Pinkney

Pinkney is a surname and masculine given name borne by the following people:

Surname

 * Alan Pinkney (born 1947), English footballer
 * Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963), American children's book author, wife of Brian Pinkney
 * Bill Pinkney (1925–2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters
 * Bill Pinkney (sailor) (1935–2023), first African American to sail around the world solo
 * Bob Pinkney (c. 1934–2017), Canadian football player
 * Brian Pinkney (born 1961), American illustrator, son of illustrator Jerry Pinkney, husband of Andrea Davis Pinkney
 * Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), a Founding Father of the United States, Revolutionary War officer, United States Minister to France, attorney, planter and slave owner
 * Cleveland Pinkney (born 1977), American football player
 * Colleen Pinkney (born 1957), Canadian curler
 * David Pinkney (born 1952), English racing driver
 * David H. Pinkney (1914–1993), American historian
 * Dwight Pinkney (born 1945), Jamaican guitarist
 * Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828), American poet
 * Edward Pinkney, American founder of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
 * Ernie Pinkney (1887–1975), English footballer
 * Fayette Pinkney (1948–2009), American singer, member of the Three Degrees
 * George Pinkney (1859–1926), American baseball player
 * Isiah Pinkney (born 1968), American rapper 12 Gauge
 * Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
 * Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021), American book illustrator
 * Kevinn Pinkney (born 1983), American basketball player
 * Larry Pinkney (fl. 1970s–present, African-American activist
 * Lovell Pinkney (born 1972), American football player
 * Marie Pinkney, American openly queer social worker and politician elected to the Delaware Senate in 2020
 * Miles Pinkney (1599–1674), English Catholic priest
 * Nick Pinkney (born 1970), English rugby league footballer
 * Ninian Pinkney (1811–1877), US Navy surgeon and medical director, active during the American Civil War
 * Peter Pinkney (born 1956), British trade unionist
 * Reggie Pinkney (born 1955), American football player
 * Ron Pinkney (born 1935), American broadcaster, first African American play-by-play announcer on a major television network
 * Rose Catherine Pinkney (born 1964), American television executive
 * Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), American statesman, diplomat, and major general
 * William Pinkney (1764–1822), American statesman, diplomat and 7th United States Attorney General
 * William Pinkney (bishop) (1810–1883), Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland

Given name

 * Pink Anderson (1900–1974), American blues singer and guitarist
 * Pinkney Lugenbeel (1819–1886), United States Army colonel
 * Pinkney L. Near (1927–1990), American museum curator
 * Pinkney H. Walker (1815–1885), American jurist