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 it.

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.)
• Amy Bull (1877 – 1953), British suffragist, rural district councillor, and MBE
• 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
• Christina Bull (born 1980), an American Art provenance curator, diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum in 2012.
• Dan Bull (1986-), British rapper
• David Bull (born 1969), British television commentator and former doctor
• David Bull (Scouting)
• 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
• 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), 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.
• Gerald Bull (1928–1990), Canadian engineer
• Graham MacGregor Bull (1918–1987), South African and British physician
• (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
• 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
• Marie Magdalene Bull (1827–1907), Norwegian actress and photographer
• 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