Bull (surname)

Bull is a surname.

In addition to people bearing "Bull" as an Old World-derived surname, "Bull" has been part of the names of some Native Americans, in some cases as part of a traditional name of their respective cultures. Some of these, and some others, either have borne it as part of a legal surname or (with or without their assent) been treated as bearing it.

Those bearing Bull as a surname include:

Alfred E. Bull (1867–1930), American football player and coach
Amos Bull (1744–1825), one of America's first composers
Amos Bad Heart Bull (c. 1868 – 1913), Oglala Lakota artist, son of Bad Heart Bull, passed that whole name on to both his sons in surname fashion
Amy Bull (1877–1953), British suffragist and rural district councillor
Anders Henrik Bull (1875 – 1956), Norwegian electrical engineer
Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (1817–1907), Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
Andy Bull, an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney
Anthony Bull (1908–2004), British transport engineer and president of the Institute of Transport
Bart Bull, American writer, reporter, author, columnist, and critic
Bartle Bull (born 1970), American writer, magazine editor and journalist
Ben Bull, English footballer
Benjamin Bull (1798–1879), American lawyer and politician
Bernt Bull (born 1946), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Brynjulf Bull (1906–1993), Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician
Bull (fl. 1871), Kent cricketer with unknown given name
Cavinder Bull, Singaporean lawyer
Charlie Bull (1909–1939), English cricketer
Charles Livingston Bull (1874–1932), American illustrator
Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896–1979), American portrait photographer
Clive Bull (born 1959), English radio talk show host
Dan Bull (born 1986), British rapper
David Bull (television presenter) (born 1969), British television commentator and former doctor
David Bull (Scouting), British scouting commissioner
Deborah Bull (born 1963), English dancer, writer, and broadcaster
Dixie Bull (fl. 1630s), English sea captain and pirate
Donald Bull, rugby union player who represented Australia
Edvard Bull, several people
Edward Bull (c.1759–1798), English steam engine engineer
Eleanor Bull (1550–1596), owned establishment where Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet, died in 1593
Emma Bull (born 1954), American science fiction and fantasy author
Ephraim Wales Bull (1806–1895), American farmer and politician, inventor of the Concord grape
Fran Bull (born 1938), American artist
Francis Bull (1887–1974), Norwegian literary historian, professor at University of Oslo
Frederick Bull (1875–1910), English cricketer who played for Essex
Fredrik Rosing Bull (1882–1925), Norwegian engineer and Information technology pioneer
Gary Bull (born 1966), an English footballer
Geoff Bull (born 1942), an Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader
Geoffrey Bull (1921–1999), a Scottish Christian missionary and author
Georg Andreas Bull (1829–1917), Norwegian architect and chief building inspector
Georg Jacob Bull (1785–1854), a Norwegian jurist and politician
George Bull (1634–1710), English theologian and Bishop of St David's
George Bull (cricketer), English cricketer of the 1900s
Gerald Bull (1928–1990), Canadian engineer
Graham MacGregor Bull (1918–1987), South African and British physician
Grant Short Bull (c. 1851–1935), Lakota leader; passed Short Bull on to both his sons in surname fashion
Harcourt Burland Bull (1824–1881), Canadian journalist and political figure
Harold R. Bull (1893–1976), Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) under Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hedley Bull (1932–1985), Australian-born political scientist
Henrik Bull (1864–1953), Norwegian architect and designer
Henrik H Bull (1929–2013), a founder of Bull Stockwell Allen Architects in San Francisco
Henrik Johan Bull, Norwegian businessman who patented the grenade-harpoon gun used for whaling
Henry Bull (settler) (1799–1848), an early settler in the Swan River Colony, served in British Navy
Henry Bull (governor) (1610–1694), early colonial Governor of Rhode Island
Henry Graves Bull (1818–1885), English medical doctor, botanist, and mycologist
Hiram C. Bull (1820–1879), American politician
Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930), a Norwegian author
James J. Bull, Professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin
Jan Bull (1927–1985), Norwegian author and theater instructor
Jens Bull (1886–1956), Norwegian jurist and diplomat
Johan Lausen Bull (1751–1817), Norwegian jurist and politician
Johan Randulf Bull (1749–1829), Norwegian judge
John Bull, several people
Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull, (1860–1936), Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912
Knud Bull (1811–1889), Norwegian painter and counterfeiter
Lucien Bull (1876–1972), Irish-born French pioneer in chronophotography
Lyder Bull (1881–1959), Norwegian civil servant
Marcus Bull (born 1962), British historian
Marie Magdalene Bull (1827–1907), Norwegian actress and photographer
Melville Bull (1854–1909), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Mette Bull (1876–1946), Norwegian actress
Mike Bull (born 1946), pole vaulter and decathlete from Northern Ireland
Moses Bull (1830–1896), American politician
Nikki Bull (born 1981), English footballer
Norma Bull (1906–1980), Australian artist
Obadiah Bull, Irish lawyer during the reign of Henry VII, who coined the phrase "that's Bull"
Olaf Bull (1883–1933), Norwegian poet
Ole Bull (1810–1880), Norwegian violinist
Ole Bornemann Bull (physician) (1842–1916), Norwegian ophthalmologist
Peter Bull (1912–1984), British character actor
René Bull (1872–1942), British illustrator and photographer
Richard Bull, several people
Richard Bull (actor) (1924–2014), American film actor, stage actor and television actor
Richard Bull (aviator) (1914–1942), United States Navy aviator during World War II
Richard Bull (Australian politician) (born 1946), Australian politician
Richard S. Bull (1913–1942), earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II
Robert Bull (1778–1835), British Royal Horse Artillery officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars
Ronnie Bull (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
Ronnie Bull (American football) (born 1940), American football running back
Roy Bull (1929–2004), Australian rugby player and coach
Sandy Bull (1941–2001), American folk musician
Schak Bull (1858–1956), Norwegian architect
Scott Bull (born 1953), American professional football player
Silke Bull, East German sprint canoer
Stephen Bull (1904–1942), English lawyer and baronet
Steve Bull (born 1965), English footballer
Storm Bull (1913–2007), American musician, composer and educator
Sverre Hagerup Bull (1892–1976), Norwegian banker, composer and writer
Tas Bull (1932–2003), Australian trade union leader
Theodor Bull (1870–1958), Norwegian businessperson and genealogist
Thomas Bull (Pennsylvania politician) (1744–1837), American politician from Pennsylvania
Thomas K. Bull (died 1893), American politician from Pennsylvania
Thomas Short Bull (born 1946), American politician frrom South Dakota
Tom Bull (1905–1976), Australian politician
Tove Bull (born 1945), Norwegian linguist
Trygve Bull (1905–1999), Norwegian lecturer and politician
Vika Bull and Linda Bull, Australian vocal duo performing as Vika and Linda
Walter Bull (died 1952), English football player and manager
William Bull, several specific people
William Bull (landowner) (1867–1956), early Australian landowner in the Riverina region, Australia
William Frederick Bull, Canadian diplomat
William James Bull (1863–1931), 1st Baronet, British solicitor, Conservative politician, Member of Parliament

People bearing Bull as part of a traditional Native-American name

Sitting Bull (c. 1831 – 1890), Hunkpapa Sioux leader and performer
Amos Bad Heart Bull (c. 1868 – 1913), Oglala Lakota artist and historian
Grant Short Bull (c. 1851 – 1935), Oglala Lakota leader (he started being known, as an adult, with "Grant" before his traditional name, and passed "Short Bull" on in surname fashion in the male line of his descendants)
Arnold Short Bull (c. 1845 – 1923), Sičháŋǧu (or Brulé) Lakota leader
White Bull (Native American) (1849–1947), Sioux leader

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