Red (nickname)

Last updated October 31, 2024

Red is a nickname of the following people:

Arts and entertainment

Red Allen (1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
Red Allen (bluegrass) (1930–1993), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
Red Balaban (1929–2013), American jazz tubist
Don "Red" Barry (1912–1980), American actor
Red Buttons (1919–2006), American actor, songwriter, and comedian
Red Callender (1916–1992), American jazz tubist and double-bassist
Red Canzian (born 1951), Italian rock singer-songwriter and bassist
Red Foley (1910–1968), American country music singer and musician
Red Garland (1923–1984), American jazz pianist
Red Grammer (born 1952), American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
Red Grooms (born 1937), American artist
Mick Hucknall (born 1960), English singer and songwriter
Red Ingle (1906–1965), American comedy musician
Creadel "Red" Jones (1940–1994), American soul singer and musician
Red Kelly (musician) (1927–2004), American jazz double-bassist
Red Lane (1939–2015), American singer-songwriter
Red Mack (musician) (1912–1993), American jazz trumpeter
Red Miller (singer) (1914–1987), American R&B singer
Red Mitchell (1927–1992), American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist and poet
Red Murrell (1921–2001), American Western swing musician
Red Nichols (1905–1965), American jazz cornettist
Red Norvo (1908–1999), American jazz vibraphonist
Red Perkins (1890–1976), American jazz trumpeter
Red Perkins (country singer) (1920–1990), American country singer-songwriter
Red Prysock (1926–1993), American rhythm and blues saxophonist
Red Richards (1912–1998), American jazz pianist
Red Rodney (1927–1994), American jazz trumpet player
Red Shea (guitarist) (1938–2008), Canadian folk guitarist
Red Simpson (1934–2016), American country singer-songwriter
Red Skelton (1913–1997), American comedian and artist
Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley (1925–1972), American country and bluegrass musician
Red Sovine (1917–1980), American country singer-songwriter
Red Symons (born 1949), Australian television entertainer and former musician with the Skyhooks
Red West (1936–2017), American actor, stunt performer, and songwriter
Red Wilson (musician) (1920–2005), American fiddler

Sports

Sports commentators and writers are listed in the media section.

Red Adams (1921–2017), American baseball player, scout and coach
Red Ames (1882–1936), American baseball pitcher
Red Amick (1929–1995), American racing driver
Jerry Anderson (American football coach) (born 1945), American football player and coach
Red Anderson (baseball) (1912–1972), American baseball pitcher
Red Anderson (ice hockey) (1910–1991), Canadian ice hockey player
Red Auerbach (1917–2006), American basketball coach and executive
Red Baldwin (1894–1956), American baseball player
Red Ballantyne, Scottish footballer
Red Barnes (1904–1959), American baseball player
Red Barron (1900–1982), American football and baseball player
Red Baughman (1878–1958), American football coach
Red Berenson (born 1939), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Red Bethea (1905–1986), American football player
Red Bittmann (1862–1929), American baseball player and umpire
Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football player and coach, college athletics administrator and Army officer
Red Borom (1915–2011), American baseball player
Red Bowser (1881–1943), American baseball player
Red Bryant (born 1984), American football player
Red Byron (1915–1960), American racing driver
Chris Cagle (American football) (1905–1942), American football player
Howie Camp (1893–1960), American baseball player
Red Cashion (1931–2019), American football official
Red Causey (1893–1960), American baseball pitcher
Red Conkright (1914–1980), American football player and coach
Red Connally (1863–1896), American baseball player
Red Corriden (1887–1959), American baseball player, coach, and manager
Red Corzine (1909–2003), American football player
Red Davis (1915–2002), American baseball player and manager
Red Davis (American football) (1907–1988), American football player
Red Davis (basketball) (born 1932), American basketball player
Red Dawson (1906–1983), American football coach
Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), American basketball player
Red Dehnert (1924–1984), American basketball player
Louis "Red" Deutsch (1890–1983), Ukrainian-American boxer, tavern owner, victim of the Tube Bar prank calls
Red Donahue (1873–1913), American baseball pitcher
Red Dooin (1879–1952), American baseball player and manager
Red Dunn (1901–1957), American football player
Red Dutton (1897–1987), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
Red Edwards (1904–1981), American football player and coach
Red Ehret (1868–1940), American baseball pitcher
Red Faber (1888–1976), American baseball pitcher
Red Fisher (baseball) (1887–1940), American baseball player
Red Flaherty (1917–1999), American baseball umpire
Red Gerard (born 2000), American snowboarder
Don Goldstein (born c. 1937–2022), American basketball player
Red Grange (1903–1991), American football player
Percy W. Griffiths (1893–1983), American football player, coach, and politician
Red Hardy (1923–2003), American baseball pitcher
Red Harris, American football player and coach
Lloyd Hittle (1924–2012), American baseball pitcher
Red Holzman (1920–1998), American basketball player and coach
Red Howard (1900–1973), American football player
Red Jones (American football), college football player
Red Jones (outfielder) (1911–1974), American baseball player
Red Jones (umpire) (1905–1987), American baseball umpire
Red Kelly (1927–2019), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Red Kelly (baseball) (1884–1961), American baseball player
Johnny Kerr (1932–2009), American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster
Red Klotz (1920–2014), American basketball player and team owner
Red Kress (1907–1962), American baseball player and coach
Milton Leathers (1908–2000), American college football player
Buddy Lively (1925–2015), American baseball pitcher
Red Long (1876–1929), American baseball pitcher
Red Mack (1937–2021), American football player
Ralph Maddox (1908–1944), American college football player
Red Martin (1938–2017), American ice hockey player
Red Matal (1911–2003), American football player and coach
Red McCusker (1895–1979), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Red McDermott (1888–1964), American baseball player
Red McKee (1890–1972), American baseball player
Red McManus (1925–2013), American basketball coach
Red McMillan, 1920s Scottish footballer
Red McNeal, 1930s American baseball player
Red Mihalik (1916–1996), American basketball player and referee
Red Miller (1927–2017), American football coach
Red Mitchell (ice hockey) (1912–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Red Murff (1921–2008), American baseball pitcher
Red Murray (1884–1958), American baseball player
Red Murrell (basketball) (1933–2017), American basketball player
Red O'Connor, 1920s American football player
Red O'Hora, American baseball player and coach
Red O'Quinn (1925–2002), American football player
Red Oldham (1893–1961), American baseball pitcher
Red Ormsby (1895–1962), American baseball umpire
Red Ostergard (1896–1977), American baseball player
Red Owens (1925–1988), American basketball player
Red Owens (baseball) (1874–1952), American baseball player
Red Patterson (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
Warren Perkins (1922–2014), American basketball player
Red Pollard (1909–1981), Canadian horse racing jockey
Red Ramsey (1911–1984), American football player
Red Reese (1899–1974), American multi-sport coach and athletic director
Red Rocha (1923–2010), American basketball player and coach
Red Rolfe (1908–1969), American baseball player, manager and executive
Red Ruffing (1905–1986), American baseball pitcher
Red Ryan (baseball) (1897–1969), American baseball pitcher
Red Sanders (1905–1958), American college football coach
Red Schillings (1900–1954), American baseball pitcher
Red Schoendienst (1923–2018), American baseball player and manager
Red Shannon (1897–1970), American baseball player
Red Shea (1898–1981), American baseball pitcher
Red Sheridan (1896–1975), American baseball player
Red Shurtliffe (1907–1986), American football player
Red Smith (American football) (fl. 1903–1905), American football player
Red Smith (American football/baseball) (1904–1978), American baseball and football player and coach
Red Smith (catcher) (1892–1970), American baseball player
Red Smith (shortstop) (1899–1961), American baseball player
Red Smith (third baseman) (1890–1966), American baseball player
Red Steiner (1915–2001), American baseball player
Red Storey (1918–2006), Canadian ice hockey official
Red Thomas (1898–1962), American baseball player
Red Torkelson (1894–1964), American baseball pitcher
Red Weaver (1897–1968), American football player and coach
Red Werder (1894–1942), American football player
Red Wilson (1929–2014), American baseball and football player
Shirley Wilson (1925–2021), American football coach
Al Wingo (1898–1964), American baseball player

Military

Roy Alexander Gano (1902–1971), US Navy vice admiral
William Hicks Jackson (1835–1903), Confederate general during the American Civil War
Lawson P. Ramage (1909–1990), US Navy vice-admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
Eugene Tobin (1917–1941), American World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot
Leonard F. Wing (1893–1945), US Army major and general politician

Politics

Red Berry (Texas politician) (1899–1969), American politician and gambler
H. A. Boucher (1921–2009), American politician
Ken Livingstone (born 1945), English politician
Leonard F. Wing (1893–1945), American politician and US Army major general

Media

Red Barber (1908–1992), American sportscaster
Charles "Red" Donley (1923–1998), American sports and news anchor
Red Fisher (sportsman) (1914–2006), American sporting goods retailer, newspaper columnist, and television personality in Canada
Red Fisher (journalist) (1926–2018), Canadian sports columnist
Red Rush (1927–2009), American sportscaster
Red Smith (sportswriter) (1905–1982), American sportswriter

Other

Red Adair (1915–2004), American oil field firefighter
Red Cavaney (born 1943), American businessman and lobbyist
James "Red" Duke (1928–2015), American trauma surgeon
Roscoe Jackson (1901–1937), American murderer, last person to be publicly executed in the United States
Red McCombs (1927–2023), American businessman
Red Dillard Morrison (1919–1989), American mob boss
Harold Arthur Poling (1925–2012), American business executive
Lynton Wilson (born 1940), Canadian business executive

Red (nickname)

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