Whitey
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Whitey may refer to:
People
Whitey Alperman (1879–1942), MLB player
Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), MLB player and broadcaster
James Wellwood "Whitey" Basson (born 1946), South African businessman
Whitey Bimstein (1897–1969), boxer and boxing trainer
Whitey Bulger (1929–2018), crime boss of organized crime group in the Boston area in the 1970s and 1980s
Whitey Ford (1928–2020), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
Whitey Glazner (1893–1989), MLB pitcher
Roy Grant (1916–2010), of the American country music duo Whitey and Hogan
Whitey Harrison (1913–1993), American surfer and surf equipment innovator
Whitey Herzog (1931–2024), MLB player and manager
Whitey Krakow (died 1941), New York mobster and hitman for Murder, Inc.
Whitey Kurowski (1919–1999), MLB player
Whitey Lockman (1926–2009), MLB player, coach, manager and executive
Whitey Mitchell (1932–2009), American jazz bassist and television writer and producer
Whitey Moore (1912–1987), MLB pitcher
Whitey Von Nieda (1922–2023), National Basketball Association player, basketball coach
Whitey Platt (1920–1970), MLB player
Sanger D. Shafer (1934–2019), American country music songwriter and musician
Myer Skoog (1926–2019), National Basketball Association player
Whitey Thomas (1895–1978), American football player
Herbert "Whitey" White, leader of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, the most notable dance troupe of the Lindy Hop Aerials Era
Whitey Wietelmann (1919–2002), MLB player and coach
Whitey Wilshere (1912–1985), MLB pitcher
Whitey Wistert (1912–1985), American football and baseball player, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Whitey Witt (1895–1988), MLB player
Harry Wolfe (baseball) (1888–1971), MLB player
Whitey Woodin (1894–1974), American football player
Whitey (musician), born Nathan Joseph White, British electro-rock musician
Fictional characters
Aelfyre Whitemane, in the Marvel Comics series Power Pack
Whitey Durham, on the television series One Tree Hill
Whitey, from Judge Dredd
Whitey Duvall, from Eight Crazy Nights
Other uses
Whitey (drugs), a slang term associated with certain forms of recreational drug use
Whitey (slang), a derogatory term for white people
Whitey (band), a Denton, Texas funk band
Whitey: United States of America v.
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