- James Buchanan
James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 - June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857-1861). He was the only President from Pennsylvania and the only President to never marry. As president he was a "doughface" who battled Stephen A. Douglas for control of the Democratic Party. Scholars consistently rank him as one of the two or three worst American presidents; although he claimed secession was illegal, he claimed going to war to stop it was also illegal.
- James Buchanan 1st Baron Woolavington
James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington, GCVO (16 August 1849-9 August 1935) was a British businessman and philanthropist. Buchanan was born in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, the son of Scottish immigrants, but his parents returned to the United Kingdom shortly after he was born and he was brought up in Larne. He joined a Glasgow shipping firm as an office boy when he was fourteen or fifteen, and was later promoted to be a clerk.
- John Hall Buchanan Jr.
John Hall Buchanan, Jr. served as a United States Congressman from Alabama's 6th congressional district.
- James P. Buchanan
James Paul Buchanan (30 April 1867-22 February 1937) served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on 22 February 1937. He was the chair of the Appropriations committee from 1933 on. Buchanan Dam and the lake it forms, Lake Buchanan, are named in his honor. Both are located about 12 miles (19 km) west of Burnet, Texas.
- Isaac Buchanan
Isaac Buchanan (July 21 1810 - October 1 1883) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1810 and became an apprentice to a firm of Glasgow merchants in 1825. He became a junior partner in a new Montreal wholesale business opened by the firm; Buchanan moved to York (Toronto) to be closer to clients in Upper Canada. In 1834, with his brother Peter, he bought the business in York and set up an office in Glasgow.
- Simone Buchanan
Simone Buchanan (born March 11 1968, in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian film and television actress. Her full name is Simone Louise Buchanan. She is best known for her role as Debbie Kelly on the Australian television sit-com "Hey Dad...!". She began her career in children's television on the ABC network. Since then she has appeared in several films, …
- Angela Marie Buchanan
Angela Marie "Bay" Buchanan (born December 23, 1948) served as Treasurer of the United States under President Ronald Reagan and was the youngest person to serve in this post when she became Treasurer at the age of 32. She held that post from March 17 1981 to July 5 1983. She is the sister of Patrick J. Buchanan and managed his three unsuccessful campaigns for President of the United States.
- Rosy Buchanan
Rosalyn Buchanan (born 8 November 1961), Australian politician was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Before entering state politics, Buchanan worked as a manager for Centrelink and served as a councilor for the now abolished Shire of Hastings. In 1994 she joined the Labor Party, and in the leadup to the 2002 state election gained preselection for the new seat of Hastings. Although the seat had a notional Liberal majority of around 8%, …
- John Buchanan
John M. Buchanan, Ph.D. is a Professor emeritus of biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. at DePauw University, in 1938, a M.S. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1939 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1943. He joines the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1962.
- Amon Buchanan
Amon Buchanan (born 10 October 1982) is an Australian rules football player from the Sydney Swans of the AFL. Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne. He played football for Colac and the Geelong Falcons Under 18s team, winning a premiership with the Falcons in 2000 and subsequently being selected by Sydney in the post-season National Draft. He made his senior debut in round 11 of the 2002 season against West Coast.
- Jack Buchanan
Jack Buchanan, born Walter John Buchanan, was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. Buchanan was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He made his first appearance on the UK stage in 1912, and on Broadway in 1924. He made his film debut in the silent cinema, in 1917. Like fellow Scot David Niven, Buchanan was renowned for his portrayal of the quintessential Englishman on stage and screen.
- Ray Buchanan
Raymond Louis Buchanan (born September 29, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football player, currently a free agent in the NFL. He plays the defensive back position. He graduated from the University of Louisville. He was drafted in 1993 by the Indianapolis Colts in the 3rd round (65th overall). He has also played for the Atlanta Falcons and the Oakland Raiders.
- Barry Buchanan
Barry Buchanan (born January 5, 1968 in Eddyville, Kentucky) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances as Bull Buchanan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
- John A. Buchanan
John Alexander Buchanan (October 7, 1843 - September 2, 1921) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Buchanan was born in Smyth County, Virginia. He received his early education in local schools and later attended Emory and Henry College. During the war, he served in the Stonewall Brigade until he was captured at Battle of Gettysburg and held as a prisoner for two years until 1865.
- Vera Buchanan
Vera Daerr Buchanan (July 20, 1902-November 26, 1955) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Vera Daerr was born in Wilson (later part of Clairton), Pennsylvania. She was the wife of Representative Frank Buchanan. She elected as a Democrat to the 82nd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She was re-elected to the 83rd and 84th United States Congresses and served until her death in McKeesport, …
- Lyn Buchanan
Leonard "Lyn" Buchanan was a Sergeant in the United States Army brought into the Fort Meade remote viewing unit run by Major General Albert Stubblebine.
- John P. Buchanan
John Price Buchanan (1847-1930) was Governor of the U.S. State of Tennessee from 1891 to 1893. He was a native of Williamson County, Tennessee. Official state records refer to him as the 28th Tennessee governor. A former two-term member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1887-1890) representing his adopted home of Rutherford County, Buchanan's term in office was marked by violence in the East Tennessee coal mines, which was eventually put down by the State Guard.
- Buck Buchanan
Junious "Buck" Buchanan (September 10, 1940 - July 16, 1992) was a former American Football defensive tackle who played for the Kansas City Chiefs.
- John Buchanan
John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QC, D.Eng, DCL, LL.D, D.P.Sc. (born April 22, 1931) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Buchanan graduated from Mount Allison University in 1954 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and an Engineering Certificate. He then went on to study at Dalhousie Law School and after graduating in 1958 entered the practise of law where he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1972. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia in 1967.
- John Buchanan
John Marshall Buchanan (born April 5 1953 in Ipswich, Queensland) is a former Australian cricket team coach. Appointed in October 1999 to replace Geoff Marsh he was considered an unlikely candidate given that he had not played at the Test level as had his predecessors, Marsh and Bob Simpson. His results speak for themselves however as he has helped steer the team to unprecedented success. At one stage his record was 15 wins from 15 games played.
- Tom Buchanan
Tom R. Buchanan (also known as Big Tom, born October 30, 1955) was a player on the CBS reality shows "Survivor: Africa" and "Survivor: All Stars". Buchanan was born in Rich Valley, Virginia and still resides there. He and his family have farmed in the area for three generations. Buchanan attended East Tennessee State University. He is a member of the Virginia Cattleman's Association, …
- George Buchanan
Sir George William Buchanan, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC was born in Copenhagen in 1854. He was the son of British Ambassador Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt. and would himself later become a diplomat. In 1908 he was appointed as minister in The Hague, The Netherlands. In 1910 Buchanan was appointed as the British Ambassador in Russia. He kept abreast of the political developments in Russia and met some of the leading liberal reformists in the country.
- Judd Buchanan
J. Judd Buchanan, PC, OC, MBA, LL.D (born July 25, 1929) is a former Canadian politician and businessman. After a career in the life insurance industry working for London Life, Buchanan, born in Edmonton, Alberta, was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for London West. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the early 1970s, first to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, …
- Robert C. Buchanan
Robert Christie Buchanan (March 1, 1811 - November 29, 1878) was an American general who served in the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
- James S. Buchanan
James Shannon Buchanan (October 14 1864 - March 20 1930) was the fourth president of the University of Oklahoma. Buchanan was born in 1864 to Thomas and Rebecca Jane in Franklin, Tennessee. His grandfather, Major John Buchanan, was one of the founders of Nashville, Tennessee. Also, his brother, John P. Buchanan was a governor of Tennessee.
- Elizabeth Buchanan
Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan, LVO (born 1963) is Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Buchanan worked in public relations. She was a spokeswoman for United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and a political adviser to Cecil Parkinson and Paul Channon at the Department of Transport. She then worked for a public relations firm run by Timothy Bell, …
- Scott Buchanan
Scott Milross Buchanan (March 17, 1895 - March 25, 1968) was an American educator, philosopher, and foundation consultant. He is best known as the founder of the Great Books program at St. John's College, at Annapolis, Maryland. Buchanan's various projects and writings may be understood as an ambitious program of social and cultural reform based on the insight that many crucial problems arise from the uncritical use of symbolism.
- George Buchanan
Sir George Buchanan was a British civil engineer particularly associated with harbour works in Burma, Iraq and Bombay, during the early years of the 20th century. Buchanan first came to prominence in 1905 when he collaborated with Patrick Meik on designs for the Rangoon River training works in Burma; Meik was consulting engineer and Buchanan was chief engineer. The project reclaimed some 1.2 km² of land behind a wall of rubble 3 km long and 70 m wide.
- Shomari Buchanan
Shamari Buchanan (Born January 11, 1977) is an American-football [[wide receiver]. He played football for the University of Alabama. He won an SEC Championship his senior year with the Crimson Tide. He has experience in both the Arena Football League and AF2 and is now one of the top wide receivers of the Corpus Christi Hammerheads from the Intense Football League. He also spent time in the NFL. He now lives in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Pat Buchanan
Patrick Joseph Buchanan (born November 2, 1938) is an American politician, author, syndicated columnist, and broadcaster. He ran in the 2000 presidential election on the Reform Party ticket. He also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. Buchanan was a senior advisor to three American presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's "Crossfire".
- Brian Buchanan
Brian "Buck" Buchanan is an outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Pacific League of Japanese professional baseball. He once played for the St. Paul Saints of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball from 2000 through 2004. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the first round (24th overall) of the 1994 amateur draft.
- John Alexander Buchanan
John Alexander Buchanan (born: March 4, 1887 Comber, Ontario, died: May 9, 1976) was a politician and civil engineer from Alberta, Canada. John was appointed to the Canadian Senate on January 15, 1959 on the advice of John Diefenbaker. He retired from the Senate on October 2, 1965. Bear Creek a tributary flowing into the Peace River was formally renamed Buchanan Creek in his honor
- Jim Buchanan
James Forrest Buchanan (July 1, 1876 - June 15, 1949) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of one season (1905) with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 5-9 record in 22 appearances, with a 3.50 earned run average and 54 strikeouts. Buchanan attended Austin College and Midland Lutheran College. He was born in Chatham Hill, Virginia and later died in Norfolk, Nebraska at the age of 72.
- Sharon Buchanan
Sharon Lee Buchanan OAM (born March 12, 1963 in Western Australia) is a retired field hockey forward, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1984. Buchanan earned selections in four Olympic hockey squads and was the team captain from 1989 to 1992, at a time when Australia was considered the best in the world. She originally played inside forward, but later chose the center-half role.
- Kim Buchanan
Anthony Kim Buchanan, who uses his middle name Kim, is a convicted Australian pedophile. In 2002, he was sentenced to eight years' jail after pleading guilty to over 100 offenses of child molestation. He had sex with boys at Ipswich Grammar School and Anglican Church Grammar School. At Ipswich Grammar School, he used his position, and the authority that came with it, to procure boys between 13-16 years of age for sexual acts with them.
- Elwood Buchanan
Elwood C. Buchanan, Sr was an American jazz trumpeter and teacher who became an early mentor of Miles Davis. Buchanan was born in St Louis, Missouri, and was trained in music by Joseph Gustat, the principal trumpeter with the St Louis Symphony Orchestra. He began his career playing in local dance bands, including Andy Kirk's orchestra, and on the riverboats that travelled on the Mississippi River between St Louis and New Orleans.
- Russell Buchanan
Russell A. Buchanan (January 24, 1900 - December 6, 2006) was one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World War. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1918, Buchanan enlisted in the United States Navy at age 18. Russell stayed in the military long enough to have served in the Second World War, however, he retired from service in 1943 (i.e. after 25 years of service), and died at almost age 107.
- David Buchanan
David Thomas Hugh Buchanan (born May 6 1986 in Rochdale, England) is a Northern Irish footballer, currently playing for Bury.
- Sam Buchanan
Sam Taylor Buchanan (born August 3, 1991) is an English-born actor. He started his career in acting in 2005 when shooting a television series called "Torture".
- Vern Buchanan
Vernon "Vern" Buchanan (born May 8, 1951) is a Republican Congressman representing, and automobile dealer.