Ginger (name)

Ginger is an English given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Ginger Gilmour (born 1949), American artist, former wife of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, born Virginia Hasenbein
• Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (born 1968), American tennis player
• Ginger Huber, American diver, high diving silver medalist in the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
• Ginger Lynn (born 1962), American pornographic actress
• Ginger Molloy (born 1937), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from New Zealand
• Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c. 1937–2002), Australian Aboriginal artist
• Ginger Pooley (born 1977), rock musician and singer formerly with The Smashing Pumpkins
• Ginger Strand, 21st century American essayist, novelist, environmental writer, and historian
• Ginger Brooks Takahashi (born 1977), American artist
• Ginger Williams (singer) (born 1956), Jamaican-born British lovers rock singer

Nickname

• Ginger Baker (born 1939), English drummer, founder of the rock band Cream
• Albert "Ginger" Baker (born c. 1951), Northern Irish former loyalist and ex-British Army soldier convicted of four murders
• Ginger Beaumont (1876–1956), Major League Baseball player
• William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery (1873–1967), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
• Ginger Colton (1875–c. 1946), Australian rugby union player
• Albert Goodwin (1887–1918), Canadian labour leader and union activist
• Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell (born 1972), British singer-songwriter and former member of the Spice Girls
• Ginger Johnson (1916–1975), Nigerian percussionist and bandleader in London
• Ginger Jones (1905–1986), Welsh boxer
• James Harry Lacey (1917–1989), Royal Air Force fighter ace
• Ginger Lees (1905-?), British motorcycle speedway rider
• Ginger McCain (1930-2011), English National Hunt horse trainer
• JJ "Ginger" O'Connell (1887–1944), member of the Irish Republican Army, general (later demoted to colonel) in the Irish Defence Forces
• W. G. Richardson (1909–1959), English footballer
• Ginger Shinault (1892-1930), American Major League Baseball player
• Ginger Smock (1920–1995), American violinist, orchestra leader and local Los Angeles television personality
• James Williams (footballer) (c. 1886-1916), Welsh footballer
• Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), American actress, dancer, and singer.

Surname

• Ann Fagan Ginger (born 1925), American lawyer, teacher, writer, and political activist
• George Ginger (1863-1938), British philatelist (stamp collector)
• Ray Ginger (1924–1975), American historian, author, and biographer, husband of Ann Fagan Ginger
• Sergei Ginger (1870–1937), Moldovan architect