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nickname A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait ...

(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 Clyde "Skip" Battin (February 18, 1934 – July 6, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, bassist, performer, and recording artist. He was a member of the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Εarly life ...

(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 Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums and has charted 15 singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts. Career Ewing was born ...

(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 Skip Heitzig (born 1955) is the founder and senior pastor of Calvary Church, a Calvary Chapel fellowship located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Personal A native of Southern California, Heitzig has three siblings (his brother, Bob, died in a motorcyc ...

(born 1955), American pastor * Skip Heller (born 1965), American singer-songwriter *

Skip Hinnant Joseph Howard "Skip" Hinnant (born March 12, 1940) is an American actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his work in children’s television and musical theater. Hinnant’s career spans voice acting, stage performances, and singing, beginni ...

(1940–2022), American actor and comedian *

Skip Hollandsworth Walter Ned "Skip" Hollandsworth is an American writer, journalist, screenwriter, and executive editor for ''Texas Monthly'' magazine. In 2010, he won the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing from the American Society of Magazine Editors, ...

(born 1957), American author *

Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star. Career Child actor Homeier was born in Chicago, Illino ...

(1930-2017), American actor * Skip Horack (born 1976), American writer *

Skip James Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James' early recordings ...

(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 Frank "Skip" Konte (born October 2, 1947) is an American keyboardist. He joined The Blues Image in 1967, and stayed with them until they split in 1971. Along with bandmate Mike Pinera, he wrote their one hit single, " Ride Captain Ride". Konte th ...

(born 1944), American keyboardist * Skip Lievsay, American sound editor * Skip E. Lowe (1929-2014), American actor *

Skip Marley Skip Marley Minto (born 4 June 1996) is a Jamaican singer. He is the son of Cedella Marley and David Minto, and grandson of Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He has received two Grammy Award nominations and an MTV Video Music Award nomination. Marle ...

(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 Bernard Francis "Skip" O'Brien (August 20, 1950 – April 6, 2011) was an American actor. Although he appeared in such films as 1997's '' Liar Liar'' and 2007's '' The Hitcher'', he is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Detective R ...

(1950-2011), American actor *

Skip Palenik Skip Palenik ( ; born July 24, 1946) is an American analytical microscopist, forensic scientist, lecturer, and author. He is most famous for providing trace evidence analysis and forensic microscopy for many high-profile cases including the Oklaho ...

(born 1946), American author *

Skip Prokop Ronald Harry "Skip" Prokop (December 13, 1943 – August 30, 2017) was a Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist. He was also a band leader, was a founding member of the Canadian rock music groups the Paupers and Lighthouse. Early life Pro ...

(1943-2017), Canadian drummer *

Skip Scarborough Clarence Alexander "Skip" Scarborough (November 26, 1944 – July 3, 2003) was an American songwriter, best known for romantic ballads. Biography Scarborough was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He lived in Los Angeles most of his life. A prol ...

(1944-2003), American songwriter * Skip Sempé (born 1958), American harpsichordist *

Skip Spence Alexander "Skip" Spence (born Alexander Lee Spence, Jr.; April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, h ...

(1946–1999), American-Canadian singer *

Skip Stellrecht Henry M. Stellrecht (born May 9, 1958), known professionally as Skip Stellrecht, is an American voice and television actor, who was born and raised in Orange County, California. Growing up with more of an interest in surfing, sports, and music, h ...

(born 1959), American actor * Skip Stephenson (1940-1992), American actor * Skip Weshner (1927-1995), American disc jockey *

Skip Williams Ralph Williams, almost always referred to as Skip Williams, is an American game designer. He is married to Penny Williams, who is also involved with the games industry. He was the co-creator of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd Edition and the longtime au ...

, American game designer *

Skip Williamson Mervyn "Skip" Williamson (August 19, 1944 – March 16, 2017) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Williamson's art was published in the '' National Lampoon'', ''High Times'', ''the Realis ...

(1944-2017), American cartoonist * Skip Williamson (producer) (born 1964), American producer *

Skip Woods Skip Woods (born December 4, 1967)/John Skipper Woods is an American filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the action genre as the writer of the films ''Swordfish'' (2001), ''Hitman'' (2007), and '' A Good Day to Die Hard'' (2013), in addition ...

(born 1970), American screenwriter

In sports

Skip Alexander Stewart Murray "Skip" Alexander, Jr. (August 6, 1918 – October 24, 1997) was an American collegiate and professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was raised in Durham, North Caro ...

(1918-1997), American golfer * Skip Bandini, American football player *

Skip Barber John "Skip" Barber III (born November 16, 1936) is an American retired racecar driver who is most famous for previously owning and founding the Skip Barber Racing Schools. Driving career Barber started racing in 1958 while studying at Harvard ...

(born 1936), American retired race car driver * Skip Bayless (born 1951), American sports columnist and TV personality *

Skip Bertman Stanley "Skip" Bertman (born May 23, 1938) is an American former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University (LSU). He led the LSU Tigers baseball team to five College World Series championships and seven Southeast ...

(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 Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray Jr. (August 12, 1939 – August 3, 2008) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He was the s ...

(1939-2008), American sportscaster, son of Harry Caray * Skip Chappelle, American basketball player *

Skip Cutting Harry Warren "Skip" Cutting III (born June 9, 1946) is a former American cyclist. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. Cutting is also an artist with works on display with the Art of the Olympians Art of the Ol ...

(born 1946), American cyclist *

Skip Engblom Skip Engblom (born January 4, 1948) is an American entrepreneur and one of the co-founders of the Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions Surf Shop in Santa Monica, California. He also helped to create the Zephyr Surf Team and the Zephyr Compe ...

(born 1948), American skateboarder *

Skip Frye Skip Frye (born Harry Richard Frye; September 7, 1941 in San Diego, California) is an American surfer, surfboard designer and shaper, and environmental activist. Background Frye attended Mission Bay High School and began his professional surfin ...

(born 1941), American surfer * Skip Gilbert (born 1960), American soccer player *

Skip Gougler Roscoe A. "Skip" Gougler (August 11, 1894 – July 16, 1962) was an American football player and coach, dentist, and professor of dentistry. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Pittsburgh Panthers football teams from 1914 ...

(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 James Woodrow "Skip" Henderson Jr. (born September 27, 1965) is an American former basketball player known for his collegiate career at Marshall University between 1984–85 and 1987–88. Henderson, a 6'2" point guard, established himself as one ...

(born 1965), American basketball player *

Skip Hicks Brian LaVell "Skip" Hicks (born October 13, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft. In his four seasons, H ...

(born 1974), American retired National Football League running back *

Skip Holtz Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz Jr. (born March 12, 1964) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). Holtz has led the team to two USFL Championships, in 2022 and 2023, and a UFL ...

(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 Arthur Ray "Skip" Johnson (born February 17, 1967) is an American college baseball coach and former player. He is head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma. He played college baseball at Ranger College from 1986 to 1987, the University o ...

(born 1967), American baseball player * Skip Jutze (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball catcher *

Skip Kendall Jules Ira "Skip" Kendall (born September 9, 1964) is an American professional golfer. He plays on the PGA Tour Champions and formerly played on the Web.com Tour and the PGA Tour. Early and personal life Kendall was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ...

(born 1964), American golfer * Skip Kenney, American head coach *

Skip Krake Philip Gordon "Skip" Krake (born October 14, 1943) is a Canadian former ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Buffalo Sabres between 1964 and 1971. In addition, he played in the W ...

(born 1943), Canadian former National Hockey League player *

Skip Lane Paul John "Skip" Lane Jr. (born January 30, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels. Lane was fe ...

(born 1960), American football player *

Skip Lockwood Claude Edward (Skip) Lockwood Jr. (born August 17, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers (1969–1973), California Angels (1974), New York Mets (1975–1979) and Boston R ...

(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 Skip Peete (born January 30, 1963) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the Buccaneers, he coached running backs for the Los Angeles Rams, Chica ...

(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 George Edward "Skip" Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He is the only coach in NCAA history to take three ...

(1950-2007), American college basketball coach *

Skip Roderick Arthur D. "Skip" Roderick is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and the American Soccer League. He is the head coach of the NCAA Division III Elizabethtown C ...

(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 Alonzo "Skip" Thomas III (February 7, 1950 – July 24, 2011), nicknamed "Dr. Death", was an American football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL). College career Thomas was awarded a scholarship to play football at Arizo ...

(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 Allen Harper "Skip" Wise Jr. (born July 25, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. Wise was a sensation as a high school player at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland. In his junior year in 1973,Wise led Dunbar to a v ...

(born 1955), American basketball player * Skip Wolters (1929–2003), Singaporean water polo player * Skip Wymard (1890-1970), American football player *

Skip Young (wrestler) Galton W. Young, better known as Skip Young and Sweet Brown Sugar (July 24, 1951 – December 3, 2010) was an American professional wrestler who competed on the Southeastern regional promotions during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s ...

(1951-2010), American professional wrestler

In politics

Skip Bafalis Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis (September 28, 1929 – March 10, 2023) was an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, ...

(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 Harold Raymond "Skip" Finn (October 27, 1948 – May 17, 2018) was an American politician, who represented Minnesota's 4th district in the Minnesota Senate as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Biography Born in Cass Lake, Minnesota, ...

(1948-2018), American politician *

Skip Humphrey Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is an American retired politician who served as attorney general of the state of Minnesota (1983–1999) and State Senator (1973–1983). Humphrey led the Office of Older Americans as the as ...

(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 Skip James Holm (born February 22, 1944) is a retired pilot who lives in Calabasas, California, USA. Holm claims to hold the world record for combat flight hours: 1,172. He retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1992, with the rank of lieuten ...

(born 1944), American fighter, test and racing pilot * Skip Novak, American sailor, mountaineer and author *

Skip Prichard David Prichard, known as Skip Prichard, is an American business executive who serves as president and CEO of OCLC, a global nonprofit computer library service and research organization. Early life and education Prichard was born in New Jersey a ...

, 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

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