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Places

Blackie, Alberta Blackie is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Foothills County. It is located approximately southeast of Calgary on Highway 799. History The community was named after John Stuart Blackie, a Scottish scholar. Previously incorporated a ...

, Canada *

Blackie Lake Blackie Lake is a lake in Madera County, California, in the United States. Blackie Lake was named for Herb Black, a Department of Fish and Game official. See also *List of lakes in California There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs ...

, California, United States

People and fictional characters

Blackie (surname) Blackie is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Blackie, New Zealand judge * Don Blackie (1882–1955), Australian cricketer * Ernest Blackie (1867–1943), English Anglican priest * Fergus Blackie, Z ...

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 ...

, including people and fictional characters nicknamed either Blackie or Blacky *

Blackie (musician) Michael LaCour (born April 22, 1987), known by his stage name Blackie (styled in all caps with spaces, B L A C K I E) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and musician. His experimental style combines hip hop, hardcore punk, n ...

, stage name of American rapper Michael LaCour (born 1987)

Animals

Blackie (American horse) Blackie was an American horse who became locally famous in Tiburon, California, for standing in the same spot in his pasture for 28 years. After his death, a statue of the horse was erected in a park called Blackie's Pasture. Life The recorded ...

, a Californian horse who became a local mascot *

Blackie (army horse) Blackie (1907–1942) was a horse in service with the British Army during the First World War. His grave in Knowsley, Merseyside, became a grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been pl ...

, a British Army horse

Other uses

Blackie (guitar) Blackie is the nickname given by Eric Clapton to his favorite Fender Stratocaster. Background In 1970, Clapton switched from Gibson electric guitars to Fender Stratocasters, largely due to the influences of Jimi Hendrix and Blind Faith bandma ...

, Eric Clapton's favorite Fender Stratocaster guitar *

Blackie and Son Blackie & Son was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, from 1809 to 1991. History The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by John Blackie (1782–1874) as a partnership with two others and was known as 'Black ...

, a former Glasgow-based publishing house *

South African "Blackie" 0-4-2WT The Cape Town Railway & Dock 0-4-0T of 1859 was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope, and the first locomotive in South Africa. In September 1859, Messrs. E. & J. Pickering, contractors to the Cape T ...

, a railroad locomotive