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As a nickname

* Frank Biscan (1920-1959), Major League Baseball pitcher * Gordon Brown (Canadian football) (born 1927), Canadian Football League retired player *
Porky Chedwick George Jacob "Porky" Chedwick (February 4, 1918 – March 2, 2014) was an American radio announcer known to generations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as "The Daddio of the Raddio", "The Platter Pushin' Papa", "The Bossman", "Pork the Tork", and a h ...
, Pittsburgh radio disk jockey of the 1950s and 1960s * Edward "Porky" Cragg (1919-1943), American World War II fighter ace *
Dan Flynn (boxer) Dan Flynn (April 5, 1888 – 1946) was an American Boxer known as much for his ring skills as for his punch and dirty tactics. He apparently earned the nickname "Porky" from his pre-boxing days working in a sausage factory. He had a record ...
(1888-1946), American boxer * Porky Freeman (1916-2001), American Western swing performer, bandleader, and songwriter * Rafael López Aliaga, Peruvian politician * Paul Morgan (rugby league) (died 2001), Australian rugby league player and businessman *
Ed Oliver (golfer) Edward Stewart "Porky" Oliver, Jr. (September 6, 1915 – September 21, 1961) was a professional golfer from the United States. He played on what is now known as the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s. Career Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Oliver st ...
(1916-1961), American golfer * George Peckham, British record engineer * Hal Reniff (1938-2004), Major League Baseball pitcher *
Alex Romeril Alexander Edward "Porky" Romeril (December 29, 1893 – May 17, 1968) was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player, football player, National Hockey League referee, and the first coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Career Romeril played junior hockey w ...
(1882-1968), Canadian hockey and football player, and first coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs * John Zancocchio (born 1958), New York mobster


Fictional characters

* Porky Pig, a character from Looney Tunes * Porky, a character in '' Our Gang'' * Porky, the title character of ''
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: ...
'', a 1982 Canadian film * Silvester "Porky" Broadway, a character from '' Lassie'' * Porky Pine, a character in the '' Pogo'' comic strip by Walt Kelly * Porky Minch, a character from the ''
Mother ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ges ...
'' video game series


Other uses

* Porky (novel), ''Porky'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Deborah Moggach * Porky ('' Stephanolepis auratus''), a species of fish - see '' Stephanolepis'' * Porky the Poet was a stage name used by the comedian Phil Jupitus early in his career


See also

* "Porkies", the
Porcupine Mountains The Porcupine Mountains, or Porkies, are a group of small mountains spanning the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The Porcupine Mountains were named by the native ...
of Michigan * ''
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: ...
'', a 1981 sex comedy film {{disambiguation Lists of people by nickname