Pinkney

The surname "Pinkney" has been borne by a number of notable people:

• Alan Pinkney (born 1947), English footballer
• Andrea Davis Pinkney (born 1963), American children's author
• Bill Pinkney (1925-2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters
• Bob Pinkney (born 1934), Canadian football player
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (born 1746), early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention
• Cleveland Pinkney (born 1977), American football player
• Colleen Pinkney (born 1957), Canadian curler
• David H. Pinkney (1914–1993), American historian
• David Pinkney (born 1952), English racing driver
• Dwight Pinkney (born 1945), Jamaican guitarist
• Edward Coote Pinkney (1802–1828), minor American poet
• Edward Pinkney, American founder of Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
• Ernie Pinkney, Scottish footballer
• Fayette Pinkney (1948-2009), American singer
• George Pinkney (1859-1926), American baseball player
• Isiah Pinkney (born 1968), American rapper 12 Gauge
• Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
• Jerry Pinkney (born 1939), American book illustrator
• Kevinn Pinkney (born 1983), American basketball player
• Larry Pinkney, African-American activist
• Lovell Pinkney (born 1972), American football player
• Miles Pinkney (1599–1674), English Catholic priest
• Nick Pinkney (born 1970), English rugby league player
• Ninian Pinkney (1811-1877), U.S. Navy 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
• Rose Catherine Pinkney (born 1964), American television executive
• Thomas Pinckney (born 1750), early American statesman, diplomat, and soldier in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, achieving the rank of major general.
• Tony Pinkney (born 1956), English teacher and literary writer
• William Pinkney (1764–1822), American statesman and diplomat
  • The Monroe-Pinkney Treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom was drawn up by William Pinkney and James Monroe (but rejected by the U.S. government)
• William Pinkney (1810-1883), Bishop of Maryland, USA

as a forename:

• Pinkney H. Walker (1815-1885), American jurist
• Pinkney L. Near (1927-1990), American museum curator
• Pinkney Lugenbeel (1819-1886), American army officer
• Pinkney "Pink" Anderson (1900-1974), American blues singer and guitarist