Pickens (surname)
Pickens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Pickens , American soldier and politician; US Representative from South Carolina
- Andrew Pickens , American soldier, lawyer, planter, and politician; governor of South Carolina; son of Andrew Pickens
- Carl Pickens, American football player
- Easy Pickens, American rodeo cowboy and actor, brother of Slim Pickens
- Ezekiel Pickens, American politician; lieutenant governor of South Carolina
- Francis Wilkinson Pickens, American politician; governor of South Carolina
- George Pickens, American football player
- Israel Pickens American politician; governor of Alabama
- James Pickens, Jr., American actor
- Slim Pickens, American actor and cowboy
- T. Boone Pickens, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist
- J. P. Pickens, American musician, poet, and artist
- William Pickens, African-American orator, educator, journalist, and essayist
- Willie Pickens, American musician
