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Buster may refer to:
[edit] In film and television
[edit] Characters and mascots
- Buster, the Mythbusters crash test dummy
- Buster Baxter, frequently identified as "Buster the Bunny", star of Postcards from Buster and originally from the show Arthur
- Buster Bluth, a character from Arrested Development
- Buster Kilrain, a character from the novel The Killer Angels and the 1993 movie adaptation Gettysburg
- Buster, the monkey mascot of Price Busters TV, a shopping channel based in the UK
- Buster, Andy's dog in the Toy Story franchise
- Buster Blues, a character in Blues Brothers 2000
[edit] In cartoons and computer games
[edit] Titles
[edit] Characters, mascots, and weapons
[edit] People
[edit] In music
- Buster Bailey (1902–1967), American jazz musician
- Buster Bennett (1914–1980), American blues saxophonist and vocalist
- Buster Benton (1932–1996), American blues guitarist and singer
- Buster Bloodvessel (real name Douglas Trendle) (born 1958), English singer of the ska revival band Bad Manners
- Buster Brown (musician) (1911–1976), American blues and R&B singer
- Buster Cooper (born 1929), American jazz trombonist
- Buster Harding (1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger
- Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2 and Buster & Bill
- Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of singer David Johansen
- Buster Smith (1904–1991), American jazz musician
- Buster Williams (born 1942), jazz bass player
- Buster Wilson (1897–1949), American jazz pianist
- Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell) (born 1938), Jamaican musician
[edit] Actors
- Buster Crabbe (1908–1983), American actor and athlete
- Buster Keaton (1895–1966), American actor from the silent film era
- Buster Larsen (1920–1993), Danish comic film and television actor
- Buster Merryfield (1920–1999), English actor most famous for his portrayal of 'Uncle' Albert Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses
- Dolly Buster (Kateřina Nora Baumberger) (born 1969), film producer and director, actress, author, and former porn star
[edit] In sports
- Buster Brown (baseball) (1881–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Buster Drayton (born 1952), American boxer
- James Douglas (boxer) (born 1960), better known as Buster Douglas, heavyweight boxer
- Buster Mathis (1943–1995), American heavyweight boxer
- Buster Mathis, Jr. (born 1970), American heavyweight boxer, son of Buster Mathis
- Buster Mills (1908–1991), American Major League Baseball outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager
- Buster Mottram (born 1955), English tennis player
- Buster Narum (1940–2004), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Buster Nupen (1902–1977), South African cricketer
- Buster Olney (born 1964), sports journalist
- Buster Posey (born 1987), Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman
- Buster Ramsey (1920–2007), American college football player and National Football League player and head coach
- Buster Rhymes (born 1962), American retired football wide receiver
[edit] Other people
- Buster Edwards (1931–1994), member of the gang that perpetrated the Great Train Robbery
- Buster Glosson, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general
- Buster Lloyd-Jones (1914–1980), British veterinarian
- Buster Martin, who claimed to be the oldest employee in the UK
- Lionel Crabb (1909-1956?), nicknamed Buster, British Royal Navy and MI6 diver
- John Buster, director of the team that performed the first embryo transfer resulting in a live birth
- Buster (dog), a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, who has published his diaries (ghost written by Hattersley)
- Buster, a brevity code signaling an aircraft pilot to use maximum continuous power
- The Amiga custom computer chip "Buster"
[edit] See also
