Frenchie or Frenchy may refer to:

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Frenchy Bordagaray Stanley George "Frenchy" Bordagaray (January 3, 1910 – April 13, 2000) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the Chicago White Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, ...

(1910–2000), American Major League Baseball player *

John Boulos John "Frenchy" Boulos (June 7, 1921, in Haiti – January 16, 2002, in Brooklyn, New York) was a Haitian soccer player, who spent most of his career in the American Soccer League and German-American Soccer League. He is a member of the Nationa ...

(1921–2002), Haitian-American soccer player *

Ovila Cayer Ovila "Frenchy" Cayer (February 9, 1844 – February 7, 1909) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Globe Tavern. ...

(1844–1909), American Civil War Union Army soldier from Quebec, Canada, and recipient of the Medal of Honor *

Percy Creuzot Percy Pennington "Frenchy" Creuzot Jr. (May 28, 1924 – June 6, 2010) was a restaurateur who founded Frenchy's Chicken in Houston, Texas.

(1924–2010), founder of Frenchy's Chicken, a restaurant chain in Houston *

Frenchie Davis Franchell "Frenchie" Davis (born May 7, 1979) is an American Broadway performer and a soul, dance/electronica, and pop singer. She came to public attention in 2003 as a contestant on the singing competition show ''American Idol''. Davis began per ...

(born 1979), American Broadway performer and soul, dance/electronica, and pop singer *

Jeff Francoeur Jeffrey Braden Francoeur (; born January 8, 1984), nicknamed "Frenchy", is an American former professional baseball right fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals ...

(born 1984), American Major League Baseball player *

John Fuqua John William "Frenchy" Fuqua (born September 12, 1947) is a retired professional American football running back who played from 1969 to 1976, for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the New York St ...

(born 1946), American former National Football League player *

Alphonse Lacroix Alphonse Albert Lacroix (October 21, 1897 – April 12, 1973), known as "Al" or "Frenchy", was an American ice hockey goaltender who is best known as a member of the silver medal-winning American ice hockey team at the 1924 Winter Olympics ...

(1897–1973), American ice hockey goaltender, member of the 1924 US Olympic team * George LeClair (1886–1918), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Réal Lemieux (1945–1975), Canadian National Hockey League player *

Fred Mader Fred "Frenchy" Mader (born 1883 - died ?)Kinsley, Philip. "Mader Fights to Keep Jail Record Away From Jury." ''Chicago Daily Tribune.'' August 6, 1922. was an American trade union, labor leader and organized crime figure active in the Chicago, Illi ...

(1883–?), American labor leader and mobster *

Sam Marx Samuel Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the father of American entertainment group (the) Marx Brothers, stars of vaudeville, Broadway and film, and the husband of Minnie Marx, who served as the group's manager. Lif ...

(1859–1933), father of the Marx Brothers * Angelique Morgan, a reality TV star and ex-adult film star, best known for her VH1 appearances * Claude Raymond (born 1937), professional baseball player * Frenchy Uhalt (1910–2004), Major League Baseball outfielder

Stage or ring name

Frenchie (rapper) Greg Hogan (born May 15, 1985), better known by his stage name Frenchie, is an American rapper. He was in Gucci Mane's 1017 Brick Squad and Waka Flocka Flame's Brick Squad Monopoly. Frenchie is credited for introducing Nicki Minaj and French Mo ...

, American rapper Greg Hogan (born 1985) *Frenchie, Francois Allegre of the band Raggasonic *"Frenchie", nickname of French professional jockey Cédric Ségeon *

Frenchy (comedian) Benjamin French, known professionally as Frenchy, or by his YouTube channel name Frenchy SungaAttack, is an Australian comedian and YouTuber. His YouTube channel has more than 700,000 subscribers. Early life Frenchy describes himself as being f ...

, Australian comedian and YouTuber *

Frenchy Martin Jean Gagné (July 19, 1947 – October 21, 2016) was a French–Canadian professional wrestler and manager, best known under the ring name Frenchy Martin. During his World Wrestling Federation heyday in the 1980s as the manager of Canadian wrestle ...

, ring name of Jean Gagné, French Canadian retired professional wrestler and manager

Fictional characters

*Frenchy, in the 1939 Western film ''

Destry Rides Again ''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey ...

'', portrayed by Marlene Dietrich *Frenchy Fairmont, in the 1952 Western film ''

Rancho Notorious ''Rancho Notorious'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called ''Chuck-a-Luck''. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer play rivals for her attention in this tale of f ...

'', also played by Dietrich *Frenchy, in the films '' Grease'' (1978) and ''Grease 2'' (1982), portrayed by

Didi Conn Edith "Didi" Conn (née Bernstein; born July 13, 1951) is an American actress. She is best known for her work as Frenchy in '' Grease'', Denise Stevens Downey in ''Benson'' and Stacy Jones in ''Shining Time Station''. Early life Edith Bernstei ...

*Frenchy Hercules, in the 1980 film ''

Forbidden Zone ''Forbidden Zone'' is an American absurdist musical fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Richard Elfman, and co-written by Elfman and Matthew Bright. Shot in 1977 and 1978, the film premiered in 1980 and was distributed in 1982. Origina ...

'' played by Marie–Pascale Elfman *Frenchy, in the early '90s TV show ''

In Living Color ''In Living Color'' is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. Keenen Ivory Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in a ...

'', played by

Keenen Ivory Wayans Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and the creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy s ...

*Frenchy, in the 2000 film ''

Small Time Crooks ''Small Time Crooks'' is a 2000 American crime-comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, the film's plot has some similarities to that of the 1942 comedy ''Larceny, Inc.''Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies on June 15, 2006 It stars Alle ...

'', played by Tracey Ullman *

Frenchie (comics) Jean-Paul DuChamp, typically referred to as Frenchie, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is primarily seen as the pilot and sidekick to Moon Knight. Publication history The character first ...

, a Marvel Comics character and associate of Moon Knight *

Frenchy the Clown Frenchy the Clown is the title character in ''National Lampoons "Evil Clown Comics", which ran in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Nick Bakay created the Evil Clown storyline for ''National Lampoon'' utilizing Alan Kupperberg Alan Kupperber ...

, created by ''National Lampoon''

Other uses

* ''Frenchie'' (film), a 1950 American Western, starring Shelley Winters as the title character * ''Frenchy'' (film), an unreleased action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme * Frenchie (dog), a nickname for the French Bulldog breed of dog

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