Dickey is a Scottish surname,

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, and

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. It may refer to:

People with the surname

* Annamary Dickey (1911–1999}. American actress * Basil Dickey (1880–1958), American screenwriter *

Bill Dickey William Malcolm Dickey (June 6, 1907 – November 12, 1993) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees for 19 seasons. Dickey managed the Yankees as a player-manager in ...

(1907–1993), American baseball player and manager * Bronwen Dickey (born 1981), American writer and journalist *

Charles William Dickey Charles William “C.W.” Dickey (6 July 1871 – 25 April 1942) was an American architect famous for developing a distinctive style of Hawaiian architecture. He was known not only for designing some of the most famous buildings in Hawaii— ...

(1871–1942), American architect *

Christopher Dickey Christopher Swift Dickey (August 31, 1951 – July 16, 2020) was an American journalist, author, and news editor. He was the Paris-based world news editor for ''The Daily Beast''. He authored seven books, including ''Our Man in Charleston: Brita ...

(1951–2020) American writer *

Dale Dickey Diana Dale Dickey (born September 29, 1961) is an American character actress who has worked in theater, film, and television. She began her career on stage, performing in the 1989 Broadway version of ''The Merchant of Venice'', before appearing ...

(born 1961), American actress *

Darrell Dickey Darrell Ray Dickey (born December 6, 1959) is an American football coach who most recently coached for the Texas A&M Aggies football team. Before joining the Texas A&M staff he was the offensive coordinator at Memphis from the 2012 to 2017 ...

(born 1959), American football coach and former player * Daryl Dickey (born 1961), American football administrator, former coach, and former player * Derrek Dickey (1951–2000), American basketball player and sportscaster *

Dick Dickey Richard Lea Dickey (October 26, 1926 – July 3, 2006) was an American professional basketball player for the National Professional Basketball League's Anderson Packers and National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics, although he is best r ...

(1926–2006), American basketball player *

Donald Ryder Dickey Donald Ryder Dickey (1887–1932) was an American ornithologist, mammalogist, and nature photographer. He collected 50,000 specimens and produced 7,500 photographs and moving images of nature subjects. At his death, his collection of bird and mam ...

(1887–1932) American animal photographer, ornithologist and mammalogist *

Doug Dickey Douglas Adair Dickey (born June 24, 1932) is an American former college football player and coach and college athletics administrator. Dickey is a South Dakota native who was raised in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida, wher ...

(born 1932), American former football player, coach and athletics administrator * Eldridge Dickey (1945–2000), American football player * E.M.O'R. Dickey (1894–1977), Irish wood engraver and arts administrator * Eric Jerome Dickey (1961–2021), African-American novelist and comedian * George Dickey (disambiguation) * James Dickey (disambiguation) * Jay Dickey (1939–2017), American politician * Jesse Column Dickey, US Congressman *

Jim Dickey James Dickey (March 22, 1934 – February 17, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University from 1978 to 1985, compiling record of 24–54–2. In 1981, he redshirted 18 players, ...

(born 1934), American former football player and coach, father of Darrell Dickey * John Dickey (disambiguation) *

Lucinda Dickey Lucinda Dickey (born Lucinda Marie Henninger; July 9th, 1960) is an American former dancer and actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film ''Breakin (1984) and its sequel '' Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' (1984). Early life D ...

(born 1960), American dancer and actress * Lynn Dickey (born 1949), American former football player *

R. A. Dickey Robert Allen Dickey (born October 29, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Bra ...

(born 1974), American baseball pitcher * Robert J. Dickey, American businessman * Theophilus Lyle Dickey (1811–1885), American lawyer, jurist and American Civil War Union Army colonel * Whit Dickey (born 1954), American jazz drummer * William Dickey (disambiguation)

People with the nickname

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

(born 1943), American guitarist *

Dickey Chapelle Georgette Louise Meyer (March 14, 1918 – November 4, 1965) known as Dickey Chapelle was an American photojournalist known for her work as a war correspondent from World War II through the Vietnam War. Early life Chapelle was born in Milwa ...

(1919–1965), American photojournalist and war correspondent *

Dickey Kerr Richard Henry Kerr (July 3, 1893 – May 4, 1963) was an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball. He also served as a coach and manager in the minor leagues. Early life Kerr was born in St. Loui ...

(1893–1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Dickey Lee Royden Dickey Lipscomb (born September 21, 1936), known professionally as Dickey Lee (sometimes misspelled Dickie or Dicky), is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs " Patches" and "Laurie ( ...

(born 1936), American pop/country singer and songwriter *

Dickey Pearce Richard J. Pearce (February 29, 1836 – September 18, 1908) known as Dickey Pearce was an American professional baseball playerDickey Simpkins LuBara Dixon "Dickey" Simpkins (born April 6, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s. He is currently a scout for the Washington Wizards. A 6' 9" forward/ce ...

(born 1973), American former National Basketball Association player

People with the given name

* Dickey Nutt (born 1959), American college basketball coach

People with the surname

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See also