Bush (surname)
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.
Variations on the English spelling "Bush" include: Bushe, Bosch, Boush, Boushe, Busch, Bussche, Buscher, Bysh, and Bysshe.
The Bush family has held a family seat in Yorkshire, Northern England.
People with the surname Bush name include:
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 (born 1924), 41st U.S. President 1989–1993, First Lady Barbara Bush (born 1925)
- George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd U.S. President 2001–2009, First Lady Laura Bush (born 1946)
- 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
- 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 P. Bush (born 1956), financier
- Dorothy Bush Koch (born 1959)
- Jonathan Bush (born 1931), banker and political fundraiser and his son:
- William H.T. Bush (born 1938), banker and venture capitalist