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 Omosigho (born 2004), American football player
  • 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 Harrison, a side character from the British television series Kate, played by Peter Sallis
  • 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 Belgian comics series and its main character, Sammy Day
  • Sammy, A female squirrel from Great Wolf Lodge
  • Sammy, a character from Work It Out Wombats!
  • Sammy Watts, character in Angelina Ballerina

Businesses

  • Sammy Corporation, Japanese amusement company

See also

  • Sam (disambiguation)
  • Sammie (name)