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. Some of them bear it 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 thusly.

Those bearing Bull as a surname include:

• Alfred E. Bull (1867–1930), an American football player and coach
• Amos Bull (1744–1825), one of America's first composers.
• (Amos Bad Heart Bull (c. 1868 – 1913) -- noted in a following section -- was the son of Bad Heart Bull, and passed that whole name on to both his sons in surname fashion.)
• Anders Henrik Bull (1875 – after 1909), a Norwegian electrical engineer
• Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (1817–1907), a Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
• Andy Bull, an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney
• Anthony Bull (1908–2004), a 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, Senior Counsel, lawyer and director of the Singapore law firm Drew & Napier
• Charlie Bull (1909–1939), an English cricketer
• Charles Livingston Bull (1874–1932), illustrator
• Clarence Bull (1896–1979), one of the great portrait photographers
• Clive Bull (born 1959), English award-winning radio talk show host
• Courtnie Bull, an American actress
• Dan Bull (1986-), British rapper
• David Bull (born 1969), British television commentator and former doctor
• Deborah Bull (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 specific people
• Edvard Bull, Sr. (1881–1932), Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party
• Edvard Hagerup Bull (1855–1938), Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party
• Edvard_Isak_Hambro_Bull, Norwegian chief physician
• Eleanor Bull (1550–1596), owned establishment where Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet, died in 1593
• Emma Bull (born 1954), science fiction and fantasy author
• Ephraim Wales Bull (1806–1895), inventor of the Concord grape
• Fran Bull (born 1938), an American artist
• Francis Bull (1887–1974), a 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
• G. Bull, English cricketer
• 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 (1809–1886), chair maker, pioneer settler in Canada Township, Polk County, Nebraska
• Gerald Bull (1928–1990), Canadian engineer
• (Grant Short Bull (c. 1851 – 1935) -- noted in a following section -- passed Short Bull on to both his sons in surname fashion.)
• Harcourt Burland Bull (1824–1881), an Ontario 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), a Norwegian architect and designer
• Henrik H Bull (born 1929), a founder of Bull Stockwell Allen Architects in San Francisco
• Henrik Johan Bull businessman who patented the grenade-harpoon gun used for whaling
• Henry Bull (settler) (1799–1848), an early settler in the Swan River Colony and served in British Navy
• Henry Bull (governor) (1610–1694), an early colonial Governor of Rhode Island
• Henry Bull (Speaker), Speaker of the Colonial Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1728, 1734
• 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), a Norwegian author and theater instructor
• Jens Bull (1886–1956), a Norwegian jurist and diplomat
• Johan Lausen Bull (1751–1817), a Norwegian jurist and politician.
• Johan Randulf Bull (1749–1829), a Norwegian judge
• John Bull, several specific people
• John Bull (composer) (c. 1562 – 1628), English composer and musician
• John Bull (congressman) (1803–1863), an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U.S. Congress
• John Bull (Continental Congress) (c. 1740 – 1802), American statesman, Continental Congressman from South Carolina
• John Bull (gunman) (1836–1929), deadly gunman of the American Old West
• John S. Bull (1934–2008), U.S. Navy test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut
• Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull, (1860–1936), Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912
• Knud Bull (1811–1889), a Norwegian painter and counterfeiter
• Lucien Bull (1876–1972), a pioneer in chronophotography
• Lyder Bull (1881–1959), Norwegian civil servant
• Melville Bull (1854–1909), a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
• Mike Bull (born 1946), retired male pole vaulter and decathlete from Northern Ireland
• Moses Bull (1830–1896), American politician
• Nikki Bull (born 1981), an 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), a Norwegian ophthalmologist.
• Pauline Bull, former English model and artist
• Peter Bull (1912–1984), British character actor
• René Bull (1872–1942), an illustrator
• Richard Bull, several specific people
• Richard Bull (actor) (born 1924), American film actor, stage actor and television actor
• Richard Bull (aviator) (1914–1942), United States Navy aviator during World War II
• Richard Bull (politician) (born 1946), former Australian politician
• Richard S. Bull (1913–1942), earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II
• Roger Anthony Bull, a former Canadian diplomat
• Ronnie Bull (footballer) (born 1980), English footballer
• Ronnie Bull (American_football) (born 1940), retired American football running back
• Roy Bull (1929–2004), Australian rugby player and coach
• Sandy Bull (1941–2001), American folk musician
• Schak Bull (1858–1956), a Norwegian architect
• Scott Bull (born 1953), former American professional football player
• Silke Bull, an East German sprint canoer
• Simon Bull (born 1958), an English-born artist now living in America
• Stephen Bull (1904–1942), an English lawyer and baronet.
• Steve Bull (born 1965), English footballer
• Storm Bull (1913–2007), American musician, composer and educator
• Sverre Hagerup Bull (1892–1976), a Norwegian banker, composer and writer
• Tas Bull (1932–2003), Australian trade union leader
• Theodor Bull (1870–1958), a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist
• Tom Bull (1905–1976), an Australian politician
• Tove Bull (born 1945), a Norwegian linguist
• Trygve Bull (1905–1999), a Norwegian lecturer and politician
• Vika Bull and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo
• Walter Bull (died 1952), an English football player and manager
• William Bull, several specific people
• William Bull (landowner) (1867–1956), an early Australian landowner in the Riverina region, Australia
• William Frederick Bull former 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 & 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