Blackie (nickname)

Blackie or Blacky is the nickname of:

People

Blackie

• Blackie Collins (1939-2011), American knife maker and designer
• George Blackburn (American football) (1913-2006), American collegiate football head coach
• Blackie Chen, Taiwanese television host
• Alvin Dark (born 1922), Major League Baseball player and manager
• Sam Dente (1922-2002), Major League Baseball player
• Paloma Efrom (died 1977), Argentine journalist and singer
• Petr Hošek (born 1989), Czech heavy metal guitarist
• James T. Licavoli (1904-1985), American mobster
• Gus Mancuso (1905-1984), American Major League Baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator
• Blackburn Moore (1897-1980), American politician
• 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

• Blackie or Blackford Oakes, protagonist of a series of novels by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Father John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan, protagonist of 17 mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest Father Andrew Greeley
• "Blackie" Drago, the real name of one of six Marvel Comics villains named The Vulture
• "Blackie" Norton, lead character in the 1936 film San Francisco, played by Clark Gable