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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: * 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 * 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
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