Bull (surname)
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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:
In addition to people bearing "Bull" as an Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
-derived surname, "Bull" has been part of the names of some Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as 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. BullAlfred E. Bull-External links:...
(1867–1930), an American football player and coach - Amos BullAmos BullAmos Bull was one of the first American composers. In 1795 he authored, The Responsary, a book of hymns that was used in New England churches st the time.-References:...
(1744-1825), one of America's first composers. - (Amos Bad Heart BullAmos Bad Heart BullAmos Bad Heart Bull was a noted Oglala Lakota artist in a style which adapted traditional Native American pictography to a new European style medium known as Ledger Art for the accountants ledger books they were originally done in...
(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 BullAnders Henrik BullAnders Henrik Bull was a Norwegian electrical engineer.He was born in Minneapolis as the son of ophthalmologist Ole Bornemann Bull and his first wife Marie Cathrine Lund . The family moved to Norway in 1876...
(1875 – ??), a Norwegian electrical engineer - Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (1817–1907), a Norwegian politician and mayor of Oslo
- Andy BullAndy BullAndy Bull is an Australian alt-pop/piano rock singer-songwriter, based in Sydney. He is best known for the single "Dog," from his 2010 Phantom Pains EP, a duet with former Australian Idol contestant Lisa Mitchell, as well as his prolific Australian touring....
, an Australian singer-songwriter from Sydney - Anthony BullAnthony BullAnthony Bull CBE CStJ was a British transport engineer and was president of the Institute of Transport.-Background and education:...
(1908–2004), a British transport engineer and president of the Institute of Transport - Bart BullBart BullBart Bull is an American writer, reporter, author, columnist, and critic.-Background:Born in Seattle, Washington, Bull grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He dropped out of high school in order to write a novel, and then returned briefly, leaving again without graduating. He was married to...
, American writer, reporter, author, columnist, and critic. - Bartle BullBartle BullBartle B. Bull is an American writer, magazine editor and journalist specialising in foreign affairs and the Middle East. Bull is editor of the Middle East Monitor and foreign editor of Prospect, a leading British political and cultural magazine....
(1970- ), American writer, magazine editor and journalist - Bernt BullBernt BullBernt Bull is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He is a son of Brynjulf Bull, another Labour Party politician. Bernt Bull holds the cand.jur. degree...
(1946- ), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. - Brynjulf BullBrynjulf BullBrynjulf Friis Bull was a Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and Mayor of Oslo.Brynjulf Bull was born in Kristiania and brought up in Alfaset in Oslo's Grorud Valley...
(1906–1993), Norwegian lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician - BullBull (Kent cricketer)Bull was an English cricketer who played for Kent.He made a single first-class appearance for the side, in 1871, against Sussex. As a tailender, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 8 runs in the second, as Kent lost the match by an innings margin.-External links:* at...
(fl. 1871), Kent cricketer with unknown given name - Cavinder BullCavinder BullCavinder Bull, Senior Counsel, is a lawyer and director of the Singapore law firm Drew & Napier. Bull graduated with First Class Honours from Trinity College, Oxford University in 1992, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales the next year. He was ranked fourth in the Bar Examinations, and...
, Senior Counsel, lawyer and director of the Singapore law firm Drew & Napier - Charlie BullCharlie BullCharles Harry Bull was an English cricketer who played 175 first-class matches between 1929 and 1939, first for Kent and later for Worcestershire....
(1909–1939), an English cricketer - Charles Livingston Bull (1874-1932), illustrator
- Clarence BullClarence BullClarence Bull , usually credited as "Clarence Sinclair Bull", was one of the great portrait photographers who worked for the movie studios during the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stills department for nearly forty years.-References:...
(1896-1979), one of the great portrait photographers - Clive BullClive BullBull Clive is an award-winning radio talk show host, best known for presenting a late-night show on LBC 97.3 in London, England.-Background:...
(1959- ), English award-winning radio talk show host - Courtnie BullCourtnie BullCourtnie Bull is an American actress that appeared as a supporting actress in roles such as Murder at 75 Birch, Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder portraying Grace Ingalls, and a small role in the film Friends and Lovers. She has worked along-side names such as Stephen...
, an American actress - David BullDavid BullDavid Bull is a British physician, author, and host and commentator on a variety of British television programmes, such as Newsround, Living's Most Haunted Live!, Channel 4's Richard & Judy, the BBC's Watchdog, Watchdog Healthcheck, Tomorrow's World, and Sky's The Breathing Life Awards...
(1969- ), British television commentator and former doctor - Deborah BullDeborah BullDeborah Bull CBE is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster and Creative Director of the Royal Opera House.Born in Derby, and brought up in Kent and Lincolnshire, she studied dance from the age of seven, first locally, and then, on the recommendation of her teacher, at the Royal Ballet School...
(1963), English dancer, writer, and broadcaster - Dixie BullDixie BullDixie Bull [or Dixey Bull] was an English sea captain, and the first pirate known to prey on shipping off the New England coast, especially Maine. A native of London, he came to Boston in 1631 and started sailing the Maine coast with a small vessel, trading with the Indians...
(fl. 1630s), English sea captain and pirate - Donald BullDonald BullDonald E. C. Bull was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Bull, a centre, claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.-References:...
, rugby union player who represented Australia - Edvard Bull, several specific people
- Edvard Bull, Sr.Edvard Bull, Sr.Edvard Bull was a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party. He took the doctorate in 1912 and became a professor at the University of Kristiania in 1917, and is known for writings on a broad range of subjects. In addition to his academic work, he is known for his work on Norsk...
(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 BullEleanor BullEleanor Bull was an English woman who is known for owning the establishment in which Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet, was killed in 1593.-Life:...
(1550-1596), owned establishment where Christopher Marlowe, the Elizabethan playwright and poet, died in 1593 - Emma BullEmma BullEmma Bull is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe, which is the setting of her 1994 novel Finder...
(1954- ), science fiction and fantasy author - Ephraim Wales BullEphraim Wales BullEphraim Wales Bull was the creator of the Concord grape.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bull was apprenticed to a gold-beater at a young age. On September 10, 1826, he married Mary Ellen Walker of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Complaining of lung problems, he moved away from the city...
(1806–1895), inventor of the Concord grape - Fran BullFran BullFran Bull is an American artist living and working in the United States and Barcelona, Spain.Bull became known originally for her Photorealism paintings made in the mid 1970’s and 80’s. Among her most famous Photorealist works are Flamingo Stereopticon, Lincoln Center Reclining Figure and Winged...
(1938- ), an American artist - Francis BullFrancis BullFrancis Bull was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor.-Early and personal life:...
(1887–1974), a Norwegian literary historian, professor at University of Oslo - Frederick BullFrederick BullFrederick George Bull, born at Hackney, London on 2 April 1875 and found drowned at St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, on 16 September 1910, was a cricketer who played for Essex....
(1875-1910), English cricketer who played for Essex. - Fredrik Rosing BullFredrik Rosing BullFredrik Rosing Bull was an Information technology pioneer, known for his works on improved punched card machines....
(1882-1925), Norwegian engineer and Information technology pioneer - Gary BullGary BullGary William Bull is an English footballer currently playing for Boston Town.Having been a trainee at Southampton, Bull joined Cambridge United in March 1988. Bull first came to prominence at Barnet, scoring the goal that took them into the Football League for the first time...
(1966- ), an English footballer - Geoff BullGeoff BullGeoffrey Randolph Bull is an Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.Bull played with the Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band in 1961, then formed his own group, the Olympia Jazz Band, in Sydney; his sidemen included guitar/banjoist Geoff Holden, clarinetist Peter Neubauer, and bassist Dick Edser....
(1942- ), an Australian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. - Geoffrey Bull (1921–1999), a Scottish Christian missionary and author
- Georg Andreas BullGeorg Andreas BullGeorg Andreas Bull was a Norwegian architect and chief building inspector in Christiania for forty years. He was among the leading architects in the country, and left his mark on Norwegian building history both as a creative architect, and through his measurement studies and archeological...
(1829-1917), Norwegian architect and chief building inspector - Georg Jacob BullGeorg Jacob BullGeorg Jacob Bull was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was a stipendiary magistrate of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the year 1821...
(1785-1854), a Norwegian jurist and politician - George BullGeorge BullGeorge Bull was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's.-Life:He was born, 25 March 1634, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Wells, and educated in the grammar school at Wells, and then at Blundell's School in Tiverton under Samuel Butler. Before he was fourteen years old he went into...
(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 BullGerald BullGerald Vincent Bull was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to launch economically a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government...
(1928-1990), Canadian engineer - (Grant Short BullGrant Short BullGrant Short Bull . Member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn...
(c. 1851 -1935) -- noted in a following section -- passed Short Bull on to both his sons in surname fashion.) - Harcourt Burland BullHarcourt Burland BullHarcourt Burland Bull was an Ontario journalist and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1879 to 1881.He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1824, the son of George Perkins Bull...
(1824–1881), an Ontario journalist and political figure - Harold R. BullHarold R. BullHarold R. Bull was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1914. He served as Assistant Chief of Staff at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force under Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 1943 until SHAEF was...
(1893–1976), Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) under Dwight D. Eisenhower - Hedley BullHedley BullHedley Bull, FBA was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford until his death from cancer in 1985...
(1932–1985), Australian-born political scientist - Henrik BullHenrik BullHenrik Bull was a Norwegian architect and designer. Among his works are the Paulus Church at Grünerløkka in Oslo, the National Theater, the Historical Museum in Oslo, and the Government Building. He also designed coins for Norges Bank, and participated at the Kristiania Jubilée exhibition at...
(1864–1953), a Norwegian architect and designer - Henrik H BullHenrik H BullHenrik Bull is a founder of Bull Stockwell Allen / BSA Architects in San Francisco in 1967.- Personal life :Henrik Helkand Bull is the only child of Johan Bull and Sonja Geelmuyden Bull...
(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 BullHenry BullLieutenant Henry Bull was an early settler in the Swan River Colony.He entered the Royal Navy in December 1813, and served in the West Indies and South America. He retired as a Lieutenant in 1829, and the following year he arrived in Western Australia...
(1799–1848), an early settler in the Swan River Colony and served in British Navy - Henry Bull (Governor)Henry Bull (Governor)Henry Bull was an early colonial Governor of Rhode Island, serving for two separate terms, one before and one after the tenure of Edmund Andros under the Dominion of New England...
(1610–1694), an early colonial Governor of Rhode Island - Henry Bull (Speaker), Speaker of the Colonial Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1728, 1734
- Jacob Breda BullJacob Breda BullJacob Breda Bull was a Norwegian author.Bull is best known for the novel Vesleblakken and for other novels and stories about descriptions of folk life in the Østerdalen valley. He also wrote historical novels, contemporary novels and poetry.Bull was born in Rendalen, the son of the priest Matthias...
(1853–1930), a Norwegian author - James J. Bull, Professor in Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin
- Jan BullJan BullJan Bull was a Norwegian author and theater instructor. Born in Paris, he was son of the Norwegian poet Olaf Bull.- Bibliography :* 13 poetry – poetry .* Marianne – * Sommerfuglene...
(1927-1985), a Norwegian author and theater instructor - Jens BullJens BullJens Steenberg Bull was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. He played his most important role during World War II, when he represented his country in Stockholm, Sweden.-Personal life:...
(1886-1956), a Norwegian jurist and diplomat - Johan Lausen BullJohan Lausen BullJohan Lausen Bull was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in Stod, as the brother of Johan Randulf Bull. He took the jurist examination in Copenhagen in 1776, and worked as district stipendiary magistrate in Sundmøre from 1779 to 1798...
(1751–1817), a Norwegian jurist and politician. - Johan Randulf BullJohan Randulf BullJohan Randulf Bull was a Norwegian judge.He was born in Stod, as the brother of Johan Lausen Bull. He took the jurist examination in Copenhagen in 1778, and was a member of Det Norske Selskab there...
(1749–1829), a Norwegian judge - John Bull, several specific people
- John Bull (composer)John Bull (composer)John Bull was an English composer, musician, and organ builder. He was a renowned keyboard performer of the virginalist school and most of his compositions were written for this medium.-Life:...
(c. 1562-1628), English composer and musician - John Bull (congressman)John Bull (congressman)John Bull was an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U.S. Congress between 1833 and 1835.He was born in Virginia, studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland; moved to Howard County, Missouri, and settled near Glasgow, Missouri; engaged in the practice of medicine; studied...
(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)John Bull (gunman)John Bull was a little known yet nonetheless deadly gunman of the American Old West. He is featured in the book "Deadly Dozen", written by author Robert K. DeArment as one of the twelve most underrated gunmen of the 19th century west....
(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 BullKnud BullKnud Geelmuyden Bull was a Norwegian painter and counterfeiter. He was convicted for delivering equipment for printing false bank notes, and was deported from Great Britain to Australia in 1846...
(1811–1889), a Norwegian painter and counterfeiter - Lucien BullLucien Bull-External links:...
(1876–1972), a pioneer in chronophotography - Lyder BullLyder BullLyder Døscher Bull was a Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Bergen as a son of Daniel Georg Bull and Laura Benedikte Döscher. He was a fourth cousin once removed of Trygve Bull, Brynjulf Bull and Reidar Bull.He finished his secondary education in 1899,...
(1881 – 1959), Norwegian civil servant - Melville BullMelville BullMelville Bull was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard University in 1877...
(1854–1909), a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. - Mike BullMike BullMichael Bull is a retired male pole vaulter and decathlete from Northern Ireland. He set his personal best in the pole vault on 1973-09-22 at a meet in London....
(1946- ), retired male pole vaulter and decathlete from Northern Ireland - Nikki BullNikki BullNikki Bull is an English footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers as a goalkeeper. He has previously played for, most notably, Aldershot Town and also had spells at Queens Park Rangers and Hayes...
(1981- ), an English footballer - Obadiah BullObadiah BullThe Oxford English Dictionary says : "No foundation appears for ... the assertion of the ‘British Apollo’ that ‘it became a Proverb from the repeated Blunders of one Obadiah Bull, a Lawyer of London, who liv'd in the Reign of K...
Irish lawyer during the reign of Henry VII, who coined the phrase "that's Bull" - Olaf BullOlaf BullOlaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet. He was born on November 10, 1883 in Kristiania , Norway, and died on June 29, 1933.-His life:...
(1883-1933), Norwegian poet - Ole BullOle BullOle Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian violinist and composer.-Background:Bull was born in Bergen. He was the eldest of ten children of Johan Storm Bull and Anna Dorothea Borse Geelmuyden . His brother, Georg Andreas Bull became a noted Norwegian architect...
(1810-1880), Norwegian violinist - Ole Bornemann Bull (physician)Ole Bornemann Bull (physician)Ole Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian ophthalmologist.He was born in Arendal as the son of priest August Theodor Bull and Theodora Regina Madsen . He enrolled as a student in 1859 and graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1869. He spent the years 1872 to 1876 in the Minneapolis...
(1842–1916), a Norwegian ophthalmologist. - Pauline BullPauline BullPauline Bull is a former English model and artist. She has a brother, sister and mother in the UK.Pauline was a draughtswoman until leaving to become a full time successful photographic fashion model...
, former English model and artist - Peter BullPeter BullPeter Cecil Bull, DSC was a British character actor.- Biography :He was the fourth and youngest son of Hammersmith MP Sir William James Bull, 1st Bt..Bull was educated at Winchester College...
(1912-1984), British character actor - René BullRené BullRené Bull was an illustrator. Born in Dublin, Bull embarked on an artistic career after meeting the French satirist and political cartoonist Caran d'Ache . Bull contributed sketches and political cartoons to various publications, and worked for Black and White illustrated newspaper as a special...
(1872–1942), an illustrator - Richard Bull ( top soil artist), knowen as (Bullie) is a keen golfer at the hikurangi golf course.
- Richard Bull, several specific people
- Richard Bull (actor)Richard Bull (actor)Richard Bull is an American film actor, stage actor and television actor.He is best known for his performance as Nels Oleson, the kindly proprietor of Oleson's Mercantile and the long suffering husband of his wife Harriet on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie which aired from 1974 to...
(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)Richard Bull (politician)Richard Thomas Marshall Bull is a former Australian politician. The son of federal National Party Senator Tom Bull and his wife Jessie, he was a farmer and grazier at Narrandera and Holbrook. On 12 March 1970 he married Patricia Anne Jeffreys; they have three daughters and a son.Bull joined the...
(1946-), former Australian politician - Richard S. BullRichard S. BullRichard Salisbury Bull, Jr. was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on 6 January 1913. Graduating from the United States Naval Academy, he was commissioned ensign on 4 June 1936. Trained as a naval aviator in 1938–39 at NAS Pensacola, Fla., he served in the fleet in 1941...
(1913-1942), earned the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II - Roger Anthony BullRoger Anthony BullRoger Anthony Bull is a former Canadian diplomat. He was appointed Chargé d'Affairs a.i. to Italy then later appointed concurrently as High Commissioner to Zimbabwe and Botswana and as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Angola and Mozambique...
, a former Canadian diplomat - Ronnie Bull (footballer) (1980- ), English footballer
- Ronnie Bull (American football)Ronnie Bull (American football)Ronald David Bull is a retired American football running back. He played running back at Bishop High School in Bishop, Texas which is located 30 miles southwest of Corpus Christi. To this day the "Ronnie Bull" award is given every year to the top senior male athlete of that high school...
(1940- ), retired American football running back - Roy BullRoy BullRoy Bull , was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 50s who spent his whole career - as player, coach & administrator - with the Manly-Warringah club in Sydney. In addition to playing in three New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership grand finals, he was a representative...
(1929-2004), Australian rugby player and coach - Sandy BullSandy BullAlexander "Sandy" Bull was an American folk musician who was active from the late 1950s until his death.Born in New York City, he was the only child of Harry A. Bull, an editor in chief of...
(1841-2001), American folk musician - Schak BullSchak BullSchak August Steenberg Bull was a Norwegian architect.-Personal life:He was born in Årstad as the son of Colonel Jens Munthe Bull and his wife Johanne Margrethe Hagerup . His brother Edvard Hagerup Bull was a judge and politician, and his maternal grandfather was politician Edvard Hagerup...
(1858–1956), a Norwegian architect - Scott BullScott BullJohn Scott Bull is a former professional football player, spending three seasons as a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at the University of Arkansas....
(1953- ), former American professional football player - Silke BullSilke BullSilke Bull is an East German sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1990 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań.-References:**...
, an East German sprint canoer - Simon BullSimon BullSimon Bull is an English-born artist now living in America.Simon attended Gloucestershire College of Art and Design, followed by Leeds Polytechnic where he graduated with Honors and his BA in Fine Art....
(1958- ), an English-born artist now living in America - Stephen Bull (1904-1942), an English lawyer and baronet.
- Steve BullSteve BullStephen George "Steve" Bull, MBE, is an English former footballer who is best remembered for his 13-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers...
(1965- ), English footballer - Storm BullStorm BullStorm Bull was an American musician, composer and educator. He was Professor Emeritus at the College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder and Head of the Division of Piano.-Background:...
(1913-2007), American musician, composer and educator - Sverre Hagerup BullSverre Hagerup BullSverre Hagerup Bull was a Norwegian banker, composer and writer.He was born in Kristiania as a son of politician Edvard Hagerup Bull. He was a nephew of architect Schak Bull, and a grandnephew of painter Knud Bull, violinist Ole Bull and architect Georg Andreas Bull.He wrote several operettes...
(1892 – 1976), a Norwegian banker, composer and writer - Tas BullTas BullTasnor Ivan "Tas" Bull , Australian trade union leader, was born in Sydney in 1932. His first name was a combination of Tasmania and Norway, the respective birth places of his mother and father. He grew up in a working-class household in Tasmania. His father, an electrical contractor, had been a...
(1932–2003), Australian trade union leader - Theodor BullTheodor BullTheodor Bull was a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist.He was born in Kristiania as a son of medical doctor Edvard Isak Hambro Bull . He was a brother of theatre director Johan Peter Bull, historian and politician Edvard Bull and literary professor Francis Bull. Through Edvard Bull he was the...
(1870 – 1958), a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist - Tom Bull (1905–1976), an Australian politician
- Tove BullTove BullTove Bull is a Norwegian linguist.She was born in Alta. She was hired as associate professor at the University of Tromsø in 1984, and was promoted to professor in 1990...
(1945- ), a Norwegian linguist - Trygve BullTrygve BullTrygve Bull was a Norwegian lecturer and politician. He was a member of Mot Dag in the 1920s and 1930s, and contributed to the magazines Mot Dag, Clarté and Kontakt. During World War II he was imprisoned by the Germans, and incarcerated at the Grini and Sachsenhausen concentration camps...
(1905–1999), a Norwegian lecturer and politician - Vika Bull and Linda Bull are a sister vocal duo
- Walter BullWalter BullWalter Bull was an English football player and manager.Bull played for Notts County and Tottenham Hotspur in the 1900s. At Tottenham, he counted amongst his team-mates Herbert Chapman; in 1907 Bull was offered the job of Northampton Town manager but after accepting changed his mind, and...
(- 1952), an English football player and manager - William Bull, several specific people
- William Bull (landowner)William Bull (landowner)William Thomas Bull was an early Australian landowner in the Riverina region, Australia.William Bull came to the Riverina in 1884 with his father Thomas Bull from Ballarat and the Western District of Victoria. Later other members of the family joined them and they took up land in the Jondaryan...
(1867-1956), an early Australian landowner in the Riverina region, Australia - William Frederick BullWilliam Frederick BullWilliam Frederick Bull is a former Canadian diplomat. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan then to the Netherlands.- External links :*...
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 BullSitting BullSitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...
(c. 1831 –1890), Hunkpapa Sioux leader & performer - Amos Bad Heart BullAmos Bad Heart BullAmos Bad Heart Bull was a noted Oglala Lakota artist in a style which adapted traditional Native American pictography to a new European style medium known as Ledger Art for the accountants ledger books they were originally done in...
(c. 1868 -1913), Oglala Lakota artist and historian - Grant Short BullGrant Short BullGrant Short Bull . Member of Soreback Band, Oglala Lakota, and participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn...
(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 BullArnold Short BullArnold Short Bull , a member of the Sičháŋǧu Lakota tribe of Native Americans, instrumental in bringing the Ghost Dance movement to the reservations.- Ghost Dance, 1890-91 :...
(c. 1845 -1923), Sičháŋǧu (or Brulé) Lakota leader - White BullWhite BullWhite Bull was the nephew of Sitting Bull, and a famous warrior in his own right. White Bull participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. For years it was said White Bull boasted of killing Lt. George Armstrong Custer at the famous battle...
(1849–1947), Sioux leader - (Storm BullStorm BullStorm Bull was an American musician, composer and educator. He was Professor Emeritus at the College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder and Head of the Division of Piano.-Background:...
(1913-2007) -- noted in a previous section -- was of Norwegian heritage and not noted for any Native-American affinities)