Corky means cork-like. It is an English and Irish unisex name that also serves as a nickname. It may also refer to:
People Sportspeople Corky Ballas (born 1960), American competitive ballroom dancer Corky or Corkie Blow (1877–1938), English footballer Corky Calhoun (born 1950), American former National Basketball Association player Corky Carroll (born 1947), American surfer Dominic Cork (born 1971), English cricketer, nicknamed Corky Corky de Graauw (born 1951), Dutch ice hockey player Corky Devlin (1931–1995), American National Basketball Association player Corky McMillin (1925–2005), American off-road desert racer and land developer Corky Miller (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player Corky Nelson (1939–2014), American high school and college football player and coach Corky Palmer (born 1954), American college baseball coach Corky Rogers (1943–2020), American high school football coach Corky Valentine (1929–2005), American Major League Baseball pitcher Claire Corky (born 1984), New Zealand rugby union player
Musicians Corky Cornelius (1914–1943), American jazz trumpeter Corky Hale (born 1936), American jazz musician Corky James (born 1954), American guitarist and bassist Corky Jones, pseudonym used by Buck Owens (1929–2006) for his rockabilly music Corky Laing (born 1948), Canadian rock drummer Corky Siegel (born 1943), American musician and composer
Artists Corwin Clairmont (born 1946), Native American artist Corky Lee (1947–2021), American photographer Corky Quakenbush, American stop motion filmmaker Corky Trinidad (1939–2009), Philippine-American editorial cartoonist and comics artist
Politicians and activists Corky Evans (born 1948), Canadian politician Rodolfo Gonzales (1928–2005), Chicano boxer, poet and political activist Corky Peterson, Canadian politician and trapper
Other professions Charles A. Marvin (1929–2003), American judge and district attorney; see Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame Corky McCorquodale (1904–1968), American poker player Corin Nemec (born 1971), American actor Claude Nowell (1944–2008), also known as "Corky King" or "Corky Ra", American founder of Summum, a philosophical and religious organization Gaetano Vastola (gangster) (born 1928), American mobster
Fictional characters Corky Caporale, a character in the television series The Sopranos James "Corky" Corcoran, a character in the "Ukridge" stories of P. G. Wodehouse Corky, in the 1996 film Bound Corky, in the animated television series The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky Corky Romano, in the 2001 film Corky Romano Corky Sherwood, in the television series Murphy Brown Corky Shimatzu, a character in the animated television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Corky St. Clair, in the 1996 film Waiting for Guffman Charles "Corky" Thatcher, in the television series Life Goes On Corky Wallet, in the comic strip Gasoline Alley Corky Withers, in the 1976 Goldman novel Magic Corky the Hornet, the mascot of the Emporia State University sports teams Corky, one of Jenny's friends in the Disney film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Corky, a parrot in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Other uses Corky (film), a 1972 stock car film starring Robert Blake Corky (orca) (born 1965), the longest living orca in captivity Alternative spelling of Corkey, a village in Northern Ireland Cricket ball, commonly referred to as a corky Charley horse, a leg cramp, called a corky in Australia Corky wine is a result of cork taint
See also Korky Korky the Cat, a British comics character Corky's, a restaurant in Los Angeles Korki Buchek, fictional musician from the movie Borat Cokie Roberts, journalist and author