Busch (surname)

Busch is a German surname, a cognate of Bush. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Busch (born 1978), American actor
• Adolf Busch (1891–1952), German violinist and composer
• Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), founder of Anheuser-Busch
• Adolphus Busch III (1891–1946), 3rd generation brewing magnate
• August Anheuser Busch Sr. (1865–1934), 2nd generation brewing magnate
• August Busch III (born 1937), 4th generation brewing magnate
• August Busch IV (born 1964), 5th generation brewing magnate
• August Ludwig Busch (1804–1855), German astronomer
• Charles Busch (born 1954), American actor
• Christian Busch (disambiguation)
• Dirk Busch (born 1951), German professor, singer, and songwriter
• Ebba Busch (born 1987), Swedish politician, leader of the Christian Democrats
• Elizaveta Busch (1886–1960), Russian botanist
• Erika Büsch (born 1974), Uruguayan musician
• Ernst Busch (field marshal) (1885–1945), German field marshal
• Ernst Busch (actor) (1900–1980), German singer and actor
• Fritz Busch (1890–1951), German conductor
• Fredric N. Busch (born 1958), American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
• Germán Busch (1904–1939), president of Bolivia
• Gidone Busch (1968–1999), Hasidic Jew who was shot to death by officers of the NYPD in Borough Park, Brooklyn
• Gundi Busch (1935–2014), German figure skater and coach
• Gussie Busch (1899–1989), 3rd generation brewing magnate
• Hans Busch (1884–1973), German physicist
• Joe Busch (1907–1999), Australian rugby league footballer
• Johannes Busch (1399–c. 1480), theologian
• Jon Busch (born 1976), American professional soccer player
• Julius Hermann Moritz Busch (1821–1899), German publicist who published the memoirs of Bismarck
• Kurt Busch (born 1978), American NASCAR driver
• Kyle Busch (born 1985), American NASCAR driver
• Lou Busch (1910–1979), American musician and songwriter
• Mae Busch (1891–1946), Australian actress
• Michael E. Busch (1947–2019), speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Neil Busch, American musician
• Nikolai Busch (1869–1941), Russian botanist
• Niven Busch (1903–1991), American novelist
• Pablo Busch (1867–1950), German-born explorer, physician, and politician
• Paul Busch (physicist) (1955–2018), German mathematical physicist
• Rene Busch (born 1971), Estonian tennis player
• Roland Busch (born 1964), German business executive and physicist
• Tim Busch, American conservative Catholic businessman and philanthropist
• Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), German poet and caricaturist