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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
- 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
- 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
- Tony Pinkney (born 1956), English teacher and literary writer
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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
Usage examples of "pinkney".
Hefting the coats and hats in his hands, Pinkney hung them, then went to get help for the packing.
The teacher, Ms Pinkney, a strapping, jolly woman with long red hair gathered up in a tortoiseshell comb, and dressed in a bright pink and yellow Lycra outfit which clung to her as if she had been poured into it, greeted me cheerfully and confidently.
He is a grandson of the eminent William Pinkney, who was a member of the Senate at the time of his death, and who as an orator was considered by Mr.
Palmer, Peter Paret, David Pinkney, and Steven Vincent for their responses to my ideas and their willingness to challenge me with their questions or different historical perspectives.
Rather, as Pinkney and others have suggested, the crowd fought mainly because it hated the Bourbons and their associates, whom French nationalists linked to the humiliating defeat of 1814.
But then Pinkney Walker, his old economics professor, was named to the Federal Power Commission, and he persuaded his star student to join him as his technical assistant.
Lord George Pinkney might be a portly fellow of advanced years, but he was not unattractive.