List of Famous people named Buck

Similar names: Bucky, Bukayo, Buchi, Bukka, Buky. Here are some famous Bucks:

Buck O'Neil

First Name Buck
Last Name O'Neil
Born on November 13, 1911
Died on October 6, 2006 (aged 94)

John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. 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. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021.

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Buck Henry

Henry Zuckerman
First Name Buck
Last Name Henry
Born on December 9, 1930
Died on January 8, 2020 (aged 89)

Buck Henry was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included, his work as a co-director on Heaven Can Wait (1978) alongside Warren Beatty, and his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols's The Graduate (1967) and Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972). His long career began on television with work on shows with Steve Allen in The New Steve Allen Show (1961). He co-created Get Smart (1965–1970) with Mel Brooks, and hosted Saturday Night Live 10 times from 1976 to 1980. He later guest starred in such popular shows as Murphy Brown, Hot in Cleveland, Will & Grace, and 30 Rock.

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Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
First Name Buck
Last Name Owens
Born on August 12, 1929
Died on March 25, 2006 (aged 76)

Alvis Edgar Owens Jr., known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was the front man for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts. He pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, named in honor of Bakersfield, California, Owens' adopted home, and the city from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call "American music".

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Buck Showalter

William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager. He has served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000), Texas Rangers (2003–2006), and Baltimore Orioles (2010–2018). He also is a former professional Minor League Baseball player and television analyst formerly for ESPN and currently for the YES network for Yankees telecasts. A three-time American League (AL) Manager of the Year, Showalter has earned a reputation for building baseball teams into postseason contenders in short periods of time. He helped the Yankees rise from the bottom half of the AL East to first place before a players' strike prematurely ended the 1994 campaign. Under his watch, the Diamondbacks made their first-ever playoff appearance in only the second year of the team's existence. He left both franchises just prior to seasons when they won the World Series.

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Buck Kartalian

First Name Buck
Last Name Kartalian
Born on August 13, 1922
Died on May 24, 2016 (aged 93)

Vahe "Buck" Kartalian was an American professional wrestler and character actor.

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Buck Angel

Susan Butch
First Name Buck
Last Name Angel
Born on June 5, 1972 (age 51)

Buck Angel is an American pornographic film actor and producer, sex educator, and a motivational speaker.

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Buck Brannaman

First Name Buck
Last Name Brannaman
Born on January 29, 1962 (age 62)

Dan M. "Buck" Brannaman is an American horse trainer and a leading clinician with a philosophy of handling horses based on classical concepts from the vaquero tradition; working with the horse's nature, using an understanding of how horses think and communicate to train the horse to accept humans and work confidently and responsively with them. One of Brannaman's stated goals is to make the animal feel safe and secure around humans so that the horse and rider can achieve a true union.

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Buck Baker

First Name Buck
Last Name Baker
Born on March 4, 1919
Died on April 14, 2002 (aged 83)

Elzie Wylie Baker Sr., better known as Buck Baker, was an American stock car racer. Born in Richburg, South Carolina, Baker began his NASCAR career in 1949 and won his first race three years later at Columbia Speedway. Twenty-seven years later, Baker retired after the 1976 National 500.

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Buck Taylor

First Name Buck
Last Name Taylor
Born on May 13, 1938 (age 85)

Walter Clarence "Buck" Taylor, III is an American actor and artist, best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in the CBS television series Gunsmoke. He is the son of Florence Gertrude Heffernan and character actor Dub Taylor. Taylor graduated from North Hollywood High School, where he became a talented gymnast. Actor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams sponsored him to go to the U.S. Olympic Trials as a gymnast, but he failed to qualify for the 1960 Olympics. He served two years in the United States Navy.

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Buck Young

First Name Buck
Last Name Young
Born on April 12, 1920
Died on February 9, 2000 (aged 79)

John Otto "Buck" Young was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show.

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