Pinkney

For other uses, see Pinkney (disambiguation).

Pinkney is a surname and masculine given name borne by the following people:

Surname

• Alan Pinkney (born 1947), English footballer
• Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963), American children's book author, wife of Brian Pinkney
• Bill Pinkney (1925–2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters
• Bill Pinkney (sailor) (1935–2023), first African American to sail around the world solo
• Bob Pinkney (c. 1934–2017), Canadian football player
• Brian Pinkney (born 1961), American illustrator, son of illustrator Jerry Pinkney, husband of Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), a Founding Father of the United States, Revolutionary War officer, United States Minister to France, attorney, planter and slave owner
• Cleveland Pinkney (born 1977), American football player
• Colleen Pinkney (born 1957), Canadian curler
• David Pinkney (born 1952), English racing driver
• David H. Pinkney (1914–1993), American historian
• Dwight Pinkney (born 1945), Jamaican guitarist
• Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828), American poet
• Edward Pinkney, American founder of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
• Ernie Pinkney (1887–1975), English footballer
• Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), American singer, member of the Three Degrees
• George Pinkney (1859–1926), American baseball player
• Isiah Pinkney (born 1968), American rapper 12 Gauge
• Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
• Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021), American book illustrator
• Kevinn Pinkney (born 1983), American basketball player
• Larry Pinkney (fl. 1970s–present, African-American activist
• Lovell Pinkney (born 1972), American football player
• Marie Pinkney, American openly queer social worker and politician elected to the Delaware Senate in 2020
• Miles Pinkney (1599–1674), English Catholic priest
• Nick Pinkney (born 1970), English rugby league footballer
• Ninian Pinkney (1811–1877), US Navy surgeon and medical director, active during the American Civil War
• Peter Pinkney (born 1956), British trade unionist
• Reggie Pinkney (born 1955), American football player
• Ron Pinkney (born 1935), American broadcaster, first African American play-by-play announcer on a major television network
• Rose Catherine Pinkney (born 1964), American television executive
• Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), American statesman, diplomat, and major general
• William Pinkney (1764–1822), American statesman, diplomat and 7th United States Attorney General
• William Pinkney (bishop) (1810–1883), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

Given name

• Pink Anderson (1900–1974), American blues singer and guitarist
• Pinkney Lugenbeel (1819–1886), United States Army colonel
• Pinkney L. Near (1927–1990), American museum curator
• Pinkney H. Walker (1815–1885), American jurist

See also

• Pinckney (surname)
• Pinckney (given name)