Ziggy
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Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Nickname or hypocorism
[edit]- Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League player
- Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981[citation needed]
- Zygmont Czarobski (1922–1984), American College Football Hall-of-Fame and National Football League player
- Ziggy Gordon (born 1993), Scottish footballer
- Evander Ziggy Hood (born 1987), National Football League player
- Zachary Ziggy Lichman (born 1981), a contestant on the reality TV show Big Brother UK, Season 8
- Ziggy Lorenc (born 1958), Canadian television and radio personality
- David Nesta Ziggy Marley (born 1968), Grammy-winning Jamaican musician; oldest son of Bob Marley
- Ziggy Modeliste (born 1948), American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters
- Ziggy Niszczot (born 1955), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
- Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), retired National Hockey League player from Slovakia
- Sigurd Rosnes, Norwegian songwriter and producer
- Ilari Sahamies (born 1983), Finnish professional poker player
- David "Ziggy" Sigmond, guitarist for Canadian rock group Econoline Crush
- George Snider, American retired race car driver
- Zigmunt Ziggy Switkowski (born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist
- Zigmunt Zygi Wilf (born 1950), owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team
- Ziggy the bagman (born c. 1950), Zbygnew Marian Willzek, a homeless man who lives in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia
- Brad Ziegler (born 1979), relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
Technology
[edit]- Ziggy, as a wake word and alternate name for Amazon Alexa, a virtual assistant developed by Amazon
Stage name
[edit]- Ziggy Alberts (born 1994), an Australian folk singer and songwriter
- Ziggy Elman, stage name of American jazz trumpeter Harry Aaron Finkelman (1914–1968)
- Ziggy Stardust, a 1970s persona of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor and arranger
- Ziggy Ramo (born Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna), an Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter and activist
Fictional characters
[edit]- Ziggy, a character in the video game Laura Bow 2
- The title character of Ziggy (comic strip)
- Ziggy Astoni, character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Ziggy (EastEnders), from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Ziggy Sobotka, on the HBO drama The Wire
- Ziggy, from the Icelandic children's television program LazyTown
- Ziggy (Quantum Leap), from the American TV series Quantum Leap
- Ziggy Grover, from Power Rangers RPM
- Ziggy (Xenosaga), from the science fiction video game series Xenosaga
- Ziggy from the Millimages cartoon Trust Me, I'm a Genie!
- Demon King Ziggy from the Japanese manga Edens Zero
- Ziggy Stardust (character), fictional alter ego of David Bowie
- Ziggy Chapman from the HBO series Big Little Lies.
- Ziggy Pascal, character in British soap opera Family Affairs
- Ziggy Roscoe, character in British soap opera Hollyoaks
- Eric Ziggy Greaves A Character from the British children's television drama series Grange Hill
As a female nickname
[edit]- Christine "Ziggy" Berman from Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Animals
[edit]- Ziggy (elephant) (1917–1975), an Indian elephant who lived at the Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago
See also
[edit]- Zigi, Ghanaian singer
- Ziggi Recado, reggae singer
- Siggy (disambiguation)
- Zig (disambiguation)
- Zygi, village in Cyprus
- Zygi (given name)
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