Yank (nickname)

Yank is a nickname for:

• Yank Adams (1847-1923), American professional carom billiards player specializing in finger billiards
• Yank Azman (born 1947), Canadian television and movie actor
• Yank Barry (born 1948), Canadian musician and businessman
• Charles A. Bernier (1890-1963), American football, basketball and baseball player, coach and college administrator
• Irwin Boyd (1908-1979), American National Hockey League player
• Robert B. "Yank" Heisler (born 1949), American retired business executive and current university dean
• Yank Lawson (1911-1995), American jazz trumpeter
• Yank Levy (1897-1965), Canadian soldier, military instructor and author of one of the first manuals on guerrilla warfare
• Yank Rachell (1910-1997), American country blues mandolin and guitar player
• Yank Robinson (1857-1894), American Major League Baseball player
• Yank Terry (1911-1979), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Wayne Warren (born 1962), Welsh darts player
• Stan Yerkes (1874-1940), American Major League Baseball pitcher

See also

• Danny Culloty, American-born former Gaelic football player nicknamed "The Yank"
• Bianca Hammett (born 1990), Australian synchronised swimmer nicknamed "Yanks"