Skip (nickname)

Skip is a nickname (for example, when a name has skipped a generation), or a short form of the given name Skipper. Notable people with the name include:

In arts and entertainment

• Skip Arnold (born 1957), American contemporary artist
• Skip Battin (1934–2003), American singer-songwriter
• Skip Battaglia (born 1948), American filmmaker
• Skip Blumberg (born 1946), American TV producer
• Skip Bolen (born 1960), American photographer
• Skip Drinkwater, American record producer
• Skip Ewing (born 1964), American country music singer and songwriter
• Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. (born 1950), American historian and filmmaker
• Skip Groff (1948–2019), American record producer
• Skip Hahn (born 1951), American musician
• Skip Hall (musician) (1909–1980), American musician
• Skip Heitzig (born 1955), American pastor
• Skip Heller (born 1965), American singer-songwriter
• Skip Hinnant (1940–2022), American actor and comedian
• Skip Hollandsworth (born 1957), American author
• Skip Homeier (1930–2017), American actor
• Skip Horack (born 1976), American writer
• Skip James (1902–1969), American singer
• Skip Jensen (born 1967), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Skip Jones, American folk musician
• Skip Kelly (born 1973), American radio personality
• Skip Konte (born 1944), American keyboardist
• Skip Lievsay, American sound editor
• Skip E. Lowe (1929–2014), American actor
• Skip Marley (born 1996), Jamaican singer-songwriter
• Skip Martin (1916–1976), American saxophonist
• Skip Mercier (1954–2021), American costume designer
• Skip Miller (1946–2009), American record executive
• Skip O'Brien (1950–2011), American actor
• Skip Palenik (born 1946), American author
• Skip Prokop (1943–2017), Canadian drummer
• Skip Scarborough (1944–2003), American songwriter
• Skip Sempé (born 1958), American harpsichordist
• Skip Spence (1946–1999), American-Canadian singer
• Skip Stellrecht (born 1959), American actor
• Skip Stephenson (1940–1992), American actor
• Skip Weshner (1927–1995), American disc jockey
• Skip Williams, American game designer
• Skip Williamson (1944–2017), American cartoonist
• Skip Williamson (producer) (born 1964), American producer
• Skip Woods (born 1970), American screenwriter

In sports

• Skip Alexander (1918–1997), American golfer
• Skip Bandini, American football player
• Skip Barber (born 1936), American retired race car driver
• Skip Bayless (born 1951), American sports columnist and TV personality
• Skip Bertman (born 1938), American former college baseball coach and athletic director at Louisiana State University
• Skip Brown (born 1955), American basketball player
• Skip Butler (born 1947), American former National Football League placekicker
• Skip Caray (1939–2008), American sportscaster, son of Harry Caray
• Skip Chappelle, American basketball player
• Skip Cutting (born 1946), American cyclist
• Skip Engblom (born 1948), American skateboarder
• Skip Frye (born 1941), American surfer
• Skip Gilbert (born 1960), American soccer player
• Skip Gougler (1894–1962), American football player
• Skip Guinn (born 1944), American baseball player
• Skip Hall (American football) (born 1944), American football coach
• Skip Hall (martial artist) (born 1948), American mixed martial artist
• Skip Harlicka (born 1946), American basketball player
• Skip Henderson (born 1965), American basketball player
• Skip Hicks (born 1974), American retired National Football League running back
• Skip Holtz (born 1964), head football coach at Louisiana Tech University and former head coach of the University of South Florida
• Skip James (baseball) (born 1949), American professional baseball player
• Skip Johnson (born 1967), American baseball player
• Skip Jutze (born 1946), American former Major League Baseball catcher
• Skip Kendall (born 1964), American golfer
• Skip Kenney (1943–2022), American head coach
• Skip Krake (born 1943), Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Skip Lane (born 1960), American football player
• Skip Lockwood (born 1946), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
• Skip Manning (born 1945), American former NASCAR driver
• Skip McClendon (born 1964), American football player
• Skip Mills (born 1985), American basketball player
• Skip Minisi (1926–2005), American college and National Football League halfback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
• Skip Peete (born 1963), American college football player and college and National Football League coach
• Skip Phoenix (born 1948), Canadian driver
• Skip Pitlock (born 1947), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Skip Prosser (1950–2007), American college basketball coach
• Skip Roderick (born 1966), American soccer player
• Skip Schumaker (born 1980), American Major League Baseball player
• Skip Seagraves (born 1982), American football player
• Skip Stahley (1908–1992), American college football coach and athletic director
• Skip Stanowski (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player
• Skip Storch (born 1957), American swimmer
• Skip Sweetser (1936–2020), American rower
• Skip Teal (1933–2006), Canadian professional ice hockey centre
• Skip Thomas (1950–2011), American former National Football League cornerback
• Skip Thoren (born 1943), American basketball player
• Skip Vanderbundt (born 1946), American football player
• Skip Wilson (1929–2022), retired college baseball head coach
• Skip Wise (born 1955), American basketball player
• Skip Wolters (1929–2003), Singaporean water polo player
• Skip Wymard (1890–1970), American football player
• Skip Young (wrestler) (1951–2010), American professional wrestler

In politics

• Skip Bafalis (1929–2023), American politician
• Skip Berrien, American politician
• Skip Brion (born 1948), American politician
• Skip Campbell (1948–2018), American politician
• Skip Cleaver (1944–2022), American politician
• Skip Daly (born 1959), American politician
• Skip Finn (1948–2018), American politician
• Skip Humphrey (born 1942), American former politician, Minnesota attorney general and state senator
• Skip Priest (born 1950), American politician
• Skip Rimsza (born 1955), American politician
• Skip Rollins, American politician

Other

• Skip Garibaldi, American mathematician
• Skip Holm (born 1944), American fighter, test and racing pilot
• Skip Prichard, American business executive
• Skip Rutherford (born 1950), American non-profit executive and academic administrator
• Skip Stewart (born 1968), American aerobatic and commercial pilot
• Skip Triplett, Canadian former president of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, British Columbia

See also

• Skippy (nickname)