Buck Mulligan
| Malachi Mulligan | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | Ulysses |
| Created by | James Joyce |
| Based on | Oliver St. John Gogarty Antinous of Ithaca Claudius (Hamlet) |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Buck |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Medical student |
| Family | mother, father, sister, "wealthy, pious aunt" |
| Nationality | Irish |
Malachi Roland St. John "Buck" Mulligan is a fictional character in James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. He appears most prominently in episode 1 ("Telemachus"), and is the subject of the novel's famous first sentence: "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed."