Mickey

Mickey is a given name and nickname, almost always masculine and often a short form (hypocorism) of Michael, and occasionally a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People[edit]

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Men[edit]

Mickey Andrews (born 1942), American retired college football coach
Mickey Appleman (born 1945), American poker player and sports bettor and handicapper
Michael Barron (born 1974), English former football player and coach
Mickey Cochrane (1903–1962), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
Michael Cochrane (musician) (born 1948), American jazz pianist
Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), American gangster
Mickey Curry (born 1956), American drummer
Michael Devine (hunger striker) (1954–1981), a founding member of the Irish National Liberation Army
Mickey Drexler (born 1944), chairman and CEO of J.Crew Group and former CEO of Gap Inc.
Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), American basketball coach
Mickey Gilley (1936–2022), American country music artist
Mickey Gorka (born 1972), Israeli basketball player and coach
Michael (Mickey) Gubitosi, birth name of Robert Blake (actor) (1933–2023), American actor
Mickey Guidry (born 1966), American football quarterback
Mickey Hamill (1889–1943), Northern Irish footballer
Mickey Hargitay (1926–2006), Hungarian-American actor and 1955 Mr. Universe, husband of Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hart (born 1943), American drummer with The Grateful Dead
Mickey Harte (fl. 2003–present), Gaelic football manager
Mickey He (born 1976), Chinese television actor and singer
Mickey Higham (born 1980), English rugby league player
Mickey Hole (1892–1969), National Football League player
Mickie James (born 1979), American professional wrestler
Mickey Jones (1941–2018), American musician and actor
Mickey Katz (1909–1985), American musician and comedian
Mickey Kantor (born 1939), American politician and lawyer
Mickey Kearns (born 1943), Gaelic footballer
Mickey Kuhn (1932–2022), American former child actor
Mickey Levy (born 1951), Israeli politician
Mickey Lolich (born 1940), American former Major League Baseball player
Mickey Loomis (born 1956), general manager of the NFL's New Orleans Saints since 2002
Mickey Madden (born 1979), American musician, bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5
Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
Mickey Marvin (1955–2017), American former National Football League player
Mickey Melchiondo (born 1970), guitarist for Ween under the stage name Dean Ween
Mickey Michaux (born 1930), American politician
Mickey Morandini (born 1966), American former Major League Baseball player
Mickey Moniak (born 1998), American baseball player
Mickey Muennig (1935 –2021), American architect
Mickey Newbury (1940–2002), American singer and songwriter
Mickey Owen (1916–2005), American Major League Baseball player, coach and scout
Mickey Perz (born 1984), Filipino-Swiss actor and dancer
Mickey Redmond (born 1947), Canadian former National Hockey League player
Mickey Rivers (born 1948), American former Major League Baseball player
Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), American film actor
Mickey Rose (1935–2013), American screenwriter
Mickey Rosenthal (born 1955), Israeli investigative journalist and politician
Mickey Rourke (born 1952), American film actor
Mickey Russell, American football player
Mickey Shaughnessy (1920–1985), American actor
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American detective fiction author
Mickey Stanley (born 1942), American former Major League Baseball player
William "Mickey" Stevenson (born c. 1940), American songwriter and record producer
Mickey Tettleton (born 1960), American former Major League Baseball player
Mickey Vernon (1918–2008), American Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
Mickey Walsh (born 1954), English footballer
Mickey Washington (born 1968), American former National Football League player
Mickey Weintraub (1907–1987), American Major League Baseball player
Mickey Welch (1859–1941), American Major League pitcher

Women[edit]

Emily "Mickey" Hahn (1905–1997), American writer
Mickey Petitto, American politician
Mickey Sumner (born 1984), English actress
Mickey Wright (1935–2020), American Hall-of-Fame golfer
Mickey Zucker Reichert (born 1962), American fantasy fiction author

Surname[edit]

Joey Mickey (born 1970), American former football player
John H. Mickey (1845–1910), American politician, 13th governor of Nebraska
Jordan Mickey (born 1994), American basketball player
Ruth Mickey (born 1954), American statistician

Fictional characters[edit]

Mickey Mouse, a Disney animated character
A character in Man Down
Big Mickey, a dockside crane from the children's television series TUGS
Mickey Abbott, a recurring side character in Seinfeld
Mickey, a criminal and friend in the FOX animated show Bob's Burgers
Michael "Mickey" Bunce, in the 1991 black comedy movie Drop Dead Fred
Mickey Goldmill, in the Rocky franchise
Mickey Horton, in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
Mickey Milkovich, a recurring character in the American television series Shameless
Margaret "Mickey" Dawson, played by Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime
Mickey Miller, in the British soap opera EastEnders
Mickey Morelli, in the 1985 American adventure comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Mickey Smith, in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who
The protagonist of Mickey One, a 1965 film starring Warren Beatty in the title role
The title character of Mickey, a 1918 film starring Mabel Normand
The title character of Mickey, a 1948 film about a teen tomboy starring Lois Butler
Mickey O'Neill, a main character in Snatch

Music[edit]

Mickey (Toni Basil song)

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