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As a nickname

* Frank Biscan (1920-1959), Major League Baseball pitcher *
Gordon Brown (Canadian football) Robert Gordon "Porky" Brown (1927 – December 20, 1987) was an award-winning and all-star guard in the Canadian Football League. A native of Victoria, Brown was winner of the 1950 Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy for Canadian rookie of the year in the ...
(born 1927), Canadian Football League retired player * Porky Chedwick, Pittsburgh radio disk jockey of the 1950s and 1960s *
Edward "Porky" Cragg Edward "Porky" Cragg (September 8, 1919 – missing in action December 26, 1943 – finding of death January 16, 1946) was a triple ace (15 kills) and a major in the United States Army Air Forces. Biography Early life Edward Cragg was born at M ...
(1919-1943), American World War II fighter ace * Dan Flynn (boxer) (1888-1946), American boxer * Porky Freeman (1916-2001), American Western swing performer, bandleader, and songwriter *
Rafael López Aliaga Rafael Bernardo López Aliaga Cazorla (born 11 February 1961) is a Peruvian businessman and politician, who is serving as mayor of Lima since 2023. He is currently the leader of Popular Renewal Entering politics late in his career, López Alia ...
, Peruvian politician *
Paul Morgan (rugby league) Paul "Porky" Morgan (died 26 January 2001) was an Australian rugby league footballer, administrator and businessman. He is remembered for being co-founder of the Brisbane Broncos club. The Paul Morgan Medal for the Brisbane Broncos' best and f ...
(died 2001), Australian rugby league player and businessman * Ed Oliver (golfer) (1916-1961), American golfer *
George Peckham George "Porky" Peckham (born 1942, Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English record engineer, widely recognised as among the most accomplished in the business. He has been responsible for producing the master discs from which many vinyl records have ...
, British record engineer *
Hal Reniff Harold Eugene Reniff (July 2, 1938 – September 7, 2004) was an American professional baseball player. The right-handed relief pitcher appeared in Major League Baseball for all or parts of seven seasons, from to , almost exclusively as a member ...
(1938-2004), Major League Baseball pitcher * Alex Romeril (1882-1968), Canadian hockey and football player, and first coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs * John Zancocchio (born 1958), New York mobster


Fictional characters

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Porky Pig Porky Pig is an animated character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his celebrity, star power, and the animators created ma ...
, a character from Looney Tunes * Porky, a character in ''
Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...
'' * Porky, the title character of '' Porky's'', a 1982 Canadian film * Silvester "Porky" Broadway, a character from ''
Lassie Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a full-length novel called ''Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fic ...
'' * Porky Pine, a character in the '' Pogo'' comic strip by Walt Kelly * Porky Minch, a character from the '' Mother'' video game series


Other uses

* ''Porky'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Deborah Moggach * Porky (''
Stephanolepis auratus ''Stephanolepis'' is a genus of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep bodied wit ...
''), a species of fish - see ''
Stephanolepis ''Stephanolepis'' is a genus of bony fish in the family Monacanthidae, the filefishes. Members of this genus are unusual-shaped fish and have a very rough skin which gives them their common name. They are laterally flattened and deep bodied wit ...
'' * Porky the Poet was a stage name used by the comedian
Phil Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz ' ...
early in his career


See also

* "Porkies", the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan * '' Porky's'', a 1981 sex comedy film {{disambiguation Nicknames