Red (nickname)

Arts and entertainment

• Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter
• Red Balaban, American jazz tubist
• Red Buttons, American actor, songwriter, and comedian
• Red Callender, American jazz tubist and double-bassist
• Red Canzian, Italian rock singer-songwriter and bassist
• Red Foley, American country music singer and musician
• Red Garland, American jazz pianist
• Red Grammer, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Red Grooms, American artist
• Red Ingle, American comedy musician
• Creadel "Red" Jones, American soul singer and musician
• Red Kelly , American jazz double-bassist
• Red Lane, American singer-songwriter
• Red Mitchell, American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist and poet
• Red Nichols, American jazz cornettist
• Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist
• Red Prysock, American rhythm and blues saxophonist
• Red Rodney, American jazz trumpet player
• Red Simpson, American country singer-songwriter best known for his trucker-themed songs
• Red Skelton, American comedian and artist
• Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley, American country and bluegrass musician
• Red Sovine, American country music singer
• Red Symons, Australian television entertainer and former musician with the Skyhooks
• Red West, American actor, stunt performer, and songwriter
• Red Wilson , American fiddler

  Sports

• Red Adams, American baseball player, scout and coach
• Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive
• Red Baldwin, American baseball player
• Red Ballantyne, Scottish footballer
• Red Barron, American football and baseball player
• Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Earl Blaik, American football player and coach, college athletics administrator and Army officer
• Red Bowser, American baseball player
• Red Bryant, American football player
• Red Byron, American racing driver
• Chris Cagle , American football player
• Howie Camp, American baseball player
• Red Cashion, American football official
• Red Causey, American baseball pitcher
• Red Conkright, American football player and coach
• Red Connally, American baseball player
• Red Corzine, American football player
• Red Davis, American baseball player and manager
• Red Davis , American basketball player
• Red Davis , American football player
• Red Dawson, American football coach
• Forrest DeBernardi, American basketball player
• Red Dehnert, American basketball player
• Louis "Red" Deutsch, Ukrainian-American boxer, tavern owner, victim of the Tube Bar prank calls
• Red Donahue, American baseball pitcher
• Red Dunn, American football player
• Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive
• Red Edwards, American football player and coach
• Red Ehret, American baseball pitcher
• Red Faber, American baseball pitcher
• Red Fisher , American baseball player
• Redmond Gerard, American snowboarder
• Don Goldstein, American basketball player
• Red Grange, American football player
• Red Hardy, American baseball pitcher
• Red Harris, American football player and coach
• Lloyd Hittle, American baseball pitcher
• Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach
• Red Howard, American football player
• Red Jones , American baseball player
• Red Jones , American baseball umpire in the American League
• Red Jones, college football player
• Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• Red Kelly , American baseball player
• Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster
• Red Klotz, American basketball player and team owner
• Red Kress, American baseball player and coach
• Milton Leathers, American college football player
• Red Long, American baseball pitcher
• Ralph Maddox, American college football player
• Red Mihalik, American basketball player and referee, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Red Miller, American football coach
• Red Mitchell , Canadian ice hockey player
• Red Murrell , American basketball player
• Red O'Connor, American 1920s football player
• Red Pollard, Canadian horse racing jockey
• Red Ramsey, American football player
• Red Rolfe, American baseball player, manager and executive
• Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher
• Henry Russell Sanders, American college football coach
• Red Schoendienst, American baseball player and manager
• Red Shea, American baseball pitcher
• Red Smith , American baseball player
• Red Smith , American baseball player
• Red Smith , American baseball player
• Red Smith , American baseball and football player and coach
• Red Smith , American football player
• Red Wilson, American baseball and football player
• Shirley Wilson, American football coach
• Al Wingo, American baseball player

  Military

• Roy Alexander Gano, US Navy vice admiral
• William Hicks Jackson, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• Lawson P. Ramage, US Navy vice-admiral and Medal of Honor recipient
• Eugene Tobin, American World War II fighter pilot
• Leonard F. Wing, US Army major and general politician

  Politics

• Red Berry , American politician and gambler
• H. A. Boucher, American politician
• Ken Livingstone, English politician
• Leonard F. Wing, American politician and US Army major general

  Media

• Red Barber, American sportscaster
• Charles "Red" Donley, American sports and news anchor
• Red Fisher , American sporting goods retailer, newspaper columnist, and television personality in Canada
• Red Fisher , Canadian sports columnist
• Red Rush, American sportscaster
• Red Smith , American sportswriter

  Other

• Red Adair, American oil field firefighter
• James "Red" Duke, American trauma surgeon
• Red Dillard Morrison, American mob boss
• Red Legs Greaves, British pirate fugitive whose existence is disputed