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Buzz (nickname)

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Buzz is a nickname. Notable people with the name include:

  • Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), American pilot and astronaut, second person to set foot on the Moon
  • Herbert Altshuler (born 1945), American retired major general
  • Buzz Arlett (1899–1964), American baseball player
  • James D. Beans (born 1934), United States Marine Corps brigadier general
  • George Beurling (1921–1948), Canadian World War II fighter pilot
  • A. I. Bezzerides, (1908–2007), Greek-American novelist and screenwriter
  • Buzz Bissinger (born 1954), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
  • Buzz Burrell (born 1951) American ultrarunner
  • Ian Burrows (1930–2006), New Zealand brigadier general and Commander of Land Forces New Zealand
  • Steve Busby (born 1949), American baseball pitcher
  • Beau Casson (born 1982), Australian former cricketer
  • Buzz Clifford (1941–2018), American singer
  • Charlie Eckert (1897–1986), American baseball pitcher
  • Buzz Fazio (1908–1993), American bowler
  • Buzz Feiten, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Buzz Gardner (1931–2004), American trumpeter
  • Buzz Grogan, a professional wrestler with NWA All-Star Wrestling
  • Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), former national president of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union
  • John McClung (1935–2004), Canadian historian, lawyer, jurist and judge
  • Buzz Nutter (1931–2008), American football player
  • Buzz Osborne (born 1964), guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, founding member of The Melvins
  • Buzz Parsons (born 1950), Canadian former soccer player
  • Buzz Peterson (born 1963), American basketball player, coach and executive
  • Buzz Schneider (born 1954), American ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist
  • Boyd Wagner (1918–1942), American World War II flying ace and lieutenant colonel
  • Buzz Williams (born 1972), American college men's basketball head coach at Texas A&M
  • Raymond R. Wright (1945–1999), US Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

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