Handy (surname)

Handy is a surname, and may refer to:

• Alexander Hamilton Handy (1809–1883), Mississippi jurist
• Arthur Handy (born 1967), American politician
• Chantelle Handy (born 1987), British basketball player
• Charles Handy (1932–2024), Irish management guru and author
• Chris Handy (born 1950), Australian rugby union football player
• Craig Handy (born 1962), American tenor saxophonist
• D. Antoinette Handy (1930–2002), American flautist
• Ellen Handy, American art historian and critic
• Ellice Handy (1902–1989), Singaporean educator
• Emanuel Handy, American politician
• Emma Handy (born 1974), British actress
• E. M. Handy (1904–1975), American football coach
• Geneva Handy (1925–2004), American pianist
• George Handy (1920–1997), American jazz arranger, composer and pianist
• Henryk Handy (1940–2007), Polish ice hockey player
• Jam Handy (1886–1983), American swimmer and water polo player
• James Handy, American film actor
• Jim Handy, American politician from Maine
• John Handy (born 1933), American jazz musician
• John C. Handy (1844–1891), American physician
• John Killeen Handy (1834–1874), politician in Queensland, Australia
• John W. Handy (born 1944), United States Air Force officer
• Captain John Handy (1900–1971), American jazz alto saxophonist
• Laura Handy (born 1980), American pair skater
• Levin Corbin Handy (1855–1932), American photographer
• L. Irving Handy (1861–1922), American educator, lawyer and politician
• Margaret Irving Handy (1889–1977), American pediatrician
• Nicholas C. Handy (1941–2012), Professor of Quantum chemistry, University of Cambridge
• Phil Handy (born 1971), American basketball coach
• Ron Handy (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
• Stephen Handy (born 1951), American politician
• Thomas T. Handy (1892–1982), United States Army general
• Wayne Handy (1935–2025), American rock and roll singer
• W. C. Handy (1873–1958), the "Father of the Blues"
• William Talbot Handy (1894–1983), American Methodist minister
• Willowdean Chatterson Handy (1889–1965) American ethnologist, author
• W. T. Handy, Jr. (1924–1998), American civil rights activist and United Methodist bishop