The surname Bush is an English surname, derived from either the Old English word "busc" or the Old Norse "buskr," both of which mean "bush," a shrub.^[1]

Variations on the English spelling "Bush" include: Bushe, Bosch, Boush, Boushe, Busch, Bussche, Buscher, Bysh, and Bysshe.^[2]

The Bush family has held a family seat in Yorkshire, Northern England.

People with the Bush name

Members of the United States political Bush family

• Obadiah Newcomb Bush (1797–1851), father of
  • James Smith Bush (1825–1889), father of
    • Samuel P. Bush (1863–1948), father of
      • Prescott Bush (1895–1972), senator and financier
        • George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st president of the United States, First Lady Barbara Bush (1925–2018)
          • George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd president of the United States, First Lady Laura Bush (born 1946)
            • Barbara Bush (born 1981)
            • Jenna Bush Hager (born 1981), TV reporter
          • Jeb Bush (born 1953), Governor of Florida 1999–2007, married to Columba Bush (born 1953)
            • George P. Bush (born 1976), real estate developer and investor, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office
            • Noelle Lucila Bush (born 1977)
            • John Ellis "Jebby" Bush Jr. (born 1983)
          • Neil Bush (born 1955), businessman, former banker
            • Lauren Bush (born 1984), fashion model and designer
            • Pierce Bush
          • Marvin Bush (born 1956), financier
          • Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959)
        • Jonathan Bush (1931–2021), banker and political fundraiser and his son:
          • Billy Bush (born 1971), radio and television host
        • William H. T. Bush (1938–2018), banker and venture capitalist

Other people

• Alan Bush (1900–1995), English classical composer and pianist
• A. S. Bush (1837–1917), American politician
• Archie Bush (umpire), American professional baseball umpire
• Bryan Bush (1925–2008), English footballer
• Charles P. Bush (1809–1857), American politician from Michigan
• Chris Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Connie Bush (1919-1997), Australian aboriginal health worker
• Cori Bush (born 1976), American politician from Missouri
• Curtis Bush (born 1962), American kickboxer
• Darren Bush (born 1974), American baseball coach
• Dave Bush (born 1979), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Devin Bush Jr. (born 1998), American football player
• Donie Bush (1887–1972), baseball player and manager of the early 20th century
• Duncan Bush (1946–2017), Welsh poet, novelist and dramatist
• Edith Bush (1882–1977), American mathematician, sister of Vannevar
• Ethel Bush (1916–2016), British police officer awarded a George Medal
• Garnet Bush (1882–1919), baseball umpire
• Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998), English composer
• George Bush (disambiguation)
• George Washington Bush (1779–1863), black pioneer settler of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon & Washington
• Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
• Irving T. Bush (1869–1948), American businessman
• James Bush (1907 – 1987), American actor
• Lt James Bush M.C. (1891–1917), World War I flying ace
• Jason Eugene "Gunny" Bush (born 1974), convicted to death for the murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores
• Jess Bush, (born 1992), Australian actress and artist
• John Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kate Bush (born 1958), English musician
• Lesley Bush (born 1947), Olympic diver
• Luis Bush, American Christian strategist-activist
• Marian Spore Bush (1878–1946), American artist and dentist
• Mary Bucci Bush (born 1949), American novelist
• Matt Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Bush (born 1984), American football running back
• Norton Bush (1834–1894), American landscape painter
• Percy Bush (1879–1955), Welsh rugby union player
• Reggie Bush (born 1985), American football player
• Robert Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Roger Bush (1918–2000), Australian Methodist minister and media personality
• Sam Bush (born 1952), American musician
• Sarah Bush Lincoln (1788–1869), stepmother of Abraham Lincoln
• Sophia Bush (born 1982), American actress
• Stan Bush (born 1953), American singer
• Stephen J. Bush, Welsh actor
• Vannevar Bush (1890–1974), American scientist, brother of Edith
• Wesley G. Bush (born c. 1961), American business executive
• William Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
• Zhan Bush (born 1993), Russian figure skater

Fictional characters

• Mel Bush, companion of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who
• William Bush, a Royal Navy Lieutenant in the book and television series Hornblower