurateur) (1930–2021), American restaurateur and philanthropist
• Robbie Buck (born 1972), Australian radio announcer
• Robert N. Buck (1914–2007), American aviator
• Solon J. Buck (1884–1962), Archivist of the United States
• William Buck (translator) (1933–1970), American writer who produced English versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana

See also

• Justice Buck (disambiguation)