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Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name
Sami Acronyms * SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft * Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company * South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ...
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People


Music

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Sammy Adams Samuel Adams Wisner (born August 14, 1987) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Early years Sammy Adams was born as Samuel Adams Wisner on August 14, 1987, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Kata Hull and Chuck Wisner. He and his family m ...
(born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *
Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premi ...
(1913-1993), American songwriter *
Sammy Davis Jr. Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director. At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...
(1925-1990), American singer and actor * Sammy Fain (1902-1984), American composer *
Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo car ...
(born 1947), American rock musician * Sammy Johns (1946–2013), American country singer-songwriter *
Sammy Kershaw Samuel Paul Kershaw (born February 24, 1958) is an American country music artist. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered the Top 40 on the ...
(born 1958), American country music artist * Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician *
Sammy Price Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the ...
(1908-1992), American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader.


Sports

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Sammy Adjei Samuel Adjei (born 1 September 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Adjei was born in Accra, Ghana. He was transferred from Accra-based club Hearts of Oak to Club Africain for a reported $150,00 ...
(born 1980), Ghanaian retired footballer *
Sammy Baugh Samuel Adrian Baugh (March 17, 1914 – December 17, 2008) was an American professional football player and coach. During his college and professional careers, he most notably played quarterback, but also played as a safety and punter. He ...
(1914-2008), American college and Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach *
Sammy Brooks (footballer) Samuel Ernest Brooks (28 March 1890 – 13 January 1960) was an English footballer who spent the majority of his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played for the club in the 1921 FA Cup Final. After 13 years with Wolves, he joined Totten ...
(1890-1960), English footballer * Sammy Carlson (born 1989), American freestyle skier *
Sammy Collins Ronald Dudley "Sammy" Collins (13 January 1923 – 31 May 1998) was an English professional association football, footballer. He holds the record for most league goals scored by a Torquay United F.C., Torquay United player. Collins began his ca ...
(1923–1998), English footballer *
Samuel Day (sportsman) Samuel Hulme Day (29 December 1878 – 21 February 1950), known as Sammy Day, was an amateur sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and association football for Corinthian F.C. He made three international appeara ...
(1878–1950), English amateur cricketer and footballer * Sammy Davis (American football) (born 1980), American former National Football League player *
Sammy Korir Sammy Korir (born December 12, 1971) is a long distance runner from Kenya. Biography Korir was born in Kiboswa village, Nandi county of Rift Valley province, Kenya. In 2003 he finished second in Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:04:56, just one s ...
(born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner *
Sammy Lee (diver) Samuel Lee (August 1, 1920 – December 2, 2016) was an American physician and diver. He was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States (the second Asian American to win a gold medal overall) and the first m ...
(1920–2016), Korean-American diver and two-time Olympic Games champion *
Sammy Lee (footballer) Samuel Lee (born 7 February 1959) is an English professional football coach and former player. Lee played most of his career for hometown club Liverpool during the 1970s and 1980s as a midfielder, and also represented England fourteen times. H ...
(born 1959), former Liverpool footballer and former Bolton Wanderers manager * Satoru Sayama (born 1957), Japanese wrestler with the stage name "Sammy Lee" * Sammy Luftspring (1916-2000), Canadian boxer *
Sammy Mandell Sammy Mandell (a.k.a. Samuel Mandella; February 5, 1904 – November 7, 1967) was an American World lightweight boxing champion from 1926-1930. Born in Rockford, Illinois, and named Salvatore Mandala, he was known as the "Rockford Sheik" due to ...
(1904-1967), American world lightweight champion boxer * Sammy McIlroy (born 1954), Northern Ireland footballer * Sammy Price (American football) (born 1943), American former National Football League player * Sammy Kibet Rotich (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner * Sammy Solís (born 1988), American professional baseball player * Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player * Sammy Soviero (Sportsman)(born 1991), Italy-Champion WKF (Worl karatè Federation) * Sammy Stewart (born 1954), American former Major League Baseball pitcher * Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1995), Scottish footballer *
Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1991) Sammy Stewart (born 25 November 1990 in Portadown, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former professional football player. Career Glenavon Stewart started his career with the Irish Premier League side Glenavon in 2007. Aberdeen In May 2008 ...
, Northern Irish footballer * Sammy Traoré (born 1976), French and Malian footballer * Sammy Watkins (born 1993), American National Football League player *
Sammy White (American football) Sammy White (born March 3, 1954) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). After attending Grambling State University, White played all 10 seasons (1976–1985) of his professional career as a wide recei ...
(born 1954), American former National Football League player


Other

* Sammy Albon (born 1992), British YouTuber and radio personality *
Sammy Brooks Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (19 ...
(1891–1951), American film actor *
Sammy Davis Sr. Samuel George Davis Sr. (December 12, 1900 – May 21, 1988) was an American dancer and the father of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. Early life Davis was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Rosa B. Taylor (1870–1957) and Robert Davis (18 ...
(1900-1988), American dancer, father of Sammy Davis Jr. * Sammy Tak Lee (born 1939), Hong Kong billionaire property developer *
Sammy Lee (choreographer) Sammy Lee (May 26, 1890 – March 30, 1968), born Samuel Levy, was an American choreographer, dancer, and producer who worked mainly on Broadway and for 20th Century Fox film corporation in Hollywood. Work on Broadway Lee got his start on the B ...
, Oscar-nominated choreographer of ''
Ali Baba Goes to Town ''Ali Baba Goes to Town'' is a 1937 musical film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the ...
'' * Sammy Lee (scientist) (1958–2012), expert in ''in vitro'' fertilisation * Sammy Wilson (politician) (born 1953), British MP from Northern Ireland * Sammy Younge Jr. (1944–1966), murdered African-American civil rights activist


Fictional characters

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Sammy Jo Carrington Sammy Jo Carrington (born Samantha Josephine Dean; formerly Fallmont) is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Dynasty'', created by Richard and Esther Shapiro. The niece of central protagonist Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans), Samm ...
, on the American TV show ''Dynasty'' * Sammy the Owl, official mascot of the athletics teams of Rice University * Sammy the Shunter, locomotive in the children's books by Eileen Gibb *
Sammy Lawrence Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel (name), Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami_(name), Sami. People Music *Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American so ...
, a minor antagonist in the ''
Bendy and the Ink Machine ''Bendy and the Ink Machine''Commonly abbreviated as ''BatIM''. is an episodic first-person survival horror video game developed and published by Kindly Beast under the name of the game's in-universe animation studio Joey Drew Studios Inc. I ...
'' video game series


See also

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Sam (disambiguation) Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...
* Sammie (name) {{given name Lists of people by nickname Masculine given names Hypocorisms English masculine given names