Skip (nickname)
Skip is a nickname for:
Politicians
- Skip Campbell (born 1948), American politician
- Skip Humphrey (born 1942), American former politician, Minnesota attorney general and state senator
In arts and entertainment
- Skip Battin (1934–2003), musician, former bass player and songwriter with The Byrds
- Skip Ewing (born 1964), American country music singer and songwriter
- Skip Hinnant (born 1940), American actor and comedian
- Skip Hollandsworth (born 1957), journalist, screenwriter and magazine executive editor
- Skip Homeier (born 1930), American actor
- Skip James (1902–1969), American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
- Skip Martin (1916–1976), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and music arranger
- Skip Prokop (born 1943), Canadian rock drummer and band leader
- Skip Scarborough (1944-2003), American Grammy Award-winning songwriter
- Skip Spence (1946–1999), Canadian-born American musician, singer, songwriter and co-founder of Moby Grape
- Skip Williamson (born 1944), American underground cartoonist
- Skip Woods (born 1970), American screenwriter, producer and film director
In sports
- Skip Alexander (1918-1997), American golfer
- Skip Barber (born 1936), American retired race car driver
- Skip Bertman (born 1938), American former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University
- Skip Butler (born 1947), American former National Football League placekicker
- Skip Caray (1939-2008), American sportscaster, son of Harry Caray
- 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 Jutze (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball catcher
- Skip Kendall (born 1964), American golfer
- Skip Krake (born 1943), Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Skip Lockwood (born 1946), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Skip Manning (born 1945), American former NASCAR driver
- 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 Pitlock (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Skip Prosser (1950-2007), American college basketball coach
- Skip Schumaker (born 1980), American Major League Baseball player
- Skip Stahley (1908-1992), American college football coach and athletic director
- Skip Thomas (1950-2011), American former National Football League cornerback
- Skip Wilson, retired Temple University baseball head coach
Other
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (born 1950), American academic, filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist and cultural critic