Yancy

Yancy may refer to:

Given name:

• Yancy (musician) (born 1980), American Christian musician
• Yancy Ayers (1891–1968), American pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Yancy Butler (born 1970), American television and movie actress
• Yancy de Ocampo (born 1980), Filipino professional basketball player
• Yancy Gates (born 1989), basketball player for Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Premier League
• Yancy Lindsey (born 1962), United States Navy vice admiral
• Yancy Medeiros, American mixed martial artist from Wai'anae, Hawaii
• Yancy Spencer III (1950–2011), surfer from Pensacola, Florida
• Yancy Thigpen (born 1969), former professional American football wide receiver

Surname:

• Allen Yancy (1881–1941), Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930
• Barbara Yancy (1934–1996), American politician
• Carlos Yancy (born 1970), American football player
• Clyde Yancy (born 1958), American cardiologist
• Dorothy Cowser Yancy (born 1944), American academic
• George Yancy (born 1961), American philosopher
• Hugh Yancy (born 1949), American baseball player
• Jesse L. Yancy Jr. (1926–1970), American politician
• Marvin Yancy (1950–1985), American gospel musician

Fiction:

• The Mold of Yancy, science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1955
• Yancy Academy, school setting of the first Percy Jackson book, The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
• Yancy Derringer, American Western series that ran on CBS from 1958 to 1959
• Yancy Street Gang, fictional street gang in the Fantastic Four comic book published by Marvel Comics
• Yancy, a character in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
• Yancy Fry, brother of Philip J. Fry in American animated science fiction sitcom Futurama
• Yancy Tucker, a secondary character on The Waltons

Typhoons:

• Typhoon Yancy (Gading) (1990)
• Typhoon Yancy (Tasing) (1993)

See also

• Yancey (disambiguation)
• Ayancık
• Ancey
• Ancy