Blackie (nickname)

Blackie or Blacky is the nickname of:

People

Blackie

• George Blackburn (American football) (1913–2006), American collegiate football head coach
• Blackie Chen, Taiwanese television host
• Blackie Collins (1939–2011), American knife maker and designer
• Alvin Dark (1922–2014), Major League Baseball player and manager
• Sam Dente (1922–2002), Major League Baseball player
• Paloma Efron (1912–1977), Argentine journalist and singer
• Petr Hošek (born 1989), Czech heavy metal guitarist
• Blackie Ko (1953–2003), Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman and actor
• Blackie Lawless (born 1956), American singer
• James T. Licavoli (1904–1985), American mobster
• Gus Mancuso (1905–1984), American Major League Baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator
• E. Blackburn Moore (1897–1980), American politician
• Blackie Sherrod (1919–2016), American journalist and sportswriter
• Carlisle Towery (1920–2012), National Basketball Association and League player

Blacky

• Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014), German actor, television host, lyricist and businessman
• Christian Schwarzer (born 1969), German retired handball player
• Jean-Yves Thériault (born 1962), Canadian bassist for the thrash/progressive metal band Voivod

Fictional characters

• Boston Blackie, created by author Jack Boyle
• "Blackie" Drago, the real name of one of six Marvel Comics villains named The Vulture
• Nelson "Blackie" Hernandez, a recurring character in Narcos who works for the Medellín Cartel and is frequently seen by Escobar's side
• Blackie or Blackford Oakes, protagonist of a series of novels by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Blackie Parrish, on the soap opera General Hospital
• Father John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan, protagonist of 17 mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest Father Andrew Greeley

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Blackie
• All pages with titles containing Blackie