The surname

Surname

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 "Pinkney" has been borne by a number of notable people:

• Bill Pinkney
  Bill Pinkney
  Bill Pinkney was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records. He was chiefly responsible for its early sounds...
  
   (1925 - July 4, 2007), American performer and singer, member of The Drifters
• Edward Coote Pinkney
  Edward Coote Pinkney
  Edward Coote Pinkney was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802, Pinkney made his way to Maryland. After attending college, he joined the United States Navy and traveled throughout the Mediterranean and elsewhere...
  
   (1802–1828), minor poet
• Fayette Pinkney
  Fayette Pinkney
  Fayette Regina Pinkney was an American singer and one of the original members of musical group The Three Degrees.-Early life and career:...
  
   (1948-2009), American singer
• Ninian Pinkney
  Ninian Pinkney
  For other persons named Pinkney, see PinkneyNinian Pinkney, born in the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, on 7 June 1811, graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1829, and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1833. He spent his entire naval...
  
   (1811-1877), U.S. Navy medical director, active during the American Civil War
• William Pinkney
  William Pinkney
  William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and the seventh U.S. Attorney General.-Biography:Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Pinkney studied medicine and law, becoming a lawyer after his admission to the bar in 1786...
  
   (1764–1822), American statesman and diplomat
  • The Monroe-Pinkney Treaty
    Monroe-Pinkney Treaty
    The Monroe–Pinkney Treaty of 1806 was a treaty drawn up by diplomats of the United States and Britain as a renewal of the Jay Treaty of 1795. It was rejected by President Thomas Jefferson and never took effect...
    
     between the United States and the United Kingdom was drawn up by William Pinkney and James Monroe (but rejected by the U.S. government)
• William Pinkney Toler
  William Pinkney Toler
  William Pinkney Toler was born in Caracas, Venezuela on Dec. 23, 1826, the son of an American diplomat. Toler was educated in Washington, D.C. and joined the United States Navy at age 14. As a midshipman on the United States under the command of Commodore Thomas Gatsby Jones, he hoisted the...
  
   (1826-1899), American artist
• William Pinkney Whyte
  William Pinkney Whyte
  William Pinkney Whyte , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General.-Early life and...
  
   (1824–1908), American politician

See also

• Pinkney (disambiguation)

PINKNEY, other than the infamous surname, it is commonly used to describe a portly line manager who is prone to falling in the snow. This is also commonly known as doing a “Pinkney”.

Similarly, “Pinknies” are a group of people who are known to wear inappropriate footwear in relation to their age and physicality.