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Ziggy is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (
hypocorism ) of
Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
Nickname or hypocorism
Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), National Football League player
Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981[
citation needed ]
Zygmont Czarobski (1922–1984), American College Football Hall-of-Fame and National Football League player
Ziggy Gordon (born 1993), Scottish footballer
Evander
Ziggy Hood (born 1987), National Football League player
Zachary
Ziggy Lichman (born 1981), a contestant on the reality TV show Big Brother UK, Season 8
Ziggy Lorenc (born 1958), Canadian television and radio personality
David Nesta
Ziggy Marley (born 1968), Grammy-winning Jamaican musician; oldest son of Bob Marley
Ziggy Modeliste (born 1948), American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters
Ziggy Niszczot (born 1955), Australian former professional
rugby league footballer
Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), retired National Hockey League player from Slovakia
Sigurd Rosnes , Norwegian songwriter and producer
Ilari Sahamies (born 1983), Finnish professional poker player
David "Ziggy" Sigmond, guitarist for Canadian rock group
Econoline Crush
George Snider , American retired race car driver
Zigmunt
Ziggy Switkowski (born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist
Zigmunt
Zygi Wilf (born 1950), owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League team
Ziggy the bagman (born c. 1950), Zbygnew Marian Willzek, a homeless man who lives in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia
Brad Ziegler (born 1979), relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics
Technology
Ziggy, as a wake word and alternate name for
Amazon Alexa , a virtual assistant developed by Amazon
Stage name
Ziggy Alberts (born 1994), an Australian folk singer and songwriter
Ziggy Elman , stage name of American jazz trumpeter Harry Aaron Finkelman (1914–1968)
Ziggy Stardust , a 1970s persona of
David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor and arranger
Ziggy Ramo (born Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna), an Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter and activist
Fictional characters
Ziggy, a character in
Laura Bow 2
The title character of
Ziggy (comic strip)
Ziggy Astoni , character from the Australian soap opera
Home and Away
Ziggy (EastEnders ) , from the British soap opera
EastEnders
Ziggy Sobotka , on the HBO drama The Wire
Ziggy, from the Icelandic children's television program
LazyTown
Ziggy (Quantum Leap ) , from the American TV series Quantum Leap
Ziggy Grover, from
Power Rangers RPM
Ziggy (Xenosaga ) , from the science fiction video game series Xenosaga
Ziggy from the
Millimages cartoon Trust Me, I'm a Genie!
Demon King Ziggy from the Japanese manga
Edens Zero
Ziggy Stardust (character) , fictional alter ego of
David Bowie
Ziggy Chapman from the HBO series
Big Little Lies .
Ziggy Pascal, character in British soap opera
Family Affairs
Ziggy Roscoe , character in British soap opera
Hollyoaks
As a female nickname
Animals
Ziggy (elephant) (1917–1975), an Indian elephant who lived at the Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago
See also