Spud (nickname)

Spud or Spuds is a nickname for:

Spud:

• Simon Beggs, former guitarist in the American rock hybrid band Mondo Generator
• Jim Bolger (born 1935), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Mark Carroll (rugby league) (born 1967), Australian rugby league player
• Spud Chandler (1907–1990), American baseball player
• Spud Clements (born 1928), American politician
• Spud Davis (1904-1984), American Major League Baseball catcher, coach, scout and manager
• George Raymond Eisele (1923–1942), United States Navy sailor killed in World War II
• Michael Firrito (born 1983), Australian rules footballer
• Danny Frawley (born 1963), former Australian rules footballer and coach
• Spud Johnson (1856-?), American Major League Baseball player
• Howie Krist (1916-1989), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• John McConnell (actor) (born 1958), American actor and radio personality
• Arthur Melin, co-founder of the Wham-O toy company and co-inventor of the modern hula hoop
• Sadao Munemori (1922–1945), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
• Arthur William Murphy (1891-1963), Royal Australian Air Force aviator and temporary air commodore
• Peter Murphy (footballer, born 1922) (1922-1975), English footballer
• Peter Dutton (born 1970), Australian politician
• Spud Owen, head football coach for the Eureka College Red Devils (1953-1955)
• Spud Webb (born 1963), American basketball player

Spuds:

• Theodore G. Ellyson (1885-1928), first United States Navy aviator
• Andy Hebenton (born 1929), Canadian National Hockey League player