Mickey is a given name and nickname, almost always masculine and often a short form (
hypocorism) of
Michael, and occasionally a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
Given name or nickname
Men
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Mickey Andrews (born 1942), American retired college football coach
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Mickey Appleman (born 1945), American poker player and sports bettor and handicapper
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Michael Barron (born 1974), English former football player and coach
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Mickey Cochrane
Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane (April 6, 1903 – June 28, 1962), nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detro ...
(1903–1962), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
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Michael Cochrane (musician) (born 1948), American jazz pianist
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Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), American gangster
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Mickey Curry (born 1956), American drummer
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Michael Devine (hunger striker) (1954–1981), a founding member of the Irish National Liberation Army
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Mickey Drexler (born 1944), chairman and CEO of J.Crew Group and former CEO of Gap Inc.
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Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), American basketball coach
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Mickey Gilley (born 1936), American country music artist
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Mickey Gorka (born 1972), Israeli basketball player and coach
* Michael (Mickey) Gubitosi, birth name of
Robert Blake (actor)
Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933) is an American retired actor known for his roles in the 1967 film ''In Cold Blood'' and the 1970s U.S. television series ''Baretta''.
Blake began acting as a child, with a lead r ...
(born 1933), American actor
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Mickey Guidry (born 1966), American football quarterback
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Mickey Hamill (1889–1943), Northern Irish footballer
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Mickey Hargitay (1926–2006), Hungarian-American actor and 1955 Mr. Universe, husband of Jayne Mansfield
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Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
(born 1943), American drummer with The Grateful Dead
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Mickey Harte (), Gaelic football manager
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Mickey He (born 1976), Chinese television actor and singer
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Mickey Higham (born 1980), English rugby league player
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Mickey Hole (1892–1969), National Football League player
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Mickie James
Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) Additional January 6, 2017. is an American professional wrestler and country singer. She is currently signed to Impact Wrestling. She has also had tenures in WWE and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA ...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler
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Mickey Jones (born 1941), American musician and actor
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Mickey Katz (1909–1985), American musician and comedian
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Mickey Kantor (born 1939), American politician and lawyer
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Mickey Kearns (born 1943), Gaelic footballer
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Mickey Kuhn (born 1932), American former child actor
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Mickey Levy (born 1951), Israeli politician
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Mickey Lolich (born 1940), American former Major League Baseball player
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Mickey Loomis (born 1956), general manager of the NFL's New Orleans Saints since 2002
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Mickey Madden (born 1979), American musician, bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5
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Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
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Mickey Marvin
Phillip Michael "Mickey" Marvin (October 5, 1955 – March 6, 2017) was a professional American football player.
Career
After attending the University of Tennessee, Marvin played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, from 1977 t ...
(born 1955), American former National Football League player
* Mickey Melchiondo (born 1970), guitarist for Ween under the stage name
Dean Ween
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Mickey Michaux (born 1930), American politician
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Mickey Moniak (born 1998), American baseball player
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Mickey Muennig (1935 –2021), American architect
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Mickey Newbury (1940–2002), American singer and songwriter
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Mickey Perz
Michael Richard Perz is a Filipino-Swiss dancer and occasional actor. He is under contract with ABS-CBN and Star Magic.
Biography
Mickey Perz was born in Vienna, Austria to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. His mother is from Alcala, P ...
(born 1984), Filipino-Swiss actor and dancer
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Mickey Redmond (born 1947), Canadian former National Hockey League player
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Mickey Rivers (born 1948), American former Major League Baseball player
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Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
(1920–2014), American film actor
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Mickey Rosenthal
Moshe Michael "Mickey" Rosenthal ( he, משה מיכאל "מיקי" רוזנטל, born 4 February 1955) is an Israeli investigative journalist and politician. He is a member of the Labor Party and was placed twelfth on the party's list for the 20 ...
(born 1955), Israeli investigative journalist and politician
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Mickey Rourke (born 1952), American film actor
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Mickey Russell
Mickey Russell is a former American football quarterback who played on season with the Dallas Texans of the Arena Football League. He played college football at Angelo State University
Angelo State University is a public university in San A ...
, American football player
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Mickey Shaughnessy (1920–1985), American actor
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Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American detective fiction author
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Mickey Stanley (born 1942), American former Major League Baseball player
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William "Mickey" Stevenson (born c. 1940), American songwriter and record producer
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Mickey Tettleton (born 1960), American Major League Baseball player
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Mickey Vernon (1918–2008), American Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
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Mickey Walsh (born 1954), English footballer
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Mickey Washington (born 1968), American former National Football League player
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Mickey Weintraub
Philip Weintraub (October 12, 1907 – June 21, 1987) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder.
Weintraub played for 13 minor league teams, for whom he had an aggregate batting average of .337, as well as for the New Yor ...
(1907–1987), American Major League Baseball player
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Mickey Welch (1859–1941), American Major League pitcher
Women
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Emily "Mickey" Hahn (1905–1997), American writer
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Mickey Sumner (born 1984), English actress
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Mickey Wright (born 1935), American Hall-of-Fame golfer
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Mickey Zucker Reichert
Mickey Zucker Reichert (born as Miriam Susan Zucker in 1962) is an American fantasy fiction author of several best selling novels.
Personal life
Reichert is a pediatrician, and holds a Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.). She is from a town in Iowa. ...
(born 1962), American fantasy fiction author
Surname
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Joey Mickey (born 1970), American former football player
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John H. Mickey (1845–1910), American politician, 13th governor of Nebraska
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Jordan Mickey (born 1994), American basketball player
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Ruth Mickey (born 1954), American statistician
Fictional characters
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho ...
, a Disney animated character
* A character in ''
Man Down''
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Big Mickey, a dockside crane from the children's television series ''
TUGS
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...
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Mickey Abbott, a recurring side character in ''Seinfeld''
* Mickey, a criminal and friend in the FOX animated show ''
Bob's Burgers''
* Michael "Mickey" Bunce, in the 1991 black comedy movie ''
Drop Dead Fred''
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Mickey Goldmill, in the ''Rocky'' franchise
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Mickey Horton, in the American soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''
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Mickey Milkovich, a recurring character in the American television series ''Shameless''
* Margaret "Mickey" Dawson, played by
Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 American black comedy crime film ''
Life of Crime''
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Mickey Miller, in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''
* Mickey Morelli, in the 1985 American adventure comedy film ''
Pee-wee's Big Adventure''
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Mickey Smith, in the British science-fiction series ''Doctor Who''
* The killer in the 1997 American slasher movie ''
Scream 2''
* The protagonist of ''
Mickey One'', a 1965 film starring Warren Beatty in the title role
* The title character of ''
Mickey'', starring Mabel Normand
* The title character of ''
Mickey'', a coming-of-age film about a tomboy named Mickey
* Mickey O'Neill, a main character in
Snatch
See also
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Micky
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Mikey
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Mick (disambiguation)
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Michael (disambiguation)
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MickeyD
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Masculine given names
Feminine given names
Hypocorisms