| Buffalo Bill is also the name of a
fictional character from Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs, who
was also parodied in the movie Joe Dirt under the name Buffalo Bob.
Two television series, Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955–6) starring Dickie Jones
and Buffalo Bill (1983–4) starring Dabney Coleman, had nothing to do
with the historic person.
The Buffalo Bills, an NFL team based in Buffalo, New York, were named
after Buffalo Bill. Prior to that team's existence, other early football
teams (such as Buffalo Bills (AAFC)) used the nickname, solely due to
name recognition, as Bill Cody had no special connection with the city.
The Buffalo Bills are a barbershop-quartet singing group consisting of
Vern Reed, Al Shea, Bill Spangenberg, and Wayne Ward. They appeared in
the original Broadway cast of The Music Man (opened 1957) and in the
1962 motion-picture version of that play.
Buffalo Bill is the title of a song by the jam band Phish.
Buffalo Bill is the name of a bluegrass band in Wisconsin
Samuel Cowdery, buffalo hunter, "wild west" showman and aviation pioneer
changed his surname to "Cody" and was often taken for the original
"Buffalo Bill" in his touring show Captain Cody King of the Cowboys.
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