# 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 (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