# Mickey

Mickey is a given name and nickname, often a short form (hypocorism) of Michael, Michaela, and Michelle, and occasionally a surname. Notable people and characters with the name include:

## People
### Given name or nickname
#### Men

* Mickey Andrews (born 1942), American retired college football coach
* Mickey Appleman (born 1945), American poker player and sports bettor and handicapper
* Michael Barron (born 1974), English former football player and coach
* Mickey Bullock (1946–2024), English footballer
* Mickey Cochrane (1903–1962), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
* Michael Cochrane (musician) (born 1948), American jazz pianist
* Mickey Cohen (1913–1976), American gangster
* Mickey Curry (born 1956), American drummer
* Michael Devine (hunger striker) (1954–1981), a founding member of the Irish National Liberation Army
* Mickey Drexler (born 1944), chairman and CEO of J.Crew Group and former CEO of Gap Inc.
* Mickey Fisher (1904/05–1963), American basketball coach
* Mickey Gilley (1936–2022), American country music artist
* Mickey Gorka (born 1972), Israeli basketball player and coach
* Michael (Mickey) Gubitosi, birth name of Robert Blake (actor) (1933–2023), American actor
* Mickey Guidry (born 1966), American football quarterback
* Mickey Hamill (1889–1943), Northern Irish footballer
* Mickey Hargitay (1926–2006), Hungarian-American actor and 1955 Mr. Universe, husband of Jayne Mansfield
* Mickey Hart (born 1943), American drummer with The Grateful Dead
* Mickey Harte (fl. 2003–present), Gaelic football manager
* Mickey He (born 1976), Chinese television actor and singer
* Mickey Higham (born 1980), English rugby league player
* Mickey Hole (1892–1969), National Football League player
* Mickey Jones (1941–2018), American musician and actor
* Mickey Katz (1909–1985), American musician and comedian
* Mickey Kantor (born 1939), American politician and lawyer
* Mickey Kearns (born 1943), Gaelic footballer
* Mickey Kuhn (1932–2022), American former child actor
* Mickey Levy (born 1951), Israeli politician
* Mickey Lolich (born 1940), American former Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Loomis (born 1956), general manager of the NFL's New Orleans Saints since 2002
* Mickey Madden (born 1979), American musician, bassist for the pop rock band Maroon 5
* Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Marvin (1955–2017), American former National Football League player
* Mickey Melchiondo (born 1970), guitarist for Ween under the stage name Dean Ween
* Mickey Michaux (born 1930), American politician
* Mickey Morandini (born 1966), American former Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Moniak (born 1998), American baseball player
* Mickey Muennig (1935 –2021), American architect
* Mickey Newbury (1940–2002), American singer and songwriter
* Mickey Owen (1916–2005), American Major League Baseball player, coach and scout
* Mickey Perz (born 1984), Filipino-Swiss actor and dancer
* Mickey Redmond (born 1947), Canadian former National Hockey League player
* Mickey Rivers (born 1948), American former Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), American film actor
* Mickey Rose (1935–2013), American screenwriter
* Mickey Rosenthal (born 1955), Israeli investigative journalist and politician
* Mickey Rourke (born 1952), American film actor
* Mickey Russell, American football player
* Mickey Shaughnessy (1920–1985), American actor
* Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), American detective fiction author
* Mickey Stanley (born 1942), American former Major League Baseball player
* William "Mickey" Stevenson (born c. 1940), American songwriter and record producer
* Mickey Tettleton (born 1960), American former Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Vernon (1918–2008), American Major League Baseball player, manager and coach
* Mickey Walsh (born 1954), English footballer
* Mickey Washington (born 1968), American former National Football League player
* Mickey Weintraub (1907–1987), American Major League Baseball player
* Mickey Welch (1859–1941), American Major League pitcher

#### Women

* Mickey Champion (1925–2014), American blues singer
* Mickey Conley (born 1964/1965), American reporter and sports broadcaster
* Mickey de Boer, Dutch cricketer
* Mickey Dewar (1956–2017), American historian
* Mickey Facchinello (born 1991), American martial artist and actress
* Mickey Faerch, American actress
* Mickey Ferriols (born 1973), Filipino actress
* Mickey Guyton (born 1983), American country music artist
* Emily "Mickey" Hahn (1905–1997), American writer
* Mickie James (born 1979), American professional wrestler
* Mickey O'Brien, English composer and musician
* Mickey O'Hagan, American actress
* Mickey Patterson (1926–1996), South African athletic
* Mickey Petitto, American politician
* Mickey Zucker Reichert (born 1962), American fantasy fiction author
* Mickey Shiloh (born 1992), American songwriter, recording artist, and entrepreneur
* Mickey Smith (artist) (born 1972), American photographer and conceptual artist
* Mickey Sumner (born 1984), English actress
* Mickey Waldman (1942–2008), American radio personality and producer
* Mickey Walker (golfer) (born 1952), English professional golfer
* Mickey Winters (born 1940), American model
* Mickey Wright (1935–2020), American Hall-of-Fame golfer
* Mickey Zacchilli (born 1983), American comics artist and voice actor

### Surname

* Joey Mickey (born 1970), American former football player
* John H. Mickey (1845–1910), American politician, 13th governor of Nebraska
* Jordan Mickey (born 1994), American basketball player
* Ruth Mickey (born 1954), American statistician

## Fictional characters

* Mickey Mouse, a Disney animated character
* A character in Man Down
* Big Mickey, a dockside crane from the children's television series TUGS
* Mickey Abbott, a recurring side character in Seinfeld
* Mickey, a criminal and friend in the FOX animated show Bob's Burgers
* Michael "Mickey" Bunce, in the 1991 black comedy movie Drop Dead Fred
* Mickey Goldmill, in the Rocky franchise
* Mickey Horton, in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Mickey Milkovich, a recurring character in the American television series Shameless
* Margaret "Mickey" Dawson, played by Jennifer Aniston in the 2013 American black comedy crime film Life of Crime
* Mickey Miller, in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Mickey Morelli, in the 1985 American adventure comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure
* Mickey Smith, in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who
* The protagonist of Mickey One, a 1965 film starring Warren Beatty in the title role
* The title character of Mickey, a 1918 film starring Mabel Normand
* The title character of Mickey, a 1948 film about a teen tomboy starring Lois Butler
* Mickey O'Neill, a main character in Snatch