Red (nickname)
Red is a nickname of the following people:
Arts and entertainment
- Red Allen (1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
- Red Balaban (1929–2013), American jazz tubist
- 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
- 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 Mitchell (1927–1992), American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist and poet
- Red Nichols (1905–1965), American jazz cornettist
- Red Norvo (1908–1999), American jazz vibraphonist
- Red Prysock (1926–1993), American rhythm and blues saxophonist
- Red Rodney (1927–1994), American jazz trumpet player
- Red Simpson (1934–2016), American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs
- Red Skelton (1913–1997), American comedian and artist
- Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley (1925–1972), American country and bluegrass musician
- Red Sovine (1918–1980), American country music singer
- 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 Auerbach (1917–2006), American basketball coach and executive
- Red Baldwin (1894–1956), American baseball player
- Red Ballantyne, Scottish footballer
- Red Barron (1900–1982), American football and baseball player
- Red Berenson (born 1939), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football player and coach, college athletics administrator and Army officer
- 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 Corzine (1909–2003), American football player
- Red Davis (1915–2002), American baseball player and manager
- Red Davis (basketball) (born 1932), American basketball player
- Red Davis (American football) (1907–1988), American football 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 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
- Redmond Gerard (born 2000), American snowboarder
- Don Goldstein (born c. 1937), American basketball player
- Red Grange (1903–1991), American football player
- 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 (outfielder) (1911–1974), American baseball player
- Red Jones (umpire) (1905–1987), American baseball umpire in the American League
- Red Jones (American football), college football player
- 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
- Red Long (1876–1929), American baseball pitcher
- Ralph Maddox (1908–1944), American college football player
- Red Mihalik (1916–1996), American basketball player and referee, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Red Miller (1927–2017), American football coach
- Red Mitchell (ice hockey) (1912–1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Red Murrell (basketball) (1933–2017), American basketball player
- Red O'Connor, American 1920s football player
- Red Pollard (1909–1981), Canadian horse racing jockey
- Red Ramsey (1911–1984), American football player
- Red Rolfe (1908–1969), American baseball player, manager and executive
- Red Ruffing (1905–1986), American baseball pitcher
- Henry Russell Sanders (1905–1958), American college football coach
- Red Schoendienst (1923–2018), American baseball player and manager
- Red Shea (1898–1981), American baseball pitcher
- Red Smith (third baseman) (1890–1966), American baseball player
- Red Smith (catcher) (1892–1970), American baseball player
- Red Smith (shortstop) (1899–1961), American baseball player
- Red Smith (American football/baseball) (1904–1978), American baseball and football player and coach
- Red Smith (American football) (fl. 1903–1905), American football player
- Red Wilson (1929–2014), American baseball and football player
- Shirley Wilson (born 1925), 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 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
- James "Red" Duke (1928–2015), American trauma surgeon
- Red Dillard Morrison (1919–1989), American mob boss
- Red Legs Greaves, British pirate fugitive whose existence is disputed
See also
- Danny Lopez (boxer) (born 1952), American boxer nicknamed "Little Red", Ernie Lopez's younger brother
- Ernie Lopez (1945–2009), American boxer nicknamed "Indian Red"
- List of people known as the Red
- Read (surname)
- Redd (given name)
- Redd (surname)
- Steve Smith (comedian) (born 1945), Canadian actor and comedian who performs as "Red Green"
- All pages with titles beginning with Red
- All pages with titles containing Red
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