Cy (given name)
Cy is a masculine given name, often a short form of Cyril, Cyrus or Seymour, and a nickname. It may refer to:In arts and entertainment
- Cy Chadwick, English actor, director, producer and presenter
- Seymour Cy Coben, American songwriter
- Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and jazz pianist born Seymour Kaufman
- Cyril Cy Endfield, American screenwriter, film and theatre director, author, magician and inventor
- Seymour Cy Feuer, American theatre producer, director, composer and musician
- Cy Gavin, American artist
- Cyril Cy Grant, Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet
- Cyrus Cy Hungerford, American editorial cartoonist
- Cyrus Cy Kendall, American actor
- Cyril Cy Laurie, English jazz clarinetist and bandleader
- Seymour Cy Leslie, founder of Pickwick Records and first president and founder of MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group
- Seymour Cy Schindell, American actor
- Cyril Cy Touff, American jazz bass trumpeter
- Edwin Cy Twombly, Jr., American painter, sculptor and photographer
- Cyril Cy Walter, American café society pianist
Politicians
- Richard Cy LeBlanc, Canadian politician
- Cyril Sherwood, Canadian politician
- Cy Thao, Laotian-born American politician
In sport
Baseball
- Cecilio Cy Acosta, Mexican former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Frederick Cy Alberts, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1910
- Eros Cy Barger, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Clytus Cy Bentley, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Darrell Cy Blanton, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Seymour Cy Block, American Major League Baseball player
- Cyril Cy Buker, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1945
- Arthur Cy Fried, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1920
- William Cy Moore, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Harry Cy Morgan, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Cyril Cy Morgan , American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Ralph Cy Perkins, American Major League Baseball player, coach and manager
- Kenneth Cy Rheam, American baseball player
- James Cy Seymour, American Major League Baseball player and general manager and vice president of the Cleveland Indians
- Cyril Cy Slapnicka, American Major League Baseball pitcher and executive
- Edwin Cy Twombly , American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1921
- Henry Cy Vorhees, American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1902
- Wallace Cy Warmoth, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Frederick Cy Williams, American Major League Baseball player
- Ceylon Cy Wright, American Major League Baseball player in 1916
- Denton Cy Young, American Major League Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher
Hockey
- Cyril Cy Denneny, Canadian National Hockey League player
- Cyril Cy Thomas, Welsh-born National Hockey League player
- Marvin Wentworth, Canadian National Hockey League player
Other sports
- Cy Alexander, American college basketball head coach
- Charles Cy Casper, American National Football League player
- Cy Marshall, American race car driver
- Jack Cy McClairen, American former National Football League player and college football and basketball head coach
- Shirley Cy Wentworth , American National Football League player
- Burton Cy Williams , American Football League and National Football League player
- Cy Young , American javelin thrower, 1952 Olympic champion
- Harry Young , American college football and basketball player and head coach, and sprinter, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
In other fields
- Salim L. Lewis, American business executive, Managing Partner of Bear, Stearns & Company
