Digger (nickname)

Digger is a nickname for:


 * John Barnes (born 1963), Jamaican-born English former footballer and manager
 * Arthur Brown (1859–1909), English footballer
 * Duane G. Carey (born 1957), former NASA astronaut and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel
 * Al Cervi (1917–2009), American National Basketball League and National Basketball Association player and coach
 * Digger Dawson (1905–?), English footballer
 * Dale DeGray (born 1963), former National Hockey League player
 * Paul Diggin (born 1985), English rugby union player
 * William James (1930–2015), Australian Army major general
 * Digger Kettle (1922–1999), English footballer
 * Peter Martin (born 1968), English former cricketer
 * Rupert Murdoch, media baron, so named by Private Eye
 * Billy O'Dell (1933–2018), former Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Ken Phelps (born 1954), former Major League Baseball player
 * Digger Phelps (born 1941), American basketball coach and sportscaster
 * Digger Robertson (William Robertson, 1861–1938), Australian cricketer
 * Digger Stanley (1876–1919), English boxer
 * William "Digger" Thomas (1890–1953), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

 * Willard "Digger" Barnes, a character from the TV series, Dallas