Pappy (nickname)
Pappy is the nickname of:
- Pappy Boyington, American combat pilot who was a United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II
- Fred Coe, American television producer and director
- Pappy Daily, American country music record producer and entrepreneur
- Paul Gunn, United States naval aviator known mainly for his actions in the Second World War
- John C. Herbst, American flying ace who was officially the second highest-scoring fighter pilot in the China Burma India Theater
- J.C. Hoel, motorcycle racer, dealer, businessman, and founder of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
- Pappy Kojo, Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife recording artist from Takoradi
- Duane S. Larson, American World War II fighter pilot
- Art Lewis, American football player and coach
- Howard Mason, American drug trafficker and organized crime figure
- W. Lee O'Daniel, conservative Democratic politician from Texas
- James “Pappy” Ricks, American basketball player for the New York Rens
- Paul Rowe (Canadian football), Canadian professional football fullback
- Pappy Sherrill, American Old Time and Bluegrass fiddler
- Pappy Stokes, professional golf caddie at the Augusta National Golf Club
- Risley C. Triche, attorney in Napoleonville, Louisiana, who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1955 to 1976
- Pappy Waldorf, American college football player and coach
- Pappy Wood, Canadian curler, and ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer player