Blackie or Blacky is the

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George Blackburn (American football) George Edward "Blackie" Blackburn (October 14, 1913 – May 15, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He served as the head coach at Miami University (1948), the University of Cincinnati (1955–1960), and the University of Vir ...

(1913–2006), American collegiate football head coach *

Blackie Chen Charles "Blackie" Chen or Chen Chien-chou (born 2 May 1977 in Kaohsiung) is a Taiwanese television host, actor, basketball manager, entrepreneur, and a former basketball player. He is also the founder and current chief executive officer of the T ...

, Taiwanese television host *

Blackie Collins Walter Wells "Blackie" Collins (1939 – July 20, 2011) was an American knife maker who designed and popularized the assisted opening mechanism and various automatic knife designs within the art of knifemaking. He is cited by other knifemakers a ...

(1939–2011), American knife maker and designer *

Alvin Dark Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "The Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He played fourteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston/Milwaukee Bra ...

(1922–2014), Major League Baseball player and manager *

Sam Dente Samuel Joseph Dente (April 26, 1922 – April 21, 2002) was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1947 and 1955. Listed at , 175 lb., Dente batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Harrison, New ...

(1922–2002), Major League Baseball player * Paloma Efron (1912–1977), Argentine journalist and singer *

Petr Hošek Petr Hošek, also known by the stage names Blackie and Blackosh, is one of the founding members of Czech black metal group Root. He left Root after the recording of '' Madness of the Graves'' (2003). He also has some other musical side projects ...

(born 1989), Czech heavy metal guitarist *

Blackie Ko Blackie Ko () (February 22, 1953 – December 9, 2003) was a Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman, singer and actor. Blackie was considered to be the greatest automotive stunt choreographer in Asia. Personal life In 1956, his family move ...

(1953–2003), Taiwanese film director, producer, stuntman and actor *

Blackie Lawless Steven Edward Duren (born September 4, 1956), better known by his stage name Blackie Lawless, is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist (formerly bassist) for heavy metal band W.A.S.P.B ...

(born 1956), American singer *

James T. Licavoli James T. Licavoli (born Vincentio Licavoli; August 18, 1904 − November 23, 1985), also known as "Jack White" or "Blackie", was an American mobster based in Cleveland, Ohio, and one of the earliest organized crime figures to be convicted under t ...

(1904–1985), American mobster *

Gus Mancuso August Rodney Mancuso (December 5, 1905 – October 26, 1984), nicknamed "Blackie", was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Car ...

(1905–1984), American Major League Baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator * E. Blackburn Moore (1897–1980), American politician *

Blackie Sherrod William Forrest "Blackie" Sherrod ( ; November 9, 1919 – April 28, 2016) was an American journalist and sportswriter who wrote for the ''Temple Telegram'', ''Fort Worth Press'', '' Dallas Times Herald'' and ''The Dallas Morning News'' in a caree ...

(1919–2016), American journalist and sportswriter *

Carlisle Towery William Carlisle Towery (June 20, 1920 – November 25, 2012), nicknamed "Blackie" or "Big Boy", was an American professional basketball player. A 6'5" (1.96 m) Power forward (basketball), forward-Center (basketball), center, Towery played fo ...

(1920–2012), National Basketball Association and League player

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Joachim Fuchsberger Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger (pronounced ; 11 March 1927 – 11 September 2014) was a German actor and television host, best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies (often a Detecti ...

(1927–2014), German actor, television host, lyricist and businessman *

Christian Schwarzer Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer (born 23 October 1969) is a now-retired professional German handball player and present-day coach. As a member of the Germany men's national handball team, he won the world championship in 2007 and the silver medal ...

(born 1969), German retired handball player *

Jean-Yves Thériault Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault (, born 15 December 1962) is the former bassist for Canadian thrash/progressive metal band Voivod. He co-founded the band and appeared on the first six albums – ''War and Pain'', ''Rrröööaaarrr'', ''Killing ...

(born 1962), Canadian bassist for the thrash/progressive metal band Voivod

Fictional characters

Boston Blackie Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie, a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, became a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television—an "enemy to those who make him an ...

, 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 ''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug kin ...

'' who works for the Medellín Cartel and is frequently seen by Escobar's side * Blackie or

Blackford Oakes Blackford "Blackie" or "Black" Oakes is a fictional character, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley, Jr. Early life Oakes was born in 1925. He served in World War II a ...

, protagonist of a series of novels by William F. Buckley, Jr. *

Blackie Parrish '' General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the ...

, on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Father John Blackwood "Blackie" Ryan, protagonist of 17 mystery novels by Roman Catholic priest Father Andrew Greeley

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