# Skip (nickname)

Skip is a nickname (for example, when a name has skipped a generation), or a short form of the given name Skipper. Notable people with the name include:

## In arts and entertainment

* Skip Arnold (born 1957), American contemporary artist
* Skip Battin (1934–2003), American singer-songwriter
* Skip Battaglia (born 1948), American filmmaker
* Skip Blumberg (born 1946), American TV producer
* Skip Bolen (born 1960), American photographer
* Skip Drinkwater, American record producer
* Skip Ewing (born 1964), American country music singer and songwriter
* Skip Groff (1948-2019), American record producer
* Skip Hahn (born 1951), American musician
* Skip Hall (musician) (1909–1980), American musician
* Skip Heitzig (born 1955), American pastor
* Skip Heller (born 1965), American singer-songwriter
* Skip Hinnant (1940–2022), American actor and comedian
* Skip Hollandsworth (born 1957), American author
* Skip Homeier (1930-2017), American actor
* Skip Horack (born 1976), American writer
* Skip James (1902–1969), American singer
* Skip Jensen (born 1967), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Skip Jones, American folk musician
* Skip Kelly (born 1973), American radio personality
* Skip Konte (born 1944), American keyboardist
* Skip Lievsay, American sound editor
* Skip E. Lowe (1929-2014), American actor
* Skip Marley (born 1996), Jamaican singer-songwriter
* Skip Martin (1916–1976), American saxophonist
* Skip Mercier, American costume designer
* Skip Miller (1946-2009), American record executive
* Skip O'Brien (1950-2011), American actor
* Skip Palenik (born 1946), American author
* Skip Prokop (1943-2017), Canadian drummer
* Skip Scarborough (1944-2003), American songwriter
* Skip Sempé (born 1958), American harpsichordist
* Skip Spence (1946–1999), American-Canadian singer
* Skip Stellrecht (born 1959), American actor
* Skip Stephenson (1940-1992), American actor
* Skip Weshner (1927-1995), American disc jockey
* Skip Williams, American game designer
* Skip Williamson (1944-2017), American cartoonist
* Skip Williamson (producer) (born 1964), American producer
* Skip Woods (born 1970), American screenwriter

## In sports

* Skip Alexander (1918-1997), American golfer
* Skip Bandini, American football player
* Skip Barber (born 1936), American retired race car driver
* Skip Bayless (born 1951), American sports columnist and TV personality
* Skip Bertman (born 1938), American former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University
* Skip Brown (born 1955), American basketball player
* Skip Butler (born 1947), American former National Football League placekicker
* Skip Caray (1939-2008), American sportscaster, son of Harry Caray
* Skip Chappelle, American basketball player
* Skip Cutting (born 1946), American cyclist
* Skip Engblom (born 1948), American skateboarder
* Skip Frye (born 1941), American surfer
* Skip Gilbert (born 1960), American soccer player
* Skip Gougler (1894-1962), American football player
* Skip Guinn (born 1944), American baseball player
* Skip Hall (born 1944), American football coach
* Skip Hall (martial artist) (born 1948), American mixed martial artist
* Skip Harlicka (born 1946), American basketball player
* Skip Henderson (born 1965), American basketball player
* Skip Hicks (born 1974), American retired National Football League running back
* Skip Holtz (born 1964), head football coach at Louisiana Tech University and former head coach of the University of South Florida
* Skip James (baseball) (born 1949), American professional baseball player
* Skip Johnson (born 1967), American baseball player
* Skip Jutze (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball catcher
* Skip Kendall (born 1964), American golfer
* Skip Kenney, American head coach
* Skip Krake (born 1943), Canadian former National Hockey League player
* Skip Lane (born 1960), American football player
* Skip Lockwood (born 1946), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
* Skip Manning (born 1945), American former NASCAR driver
* Skip McClendon (born 1964), American football player
* Skip Mills (born 1985), American basketball player
* Skip Minisi (1926-2005), American college and National Football League halfback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
* Skip Peete (born 1963), American college football player and college and National Football League coach
* Skip Phoenix (born 1948), Canadian driver
* Skip Pitlock (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Skip Prosser (1950-2007), American college basketball coach
* Skip Roderick (born 1966), American soccer player
* Skip Stanowski (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player
* Skip Schumaker (born 1980), American Major League Baseball player
* Skip Seagraves (born 1982), American football player
* Skip Stahley (1908-1992), American college football coach and athletic director
* Skip Storch (born 1957), American swimmer
* Skip Sweetser (born 1936), American rower
* Skip Teal (1933-2006), Canadian professional ice hockey centre
* Skip Thomas (1950-2011), American former National Football League cornerback
* Skip Thoren (born 1943), American basketball player
* Skip Vanderbundt (born 1946), American football player
* Skip Wilson, retired college baseball head coach
* Skip Wise (born 1955), American basketball player
* Skip Wolters (1929–2003), Singaporean water polo player
* Skip Wymard (1890-1970), American football player
* Skip Young (wrestler) (1951-2010), American professional wrestler

## In politics

* Skip Bafalis (1929–2023), American politician
* Skip Brion, American politician
* Skip Campbell (1948-2018), American politician
* Skip Carnine (born 1941), American retired politician and educator
* Skip Cleaver (1944-2022), American politician
* Skip Daly (born 1959), American politician
* Skip Finn (1948-2018), American politician
* Skip Humphrey (born 1942), American former politician, Minnesota attorney general and state senator
* Skip Priest (born 1950), American politician
* Skip Rimsza (born 1955), American politician
* Skip Rollins, American politician

## Other

* Skip Garibaldi, American mathematician
* Skip Holm (born 1944), American fighter, test and racing pilot
* Skip Novak, American sailor, mountaineer and author
* Skip Prichard, American business executive
* Skip Rutherford (born 1950), American non-profit executive and academic administrator
* Skip Stewart (born 1968), American aerobatic and commercial pilot
* Skip Triplett, Canadian former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, British Columbia