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 Andrew Pinckney (born 2000), American baseball player 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 William Pinckney (1915-1976), United States Navy sailor who was the second African-American to be awarded the Navy Cross USS Pinckney, USN destroyer named in honor of William Pinckney
See also Charles Pinckney (disambiguation) Governor Pinckney (disambiguation) Senator Pinckney (disambiguation) Pinckney (disambiguation)