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
List of people with the same nickname
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