Budd (surname)

Budd is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Budd (born 1937), British economist
• Aoife Budd (born 1980), Irish cricketer
• Barbara Budd (born 1953), Canadian actress
• Brian Budd (born 1952), Canadian professional soccer player
• Bryan Budd (1977–2006), British soldier posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
• Christopher Budd (mathematician) (born 1960), British mathematician
• Christopher Budd (cricketer) (born 1978), English cricketer
• Christopher Budd (bishop) (born 1937), British Roman Catholic prelate
• Colin Budd (born 1945), British civil servant and diplomat
• Dave Budd (born 1938), American basketball player
• Edward G. Budd (1870–1946), American inventor and businessman
• Eric Budd (1924–2006), English cricket administrator
• Frank Budd (born 1939), American football player
• Gardner Budd (1904–1976), Irish judge and senator
• Harold Budd (1936–2020), American ambient/avant-garde composer
• Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881–1950), British painter
• James Budd (1851–1908), American lawyer and Democratic politician
• Louis J. Budd (1921-2010), American literary critic and historian
• Nellie Moyer Budd (1860-1944), American music teacher
• Ralph Budd (1879–1962), American railroad executive
• Ruth Budd (1924–2021), Canadian bassist and member of the Symphony Six
• Roy Budd (1947–93), British jazz musician and film composer
• Sibylla Budd (born before 1999), Australian actress
• Ted Budd (born 1971), American politician
• Wayne Budd (born 1941), American executive and attorney
• Una Budd (born 1975), Irish cricketer
• Zola Budd (born 1966), South African-born British track and field athlete who competed in the Summer Olympic Games

Fictional characters

• Title character of Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd, first published 1924
• David Budd, main character of Bodyguard (UK TV series)