Pinckney is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pinckney political family of South Carolina
Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice) (1699–1758), South Carolina politician, father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, and uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney Colonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1782), South Carolina politician, British Loyalist during Revolutionary War, father of the Governor Charles Pinckney Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), Revolutionary War general and Federalist Party presidential candidate Charles Pinckney (governor) (1757–1824), drafter of the United States Constitution, father of Henry Laurens Pinckney, and second cousin of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793), South Carolina planter Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), South Carolina governor, ambassador to Britain, diplomat who arranged Pinckney's Treaty, and a brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Henry L. Pinckney (1794–1863), U.S. Representative from South Carolina John M. Pinckney (1845–1905), U.S. Representative from Texas; his parents were from South Carolina
Others
Bertine Pinckney (1824–1909), American politician
Callan Pinckney (1939–2012), American fitness professional
Clementa C. Pinckney (1973–2015), American politician
Darryl Pinckney (born 1953), American author and critic
Ed Pinckney (born 1963), American basketball player
Frank L. Pinckney (1884–1945), American college basketball coach
John A. Pinckney (1905–1972), American prelate of the Episcopal Church
Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), American novelist and poet
Michael Pinckney (born 1998), American football player
Scott Pinckney (born 1989), American professional golfer
St. Clair Pinckney (1930–1999), American saxophonist
Violet Pinckney (1871–1955), English tennis player
See also
Charles Pinckney (disambiguation) Governor Pinckney (disambiguation) Senator Pinckney (disambiguation) Pinckney (disambiguation)
