Cy (given name)

Cy is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Cyril, Cyrus or Seymour, and a nickname. It may refer to:

In arts and entertainment

• Cy Chadwick (born 1969), English actor, director, producer and presenter
• Seymour Cy Coben (1919–2006), American songwriter
• Cy Coleman (1929–2004), American composer, songwriter and jazz pianist born Seymour Kaufman
• Cy Curnin (born 1957), British singer, songwriter, and musician
• Cyril Cy Endfield (1914–1995), American screenwriter, film and theatre director, author, magician and inventor
• Seymour Cy Feuer (1911–2006), American theatre producer, director, composer and musician
• Cy Gavin (born 1985), American artist
• Cyril Cy Grant (1919–2010), Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet
• Cyrus Cy Hungerford (1889–1983), American editorial cartoonist
• Cyrus Cy Kendall (1898–1953), American actor
• Cy Kuckenbaker, American filmmaker
• Cyril Cy Laurie (1926–2002), English jazz clarinetist and bandleader
• Seymour Cy Leslie (1922–2008), founder of Pickwick Records and first president and founder of MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group
• Seymour Cy Schindell (1907–1948), American actor
• Cyril Cy Touff (1927–2003), American jazz bass trumpeter
• Edwin Cy Twombly, Jr. (1928–2011), American painter, sculptor and photographer
• Cyril Cy Walter (1915–1968), American café society pianist

Politicians

• Richard Cy LeBlanc (born 1955), Canadian politician
• Cyril Sherwood (1915–1996), Canadian politician
• Cy Thao (born 1972), Laotian-born American politician

In sport

In other fields

• Salim L. Lewis (1908–1978), American business executive, managing partner of Bear, Stearns & Company

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