Bush

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Bush may refer to:

[edit] Nouns

• Bush or shrub, a particular shape of woody plant
• The Bush is a term used in several countries for rural, undeveloped land or country areas
  • Bush Alaska
• Bush (mechanical), a mechanical fixing designed to minimise wear between moving parts, or for providing a strengthened fixing point such as in the suspension of a car or other vehicle
• Bush (band), a popular rock band, named after the Shepherd's Bush district in London
• Bush (Canadian band), a Canadian band active in the 1970s
• Bush Radio one of the first British radio manufacturers; the brand is now owned by Alba (electronics)
• Bush, a Belgian beer claiming to be the strongest beer in Belgium
• a slang term for pubic hair
• a slang term for Marijuana
• Aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)

[edit] Places

• Bush, Louisiana
• Bush House, a building in London used by the BBC for its international broadcasting service, the World Service
  • The Bush House, a prestigious historic hotel in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania until it burned down on 8 February 2006 [1]

[edit] People

[edit] Members of the United States political Bush family

• James Smith Bush, grandfather of Prescott Bush, and Samuel P. Bush, father of Prescott Bush

• Prescott Bush, U.S. Senator and financier, and his children:
  • George H. W. Bush, U.S. President 1989–1993, his First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush, and their children:
    • George W. Bush, U.S. President 2001–present, his First Lady Laura Welch Bush, and their twin daughters:
      • Barbara Pierce Bush
      • Jenna Welch Bush
    • John Ellis 'Jeb' Bush, Governor of Florida 1999–, and his children:
      • George P. Bush
      • Noelle Bush
      • John Ellis "Jebby" Bush, Jr.
    • Marvin Bush
    • Neil Bush, and his daughter
      • Lauren Bush
    • Dorothy Bush Koch
  • Jonathan Bush, and his son
    • Billy Bush
  • Nancy Bush Ellis, and her son
    • John Prescott Ellis
  • Prescott Bush, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth Bush

[edit] Other people

• Donie Bush, baseball player and manager of the early 20th century
• John Bush, rock vocalist for Armored Saint and Anthrax
• Kate Bush, English musician
• Reggie Bush, American football player
• Robert Bush, Australian politician and English cricketer
• Sam Bush, American musician
• Sophia Bush, American actress
• Timothy Bush, American soldier in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War
• Vannevar Bush, American scientist
• George Washington Bush (1779-1863) was one of the first American settlers and the first African American settler in what would later become the state of Washington, & Oregon.

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