Sammy

Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel or Samantha, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami.

People

Music

• Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter
• Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter
• Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990), American singer and actor
• Sammy Fain (1902-1984), American composer
• Sammy Hagar (born 1947), American rock musician
• Sammy Johns (1946–2013), American country singer-songwriter
• Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), American country music artist
• Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician
• Sammy Price (1908-1992), American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader.

Sports

• Sammy Adjei (born 1980), Ghanaian retired footballer
• Sammy Baugh (1914-2008), American college and Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach
• Sammy Brooks (footballer) (1890-1960), English footballer
• Sammy Byrd (1906–1981), American baseball player and golfer
• Sammy Carlson (born 1989), American freestyle skier
• Sammy Collins (1923–1998), English footballer
• Samuel Day (sportsman) (1878–1950), English amateur cricketer and footballer
• Sammy Davis (American football) (born 1980), American former National Football League player
• Sammy Korir (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Sammy Lee (diver) (1920–2016), Korean-American diver and two-time Olympic Games champion
• Sammy Lee (footballer) (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 (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 Stewart (1954–2018), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1995), Scottish footballer
• Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1991), Northern Irish footballer
• Sammy Traoré (born 1976), French and Malian footballer
• Sammy Watkins (born 1993), American National Football League player
• Sammy Weir (born 1941), American football coach and player
• Sammy White (American football) (born 1954), American former National Football League player

Other

• Sammy Albon (born 1992), British YouTuber and radio personality
• Sammy Brooks (1891–1951), American film actor
• Sammy Davis Sr. (1900-1988), American dancer, father of Sammy Davis Jr.
• Sammy Tak Lee (born 1939), Hong Kong billionaire property developer
• Sammy Lee (choreographer), Oscar-nominated choreographer of Ali Baba Goes to Town
• 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

• Sammy Brown, a character in the American biographical romantic musical drama teen movie Clouds
• Sammy (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
• Sammy Jo Carrington, on the American TV show Dynasty
• Sammy Fabelman, the main protagonist of Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans
• Sammy Lawrence, a minor antagonist in the Bendy and the Ink Machine video game series
• 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, A female squirrel from Great Wolf Lodge
• Sammy, a character from Work It Out Wombats!

Businesses

• Sammy Corporation, Japanese amusement company

See also

• Sam (disambiguation)
• Sammie (name)