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People

* Randy "Pee Wee" Anderson (1959–2002), American wrestling referee * John Howell Collier (1899–1980), United States Army lieutenant general *
Pee Wee Crayton Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer. Career Crayton was born in Rockdale, Texas. He began playing guitar seriously after moving to California ...
(1914–1985), American R&B and blues guitarist and singer * Thomas "Pee Wee" DePhillips, a capo in the
Genovese crime family The Genovese crime family, () also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American M ...
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Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis Alfred James Ellis (April 21, 1941 – September 23, 2021), known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown's band in the 196 ...
(1941–2021), American saxophonist, composer and arranger *
Pee Wee Erwin George "Pee Wee" Erwin (May 30, 1913 – June 20, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography He was born in Falls City, Nebraska, United States. Erwin started on trumpet at age four. He played in several territory bands before joining the gr ...
(1913–1981), American jazz trumpeter * Peewee Ferris, Australian DJ * "Pee Wee",
Jack Forsythe James Adger "Jack" Forsythe Jr. (August 4, 1882 – April 3, 1957), nicknamed "Pee Wee" Forsythe, was an American college football player and coach. Forsythe has an important place in the history of college athletics in the U.S. state of Florida ...
(c. 1882–1957), American college football player and coach * Pee Wee,
Donald Henry Gaskins Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins Jr. (born Donald Henry Parrott Jr.; March 13, 1933 – September 6, 1991) was an American serial killer and rapist from South Carolina who stabbed, shot, drowned, and poisoned more than a dozen people. Before his co ...
(1933–1991), American serial killer * Pee-Wee, Dave Herman (born 1984), American martial arts fighter *
Pee Wee Hunt Walter Gerhardt "Pee Wee" Hunt (May 10, 1907 – June 22, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist, vocalist, and bandleader. Hunt was born in Mount Healthy, Ohio. He developed a musical interest at an early age, as his mother, Sadie, played the ban ...
(1907–1979), American jazz trombonist, vocalist and band leader * Peewee Jarrett (born 1999), American football player * Pee Wee, nickname of Shannon Johnson (born 1974), former Women's National Basketball Association player *
Pee Wee Kirkland Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland (born May 6, 1945) is a former American streetball player and drug kingpin. Career Basketball Born in Manhattan, New York, Kirkland played varsity basketball at Charles Evans Hughes High School in Manhattan, New York, a ...
(born 1945), former street basketball player *
Pee Wee Lambert Pee Wee Lambert (born ''Darrell Lambert''; August 5, 1924 – June 15, 1965) was a mandolinist who worked with The Stanley Brothers. He left the group in 1950. He sang in a "high voice" like Bill Monroe. He highly admired Monroe. In addition to sing ...
(1924–1965), American mandolinist *
Pee Wee Marquette William Clayton "Pee Wee" Marquette (October 10, 1914 – September 21, 1992) was the former master of ceremonies at the Birdland jazz club in New York City. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Marquette was the son of Willis and Kinnie Markett (or s ...
(1914–1992), American master of ceremonies at the Birdland jazz club *
Pee Wee Moore Numa Smith "Pee Wee" Moore (March 5, 1928 in Raleigh, North Carolina – April 13, 2009) was an American jazz saxophonist.Zagier, Alan Scher. News and Observer (Durham, NC). "Jazzman doesn’t sing the blues." 2/22/1999 Moore attended Washin ...
(1928–2009), American jazz saxophonist *
Pee Wee Reese Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918 – August 14, 1999) was an Americans, American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 194 ...
(1918–1999), Hall of Fame baseball player *
Pee Wee Russell Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet. With a highly individualistic and sp ...
(1906–1969), American jazz musician * Pee Wee Smith (born 1968), Canadian football player *
Pee-Wee Wanninger Paul Louis Wanninger (December 12, 1902 – March 7, 1981) was a backup shortstop in Major League Baseball who played in and for the New York Yankees (1925), Boston Red Sox (1927) and Cincinnati Reds (1927). Listed at , 150 lb., he ba ...
(1902–1981), Major League Baseball player * Pee Wee Wentz (born 1941), retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver * Leon "Pee Wee" Whittaker (1906–1993), African American musician


Fictional characters

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Pee-Wee Harris Walter "Pee-wee" Harris is a fictional Boy Scout who has appeared in several series of boy's books by Percy Keese Fitzhugh as well as in a long-running comic strip in the magazine ''Boys' Life''. Originally spelled "Pee-wee", his name has occasiona ...
, in several series of boy's books by Percy Keese Fitzhugh and a comic strip *
Pee-wee Herman Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian Paul Reubens. He is best known for his films and television series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that ...
, created and portrayed by Paul Reubens * Edward "Pee Wee" Morris, in the film ''
Porky's ''Porky's'' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film influenced many writers in the teen film genre and spawned two sequels: ...
'' and its two sequels * Pee Wee, a main character in the novel ''
Have Space Suit—Will Travel ''Have Space Suit—Will Travel'' is a science fiction novel for young readers by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialized in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (August, September, and October 1958) and published by Sc ...
'' by Robert Heinlein


See also

* Peewit (pronounced "Pee-Wee"), a character in the comic series ''
Johan and Peewit ''Johan and Peewit'' (french: Johan et Pirlouit, ) is a Belgian comics series created by Peyo. Since its initial appearance in 1947 it has been published in 13 albums that appeared before the death of Peyo in 1992. Thereafter, a team of comic bo ...
'' and the animated TV series ''
The Smurfs ''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
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