What is "buchanan"

n. (surname habitational from=Scottish Gaelic dot=) from Scotland.

Buchanan may refer to:

N H Buchanan Motor Co Pty Ltd was an Australian kit car manufacturer. It made sports cars in the 1950s.

The original body produced by Buchanan was a fibreglass item based on an Aston Martin DB3-S racing car. Buchanan borrowed a DB3-S and pulled moulds from it while it was in Australia. The styling was altered by filling in the scallops either side of the bonnet and reshaping the grille opening to be oval. Because the target market was for rebodying of early model MGs, the Buchanan moulds were cut and extended between the door openings and the rear wheelarches, adding several centimetres to the body length.

Racing car kits were also produced, consisting of this type of body plus a fabricated X-frame racing chassis manufactured from steel channel sections welded face to face to form box sections. The chassis used mechanicals from an FJ Holden, with the front suspension crossmember and rear axle assembly being shortened to suit the narrower body.

The Buchanan Cobra was introduced in 1958 as a production vehicle based on Standard 10 mechanicals. Only 7 were manufactured.

Buchanan is a surname of Scottish origin (see Clan Buchanan) and is the surname of:

• The Most Rev Alan Alexander Buchanan (1905–1984), Anglican bishop in Ireland
• Alan Gilmore Buchanan (b. 1952), Canadian university administrator and former politician
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno (1898-1984), British soldier and politician
• Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith (1932–1991), Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician
• Allen Buchanan, the James B. Duke Professor of philosophy at Duke University
• Allen Buchanan (Medal of Honor recipient), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Andrew Buchanan (1780–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Andrew Buchanan (1806-1877), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1862 to 1874
• Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet, (1807–1882), British diplomat and baronet
• Lieutenant Archibald Buchanan (born 1892, date of death unknown), American World War I flying ace, flying with the RAF
• Archibald C. Buchanan (1890–1979), American lawyer and judge
• Archie Buchanan, former association football player
• Barry Buchanan (born 1968), American professional wrestler ("Bull Buchanan")
• Bay Buchanan, sister to Pat Buchanan, and Treasurer of the United States
• Bill Buchanan (1930-1996), American songwriter
• Bill Buchanan (born 1961), Scots computer scientist, leads the Centre for Distributed Computing and Security at Edinburgh Napier University
• Blake Buchanan, founder of Bahama Buck's
• Brian James Buchanan (born 1973), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Buchanan family, one of the main families in the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Buck Buchanan (1940–1992), American football player
• Cameron Buchanan (1928–2008), football player
• Cameron Buchanan (born 1946), Scottish politician
• Charles Pakenham Buchanan (1874–1924), Australian business man and mayor of Brisbane
• Chester and Lester Buchanan, country musicians known as the Buchanan Brothers
• Claudius Buchanan (1766–1815), Scottish divine
• Colin Buchanan (entertainer), Australian entertainer
• Colin Buchanan (actor), Scottish actor
• Sir Colin Buchanan (town planner), British transport expert
• David Buchanan (1823–1890), barrister and politician in colonial New South Wales
• David Buchanan (1830–1900), amateur cricketer, notable for spin bowling
• David Buchanan (born 1962), English professional footballer
• David Buchanan (born 1986), professional footballer
• David Andrew Buchanan (born 1989), American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
• David M. Buchanan (born 1862), United States Navy sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Edgar Buchanan, American actor
• Edna Buchanan, American journalist and author
• Edward A. Buchanan (born 1967), a lawyer in Torrington, Wyoming, former member and past Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829), Scottish surgeon, geographer and naturalist
• Frank Buchanan (1862–1930), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
• Frank Buchanan (1902–1951), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Franklin Buchanan (1800–1874), American Confederate admiral
• George Buchanan (1506–1582), Scottish humanist
• George Buchanan (diplomat) (1854–1924), British ambassador in Russia 1911–1919
• George Buchanan (engineer born 1790) (1790–1852), Scottish civil engineer
• George Buchanan (engineer born 1865), (1865–1940), British civil engineer
• George Buchanan (politician) (1890–1955), Scottish politician
• George Wesley Buchanan, Professor Emeritus, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, USA
• Gordon Buchanan (living), Scottish wildlife film maker
• Henry Kanonta Buchanan (born 1978), American boxer
• Ian Buchanan (born 1957), Scottish television actor
• Ian Buchanan (philosopher) (born 1969), Australian philosopher
• Isaac Buchanan (1810-1883), businessman and political figure in Canada West
• Izett Buchanan (born 1972), American basketball player
• Jack Buchanan (1891–1957), Scottish actor and singer
• Jack Buchanan (rugby league) (born 1992), Australian Rugby League player
• James Buchanan (1791–1868), 15th President of the United States of America
• Commander Sir James Buchanan, 2nd Baronet (1840–1901), British Royal Navy officer
• James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington (1849–1935), a British businessman and philanthropist
• James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), American economist
• James P Buchanan (1867-1937), American politician
• Jensen Buchanan (born 1962), U.S. actress
• Joan Buchanan (born 1952), American Democratic Party member of the California State Assembly
• Major John Buchanan (1759-1832), American frontiersman, founder of present-day Nashville, Tennessee
• John Buchanan (1884-1943), Scottish Olympic medalist in sailing
• John Buchanan (born 1931), Canadian politician
• John Buchanan (American politician), Republican presidential candidate in 2004
• John Buchanan (footballer born 1935), Scottish footballer
• John Buchanan (footballer born 1951), Scottish footballer
• John A. Buchanan (1843–1921), American politician and judge
• John Hall Buchanan (born 1928), American politician
• John P. Buchanan (1847–1930), Governor of Tennessee
• June Buchanan (1887–1988), American educator
• Kadeisha Buchanan (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
• Ken Buchanan (born 1945), Scottish boxer
• Keisha Buchanan (born 1984), British-Jamaican singer
• Lachlan Buchanan (born 1987), Australian actor
• Larry Buchanan (1923−2004), film director, producer and writer
• Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 1949), Jamaican musician
• Mark Buchanan (born 1961), American physicist and author
• Mary Beth Buchanan (born 1963), United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Michael "HouseShoes" Buchanan, American hip hop producer and DJ, who lives and works in Los Angeles
• Michael Anthony Buchanan (born 1991), American football defensive end for the New England Patriots
• Mike Buchanan (born 1932), Canadian former ice hockey defenceman
• Nathaniel Buchanan (1826–1901), Australian pioneer pastoralist, drover and explorer
• Norman Buchanan (1915–2008), major in the Royal Canadian Army, awarded the Military Cross, furniture retailer, and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
• Neil Buchanan, British television presenter
• Neville Buchanan (born 1959), British animator and director
• Pam Buchanan (1937–1992), Australian politician
• Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American political pundit and Reform Party presidential nominee in 2000
• Paul Buchanan (born 1981), professional boxer
• Paul Buchanan (born 1956), member of the musical group The Blue Nile
• Peter Buchanan (1915–1977), Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels
• Peter Buchanan (born 1942), architect, urbanist, writer, critic, lecturer and exhibition curator
• The Honourable Justice Peter Buchanan is a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
• Peter Neave Buchanan (born 1889, date of death unknown), rugby union player who represented Australia
• Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Buchanan (1925–2011), Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary
• Ralph "Bucky" Buchanan (1922-2005), Canadian ice hockey right winger
• Ray Buchanan (born 1971), American football player
• Richard Lawrence Buchanan Jr (born 1969), former American professional football wide receiver
• Robbie Buchanan (born 1957) is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer.
• Robert Buchanan (footballer) (1868–1909), Scottish international footballer
• Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), American soldier
• Robert Gordon Buchanan (born 1961), retired Major League Baseball pitcher
• Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901), British poet, dramatist, and novelist
• Ronald Leonard "Bucky" Buchanan (born 1944), former Canadian professional ice hockey centre
• Roy Buchanan (1939–1988), American guitarist
• Sam Taylor Buchanan (born 1991), actor
• Scott Buchanan (1895–1968), American educator and philosopher
• Shamari Buchanan (born 1977), American football player
• Simone Buchanan (born 1968), Australian actress
• Stuart Buchanan (1894-1974), American actor starring in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs playing the role of Humbert the Huntsman
• Thomas Buchanan (1808–1841), second governor of Liberia
• Thomas Buchanan (born 1963), Unionist politician from Northern Ireland
• Thomas Boughton Buchanan (1833-1924), Archdeacon of Wilts from 1874 until 1911
• Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (1846–1911), Scottish Liberal politician and bibliophile
• Timothy Buchanan (born 1946), former American football linebacker
• Vern Buchanan, U.S. Representative from Florida
• Walter "Little Man" Buchanan, Jr (born 1915), jazz bassist
• William Buchanan, Canadian politician
• William Frederick Buchanan (1824–1911), Australian pastoralist and gold prospector

Buchanan are an alternative rock band formed in late 2009. The band is the project of English-born Josh Simons in collaboration with friends. The band released their second studio album, Pressure in an Empty Space, on April 29.

Buchanan (1881 – c.1898) was an American thoroughbred racehorse and was the winner of the 1884 Kentucky Derby, Ripple Stakes and Clark Stakes. Buchanan had not achieved a race win before competing in the Kentucky Derby and by contemporary accounts was a difficult and unruly mount. He was ridden in the 1884 derby by the great African-American jockey Isaac Burns Murphy, who won three Kentucky Derbys in his lifetime (1884, 1890, and 1891).

Buchanan retired from racing at age three and lived the remainder of his days at the Senorita Stock Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, site of the present day Kentucky Horse Park. He had limited success as a stud, siring only three stakes winners. His most successful son was the Latonia Derby winner Buck McCann.

Buchanan does not appear in the stud books after 1897 and was reported to have died at the age of 17 by a 1910 Daily Racing Form article.

The Semi-weekly Interior Journal of Stanford, KY reported on June 1, 1894 that Buchanan died after a sudden illness of inflammation of the bowels.