Pinkney may refer to:

People

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* Alan Pinkney (born 1947), English footballer *

Andrea Davis Pinkney Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963) is the author of numerous books for children and young adults, including picture books, novels, works of historical fiction and nonfiction who writes about African-American culture. In addition to her work as an ...

(born 1963), American children's author * Bill Pinkney (1925–2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters *

Bob Pinkney Bob Pinkney (born c. 1934) is a former Canadian football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders. He played college football at the University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university ...

(born 1934), Canadian football player *

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an American Founding Father, statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constit ...

(born 1746), early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention *

Cleveland Pinkney Cleveland Pinkney III (born September 14, 1977) is a former American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League. He last played for the Detroit Lions. Pinkney attended and played football at Sumter High School. He gradu ...

(born 1977), American football player *

Colleen Pinkney Colleen Pinkney (born Colleen Marshall) is a Canadian curler from Truro, Nova Scotia. She is a 2009 and 2013 Canadian Senior champion skip and a two-time provincial senior champion. She won the World Senior Curling Championships in 2010. Caree ...

(born 1957), Canadian curler *

David H. Pinkney David H. Pinkney (1914–1993) was a renowned scholar of French history, author, and emeritus professor of history at the University of Washington, from 1967 until his retirement in 1984. Pinkney, born in Elyria, Ohio, attended Oberlin College a ...

(1914–1993), American historian *

David Pinkney David Pinkney is a British businessman and auto racing driver. He competed in the British Touring Car Championship on and off between 1989 and 2011. Racing career James Weaver talked David into racing and he started out in the Uniroyal Saloon ...

(born 1952), English racing driver *

Dwight Pinkney Dwight Pinkney OD (born 1945), also known as Brother Dee, is a Jamaican guitarist best known for his work as a session musician and as a member of Zap Pow and the Roots Radics, who since 1999 has recorded as a solo artist. Biography Dwight Pi ...

(born 1945), Jamaican guitarist * Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828), minor American poet *Edward Pinkney, American founder of Black Autonomy Network Community Organization * Ernie Pinkney, Scottish footballer * Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), American singer *

George Pinkney George Burton Pinkney (January 11, 1859 – November 10, 1926) born in Orange Prairie, Peoria, Illinois, was a third baseman for the Cleveland Blues (1884), Brooklyn Grays/Bridegrooms/Grooms(1885–91), St. Louis Browns (1892), and Louisville Co ...

(1859–1926), American baseball player *Isiah Pinkney (born 1968), American rapper 12 Gauge * Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player *

Jerry Pinkney Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addresse ...

(born 1939), American book illustrator *

Kevinn Pinkney Kevinn Lamar Pinkney (born October 10, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. Professional career Despite a highly successful career as a power forward at the University of Nevada, Reno where he also played with 2007 draft prospect ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Larry Pinkney, African-American activist * Lovell Pinkney (born 1972), American football player * Miles Pinkney (1599–1674), English Catholic priest * Nick Pinkney (born 1970), English rugby league player *

Ninian Pinkney Ninian Pinkney (17 June 1811 – 15 December 1877), also spelled Pinckney, born in the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1829, and from Jefferson Medical College, Phila ...

(1811–1877), U.S. Navy medical director, active during the American Civil War *

Peter Pinkney Peter Pinkney (born 1956) is a British people, British trade unionist, who served as President of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) from December 2012 until 2015. Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn, Pinkney compl ...

(born 1956), British trade unionist *

Reggie Pinkney Vernon Reginald Pinkney (born May 27, 1955) is a former American football defensive back. He played five seasons in the National Football League, two with the Detroit Lions and three with the Baltimore Colts. Pickney was drafted 166th overall in t ...

(born 1955), American football player *

Ron Pinkney Robert Theron "Ron" Pinkney (born May 26, 1935) is an American pioneer broadcaster who was the first African American play-by-play announcer on a major television network (ABC). The game was played at the Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi ...

(born 1935), American broadcaster *

Rose Catherine Pinkney Rose Catherine Pinkney (born 1964) is an American television development executive. She was hired as the VP Development and Original Programming for TV Land in 2012. Pinkney has previously served as Director of Programming at Twentieth Centur ...

(born 1964), American television executive *

Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney (October 23, 1750November 2, 1828) was an early American statesman, diplomat, and soldier in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, achieving the rank of major general. He served as Governor of South Carolina an ...

(born 1750), early American statesman, diplomat, and soldier in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, achieving the rank of major general *

Tony Pinkney Oxford English Limited (OEL) was a socialist- feminist group of undergraduate and postgraduate students campaigning for progressive reforms in the Oxford University English Faculty between 1982 and 1992. OEL's demands included the abolition of c ...

(born 1956), English teacher and literary writer *

William Pinkney William Pinkney (March 17, 1764February 25, 1822) was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison. Biography William Pinkney was born in 1764 in Annapolis in the Province ...

(1764–1822), American statesman and diplomat **The Monroe-Pinkney Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom was drawn up by William Pinkney and James Monroe (but rejected by the U.S. government) *

William Pinkney (bishop) William Pinkney (April 17, 1810 – July 4, 1883) was fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. Early life He was born in Annapolis, Maryland and attended St. John's College, Annapolis, from which he graduated at age 17. He studied law ...

(1810–1883), Bishop of Maryland, USA

Given name

* Pinkney H. Walker (1815–1885), American jurist *

Pinkney L. Near Pinkney Near (1927 – August 29, 1990) was the curator of the Cincinnati Museum of Art and afterward the curator of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for thirty years. He was responsible for the VMFA's acquisition of many treasured works of art ...

(1927–1990), American museum curator *

Pinkney Lugenbeel Pinkney Lugenbeel (November 16, 1819 – March 18, 1886) was a career United States Army officer who served during the Seminole Wars, Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, and the later American Indian Wars, retiring as a colonel in ...

(1819–1886), American army officer * Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (1900–1974), American blues singer and guitarist

Places

* Pinkney, Wiltshire, a hamlet in England *

Pinkney and Gerrick Woods Pinkney And Gerrick Woods () is a 62.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England notified in 1954. SSSIs are designated by Natural England, formally English Nature, which uses the 1974–1996 county s ...

, a biological site in Cleveland, England * Pinkney City or Pinkneyville, a community in Stevens County, Washington, USA

Other uses

* Dave Pinkney Trophy, an award in the Ontario Hockey League * USS ''Pinkney'' (APH-2), a WW2 evacuation transport

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