Rocky (nickname) explained

Rocky is a nickname of the following people:

• Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023), American actress and singer.
• Rocky Agusta (1950–2018), Italian race car driver
• Rocky Anderson (born 1951), former mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
• Hiroaki Aoki (1938–2008), Japanese-born American restaurateur
• Rocky Belk (1960–2010), American football player
• Rocky Bleier (born 1946), former American football player
• Rocky Bridges (1927–2015), former Major League Baseball player and minor league manager
• Rocky Carroll (born 1963), American actor
• Rocky Colavito (born 1933), former Major League Baseball player
• Veronica Cooper (1913–2000), American actress
• Roy L. Dennis (1961–1978), American boy afflicted with an extremely rare bone disorder whose life was portrayed in the film Mask
• Ford Garrison (1915–2001), Major League Baseball player and coach
• Rocky George (born 1965), former guitar player of Suicidal Tendencies
• Rocky Gray (born 1974), drummer of the band Evanescence
• Rocky Graziano (1919–1990), American boxer
• Bob Johnson (infielder) (1936–2019), former Major League Baseball player
• Rocky Johnson (1944–2020), Canadian professional wrestler
• Rocky Juarez (born 1980), Mexican-American boxer
• Rocky Lockridge (1959–2019), former professional boxer
• Rocky Marciano (1923–1969), American world heavyweight boxing champion
• Rocky Nelson (1924–2006), Major League Baseball player
• Bobby Rhawn (1919–1984), Major League Baseball player
• David Rocastle (1967–2001), English footballer
• Mike Rockenfeller (born 1983), German race car driver
• Nelson Rockefeller (1908–1979), American businessman, philanthropist, public servant and politician, former Vice President of the United States and Governor of New York
• Graciano Rocchigiani (1963–2018), German boxer
• Rocky Sekorski (born 1957), American heavyweight boxer
• Rocky Thompson (golfer) (1939–2021), American golfer
• Rocky Wirtz (1952-2023), principal owner and chairman of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks
• Saimoni Rokini (born 1972), Fijian rugby union footballer
• John Stone (baseball) (1905–1955), Major League Baseball player
• Derek Turner (1932–2015), English former rugby player
• Humbert Roque Versace (1937–1965), US Army officer awarded the Medal of Honor
• Frank C. Whitmore (1887–1947), American chemist
• Robert Ford Jr. (1949–2020), American journalist and record producer

See also

• Rock (name), which includes a short list of people nicknamed "Rock"
• Stoney (name), which includes people with the nickname